socalTECH

JULY 15, 2015

A few weeks ago, Los Angeles-based enterprise expense reporting software maker Chrome River (www.chromeriver.com) took a significant venture funding round--worth $100M--to help expand the company's growth in the enterprise software market. What does Chrome River's software do? Dave Terry: It's just part of our heritage.

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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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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 19, 2020

The wind, he said, “refers to the ever-growing desire for quality by mobile gamers.” ” Breaking the wave, on the other hand, entails TiMi applying new development tools to building high-budget, high-quality AAA mobile games. “TiMi didn’t succeed in China because of WeChat and QQ.

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Tips Activision Mobile Tool 149

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Take electricity as an input and through a process called ultrasonic transduction to convert it to a soundwave that can be beamed from a transmitter to a sleeve on your mobile phone that would use and ultrasound receiver to convert it back to electricity and charge your phone. .” The approach was clever and novel.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 19, 2021

Earlier this month, Los Angeles became the latest city to task its various departments with prepping a feasibility study for deploying new software and monitoring technologies to better account for its carbon footprint. Los Angeles has tried to address its carbon footprint in the past, but the efforts weren’t very successful.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 9, 2013

I just got an email asking about exactly this: I''m with a new company that needs some software built, but doesn''t need (or have the resources for) a large staff of software developers. Do not fall into the trap of Startups and a Common Misunderstanding in Agile Software Development. References. Recommending Flash.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

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. There are already a variety of cloud computing solutions available for common business usage, including the following: Software as a Service (SaaS). Gamification.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The two creators envision their company as a combination of 106 & Park and Jeopardy with questions aimed at cultural references for the Highsnobiety and Complex set. We’re building software for an urban, multicultural audience that continues to lead and influence culture — not just in the U.S.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 2, 2013

In the world of drone aircraft and robots, right now everyone develops their own, on-board operating systems software to run those autonomous systems. We spoke with Dreamhammer''s CEO, Nelson Paez , about the company''s software and its vision for a interoperable operating system for drones and robots. What''s Dreamhammer?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Think of web vs. mobile. Traditional software vs. SaaS. I’ve sat on ad tech boards with board members who clearly knew little about impressions, fill rates, CTRs, RTB, eCPMs or the difficulties & opportunities of embedded mobile SDKs vs. HTML5. The best way – of course – is to reference check.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2013

In today''s mobile world, SMS has widespread, near ubiquitous adoption, which is great for consumers who want to communicate with their friends and family. By giving them your mobile number, you''ve created a priority channel. They realized you can''t have that kind of information out there lying on people''s mobile devices.

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socalTECH

JULY 31, 2013

In the world of mobile app and Internet startups, it''s not that often that you see companies who touch the hardware side of the world get funding nowadays. We also operate the network software than runs and manages the entire network layer, from access point to end point. We have Renaissance making our chips.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2008

According to the firm, it will make its technology available via a program called PortableYou, to enable third parties to integrate the technology into video games, virtual worlds, web sites, mobile applications, and more. Big Stage is backed by Mission Ventures, Selby Venture, and the Tech Coast Angels. READ MORE>>

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2015

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. There are already a variety of cloud computing solutions available for common business usage, including the following: Software as a Service (SaaS). Gamification.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

It also gives families access to a marketplace of hundreds of experienced caregivers in Southern California, with access to high-definition (HD) video profiles, rigorous background checks, social references and reviews. Careseekers can view caregivers by location on an inbuilt map, HD videos, social references and reviews.

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Software Review Technical Review Southern California Summary 77

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2017

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. There are already a variety of cloud computing solutions available for common business usage, including the following: Software as a Service (SaaS). Gamification.

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Cloud Computing Startup Social Media SaaS 61

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

How concerned are we about design for mobile? Native mobile apps? Obviously, it's far simpler to aim for browser-based systems and basically aim your design to work okay on mobile devices with some additional effort on the part of the user. Refer a friend? Does it need to playback on mobile devices? Which devices?

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Develop Development Startup SEO 396

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

How concerned are we about design for mobile? Native mobile apps? Obviously, it's far simpler to aim for browser-based systems and basically aim your design to work okay on mobile devices with some additional effort on the part of the user. Refer a friend? Does it need to playback on mobile devices? Which devices?

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Develop Development Startup SEO 384

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

Mobile Computing. From tablets to smart phones to Google Glass , people are increasingly relying on their mobile devices to assist them in managing their lives. There are already a variety of cloud computing solutions available for common business usage, including the following: Software as a Service (SaaS). Gamification.

