socalTECH

JUNE 2, 2010

Aliso Viejo-based e-commerce firm Buy.com said Wednesday that it has updated its mobile e-commerce web site. The firm said that the mobile site now adds full search and checkout capabilities, and improved mobile shopping. The firm also said the new mobile site supports its third-party, retail marketplace listings.

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socalTECH

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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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. You provide the free app in the App Store that gives subscribers mobile access to your service. This freemium model has been used for years by web apps. Make your app support all platforms. Build your own marketplace platform.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Los Angeles-based Gumiyo (www.gumiyo.com) has been developing mobile websites for SMBs and publishers for a number of years, and recently started to offer up self-service tools to make it easy for those customers to create cross-device mobile websites. Shuki Lehavi: Mobile is such a broad term today. million units.

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TechEmpower

DECEMBER 11, 2023

By following these guidelines, you'll be better equipped to select a web development company that accurately reflects your project aspirations. It's a strategic choice that extends beyond a one-time development process and into anticipating future needs. tew_cta text="Do you have an idea for a software project?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2019

The new service offers those vehicles through a monthly price which includes maintenance, comprehensive and collision insurance, and roadside assistance--all through a mobile app or web interface. The company says that vehicles are delivered directly to a customer's door, with returns also a very simple process.

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socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2011

Los Angeles-based QR code startup ShareSquare is announcing today that it has opened up its QR code service to the public, and also outlined its pricing plans and tiers. ShareSquare has been in private beta for the last three months. The startup is headed by Matthias Galica. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 13, 2013

Los Angeles-based Greentoe.com , which operates an online marketplace which lets people name their own price for electronics and other items, has raised a round of angel funding, the firm said today. The funding came from Parker Thompson from 500 Startups/Dave McClure. Size of the funding was not announced.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Wednesday, February 28, 2007 Google Maps Mobile I recently downloaded Google Maps Mobile for my Treo. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Its works great. And there was a big surprise. It includes traffic!

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

The firm--which provides a cloud-accessible, real time dataset available via APIs--said it also bolstered data on hours of operation, delivery, cuisine, and price across those restaurants, with hours for over 1 milion of the restaurants. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 13, 2015

Pricing on the service and details have not been announced. According to the two, AT&T will offer Hulu's subscription service on both mobile and web platforms. The two already have been offering up Hulu's free streaming service to AT&T's users.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

ReachLocal said its new ReachEdge product includes a website, lead management software, and mobile application specifically aimed at converting web site visitors into leads and customers for companies. Pricing on the new tool was not announced.

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socalTECH

APRIL 21, 2015

The company said its Kareo Medical Billing now supports both web and mobile applications, adds customized reports, includes secure messaging, and many other features. Pricing on the new product was not announced.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

The firm, which did not disclose financial details of the investment, said the digital media fund established by Best Buy and Fuse Capital are backing its launch of a product information, pricing, and shopping mobile application. Fuse said that Tecca was incubated from within the firm. READ MORE>>.

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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. Nuggetverse : a web comics media startup. Snap investment Hardworkers. Charli Cohen : a “next-gen” streetwear fashion brand. Stipop : a rich cross-platform chat sticker API.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Southern California is once again the target expansion market for a Bay Area startup offering cleaning services via the web this morning, as EXEC said it is expanding beyond the San Francisco Bay Area, and launching its cleaning service in San Diego. The service parallels, almost exactly, the steps at Pathjoy.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

CrownPeak said its new offering, the Online Marketing Management Suite, is targeted at online marketers, and helps them test, target, and measure content relevance in its web sites, landing pages, banner ads, mobile devices, social media, and other channnels. Pricing on the new offering was not released.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Cloudera and Hortonworks, two large, publicly traded companies that compete to offer Web-based data storage and analytics, announced plans today to merge into a combined entity they value at $5.2

Platform 93

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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

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Investors are showing an increased appetite for new stocks, with a good percentage of deals pricing above the marketed share price range. I can remember when creating a web site for eCommerce could easily require a million dollar investment. The elements include communications, mobile platforms, and location-based services.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

