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JANUARY 9, 2013

Monrovia, California-based Green Dot , the provider of prepaid cards, is getting set to launch a new, mobile bank account product, the firm said Wednesday afternoon. The firm said it will be launching the product on Tuesday, January 15th. The firm has not yet announced any details of the new product.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Los Angeles-based Artie, a new startup developing mobile games which can be played inside social media, video, and messaging platforms, said this week that it has raised $10M in a seed funding round. The company's founders are Ryan Horrigann and Armando Kirwin.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2022

If you are a business owner today, and not using social media to promote your business, you are missing out on a huge opportunity. Most social media outlets don’t require a subscription charge, but they certainly always require an investment, sometimes large, in people, in technology, your reputation, and your time.

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JANUARY 19, 2018

Los Angeles-based production and content firm Will Packer Media said on Thursday that it has acquired women's lifestyle site xoNecole , a lifestyle site aimed at "urban millenial women". Will Packer Media said it will accelerate growth of xoNecole, adding video, social and mobile offerings, plus a newsletter and event series.

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TechEmpower

JULY 24, 2023

At TechEmpower, we frequently talk to startup founders, CEOs, product leaders, and other innovators about their next big tech initiative. ” or “Are you developing for desktop, tablet, mobile, or all three?” Background Questions Let’s start with some background questions about the business and product.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 12, 2020

Over the past three years the Los Angeles-based startup Maple Media has amassed a portfolio of roughly thirty companies and one hundred apps in its quest to become the IAC of app store businesses. Typically production cycles are driven by the rhythms of Google Play and Apple’s app stores.

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APRIL 30, 2013

It seems like a "no-brainer" -- young girls are among the biggest audiences for mobile games, and there''s a huge subculture of games targeted at iPhone-carrying girls. However, Mobigirl Media (www.mobigirlmedia.com), a new mobile advertising network, is looking to change that by specifically creating an ad network focused on girls.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2020

Winning entrepreneurs have long since supplemented conventional print and video “push” marketing with digital online interactive “pull” marketing, and a while back added social-local-mobile ( SoLoMo ) to the mix. Mobile and global are driving all of these in innovative new ways to grow your business.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Mining that same well of a demand for whodunnits, a roughly one-year-old Los Angeles-based startup called Solve has raised $20 million in financing to update the genre for a new generation of media consumers. Solve began as a series developed within the mobile-focused entertainment studio, Vertical Networks.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

and international cities like London, Mexico City, Seoul and Vilnius are building professional social networks for black professionals and blue collar workers, fashion labels, educational tools in augmented reality, kids entertainment, and an interactive entertainment production company. The new batch of startups coming from across the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Irvine-based Adaptive Medias , which offers programmatic advertising, content syndication, and monetization products for the mobile, video, and online display markets, has teamed up in a joint venture aimed at the pet industry. Vipio says it is building a pet products directory called PetProductscom. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 23, 2013

UberMedia , the Idealab-backed startup best known for its Twitter client software, has recast itself as a mobile advertising firm, saying yesterday that it has launched a new mobile advertising product called UberAds. ubermedia mobile advertising twitter social signals' READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 30, 2014

I also added a little Soundcloud widget on the sidebar (if you’re viewing on web – not on mobile or RSS reader) that you can listen to each episode with. In the first clip (42 seconds long), Joe discusses what makes a good product manager. In the most recent episode, I interviewed Joe Perez , Founder of Tastemade.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2014

The company also said it has launched a new product, aimed at video transcoding for clients on a wide range of mobile devices. OUtspoken said it is now focused on mobiel video and rich media messaging services, and is serving such clients as Charlotte Russe, Cox Media Group, Emmis Communications, Entravision, and Jack in the Box.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2016

San Diego-based Younity , the developer of file sharing software led by Erik Caso, said today that it has launched a new, desktop-to-desktop home media server product. The company said its updated software lets user access all of their file and media content from any device, via a simple user interface.

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JULY 28, 2015

Los Angeles-based YP , the online business listings provider, said today that it has launched a new dashboard product specifically for business owners. The new product, ypPresence Starter , helps business owners share content with consumers, engage in social media, and more from a central location.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2020

You provide the free app in the App Store that gives subscribers mobile access to your service. Through a free base product, you give the first taste of the service or game away for free, get users hooked, and then convert as many as possible to paying customers. Commoditize complementary products. Be aggressive and alert.

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MAY 5, 2016

Pasadena-based mobile ad measurement platform developer UberMedia , one of the companies out of Idealab, has released a new, mobile attribution product that tracks cross-media advertisement and correlates that to foot traffic in stores. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Los Angeles-based TeleSign , the provider of two-factor, mobile authentication services and software, said today that it has launched a new product, called TeleSign Smart Verify. The new product provides an API to help with end-user verification and two-factor authentication for both online and mobile apps.

