TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The latest investment is being used to finance the acquisition of another company in the space — Appetize, a digital and mobile commerce payments platform for enterprises such as sports and entertainment venues, theme parks and zoos. Clearly, a16z General Partner David George too was bullish on the idea of a combined company.

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Technical Review Software Review Invest Acquisition 296

Berkonomics

JUNE 1, 2023

Leaders and companies that innovate new products, services and methods of delivery are the ones that stand out in a crowded business world, especially when attempting to gain recognition among the throngs of competitors visible on the web. And innovation is what creates value. So, could you be the next Ford, Jobs, or Musk?

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Artificial Inteligence UCLA Web Patents 156

TechEmpower

DECEMBER 11, 2023

By following these guidelines, you'll be better equipped to select a web development company that accurately reflects your project aspirations. tew_cta text="Do you have an idea for a software project? Consider also reaching out independently to people at companies mentioned in their portfolio, accessible via LinkedIn.

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Software Development Software Review Develop Development 295

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 24, 2013

This has been a long-time dream of Tim Berners-Lee , the man who (really) invented the World Wide Web. He calls his dream the ‘Semantic Web’ (or Web 3.0), meaning it understands user context. He and many other experts believe that the Semantic Web will act more like a personal assistant than a search engine.

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Web Entrepreneur Software Review Google 98

socalTECH

OCTOBER 12, 2015

It's not all that often that you hear of a local startup being acquired after only raising less than $1M in funding, because the company was growing so fast, rather than because an idea didn't pan out. Kixer develops mobile advertising software which helps publishers and connects mobile web users with apps.

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Mobile Startup Content Advertising 100

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

Burstly, a Santa Monica based company, provides an open and free ad management platform that helps mobile application developers better monetize their inventory. The first big wave of this change came from the introduction of the iPhone, which was the first well built mobile device for using the web. The world is going mobile.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Google, it’s worth noting, is doing something similar with its Mobile Edge Cloud. The general idea here — and that’s not dissimilar from what Google, Microsoft and others are now doing — is to bring AWS to the edge and to do so in a variety of form factors. Google, meanwhile, is betting big on Anthos.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

The dynamism of web design ascertains that trends should keep varying to the better with changing times. Creativity thrives on a blend of several ideas to propose solutions and convey emotions, creative fields like fashion and graphic designs always find its way to web design and vice versa. Cinemagraphs. Quirky illustrations.

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Xconomy

MARCH 25, 2018

A San Diego software development team with an idea for an emergency mobile app that it said would be faster than calling 911 is headed this week to US Ignite’s Application Summit in Kansas City, MO.

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San Diego Mobile Competition Software Development 74

Berkonomics

APRIL 20, 2017

Leaders and companies that innovate new products, services and methods of delivery are the ones that stand out in a crowded business world, especially when attempting to gain recognition among the throngs of competitors visible on the web. Innovation is valued by our society, by investors and certainly by consumers.

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Artificial Inteligence UCLA Web Patents 256

TechEmpower

JULY 2, 2013

July marks the fourth month of our ongoing project measuring the performance of web application frameworks and platforms. The results web site has been improved with test-type and hardware-type navigation, allowing you to share links to a specific results chart, such as Round 6, Fortunes on EC2. We are hiring.

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Framework Software Review Technical Review EC2 521

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Those who are more involved in traditional entertainment are seeing a major shift online which is why an additional one-day seminar was created to coincide with Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood as a partnership called, Idea to Screen. The staff is very helpful and provides great customer service too. Same with CreatorUp.

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Hollywood Screening Ideas Entertainment 100

Xconomy

JANUARY 19, 2017

StockTwits, the Twitter-like social media platform for sharing stock market tips and ideas, has acquired San Diego’s SparkFin, a fintech mobile app for discovering and sharing stocks and other investment ideas. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 4, 2013

The pride and effort they have placed in building up their business should be reflected through their web presence. With over three billion local search queries in any given month on Google alone, no business can afford not to be on the web. And with 20% of traffic coming from smart phones your site has to be mobile friendly.

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Web Design Web Design Sites 58

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Pablo joins TechZulu and talks about Proven, job markets, and the future of mobile. The original idea was how to get jobs for people using text messages. We were doing this one product called “Small Business Hires”, similar to the employer app we launched today, all web-based. Do you have a web component of Proven?

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Mobile Marketing Writing Startup 86

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Ever have an idea for a great mobile startup but get stuck with just a dream because you have no skills to design or develop it and no money to pay to get it done? Any person with an idea is welcome to attend, no coding skills required. Your day will start with pitching your idea to a group and form a team around it.

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Design Web Design Mobile Ideas 92

InfoChachkie

JULY 25, 2012

RingRevenue's unique technology allows online and offline advertisers and publishers to consistently increase revenues from mobile, print, search and email campaigns by tracking the phone calls generated by such ads. So it only makes sense that the Facebook mobile app has been an enormous success. But, a mobile phone is still a phone.

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Netflix Blogging Mobile Advertising 191

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

We set up a digital media fund, which had the goal of investing in new digital media properties, ideas, and concepts. Right now, we're working on integrating more data from around the web, and our goal is to really aggregate and curate the information out there. So, we decided our initial focus should be on the mobile platform.

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Incubator Startup Web Technical Review 239

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Our mobile phones are capable of doing almost anything these days. App developers are coming up with new ideas daily to make our lives easier. We launched with a web app, so we are only web-based. Being a serviceable app, do you see more services being provided through the web? How long has Porter been around?

