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SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

San Diego-based KidZui, a provider of a kid-friendly web browser, has inked a deal with Parents.com, the online site for the American Baby, Parents, and Family Circle magazines. According to KidZui, it is in a new partnership with Parents.com, to enhance KidZui and to introduce more companies to its services.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Los Angeles-based BlackLine Systems , the fast growing developer of financial software for enterprises, looks to be generating between $10M to $30M, based on a recent ranking of the company by an indutsry magazine. blackline systems revenues accounting software financial merger acquisition private equity' READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 4, 2012

Glossi , an online magazine publishing tool being developed by Santa Monica-based ThisNext , has its debut today, aimed at letting users built and publish their own visual magazines. The new service lets users organize and lay out heavily visual, online magazines.

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DECEMBER 7, 2012

Lynda.com , the site which helps people learn software and other skills from online videos, has been recognized for its job creation, the firm said Friday, ranking number 1 in job creation in education by Inc. Lynda.com's online site offers up instructional courses on everything from software like Photoshop to Wordpress, and Excel to AutoCAD.

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JANUARY 23, 2014

a Boston-based software developer which develops self-service, publishing tools aimed at magazine publishers, catalog publishers, and others. Zmags helps those catalog, magazine, and other publishers convert their media into tablet, mobile, social, and web form. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 16, 2013

The startup, which provides software for streamlining the editorial process for publications, said that Roshan is a veteran, having been a journalist, editor, producer, and entrepreneur involved in titles such as Radar, The Fix, New York, Talk, and Interview magazines. marketplace tool software publishing executive board assignmint'

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JANUARY 9, 2013

San Diego-based enterprise software developer ServiceNow has been ranked the top job creator in a listing from Inc. Magazine, the company reported today.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 30, 2021

In aviation circles, we read in our pilot magazines about “Never again!” I just helped an entrepreneur to consider reorganizing his young business from being a value-added reseller into a software and consulting company. I volunteered to do this several times when there was no-one else, even the founders, to do this.

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DECEMBER 4, 2013

3D Robotics--headed by former editor-in-chief of Wired magazine, Chris Anderson, and co-founded by Jordi Munoz, is developing a platform for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)/drones. The company''s software is being used for both do-it-yourself robot building as well as commercial applications.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

3D Robotics develops both software and hardware which can be used to create your own drones. Anderson is the former Editor-in-Chief of Wired magazine. The San Diego company aid the funding round was led by Foundry Group and True VEntures, and also included O''Reilly AlphaTech Ventures and SK Ventures.

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MAY 30, 2012

A firm owned by Los Angeles private equity firm Platinum Equity , desktop publishing tools maker Quark , has acquired a UK-based firm developing cloud-based, tablet and mobile publishing software. Pressrun is used by publishers to create and publish tablet magazines, newspapers, catalogs, and other publications.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

The firm--which is fresh off a $30M funding from Sequoia Capital--said the new software allows users to view "magazine-style" reports and publications on the iPad. Roambi's software is used to access business data, reports, research, and other information. The app is free, but requires MeLLmo's Roambi Analytics ES.

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APRIL 10, 2012

Verve Wireless develops mobile software used by newspapers, magazines, and other publishers--including the Associated Press--to distribute their content to mobile and smartphone users. Verve said Nicotra will oversee the firm's product innovation and technology functions.

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JULY 2, 2010

Anametrix says its platform, InstaVista, is targeted at publishing firms, including newspapers, magazines, and directories. Tags: software analytics tribune union diego barrelet blaise websidestory anametrix. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 23, 2011

magazine, has 42 companies in the Los Angeles area on the list. Among the types of local companies on the list were a significant number of payment processing firms, VOIP providers, search engine optimization companies, and software firms. The latest ranking the fastest growing companies in the nation by Inc.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Santa Monica-based FlipGloss , which develops online photo publishing software for the magazine industry, has been acquired by Forbes. Tags: flipgloss photo publishing content software mergera cquisition. Forbes Media announced the deal Thursday afternoon, but did not disclose any financial terms of the deal. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 6, 2015

Forbes Magazine has released a list of the top technology billionaires in the world , with six Southern California technology moguls listed. At #71, Jack Dangermond founder of Redlands-based GIS software giant ESRI, had $2.9 billion each. billion each. billion in net worth. billion.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

A number of Southern California inventors and companies have been recognized today by magazine Popular Mechanics , for their work on what the magazine says are "world changing" innovations. The last university team recognized by Popular Mechanics comes out of UCLA. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 26, 2013

According to the firm, the partnership enables clients understand digital magazine readers and their key in-app behaviors, convert passive users into paid subscribers through targeted offers and upsells, promoting engaged readership via push notifications, in-app messages and email. Tools to understand and communicate with their readers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

