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Guardian Circle Adds Peter Diamandis As Advisor

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Marina Del Rey-based startup Guardian Circle , the developer of a social-based system and app that helps people summon help from their friends, said last week that it has added futurist Peter Diamandis as an advisor as part of a "token sale" the company is running. International Space University, and Planetary Resources.

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TeleSign Names EMEA Head

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Marina del Rey-based TeleSign , which provides phone authentication and verification services, said Thursday that it as added Craig Whitney as its Vice President, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). Whitney has previously served at iPass, Axway, and Tumbleweed.

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DivX Links With Sonic Solutions

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San Diego-based DivX , a provider of video encoding and decoding technology, said today that it has partnered with Sonic Solutions, a developer of digital media software. Sonic Solutions bought video-on-demand service CinemaNow, which was based in Marina Del Rey, in November of last year. READ MORE>>.

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ActionAllStars.com Signs Up 100K Users For Sports Site

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Marina Del Rey-based Six Degree Games is off to a rapid start with its new Action AllStars virtual world, the firm tells socalTECH, with more than 100,000 registered user in the first two weeks of public availability.

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ActionAllStars.com In Partnership With Candystand

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Marina Del Rey-based ActionAllStars.com , which develops virtual worlds for kids from six to 14 years old, said this morning that it has linked up with Candystand.com , an online gaming and entertainment site. Financial details of the distribution deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Sixty-four Southern California Firms On Technology Fast 500

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18798% San Diego Pedro Lichtinger 22 Phone Power 7642% Winnetka Ari Ramezani 23 TeleSign Corporation Software 7534% Marina del Rey Steve Jillings 26 FastSpring 6742% Santa Barbara Dan Engel 30 Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. Brown 438 Volcano Corporation 163% San Diego Scott Huennekens 445 Demand Media, Inc. Gorman, Ph.D.

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ActionAllStars Launches Sports Virtual World

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Marina Del Rey-based Six Degree Games is targeting youngsters for its new sports-themed virtual world, Action AllStars , aimed at six to 14 year old kids interested in sports.