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MARCH 9, 2010

Los Angeles-based social networking site MySpace reported Tuesday that the firm is now the top, social application on the Android platform, and is the third most popular downloaded application overall on the Android Market. MySpace trails T-Mobile's account information app and The Weather Channel's app in the store.

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AUGUST 25, 2010

Encino-based uSamp , the online survey and panel firm, said Wednesday that it is moving into the mobile market, and is adding mobile surveying to its platform. Tags: usamp united sample survey online panel mobile checkin foursquare gowalla facebook social networking places. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 5, 2014

Skip any talk about self-destructing messages for "privacy": an Irvine-based company, Aclipsa Mobile Video Solutions, said this morning that it has launched a new Android app specifically for "consenting adults". zipaclip sexting mobile android instant messaging' READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 13, 2012

What does the world have in store for the mobile games market, and how do mobile games developers look at the world? Tell us about Mobile Deluxe and the types of games you develop? Josh Hartwell: We do premium casual games for mobile devices. Talk about how you went from JAMDAT to Mobile Deluxe?

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 26, 2013

Since its inception into the mainstream fabric of people’s lives, social media and the concept of social networking has gone through a rather peculiar evolutionary transition. From gaming, to advertising, to branding and marketing, there’s no online business plan that Facebook can’t be used for at this point.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In my previous post, The VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) I wrote about the reasons why the VC market came to a screeching halt in September 2008 and remained largely shut until at least April 2009. There are now signs the VC market has gathered pace meaning it’s a great time to be fund raising. This is one book-end of the cycle.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 30, 2022

NFT sales volumes are falling and crypto prices remain depressed, but Nigam expressed confidence about the long-term demand for digital avatars, likening them to mobile apps in their significance to the internet. Eventually, Nigam sees the company expanding into a full-fledged social network, which he said Gen Z is “starving for.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2022

For some customers and many investors, a heavy focus on social networks and viral marketing may be a negative, rather than a positive. A balance of conventional and social communication and marketing is always advised. Heavy texting experience is not a qualification for communicating via social media.

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APRIL 22, 2014

Los Angeles looks to be a hot market for online dating apps, as yet another, mobile dating app-- Hinge , said it has launched in the city. Hinge is focused on connecting people via their extended, social network, saying it uses Facebook validated profiles and a user''s social links to help them meet people they will actually like.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 22, 2016

Social networking continues to be a superior force in marketing, especially Facebook. percent of all social network ad spending worldwide. How can your company best benefit from social networking ads in 2016? How can your company best benefit from social networking ads in 2016?

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Smart matching offline connections startup, At The Pool , has today launched a mobile app that is set to reinvent the way people connect and interact. Social networking isn’t social. The founder himself realized that social networking was making his life less social, At The Pool was the remedy to that.

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socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2012

Monrovia, California-based Green Dot , the prepaid debit card provider headed by Steve Streit, said this morning that it has acquired Silicon Valley mobile social networking firm Loopt. in cash for Loopt, which will become its Silicon Valley hub for its mobile technology and product development team. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

The new title is Car Town Japan, which has debuted on DeNA's mobile social network, Mobage. The firm said the title has been localized and translated to appeal to the Japanese mobile market. The firm said its new office comes as it has expanded to Japan with a new, Japanese version of the Car Town Game.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 19, 2020

The wind, he said, “refers to the ever-growing desire for quality by mobile gamers.” ” Breaking the wave, on the other hand, entails TiMi applying new development tools to building high-budget, high-quality AAA mobile games. But TiMi contended that these platforms are not essential to a game’s success.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

15 years ago we were at the peak of Internet hype with the launch of many over-capitalized businesses with a market size & opportunity was limited. Always-on connectivity of mobile (164m US smartphone users). We’re all socially connected (so great businesses spread faster). Where are we today? The iPhone was released.

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APRIL 6, 2016

Los Angeles- and Sydney, Australia-based Clapit , a startup developing a social media crowdsourcing app, said it has raised AU$2.57M ($1.94M US), to bring its mobile app to market. operations in Los Angeles, says it has created a social media app which crowdsources video, music, images, and rich media. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 27, 2011

Youthology , the digital marketing arm of Gorilla Nation which is focused on youth, said Friday that it has acquired TeenSpot.com , an online website focused on teenagers. TeenSpot's entertainment and community website is a moderated, social networking and chat site, focused exclusively on teenagers. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 30, 2017

In the world of social networking, there are lots of apps and services which connect you with people you know, but not so many which help you connect with others like you. Is there a need for yet another social networking app? This is the year, according to all the data, where mobile messaging will surpass social.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Mobile first is becoming an important part of our daily lives. We interact with the world through our mobile devices, and they are quickly becoming our main vehicles for accessing and sharing information. Hence the emergence of Source13, a new mobile conference produced by Flurry. How do you discover the right people to follow?

