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JULY 11, 2012

Los Angeles-based web hosting and cloud hosting provider Media Temple is looking to maker it easier for people to migrate their websites and domains to the service, through a new service called Otto.

Media

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AUGUST 13, 2013

Los Angeles-based web hosting and cloud services firm Media Temple says it has upgraded its web hosting services, to make websites run up to six times faster. Media Temple said the company''s GRID service was originally launched back in 2006. media temple mediatemple hosting cloud' READ MORE>>.

Media

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NOVEMBER 15, 2012

If you're a web publisher, or even a brand developing your own outreach to customers through a newsletter or microsite, how do you efficiently gather and curate all of the news and information out there? It's all about what is happening on the realtime web. Matt Kumin: When I was at Edmunds.com, we were looking at aggregation services.

Web

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AUGUST 13, 2013

Los Angeles-based web hosting and cloud services firm Media Temple says it has upgraded its web hosting services, to make websites run up to six times faster. Media Temple said the company''s GRID service was originally launched back in 2006. cloud hosting mediatemple temple media' READ MORE>>.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 20, 2014

How much will social media fame cost you in 2014? This reality encourages some high-profile individuals to manipulate their social media standing by acquiring fake followers. Thus, if you purchased all of the social media "juice" shown here, it would only cost you about, $6,804. The Cost Of Fake Fame. The Downside.

Social Media

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AUGUST 6, 2010

Santa Monica-based Demand Media announced Thursday that it has launched a new product, called Content Channels. According to Demand, it is providing the service to both Hearst and USA Today. Tags: internet journalism channels content media demand. READ MORE>>.

Demand

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JANUARY 31, 2012

San Diego-based StockTwits , the online, finance-focused messaging service, said today that it has partnered with Q4 Web Systems , a developer of corporate websites and social media products for public companies. The two said that Q4 will integrate StockTwits products and services as part of its offering for public companies.

Web Development

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JANUARY 21, 2014

Beats Music , the streaming music service which is being developed by Santa Monica-based Beats Electronics, officially launched this morning on the web and via an iPhone application. The service, which costs $9.99 Beats Electronics is being run by Ian Rogers , the former head of Topspin Media and GM of Yahoo! READ MORE>>.

Services

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AUGUST 22, 2012

The product includes web hosting, social media, mobile, content creation, website creation, SEO, and other services for those businesses. The firm said its new Launch by Local product is aimed at small and medium-sized businesses, and helps customers with digital marketing. The new tool will start at $249 per month for SMBs.

Marketing

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Los Angeles-based AEG Digital Media , a provider of online broadcast services, said late last night that it has rolled out a new product which uses Amazon Web Services to provide cloud-based, video transport and ingest. AEG Digital Media serves traditional broadcasters and television stations. READ MORE>>.

Media

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JULY 18, 2012

Los Angeles-based Media Temple , the web hosting firm, is partnering with Virb to help small businesses, artists, musicians, and others to create their own web sites, the firms said this morning. Virb provides a service which helps creative types to create their own websites. READ MORE>>.

Media

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Santa Monica-based Tecca said today that it has launched a new, personal electronics shopping and information service with the backing of Best Buy Co. Tecca's software currently runs on Apple iPhone and Google Android devices, and the firm said it will be offering up mobile web, PC, and tablet versions later this fall.

Services

Eric Greenspan

MAY 25, 2010

What I mean by this is we do radio better by building it around the web, social media and traditional marketing strategies alongside, behind and wrapped around our radio shows. We will soon launch service in the area and our fleet will be logo’d accordingly. Tell no one!

Social Media

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , the provider of online marketing services for small and medium sized businesses, said today that it has launched a new product called ReachCast. Pricing on the new offering was not disclosed. The firm said the product is a result of its acquisition of SMB:Live back in February. READ MORE>>.

ReachLocal

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MAY 18, 2016

Los Angeles-based Media Temple has launched a new, WordPress hosting offering, which it says specifically provides "white glove" around the clock service and monitoring.

Media

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MARCH 4, 2013

Nero , the developer of consumer video, photo, and media software management products which bases its U.S. Nero said its new NeroKwik software for iPhone and iPad allows users to share their photos across the web, Facebook, Google+, iOS, and Android, via its mobile photo sharing service. READ MORE>>.

Glendale

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JUNE 25, 2013

Los Angeles-based TheBouqs (www.thebouqs.com) thinks so, with its new, cut-to-order online flower delivery service for the iPad generation. The third part of this is the subscription service we offer. There are lots of online flower delivery services, in a pretty established market. What is the Bouqs? Closing this $1.1M

Services

socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2018

The company--led by longtime cloud and hosting services veteran Simon Anderson--offers up managed services and consulting for cloud platforms like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure.

Services

socalTECH

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Anyone with the slightest interest in the world of social Internet services nowadays has by now heard of Pinterest , the online site which allows users to "pin" and comments on their favorite photos from across the web. Pinterest is one of the latest services to sweep the Internet world in terms of popularity, particularly with women.