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Technical Review Mobile Startup Los Angeles 87

socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2012

To learn more about how the company went from just an idea at an accelerator to a healthy exit, we spoke with founder Eli Portnoy. We have refind our thesis around why mobile is so special, and how it ties into location, and have spent two years working on precise, location targeted ads in the industry. Congrats on the acquisition!

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Startup Acquisition Doc Ideas 225

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 4, 2013

The pride and effort they have placed in building up their business should be reflected through their web presence. With over three billion local search queries in any given month on Google alone, no business can afford not to be on the web. And with 20% of traffic coming from smart phones your site has to be mobile friendly.

Web Design 40

Web Design Web Design Sites 40

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 23, 2017

We all have a pretty good idea about things that drag down our productivity or suck up time that would be better spent on more fulfilling activities. Two years ago I made a commitment to stop bringing my mobile phone into my bedroom and with like a 95% compliance rate this made a big improvement. Why did I delete Facebook and Twitter?

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Social Media News Mobile Snapchat 267

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2012

Have you every clicked on a mobile ad on your iPhone or Android phone, and found that the ad you clicked into wasn't usable on your mobile phone? Jason Crilly: We're doing mobile landing pages. We're creating really good looking, really easy to use, really effective mobile landing pages. What exactly is PageWoo?

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Mobile Startup Advertising Sites 249

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

One of the great joys of doing the web series This Week in VC every week is that I get to spend time with great people debating the issues of our day including how our industry is evolving as well as insights into how companies got started, got their initial traction and dealt with adversities. Positive feedback feeds the idea.

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Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. Yet, it is important to remember that the most optimistic super angel is looking for a proven business model, rather than research and development, or just an idea. The cost of entry for tech startups continues to go down. Some VC firms are bogged down by their own weight.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 2, 2013

They look at the following high level definition of Lean: and they interpret that as write up an executive summary with your ideas and hand it to developers to build. Do you have a Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One ? What's going to go wrong? Have you Documented Your MVP for Your Developer s?

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CTO Coach Metrics Framework Software Development 219

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Where'd the idea for DinnerDate.com come from? The idea really came from looking at the dating industry online. At Nokia, I was building relationships with consumer front ends, and prior to that, I worked with big mobile carriers. It was a mixture of mobile and device-centric and Internet development. READ MORE>>.

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San Diego Hollywood Mobile eHarmony 264

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 28, 2015

It turns out that it works fine how I did it with the web version of Twitter but not with mobile. It forces clarity of writing & discrete ideas. 4/ Each point you make in a Tweetstorm in a way has to be its own independent idea to be truly effective. I faced the wrath of the community.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

They were going to bring the Internet to your mobile phones ushering in the era of “m-commerce.&# Gag. I had just returned from living in Japan where I witnessed the hugely successful launch of i-mode by NTT DoCoMo so I knew the potential that the mobile web would ultimately bring, but I saw so many flaws in the launch of WAP.

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Brentwood Mobile Google Web 326

socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2012

They can discover that event in the app, or soon, on our web platform, say--hey, this looks cool, the last event has some great pictures, looks like this might be fun--and they can buy tickets. How'd you come up with the idea for SupperKing? At the same time, we're also developing a web platform, which we will be launching in January.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 10, 2012

All you hear about these days is Mobile. Companies are spending more time and money on their mobile sites than their full-fledged website. It’s hard to even watch a TV commercial without some sort of mobile app shout out. I bet there is a lot that would surprise you about the mobile world. Download Apps From the Web.

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Mobile Search Engine Optimization SEO Startup 82

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Even big companies I know find it hard to keep their in-house programmers up to speed on the latest technologies, including mobile devices, the latest Web technologies, and multi-tenant applications in the Cloud. This world changes rapidly, and needs a professional with experience in digital and conventional media to keep up.

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Startup Social Media Course Entrepreneur 106

socalTECH

DECEMBER 5, 2012

They can discover that event in the app, or soon, on our web platform, say--hey, this looks cool, the last event has some great pictures, looks like this might be fun--and they can buy tickets. How'd you come up with the idea for SupperKing? At the same time, we're also developing a web platform, which we will be launching in January.

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Platform Mobile UCLA Sites 247

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2011

The Deal – I instantly loved the idea for the application, the market and Dustin’s vision. I wanted a smart NorCal investor who had done more mobile investments than I had and Jon Callaghan had very relevant relationships & experience. Jon also loved the idea, the market & Dustin. “And importantly Web 2.0

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socalTECH

AUGUST 19, 2014

Justin Wu: Last year, we talked to Media Camp about our idea, when it was at a much earlier stage. This year, after working with Team Downey, and several other accelerators, our idea became more developed. We found applications here where Warner Bros. It really depends on what that content is, but we''re seeing really good success.

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Commerce Content Downey Media 153

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

hours per day on average, and that’s excluding the other 13 hours a day where we have our mobile devices, our connected TVs, our iPads and Kindles and soon our cars connected to the web. A decade ago the idea of even watching video online would have been laughable. Mobility really changes everything. And the future?

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 4, 2010

LA Web/Mobile Software Entrepreneurs. The idea is pretty simple, each company rep at the happy hour will have a 'Hello' badge that says what kind of talent they're looking for, and all the people looking for a gig will have a different badge that shows their specialty. Tuesday, October 5, 2010 -- Startup Matchmaking Night.

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