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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 billion news pages this year. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2021

A little history, we launched our product years ago, Search IQ. That product right now is on 2,000 publisher websites, it's sold under the SaaS model, and a lot of people on the free, ad-supported version. There have been changes in how people search, such as mobile devices. We're able to do that by the traffic we tap into.

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JANUARY 17, 2013

It's a huge development task to develop your own mobile application, connect into Facebook, and create an online ordering system--unless you use the software from ChowNow (www.chownow.com), one of the newest startups to get funding here in Los Angeles. The platform can be divided into three products. One is the mobile app.

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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. Two big themes have emerged in my head in the past 3 years: offline / online integration and mobile computing. They recommend up-sells and cross-sells of products. Or can they? They’re not.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

San Diego-based Verve Wireless , the developer of mobile publishing tools for the Associated Press, McClatchy, Belo Interactive, and other publishers, said this morning that it has raised $7M more in additional funding. According to Verve, the new funding will go towards further development and expansion of products. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 5, 2016

Pasadena-based programmatic advertising marketplace operator OpenX has rolled out compatibility with Google AMP, Google's effort at a highly optimized set of rules for mobile web pages, across its entire set of products, the companys aid Monday.

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APRIL 19, 2013

Los Angeles-based online shopping comparison site PriceGrabber said earlier this week that it has upgraded its mobile shopping app for the iPhone. The company said it has increased the speed of access for the apps; larger images through the app; new product pages with added details and features; and better product searches.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2019

How to Deal with Electronic Distractions Of course the biggest competition you have with the attention of your board members is their mobile phones. Announce at the start of the meeting that you’d like the board meeting to be “electronics free” including mobile phones, laptops or tablets. You can solve this if you’re willing to.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 1, 2023

Leaders and companies that innovate new products, services and methods of delivery are the ones that stand out in a crowded business world, especially when attempting to gain recognition among the throngs of competitors visible on the web. Innovation does not always equal invention. So, could you be the next Ford, Jobs, or Musk?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Sometimes that’s venture capital generally (like last year’s conversation with Reid Hoffman ) and sometimes it’s in a space where I’ve invested (like mobility and city innovation with Bird’s Travis VanderZanden , one of our portfolio founders.) We would argue that our movies are world-class movies, just designed entirely for mobile.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Traction is evidence that your product or service has started that “hockey- stick” adoption rate which implies a large market, a valid business model, and sustainable growth. Free and freemium products need a solid base. What does traction really mean to investors, and how much is enough? First of all, a definition.

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JANUARY 7, 2015

In the last few years, Southern California has been a key market in launching mobile applications and services, due to a huge, mobile-savvy consumer population. Bart Molenda: Close5 is a mobile based app that makes it very simple to buy and sell, in particular in your area. However, classifies have not yet caught up with mobile.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Irvine-based WebVisible , the provider of local online marketing software for small and medium sized businesses, said Wednesday that it has enhanced its technology platform, adding new mobile optimized landing pages, use of Amazon Cloud Front for video, and expanded listings in business directories. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Irvine-based document capture and automation systems developer Kofax announced this morning that it hs products are now being used to process more than 1.1 million mortgages--or approximately 375 million pages--in the U.S. kofax mortgage document processing mobile capture' READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 8, 2013

UberMedia , the Pasadena-based startup developing third party, Twitter clients and other mobile apps, said yesterday that it has launched a new mobile ad campaign product called Appvertise.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Los Angeles-based Paperlinks , the QR code startup headed by Hamilton Chan, said this week that it has launched a new product, which uses QR codes to enable customers to order from takeout menus. The new service includes collection of payment via a web page. Paperlinks did not say how much the service costs for restaurants.

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OCTOBER 19, 2011

Los Angeles-based Border Stylo is extending its lineup of mobile apps, with its first social gaming title, the firm announced this morning. The firm said its new game, Trivia Together , a trivia game for the iPhone which integrates Facebook, Twitter, and email into the game, pitting players with their friends on time trivia questions.

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AUGUST 9, 2011

Los Angeles-based private equity firm Platinum Equity has acquired Quark , the developer of page layout software, according to the firm this morning. Platinum did not disclose financial details of the buy, however, said that it is looking to expand Quark's product breadth and depth, plus create an acquisition strategy. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 20, 2017

Leaders and companies that innovate new products, services and methods of delivery are the ones that stand out in a crowded business world, especially when attempting to gain recognition among the throngs of competitors visible on the web. And millions of innovators are at work extending these capabilities.