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MAY 9, 2017

Los Angeles-based Donut Media , a startup generating social video content focused on car enthusiasts, announced this morning that it has raised $800,000 in a seed funding round. The funding goes towards content production. The funding came from Techstars Ventures, 3311 Ventures, Fontinalis Partners and professional driver Ryan Tuerck.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 21, 2011

My background was 8 years of telecoms & mobile and 8 years of cloud computing & SaaS – so these two themes were a given. Digital Media was an obvious theme because it’s one in which LA (where I’m based) and NY (where I spend a lot of time) have strong assets, companies and management teams. Or can they?

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MARCH 6, 2017

Los Angeles-based Maple Media (maplemedia.io) recently announced a big, $30M funding from Shamrock Capital, to assemble a collection of mobile applications in the utility, productivity, games and entertainment verticals. What's the idea behind Maple Media? What's the idea behind Maple Media?

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OCTOBER 18, 2012

San Diego-based venture investor Avalon Ventures has backed a developer of video advertising products, Selectable Media , to the tune of $2M. Selectable Media, which is based in New York, lets users opt into branded video advertising in exchange for free access to content on web and mobile apps.

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JANUARY 29, 2015

Santa Ana-based SEKUR.me , a startup developing multi-factor, mobile authentication and payment technology, said today that it has launched a new Strategic Alliance program to help enable mobile e-commerce payments. The company said its product helps enable secure, mobile payments on iOS and Android. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 2, 2017

The world of mobile apps has added serious challenges for software developers, who don't just have to deal with crashes�they have to deal with slow performance, strange hangs, multiple carrier networks, and more. We saw the pains of supporting apps in a live, production environments. Eric Futoran: Embrace.io That was Walter's job.

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OCTOBER 15, 2013

Irvine-based Specific Media , the online advertising provider--and parent firm of MySpace--said today that it has launched a new advertising targeting product which allows automotive advertisers to target households based on what cars are currently in their garage. specific media auto targeting advertising online automotive'

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FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Encinitas-based Verve Wireless , which develops mobile applications for local publishers, said today that it has acquired Deconstruct Media , a mobile advertising technology firm. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

San Diego-based video encoding and decoding software firm Sorenson Media bragged today that it is now powering the video encoding for half of the NFL's 32 teams. Sorenson's products are used to encode video content for streaming online and to mobile devices.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2019

Image via Pixabay If you are a business owner today, and not using social media to promote your business, you are missing out on a huge opportunity. Most social media outlets don’t require a subscription charge, but they certainly always require an investment, sometimes large, in people, in technology, your reputation, and your time.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Los Angeles-based PK4 Media announced today that it has launched a new product aimed at optimizing both display and video advertising, across mobile, tablet, and online platforms. Alexander previously served at such companies as Dedicated Media, Clickshift, and ValueClick. READ MORE>>. pk4media vidoe optimization'

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AUGUST 5, 2014

It might look a little like Demo Day for Warner Media Camp , the startup incubator program being run out of Los Angeles by Turner/Warner Bros. at the intersection of technology and media. All six startups presented details on their products at a "Demo Day" hosted at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank on Monday evening. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 30, 2015

Technology is of course a dual-edge sword but the media discussions of how it affects human interactions all too often focuses on the downsides. Numerous articles point out the “ sitting is the new smoking ” and if so then “mobile phones are the new crack.” A few weeks in and I have no regret.

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APRIL 5, 2012

Actually, no thanks to Santa Monica-based Mobile Roadie. Mobile Roadie, headed by Michael Schneider , develops tools that make easy for non-programmers to create their own mobile apps. Describe what Mobile Roadie does? One of the other harder problems we're tackling is how you sell physical goods on a mobile device.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Thursday, February 16, 2012 -- Optimizing Websites, Social Media and Mobile Devices: Risk and Reward in the Wild West of Technology. ebsites are becoming more interactive and mobile applications are impacting brand awareness and sales. Do you wonder how to best utilize your mobile applications to improve your business and brand?

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

San Diego-based Verve Wireless is reporting tonight that the firm served up 100 million mobile news pages per month in 2009, up 160% year over year. The firm, which powers such mobile news applications as AP Mobile, said it is on track to serve up 2.2 Tags: newspaper phone news mobile wireless verve. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Orange-based Apace Systems , a developer of media storage systems focused on the broadcast market, said this morning that it has rolled out a new product targeted at serving up video for business organizations. Perhaps tempting a trademark lawsuit, new product is called 'uTube in the Box'.

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AUGUST 15, 2014

Many online business today have a big problem: users are increasingly coming to their websites as mobile users, not desktop users, which means lower ad revenues and conversions. How do you make those mobile users just as profitable as desktop users? All of the sudden, there was a growth in users coming from mobile platforms.

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