In fact, subscription pricing has been around for a long time for magazines, cloud-based software, and gaming, but now I’m seeing it used for just about anything, including for more stylish clothes via Taelor Style , gourmet foods via TryTheWorld , and toys for your kids via KiwiCo.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

There were startups and a software industry but barely. I started my first company in 1999 and was admittedly swept up in all of this: Magazine covers, fancy conferences, artificial valuations and easy money. There was no money train. It was 1991. We still loved every moment.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2011

comScore said the top performing categories in Q4 were computer software, consumer electronics, books and magazines, computers/peripherals/PDAs, and toys and hobbies. However, the results have not yet reached the level of Q2 and Q3 of 2007, when e-commerce saw 23 percent growth in both quarters.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2020

In fact, subscription pricing has been around for a long time for magazines, cloud-based software, and gaming, but now I’m seeing it used for just about anything, including for more stylish clothes via Mr.Conection , gourmet foods via TryTheWorld , and toys for your kids via KiwiCo.

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OCTOBER 5, 2009

A few of Southern California's technology moguls managed to stake out to a spot in the Forbes 400 Richest Americans list, which was released recently by Forbes Magazine. each; Jack Dangermond , founder of map software maker ESRI, was at 158, with $2B.

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Xconomy

APRIL 2, 2019

PC magazine recently released its 2019 Readers’ Choice Awards and Apple finished #1 for Laptops, Desktop PCs, and Tablets. It was the first company in the world to reach a $1 trillion market capitalization, and it is the most valuable company in the world today.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 5, 2014

Introduced in 1986, Symantec''s pcAnywhere was the dominant remote access software solution at the time of GoToMyPC''s release, with a market share of, “76 percent of the retail remote control market" according to PC Data''s 1999 Retail Share report. Greg Alwang, a contributing editor at PC Magazine, was a beta user of GoToMyPC.

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AUGUST 2, 2013

Phil Kelly: We''re an interactive, mobile magazine, which I think is probably the best way to describe it. We developed our software for iOS, and we''ve had to work on Android development much quicker than companies would have 24 months ago. consolidating magazine mobile yapert interview kelly phil' Thanks, and good luck!

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APRIL 23, 2018

The subject of numerous glowing profiles in online and print fashion and lifestyle magazines (including, most recently, in High Snobiety ), Lil Miquela’s stardom (and her fellow avatars) fascinated because the characters’ creators coyly toed the line around “her” self-awareness and their own.

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Berkonomics

JULY 19, 2011

New magazines were rushed to market, thick with advertisements for computer systems and components at bargain prices. We did find that niche and used it successfully for several years, in charging to certify and configure a company’s self-purchased PC’s so that they would work efficiently with our software systems.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 14, 2014

As a side note, we returned to market with the application as a software-only product without artificial intelligence and without some features, reduced the price from $150,000 to $8,000, and had a subsequent hit on our hands. Cover story for industry magazine. Best possible press: too early to market.

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Xconomy

JUNE 2, 2016

CEO Chris Anderson, the author and former Wired magazine editor who co-founded 3D Robotics in 2009, did not respond to an e-mail query about the financing yesterday afternoon. The company could raise up to $45 million through the financing, which began May 21st, according to the filing.

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JUNE 8, 2011

In April of 2010, we put up Dealcurent.com, and we started indexing number one on Google for daily deals software. People were calling us every week, and started getting probably 300 to 400 inbound requests a month for the software. We had our contest software, ArtisticHub, driving some revenue. So we completely refocused.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2012

As an example, a few years ago I worked for small software company selling an expensive enterprise workflow product. For example, if you're selling a travel magazine, you could add a free travel video when someone buys a subscription.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2013

There was a convergence of the device, and companies asking the question what could we enable, if we just had the right software tool. We also have a software-as-a-service model, where there's a lighter, simplified version of the product, which is just for individual users or small businesses.

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Mobile Oracle Startup Content 170

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

3D Robotics has raised over $5 million in round two funding to accelerate its growth and expansion into new markets says Chris Anderson 3DR CEO and former Editor in Chief of Wired Magazine, Entrepreneur and author. Currently the firm has 40 full time staff but will be hiring more hardware and software engineers.

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Marketing Funding Software Engineering San Diego 71

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JANUARY 14, 2013

The idea is a community space where people can come together, learn something from one another, build that electronics project, software, or even arts and crafts, in a supported environment. Tara Tiger Brown: My background is in software. I have been leading software projects for my entire career. There are tons. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2013

Listings will be based on your current time zone and include the channel name, air time and a description of the show or movie playing, meaning that the listings that exist in cable box guides, magazines and newspapers are now conveniently located on the Facebook Pages of peoples’ favorite shows,” Facebook announced.

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