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DECEMBER 12, 2019

Curtis was the owner of the Robb Report magazine, which he acquired in 2001; he also has owned such media properties as Home Office Computing, Home Theater, Mobile Computing, Worth, Showboats International, Art & Antiques, and others. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 1, 2013

Los Angeles-based Triton Digital , which develosp technology for digital audio advertising and publishing, reported a win with Varick Media Management, a provider of programmatic streaming audio ads. advertising audio streaming management media varick digital triton' According to Triton, it will provide its inventory to Varick.

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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. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 8, 2012

Los Angeles-based Mobile Messenger , the operator of a mobile payment processing and marketing firm, is figuring prominently in a bid to allow cell phone users to donate directly to Presidential campaigns via texting. At the moment, donations by text are prohibited by the FEC.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 17, 2019

Both Quibi and Ficto see short form as a way to break through with a new kind of storytelling built for mobile media first. For Fiction Riot the pitch is better revenue sharing and economics for the people involved in the productions and better tools for fan engagement that are native to mobile devices.

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MARCH 27, 2012

San Diego-based Sorenson Media , the developer of video encoding and decoding software, reported today that mobile Internet gateway firm Flash Networks has licensed its video decoder. Financial details of the win were not announced. 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. Software is a different beast in the mobile environment. Mobile, in a lot of respects, is still in the super early innings.

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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.

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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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JULY 28, 2010

San Diego-based Sorenson Media , which develops video encoding and decoding products, reported today that LG Electronics has licensed its Sorenson Spark video codec. The firm said the license will enable LG to support access to video on the Internet via its mobile devices. Tags: encoding codec video media sorenson.

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APRIL 19, 2011

Online and digital measurement firm comScore is reporting today that Apple's iOS, including iPhone , iPad , and iPod Touch devices, outreach Android by 59 percent in the U.S., in comScore's first report on "connected media" devices. percent of mobile subscribers are using Apple iOS, with 10.2 percent using Android.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2021

It works best through effective use of social media, mobile apps, societal initiatives, becoming an influencer, and providing a modern easily-found web site with credible customer-focused content. According to relevant reports , 93 percent of online experiences start with a search engine. Don’t just monitor – engage customers.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 25, 2015

Advertising technology is hot with the rise of mobile, evidenced in part by Verizon’s merger with AOL valued at $4.4 billion, and on a much smaller scale, Undertone’s recent acquisition of mobile ad provider Sparkflow. Jetpack was founded in 2009 by digital media veterans Marc Brown, Chris Tragos and Kevin Woolery.

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JULY 9, 2019

Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which develops software that helps national brands keep information on their stores up to date across mapping and mobile services, has named Nick Hedges as CEO of the company, MomentFeed said this morning. Hedges also previously has served at Bain & Company, Accenture.com, and Ogilvy & Mather.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 19, 2019

It echoes the same message from Kik’s chief executive Tim Livingston last week when he rebuffed earlier reports that the company would shut down amid an ongoing battle with the U.S. ” MediaLab is a holding company that owns several other mobile properties , including anonymous social network Whisper and mixtape app DatPiff.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 28, 2020

In a move to shore up institutional support in what’s likely to be it’s last fundraising as a private company, the Los Angeles-based mobile gaming behemoth Scopely has raised $340 million in its latest eye-popping round of funding. ” In terms of capitalization, no other mobile gaming studio comes close. ” .

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AUGUST 21, 2009

San Diego-based FLO TV , the subsidiary of Qualcomm providing the FLO TV live mobile TV service, said this week that it has inked a deal with media measurement firm Rentrak to provide comprehensive viewership and advertising impression reporting on its viewers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2015

Isn’t it frustrating to think you finally understand something in business, like marketing with social media, only to realize that the landscape changed while you were looking at other priorities? In a recent book on social media by Jim Tobin, “ Earn It. Where are the young social media users going? When the glass is only.04%

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DECEMBER 3, 2014

Los Angeles-based WhipClip , a yet-to-be-launched startup led by Demand Media founder Richard Rosenblatt, revealed today that it has raised $20M in a venture funding round. demand demandmedia rosenblatt richard application mobile hollywood content television clipping video whipclip' The funding reportedly values the startup at $100M.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 26, 2020

It has now added to the list of partners local news service Patch and ProPublica, including its Local Reporting Network partners and its collaborative journalism project Electionland. Meanwhile, the ProPublica Local Reporting Network funds and jointly publishes year-long investigative projects with 23 local news organizations across the U.S.

