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HipGeo, Rough Guides Launch Travel App

socalTECH

Fullerton-based mobile app developer HipGeo has tied with Rough Guides , the travel guide publisher, for a set of iPhone and iPad apps, the companies said yesterday. Business details between Rough Guides and HipGeo were not announced. HipGeo is headed by Rich Rygg. READ MORE>>.

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socaltech50: Your Mobile Networking Guide To The Winners!

socalTECH

To that end, another, local high tech startup-- Slipp --created a mobile slideshow which shows a photo and some information on our socalTECH 50--so you might congratulate them in person tomorrow night! Click below to browse the socaltech 50 on your mobile browser! If you still haven''t registered for the event, it''s not too late!

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Citysearch Debuts Visual Guide Site, New iPhone App

socalTECH

West Hollywood-based Citysearch has launched two new products today, including both a visual city guide, and a new iPhone app. Citysearch said its new Guides by Citysearch service is aimed at helping users easily find new places in major cities around the country, in a photo-centric way. READ MORE>>.

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Bizzy Updates Apps, Turns To Guides

socalTECH

Bizzy , the social recommendations website and mobile apps owned by Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal, has updated its iPhone app this week. The new iOS 5 compatible app adds "Guides", users who are specifically being features for their use of the service and knowledge of food, as well as new sharing features. READ MORE>>.

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6 New Venture Funding Realities To Guide Your Efforts

Startup Professionals Musings

Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. The cost of entry for tech startups continues to go down. Twenty years ago, it cost several million dollars to launch an e-commerce startup, which can be done today for a few thousand dollars. The large investment amounts preferred by VCs are no longer needed to launch winners.

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Purch Acquires ShopSavvy For Mobile Shopping Apps

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Purch , the online publishing company which owns Tom's Guide, Space.com, TopTenReviews, LAPTOP, and a number of other online properties, has acquired mobile shopping app developer ShopSavvy. Purch has offices in Culver City, thanks to its acquisition of Tom's Guide a few years ago , when Purch was known as Best Media Network.

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How to Hunt Programmers for Your Startup - A Field Guide

SoCal CTO

It was a mobile app, so he ideally would find someone who had experience with mobile development or someone who could pick up a mobile framework. In this particular case, because mobile development is hot, it was pretty unlikely that this founder would find someone with experience with mobile development willing to jump on this.

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