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OCTOBER 31, 2014

We spoke with Kara Norton and Phoebe Hayman about the newly merged company, and how Pinterest and mobile are a key to the company''s business  and how the company doesn''t think of it as an e-commerce or retail brand, but a little bit of both. We have around 350 products all aimed at kids of all kinds of ages.

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JUNE 26, 2012

According to the firm, it now optimizes the site for any platform accessing the service, whether that's on a big monitor, iPad, or mobile browser; simplified navigation around the site; new ticker pages to help find content and top people for tickers users are interested in; and revamped its profile pages. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

If you’re a technology startup you need to excel at product, of course. The starting point of product IS marketing, which is what a lot of young entrepreneurs that never studied business don’t realize. He told me that there were a core group of inner Digg users who could control what got on the front page.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Major Phases / Major Features - What are the major features in the major phases for the product? Do you transact immediately or on delivery of some product or service? How concerned are we about design for mobile? Native mobile apps? Does it need to playback on mobile devices? Are there specific landing pages?

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AUGUST 20, 2013

4 months later every f **g product I see looks like Pinterest. Facebook Fan Pages launch. Microsoft throwing money at me to build a mobile app. All of these features, products, business models in their own right are valuable. Or you risk having a product & business that is a mile wide and an inch deep.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Major Phases / Major Features - What are the major features in the major phases for the product? Do you transact immediately or on delivery of some product or service? How concerned are we about design for mobile? Native mobile apps? Does it need to playback on mobile devices? Are there specific landing pages?

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MARCH 10, 2017

What that means, is for companies that have a physical presence in the real world, stores and the like, interaction with consumers today on mobile is now primarily through things that represent their stores, rather than directly with their brands. Robert Blatt: The first stage, in 2013, was really nailing product-market-fit.

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JANUARY 15, 2016

TigerText said its new products, TigerPage and TigerFax, will allow its users to receive and respond to pages and faxes from their smartphone. TigerText's new TigerPage software takes the place of pagers, letting users send a voice message or call back users from their TigerText inbox, automatically transcribing voice pages to text.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 25, 2012

RingRevenue's unique technology allows online and offline advertisers and publishers to consistently increase revenues from mobile, print, search and email campaigns by tracking the phone calls generated by such ads. So it only makes sense that the Facebook mobile app has been an enormous success. But, a mobile phone is still a phone.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

I was running the largest deals in the media and entertainment video area across many different Google products. I worked with the head of each product area, such as YouTube, on how to drive more value for our large partners. We have our product in the market, and launched our beta in January. Finally, what''s next for you?

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APRIL 22, 2016

funding round this week for its mobile gifting app. Jason Reid: Giftagram is a mobile first company, that really redefines the way people gift. What is unique about our mobile app, is you can send a physical gift without actually having a physical address to send it to. How does Giftagram work? Who are your typical customers?

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Chris Tragos: Jetpack is an ad platform, which I would describe as the most beautiful, best engaging, and most performant ad product for desktop, mobile, and tablet. Our business is helping those guys make more money, through our better ad product. We are primarily focused on publishers.

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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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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2013

CapLinked, Cloud-based enterprise platform for deal management and investor reporting, Wednesday announced a new suite of enterprise features in a move to take transactions mobile. But a lack of competition has also lead to a lack of innovation, resulting in low customer satisfaction and frequent complaints of difficult-to-use products.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

“The object is to exploit the convergence of people, information, products, services and places with today’s smartphones and tablets, which drive online orders in addition to purchases from brick-and-mortar stores.”. Getting Mobile-Ready. With roughly 91% of the population using mobile devices and 26.3%

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JANUARY 26, 2009

Irvine-based Skweezer, which operates a mobile advertising network and tools to translate web pages to mobile format, is reporting today that the firm saw its first quarter of profitability in Q4. Skweezer's advertising product also works with non-mobile web sites. Tags: mobile advertising skweezer.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

I founded NowLive a year ago, dedicated to producing and streaming live, professional events for the web and mobile, and anchored interactive. Sara Bordo: We built our product from scratch, from the multi bitrate player to chat, to the entire experience. Everything on a page on our site is not only about engagement but transactions.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

I was recently talking with a startup company who wanted me to try their product. They have a mobile app and I felt like it crashed too much for my liking. I’m a big believer in product stability & performance before adding too many features. If you have multiple versions of your product, how many are web vs. mobile?

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