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TeleSign Acquisition By BICS Closes, Deal Value Rises To $335M

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Marina del Rey-based phone verification and user authentication service TeleSign is now officially part of BICS , after the official close of the acquisition, BICS said today. The deal was originally announced in April. TeleSign will continue to be run by CEO Aled Miles.

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OnBoat Launches Boat Charter Marketplace In LA

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The service, led by Marc Andelman, already offers its services in San Francisco, San Diego, Miami, and other locations, including a number of international destinations. The site lists private charters ranging from a two hour tour from Marina Del Rey for $289.99

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Squeegy Officially Debuts On-Demand Car Wash Service In LA

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Los Angeles-based Squeegy , an on-demand, car wash service, said Wednesday that it has officially launched its service in Los Angeles. The startup, led by Andrew Davis, let users request a car wash from their mobile app, anywhere within Squeegy's service area. Squeegy's on-demand app currently runs only on iOS. READ MORE>>.

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New Feature: Socaltech's Video Interviews!

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Ryan Disraeli and Stacy Stubblefield tell the story about Marina Del Rey-based Telesign (www.telesign.com), and how it's powering the second factor authentication, to keep for many of the sites and services you use every day safe. Want to see more video content from socaltech?

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AuctionPoint Gets Investment From MySpace Co-Founder

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Marina del Rey-based AuctionPoint , which operates an online auction service for commercial real estate, said today that it has received a strategic investment from Tom Anderson, co-founder of MySpace. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The firm has previously raised funding from LoopNet. READ MORE>>.

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Rovi Plans To Sell Former CinemaNow Technology

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The long, turbulent history of the video-on-demand technology developed by former Marina Del Rey-based CinemaNow continues today, after current owner Rovi Corporation said Thursday afternoon that it plans to pursue a sale of its Rovi Entertainment Stores business--the remains of CinemaNow. READ MORE>>.

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Guidance Solutions Gets Win

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Marina Del Rey-based Guidance Solutions said Monday that the firm has signed on Caltech's Industrial Relations Center as a customer. Guidance, which provides services for building ecommerce web sites, said that Caltech's IRC. Financial impact of the deal was not disclosed. READ MORE>>