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Cloud Computing Social Media Entrepreneur SaaS 99

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 11, 2015

He’s had a ton of recent successes in enterprise software investments but also has a history in doing consumer deals. It’s hard to capture a monthly active user base in mobile that spans into several millions and manage that through a transition. I’m personally very bullish on the future of NextPlus. Conclusions?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2015

Between the mid nineties until 2007 wireless carriers around the world religiously protected the software that went on to phones and they guarded the end consumer relationship by controlling this software. So the value on the Internet went “up the stack” to portals such as Yahoo!, Excite, MSN and eventually Google.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

We help brands and agencies understand how their competitors are advertising, where their creative is running, what their spending is across all sorts of channels on digital, whether that's desktop, mobile, tablet, or video. Gabe Gottlieb: Pathmatics is in the name, and that refers to how we understand how ads are delivered across channels.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Hilariously simple tutorials, gaming, Windows 8 real-time, Windows Azure as a virtually unlimited scaling mechanism, and of course, awesome web and mobile possibilities are just a few of the examples you’ll see demonstrated. We will examine various HTML5 APIs to see how they provide key advantages to the modern web developer.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 8, 2014

The initial company, Roam Mobility Service came to market in January 2012. Roam Mobility had the benefits of being first to market and being unique in their space. T-Mobile is well ahead of the game, branding themselves with the “uncarrier” model. The Man Behind Mobile. Click here for more info on Ready SIM.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

We seem to receive lots of pitches from companies looking to attack the mobile market with their mobile software applications, but few who have deployed on-deck with carriers. What exactly are your mobile social networking applications? We see a lot of off-deck, mobile social networking firms.

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Southern California Edison Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

They’re Not Following Up on Software Defined Networks. High on the list of topics that carriers must consider when exploring changing or adding to their list of infrastructure providers is their involvement in the world of software defined networks and network functions virtualization (SDN and NFV).? References. RCR Wireless.

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Networking Demand Services Examples 50

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 14, 2014

Cojoin offers business intelligence software to collect and analyze data easily and quickly. Instead of having multiple departments to handle this function, Cojoin expects companies to easily get rid of communication problems with their business intelligence software. Is it only a web-platform or will there be a mobile-version?

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Startup Southern California Mobile Software 85

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 6, 2014

The inspiration to create Call of Duty vs Clash of Cans is very different on mobile. $$ and Advertisements. He alludes to work done for a pre-Superbowl mobile phone game which received a huge amount of investment and advertised like a traditional game. Gaming (especially mobile) is an inherently social experience.

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Mobile Platform Technology Advertising 93

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

If you want to know more about them and why they grew so rapidly I’ve written about them here ( online / offline mobile ad integration ) & here ( the most obvious mobile phone ad unit ). Selling tons of “shelfware” (customers who buy but don’t use your software) and thus having bad customer references.

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Startup Sales Technical Review Software Review 325

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Part I, Team) Tact was founded by Chuck Ganapathi , who was formerly the SVP of Products at Salesforce.com having led initiatives like their chat product, CRM and mobile. Part II, Market) The Enterprise Software market feels ripe for a massive shift and Tact has made big innovations at the forefront of the most important changes.

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Software Mobile Artificial Inteligence Oracle 105

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2013

He references CIO Bernard Golden’s argument, made in The IT Jobs Cloud Computing Will Create , that while some roles may disappear altogether, others will remain, but in much less demand. . All types of IT expertise will be needed at SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS providers as well as independent software vendors [ISVs],” he said.

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Cloud Computing Marketing CIO Organization 85

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

The Social Experience Apps include a superior mobile experience for consumers using smartphones and tablets, a ‘Refer-A-Friend’ feature that rewards fans for sharing, and integration with major social networks (Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr and Google+ and Facebook and Twitter). Fan Appz also has some amazing features.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2009

One of the big, open source successes in both Southern California and the software world was Gluecode Software , which was based in Los Angeles and acquired by IBM in 2005. We caught up with Webtide to learn more about the firm's open source web server software, Jetty. Where does Webtide fit into the software world?

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Xconomy

AUGUST 4, 2016

As the global market for mobile phones has matured, Qualcomm has been seeking new opportunities in the wireless technology business. The auto industry’s “tier 1” suppliers (the most important member of a supply chain, supplying key components directly to automakers) typically don’t invest much in research and development, Pazol said.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 20, 2011

In several cases, we eventually productized summer Intern projects, including a mobile version of GoToMyPC which we called PocketView. It was not possible to replicate this strategy at Expertcity, as a tour of an office in which people were writing software code did not have the same allure.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

"We are doing something in mobile advertising." Track the Ten Elements of Value for Your Venture Intellectual Property Concerns for Software Startups Entrepreneurs, Use Patents to Protect Your Intellectual Property and Create Value for Your Start-up Company Startups Beware: Patents are Like Umbrellas. " Ummm.

Startup 211

Startup IP Ideas Patents 211

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

"We are doing something in mobile advertising." Track the Ten Elements of Value for Your Venture Intellectual Property Concerns for Software Startups Entrepreneurs, Use Patents to Protect Your Intellectual Property and Create Value for Your Start-up Company Startups Beware: Patents are Like Umbrellas. " Ummm.

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Startup IP Ideas Patents 198