Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Live Shopping is an integral part of the “social commerce” phenomenon – a general term for ecommerce experiences within which customers don’t even have to leave social media platforms to buy items – but other tech companies like Meta, as well as TikTok, have struggled with it in the US and Europe so far.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 26, 2024

There are just five days left to enter the digital detox competition set up by Icelandic Yogurt company Siggi’s Dairy, which has pledged to give selected contestants $10,000 to spend an entire month “detoxing” without a smartphone or social media. Should I Digitally Detox Anyway?

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

As of an August Pew Research study , 43 percent of Americans report “often getting news online,” just seven percentage points lower than the number who get their news from TV sources. In other words, the internet is a huge and growing source of news — and it’s a lot harder to regulate the internet than television.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2015

Snapchat launched its new tool on Tuesday, saying that its new feature is a collaboration with "world-class leaders in media" to put the "narrative first"--tapping into the knowledge of professional editors and artists. publishing publisher discovery socialmedia media social information news snapchat'

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SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Thursday, December 16, 2010 -- CommNexus Presents:Managing a Crisis in the Age of Social Media. The way people find out about breaking news has changed significantly in the past several years. From real time Twitter updates, to eyewitness news to iReports, how media outlets source and broadcast stories has changed as well.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 19, 2011

Tuesday, January 25, 2011 -- CommNexus Presents:Managing a Crisis in the Age of Social Media. The way people find out about breaking news has changed significantly in the past several years. From real time Twitter updates, to eyewitness news to iReports, how media outlets source and broadcast stories has changed as well.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 24, 2011

Tuesday, January 25, 2011 -- Managing A Crisis In the Age of Social Media. The way people find out about breaking news has changed significantly in the past several years. From real time Twitter updates, to eyewitness news to iReports, how media outlets source and broadcast stories has changed as well.

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socalTECH

JULY 24, 2015

Los Angeles-based online trending news site Opposing Views said Thursday that it is now seeing an average of more than 23 million unique visitors per month, up from around 14.4 The website features trending, viral news stories and photos and video news. million unique monthly visitors last year, and 2.8 million in 2013.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

For today's Insights and Opinions article, we have a piece from Tracy Olmstead Williams, of Olmstead Williams Communications, talking about the bold new world of social media: Social Media, like Global Warming, has now left doubters behind. Brands lagging in new media shrank by 6 percent. 06 percent.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 10, 2012

I reached out to Michael after their surprising day at the top of Hacker News during early September. The innocuous post, which was simply titled " Divshot " generated over 110 comments and was awarded nearly 200 points by Hacker News' notoriously jaded readers. According to Michael, the Hacker News exposure was completely unplanned.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Everyone is talking about how social media can help you jumpstart your business at no cost, and experts are springing up on all sides to help you do it at a high cost. Before you start, analyze existing media, demographics, and new social media alternatives for a fit to your rollout campaign requirements.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2017

As more and more revelations of abuse of advertising systems at Google and Facebook by Kremlin-linked advertisers continue to surface--Venice, California-based Snapchat has managed to keep itself free of "fake news" using a secret weapon: humans. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2023

If your business is to be a thought leader in the social media world, you need a system of grading how much influence you have online, much like the original Klout score, as explained in the classic book on this subject, “ Klout Matters ,” by Gina Carr and Terry Brock. Allocate some time to spend on social media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2019

The power and influence of paid media advertising, including print ads, TV commercials, radio, and even online digital campaigns is waning, in favor of unpaid earned and owned messaging from your website, social media, key market influencers, and existing customer word-of-mouth. Earned media. Owned media.

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socalTECH

JUNE 11, 2009

Los Angeles-based SodaHead.com , the social question-and-answer and polling startup headed by former MySpace VP of Operations Jason Feffer, is morphing its focus towards the social news area, saying last night that the company is looking to become a "social newspaper." million people who visit the site monthly.

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Tech.Co

JULY 13, 2023

Initially pinned as a generative AI startup for Twitter when it first hit the headlines back in April, the xAI website seems to suggest that the new startup will remain separate from the social media platform, as well as Musk's collection of other technology companies. The post What Is xAI?