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. A web-based app allows users to create those cookbooks. The company said the cookbooks can be priced at anything from $0.99

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 10, 2012

All you hear about these days is Mobile. Companies are spending more time and money on their mobile sites than their full-fledged website. It’s hard to even watch a TV commercial without some sort of mobile app shout out. I bet there is a lot that would surprise you about the mobile world. Download Apps From the Web.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

For those patient enough to source great companies at reasonable prices and prepared to weather the next inevitable downturn, I believe firmly there will be economic rewards for discipline and patience. They compete on features, price and execution. Mobility really changes everything. Some will pay off, others will not.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 11, 2021

The link-in-bio business is heating up as more mobile website builders compete for a coveted slice of real estate on a creator’s TikTok, Instagram or Twitter. Ramdani said that astrologers have been particularly successful on Snipfeed, since fans can book a variety of asynchronous services at a wide range of prices.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 20, 2010

The firm said the new app allows users to compare prices from the firm's various third party retailers in its Buy.com Marketplace, in addition to its own website. The app also allows users to access product reviews and videos from Buy.com's web site, along with other features.

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2014

With all those new releases, there are lots of new opportunities--you can preregister names, some people are holding back certain names as premium names, and there''s a lot of complexity in price points. Do you think there''s some challenge to the domain industry today due to mobile? I don''t know if it changes in too many ways.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 22, 2011

It’s true that I have a functional focus on three areas: Performance-based marketing, digital television and mobile computing. If that bond isn’t there or if it feels like I’m in a bidding process for the highest price, I might as well be Wells Fargo. Not by dropping price & quality – they don’t have an advantage there.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

I pointed to several Economist articles I had read that mapped historical prices of real estate for 400 years and how on average property values grow at no more 1.5% above inflation yet in many markets in the US & Europe prices were rising at 10-25% per year. And it’s driving up prices beyond their inherent value.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

We move transactional mail between web applications and end users. Jim Franklin: Web developers are good at building web applications. However, every web application needs and email component. It starts when you register for a web application, the app send you a confirmation email, which is transactional email.

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socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2013

They''re currently having to purchase dental care without any price transparency or negotiating power. We''re leveraging group buying to get pricing which is comparable to those negotiated by the large insurers. You can price a procedure, check on a dentist''s reputation, and book online. We felt that was not disruptive enough.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

He is not a technical person, but is somewhat web savvy. And in the case of defining mobile/web/software, there is even more variability in terms of form and format. I was talking with an early-stage founder who has a product vision and wants to get it built. Go find a new technical resource.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

Web-based client for user stream data including Twitter (original focus), FaceBook, MySpace, Google Buzz, FourSquare and many others. Users leave messages for each other through BlockChalk mobile app. Mobile gifting service. Provider of real-time data and predictive analytics for web site publishers. OTHER DEALS: 1.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2015

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. You provide the free app in the App Store that gives subscribers mobile access to your service. This freemium model has been used for years by web apps. Make your app support all platforms. Build your own marketplace platform.

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socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2012

Los Angeles-based HipSwap is trying to break the mold of online marketplaces, with its highly visual, mobile and online marketplace for fashion and other items. We have a very visual marketplace, that for the mobile and web, lets people show their closets, garages, homes, and stores. Think eBay is just too tough to use?

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Hamilton Chan is founder of Los Angeles-based PaperLinks (www.paperlinks.com), a new startup which is developing mobile applications which take advantage of QR codes--the 3D barcodes which are cropping up everywhere--to help users marketers go beyond just linking those codes to web pages, but also to power social applications.

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Startup Tips Web Platform 233

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 mobile, locations, layering of services, data management, portability & more]. Social Networking in Web 1.0: By the mid-nineties we had the World Wide Web, which gave us a standard way to publish web pages using HTML.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

We end up using WordPress a lot as the marketing front-end of our web sites. In this talk, we spent most of our time on Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One and how they should be helping you: Specify the right things to be built. WordPress is pretty easy to hack.

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