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socalTECH

APRIL 20, 2012

The firm said the firm will go to support building the largest, social casino game publisher on both social networks and mobile platforms. Los Angeles-based Playsino --which, until recently, was known as Titan Gaming--said Friday that it has raised $1.5M in a new funding round. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

And apparently, that’s what mobile applications do better – just ask the fast-growing number of app users. This is the consequence of the switch from desktop and laptops to mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. Of that smartphone internet time, mobile apps take up 86% of usage and only 14% access time via the mobile web.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2022

Mobile Computing. From tablets to smart phones to the Apple watch, people are increasingly relying on their mobile devices to assist them in managing their lives. Social Media. Social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn manage communities comprised of millions of people worldwide. Gamification.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 19, 2011

And while the App Internet is currently more powerful than the Mobile Internet it has fundamental flaws. It isn’t open in either its standards or in the way that applications are marketed and distributed. In other words, our mobile devices are all powerful and the network that they connect into sucks.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

One of the investment themes I’ve been focused on in the past 3 years has been Performance-Based Marketing. When I started investing the US advertising market was $300 billion with only 10% of it ($30 billion) of it being online and measurable. I believe that many social networks confused this idea.

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JULY 18, 2012

In a mobile world, what's a unique way to reach out to your friends and others? One way is to create your own, custom video clip which you can share via email, text message, or through a social networking site like Facebook. Allison Dollar: SnapCuts is a digital media marketing platform, which uses social video messaging.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

How will you be taking this to market? Often this ties to marketing support. How concerned are we about design for mobile? Native mobile apps? Obviously, it's far simpler to aim for browser-based systems and basically aim your design to work okay on mobile devices with some additional effort on the part of the user.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

How will you be taking this to market? Often this ties to marketing support. How concerned are we about design for mobile? Native mobile apps? Obviously, it's far simpler to aim for browser-based systems and basically aim your design to work okay on mobile devices with some additional effort on the part of the user.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 27, 2019

Sami Khan began his work in the startup world by marketing mobile-based investment services like Acorns. Khan traces his love of games to his time visiting his cousins in Bangladesh and playing “Prince of Persia” on an early Toshiba laptop.

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OCTOBER 13, 2011

Los Angeles-based GameFly , the online video game rental subscription service, said this morning that it has connected its online social network for gamers with its GameFly App for Android. The updated app is available on the Android Market. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

PT as they kick off the new weekly tech law show "TechZulu Law" with a discussion with IP attorney Denise Grayson, who portrays the attorney of Eduardo Saverin in the film about the early days of Facebook, "The Social Network.". In "The Social Network" Denise portrays Gretchen, the attorney of Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Fan Appz, a Santa Monica headquartered firm founded in 2010, and a Facebook Preferred Marketing Developer (PMD) today Tuesday launched its Personalized Marketing Platform, a next-generation social media marketing solution set to help firms convert fans into customers and increase repeat purchases by turning good customers into great ones.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

We seem to receive lots of pitches from companies looking to attack the mobile market with their mobile software applications, but few who have deployed on-deck with carriers. What exactly are your mobile social networking applications? Derrick Oien: The primary market is the operator.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Los Angeles-based social networking site MySpace said today that the firm has launched an application for Google's Android mobile operating system. According to MySpace, its new MySpace Mobile experience is available via Android Market, and allows MySpace users to access the firm's mobile web site.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 19, 2020

Mark, a joint venture between the Danish game development firm Sybo and the Chinese mobile game publisher iDreamSky, uses augmented reality to permanent installations of digital street art. At the same time, the March organizers were trying to find a way to incorporate art and artists into the event, while being respectful of public spaces.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Los Angeles-based BakeSpace.com , the online social networking and recipe site, has a new product for you. According to the firm, its new, Cookbook Cafe product allows grassroots cookbook authors to create, market, and sell their very own cookbooks for the iPad, as well as the web. to $9.99.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 28, 2014

Fact: social media is among the top most powerful communication tools today. Pew Internet Project’s research on Social Networking reports that as of January 2014, 74% of online adults use social networking sites. Digital Insights reports in their 2014 Social Media statistics that Facebook has 1.01

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2019

For some customers and many investors, a heavy focus on social networks and viral marketing may be a negative, rather than a positive. A balance of conventional and social communication and marketing is always advised. Heavy texting experience is not a qualification for communicating via social media.

Social Media 79

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