Venice

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JUNE 13, 2012

Los Angeles-based web hosting and cloud services firm Media Temple has tapped two technology vets as President and COO, and Chief Technology Officer, the company announced this morning. The firm said it has named Russell P. Reeder as its President and COO, and Albert Lopez as CTO.

Media

socalTECH

JULY 21, 2011

Rob Reed: The position of MomentFeed, is that it is essentially a layer in the location based services stack. They have an interest in all of the data being generated through location based services apps, which give them an opportunity to connect with consumers. Now, what we've entered is actually Social Media 2.0,

Social Media

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APRIL 25, 2016

Los Angeles-based Stratalux , a provider of cloud-based, managed services for Amazon Web Services (AWS), said it has acquired Tojo Media , a company which specializes in building software for media and entertainment clients to be used in the Amazon AWS public cloud. READ MORE>>.

Media

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Selling services has always been about relationships, but the challenges of building relationships with services clients have exploded. Thus services experiences and relationships tend to be based more and more on new media and technology. Companies need service strategies that increase spontaneity to enhance experiences.

Services

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2010

Torrance-based LiveOffice , a provider of email archiving services, announced today that the firm is releasing a new product specifically aimed at archiving social media sites, including LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. The firm said the new LiveOffice Social Archive software is can capture and retain content from any public web site.

Torrance

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Last week, Santa Monica-based Tecca (www.tecca.com) launched a consumer electronics, consumer information service, backed by Fuse Capital and Best Buy. The service--currently only available on iPhone and Android--allows users to find reviews and information about consumer electronics products. What was behind that decision?

Incubator

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

We had to buy Oracle database licenses, UNIX servers, a Sun Solaris operating system, web servers, load balancers, EMC storage, disk mirrors for redundancy and had to commit to a year-long hosting agreement at places such as Exodus. Linux (instead of UNIX), Apache (web server software), MySQL (instead of Oracle) and PHP.

Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

Not just the fact that you Tweet publicly versus privately, but also that they’re open in letting their Tweet stream flow into other products & services. I’m starting to spend my time evaluating companies that can help brands simultaneously build within the fortress but also maintain social value in the open web.

Social Media

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JANUARY 6, 2022

A new, free-streaming service, SPORTS.TV, has been launched by Allen Media Group, which said today its new app-based consumer video streaming service is free, and aggregates sports, news, movies, documentaries, and entertainment networks, as well as local broadcast television stations.

Services

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Los Angeles-based software-as-a-service developer CrownPeak has expanded the breadth of its offerings, saying this morning that it has launched a set of content management and marketing tools. CrownPeak is a developer of software-as-a-service for content management, which allows non-technical users to update and maintain their web sites.

Tool

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FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Los Angeles-based cloud and web hosting operator Media Temple said this morning that it has named Lou Kikos as the company's new Vice President of Marketing. Kikos was most recently at iRise, and also had served at CC Information Services, and co-founded The Magis Group.

Media

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OCTOBER 7, 2009

For this morning's interview, we sat down and talked with Nick Desai , CEO of Global Fitness Media , which runs FitOrbit (www.fitorbit.com), an online site looking to help users put together a fitness and connect with fitness trainers. It's a 90 percent cost savings, and we don't just deliver the same service but a greater value.

Media

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MAY 2, 2014

To get some insight into how those names are changing--we caught up with Steve Banfield , SVP and GM of Registrar Services over at Rightside (www.rightside.co) -- which is in the midst of spinning out from Santa Monica-based Demand Media. Steve Banfield: What will become Rightside has been part of Demand Media.

Demand

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DECEMBER 19, 2019

In what appears to be the season for stories on how easy it is to gain unauthorized access to cameras from Santa Monica-based Ring , a report published Thursday from Techcrunch says over 1,500 passwords for Ring cameras are available on the "dark web" giving full access to Ring cameras. READ MORE>>.

Web

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. - First Principles.

Startup

socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Carlsbad-based satellite Internet operator and equipment developer ViaSat is expandings its new Exede Evolution satellite Internet plan, saying it has expanded the service into 30 states. The company says the service is now reaching more than 590,000 subscribers across the US.

Email

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OCTOBER 26, 2016

Irvine-based Zadara Storage , which provides enterprise storage-as-a-service to customers via a hardware product combined with cloud-based storage, has scored media company The Impress Group. Zadara said it will support a VMware environment for The Impress Group, replacing aging storage arrays with its Zadara VPSA Storage Array.

Media

TechCrunch LA

MAY 12, 2020

The group occupies some familiar spaces for past investments, with a focus on niche social communities, mobile media tools and augmented reality. The 10 startups in Yellow’s third batch include: Brightly : a media platform and community that promotes ethical and sustainable brands. Nuggetverse : a web comics media startup.

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