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StartUp Beat

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

While the glory days of TV and radio ads have come and gone, digital media influencer marketing is gaining momentum. With its finger on the pulse of this global marketing trend, Los Angeles-based Paladin Software has announced the release of a new social influencer marketing software, Campaigns.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2022

The power and influence of paid media advertising, including print ads, TV commercials, radio, and even online digital campaigns is waning, in favor of unpaid earned and owned messaging from your website, social media, key market influencers, and existing customer word-of-mouth. Earned media. Owned media.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

It reportedly paid a hefty $230 million to acquire the podcast publisher and network startup Gimlet Media, and has also acquired the podcast monetization platform Anchor for an undisclosed price. Spotify Acquires Gimlet Media and Anchor. Above all, this news points to a big shift in the podcast industry.

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L.A. Business Journal

JULY 22, 2016

Los Angeles Times has found social media more welcoming than local TV news rivals.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

The rate of new entrepreneurs increased between 2013 and 2021, from 280 to 360 out of 100,000 of the adult population. They helped create over 5 million new businesses in 2022, a forty percent increase over the previous year. Establishing your brand with interactive social media. The cost of social media done well is low.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 3, 2011

Loudie is a gps location based iPhone application that combines the best of social media to help you keep up with all of your favorite concerts. Loudie is an absolutely interactive social media application for the ultimate music fans. Why should you?

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2018

The account “hack” was architected by brud as part of an ongoing virtual reality drama playing out on Instagram and other social media platforms between avatars it had developed, all designed to attract media attention, according to people with knowledge of brud and its plans. “[Manufacturing] social influence.”

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

The double-digit drop actually came from Meta’s earnings report which investors feared would be indicative of a broader revenue slump across social media stocks. This week, the company rolled out a local newsletter in the San Francisco Bay Area, bringing bundled local news curated by the Apple team.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 3, 2018

Any year-end review of technology news must also include reports on Russian hacking of the 2016 election campaign, and the manipulation of social media channels to spread false and divisive political messages.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 20, 2012

The group is currently soliciting sponsors for the bus, which it says will go to tech and media events throughout the year, including such events as SXSWi and TechCrunch Disrupt. socalTECH is a news partner of Silicon Beach LA). The site and bus is the brainchild of Robert Lambert and Jeremy Gocke. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 19, 2022

In my experience, the good news is that everyone is becoming more and more comfortable with relationships via the new media and technology. The bad news is that I still find a lot of you who don’t use these tools effectively, or haven’t learned the rules for nurturing remote relationships.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2021

Most of these startups spend the lion’s share of their marketing budget in today’s social media channels: Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Snap, TikTok and so on because?—?no Photo by Vanna Phon on Unsplash Customer acquisition is the lifeblood of many startups from e-commerce to gaming to marketplace companies, among others. no surprise?—?that’s

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2021

With the advent of the Internet, social media, and instant communication via texting, customer expectations for service, as part of their entire customer experience, have changed. As well as phone support, customers expect you to accept mobile messaging, and provide quick responses via social media and multiple Internet websites.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

The rate of new entrepreneurs increased between 2013 and 2019, from 280 out of 100,000 to 310 out of 100,000 of the adult population. Over 600,000 new businesses were created in the last year, or over one per minute of every day. Establishing your brand with interactive social media.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 7, 2012

So much so that after months of a deactivated Facebook to escape from the noise, it all the sudden has a new meaning and I turned it back on. Cheers to discovering a real return on using social media. It’s an observation center that will in end help me to create a secure financial future.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2022

It’s easy to get so pre-occupied with handling the business rollout that you forget to maintain and increase your social media interactions, search engine optimization efforts, and highlighting positive customer reviews on your website. Continually add new marketing and distribution partners. Don’t give up your dream too early.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 8, 2020

For today's interview, we spoke to Bill Curtis , the founder of Malibu-based CurtCo Media (www.curtco.com). We spoke to Bill about CurtCo's move into the podcasting area, and why he thinks podcasting is the next frontier in media. Talk about what CurtCo is working on?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

It an era of social media and newsreaders titles matter a lot. So I need to stand out in two areas in which I compete for attention – social media and news readers. The three must reads for me daily are: The NY Times, TechMeme & Media Redefined. His article is well worth reading anyways.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Ordinarily, Twitter’s announcement that some of its users can now send tweets twice as long as its signature 140-character limit, and that this freedom could be broadened to others, would have been the company’s top news of the week. elections heat up. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Los Angeles-based digital media publisher BUZZMEDIA looks to be revving up its hiring on the editorial end of its business, saying Tuesday that it has hired nine staffers across its sites Celebuzz, and SPIN. The firm said the expansion of its staff will further expand the brands.

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socalTECH

MAY 3, 2011

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the automotive pricing site run by Scott Painter, said today that it has acquired Honk.com , an automotive social media website. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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