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AUGUST 22, 2013

San Diego-based Qualcomm has acquired Orb Networks , a developer of media streaming hardware for a range of mobile devices. Orb did not name the buyer, however, a report from GigaOm has identified Qualcomm as the buyer, and says the acquisition actually came in May. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2022

Everyday devices, like Internet soda vending , have an embedded computer allowing full remote reporting and control. 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.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Los Angeles-based MindJolt , the online and mobile games developer headed by former MySpace founder Chris DeWolfe, reports today that it is now seeing about a third of the company's total revenues coming from the sale of virtual goods. 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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OCTOBER 1, 2012

Fandango , the online and mobile movie ticketing provider based in Los Angeles, has hired former Disney Online executive Paul Yanover as President, the company said today. Yanover was most recently head of a digital media consulting practice, Lookout Interactive Media, and served at Examiner.com.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

“The rise of couponing in late 2008 coincided with the recession of the late 2000s;” this factor combined with an increased consumer interest in mobile technology and devices led to an unprecedented decline in print media. Getting Mobile-Ready. With roughly 91% of the population using mobile devices and 26.3%

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

In my view, starting a new business has never been easier, and according to reports from the Kauffman Foundation , the numbers are here to show it. Even the homework is easier, with free access to more opportunity details and competitor data on your mobile device from anywhere in the world. The cost of social media done well is low.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

So the lion recruited a cockroach who had extensive experience as a supervisor and who was famous for writing excellent reports. He also needed a secretary to help him write and type his reports. Poor thing had to write this parable and broadcast it through social media, just to get her point across.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 3, 2018

One of the largest and most consequential data breaches in 2017 afflicted credit reporting agency Equifax, and it was hardly the only victim. These revelations led to Congressional investigations, and pledges by social media companies to better curate the content flowing through their platforms. Have all these.

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OCTOBER 6, 2010

San Diego-based Qualcomm confirmed Tuesday evening that it is considering shutting down its FLO TV, mobile television service, after reports that the firm is planning to shut off the service. Tags: qualcomm television content streaming media layoffs entertainment jobs employment. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 8, 2018

Alexa is now mobile. Unlike Google’s Glass, which had a small camera on top of a lens, Vuzix’s glasses are designed to resemble typical eyewear, according to media reports. They are expected to sell for $1,000. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2017

is a subsidiary of Chinese company Cheetah Mobile. The news comes shortly after Bytedance (Beijing Bytedance Technology Co Ltd) also announced it had acquired another Los Angeles, social app developer, Musical.ly, in a deal reported to be worth as much as $1 billion. Bytedance also bought LA's Flipagram earlier this year.

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JULY 1, 2010

Disney said that Tapulous will become a wholly owned subsidiary, reporting into Disney Interactive Media Group (DIMG). Disney also said it will add Tapulous founders Bart Decrem and Andrew Lacy, and the Tapulous development team in Palo Alto, to the company's mobile content group. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

If you are overwhelmed by information overload, or if youre puzzled by reports of Big Medias decline, or curious about where the new opportunities in the information economy, dont miss this lecture.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 30, 2022

The Los Angeles-based company partnered with NBA Top Shot NFT creator Dapper Labs to develop the storefront on Dapper’s Flow blockchain and debuted it to a group of invite-only beta users in December last year, TechCrunch reported at the time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

In my view, starting a new business has never been easier, and according to reports from the Kauffman Foundation , the numbers are here to show it. Even the homework is easier, with free access to more opportunity details and competitor data on your mobile device from anywhere in the world. The cost of social media done well is low.

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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 And why is that?

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