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MAY 23, 2018

Venice, California-based Snap , the parent company of Snapchat, is launching a new startup accelerator, named "Yellow", the company disclosed on Wednesday afternoon. According to reports, the company's accelerator is specifically focused on people building media projects for mobile devices. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Los Angeles-based wireless software publisher Mobile-XL reported Thursday that it is partnering with Venice-based mobile video messaging firm Mogreet. According to Mobile-XL, both companies have committed resources toward developing a mobile messaging platform.

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JANUARY 2, 2014

Venice-based social photo messaging service Snapchat had a major security breach over the holidays, when at least 4.6 Snapchat has not yet responded to the reports on the leaked data. snapchat social mobile startup instant photo messaging security' The breached data was apparently published via a post to Reddit. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Venice Beach-based Snapchat , the developer of a popular mobile application which lets users take "self destructing" mobile photos of themselves that they can send to friends, has raised $13.5M in a Series A funding, according to multiple reports. The funding came from Benchmark Capital, led by Mitch Lasky.

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JULY 6, 2016

Venice, California-based goFlow has launched a new, app-driven service to help users book trainers and professionals in the areas of surfing, wake boarding, paddle boarding and skateboarding. Need some surfing lessons, or help with stand up paddle boarding?

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

Venice, California-based Mogreet , the mobile video and advertising firm headed by James Citron, reports today that its analysis finds that users on Verizon Wireless, and those using iPhones, are the top mobile video users. percent of the mobile video messages were viewed on the Apple iPhone, followed by LG's env3, at 4.0

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JANUARY 22, 2015

Venice-based instant messaging app developer Snapchat is at the center of a murder investigation in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, after a teen allegedly stabbed and killed his girlfriend over a message sent via the service. According to reports, Matthew Joseph Fischer, 16, was angry over a message sent by Lucas Cavanaugh, 17.

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MAY 29, 2015

Venice-based Snapchat has raised $537.6M The new investors reportedly include Alibaba, Fidelity, York Capital, and Glade Brook Capital, and the funding has widely been reported at valuing the company at around $16 billion. Snapchat has now raised north of $1.15‎ billion. billion raised), and much more successful SpaceX ($1.2

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

The company recently reported record. Edmunds.com has been around forever in Los Angeles, but after a recent redesign and a focus on updating its web site, new mobile. The now-public. company operates a number of content-focused sites, including LIVESTRONG, eHOW, Cracked, and a domain name registration business, eNOM.

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JULY 19, 2016

At the time, Waze had just come out in Israel, providing crowd sourcing for sharing traffic reports, and for making life easier on the road. I saw that there was a combination of technology and the surfing industry in Venice. There's nothing better than an eyewitness report for your sport. After I arrived here in L.A.,

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MAY 7, 2013

The news that Ynon Kreiz is joining to run the company as Executive Chairman was first reported by Peter Kafka at AllThingsD (and later picked up by Variety , AdWeek and several other traditional media outlets. Ynon Kreiz is a force of nature in the media and tech sectors. Another major hire was Ryan Lissack who joined as CTO.

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OCTOBER 3, 2012

It has been reported by Google that 77% of viewers use a companion device while watching TV. Locally, Google is getting into the content game itself creating hundreds of celebrity driven channels and setting up shop all over Venice to produce content in preparation for this new world. WOW, right? has accomplished.

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OCTOBER 8, 2014

Of course most of you know SnapChat, Tinder & Whisper and many people immediately associate the success of Los Angeles under the SoLoMo banner (Social, Local, Mobile) and you wouldn’t be wrong.

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OCTOBER 8, 2012

If youre buying a luxury home or just like looking at them, check out this live chat from reporter Lauren Schuker Blum and WSJ.com real estate editor Matthew Strozier. Venices median home price in the first eight months of 2012 broke the $1 million barrier, rising to $1,012,000 from $899,000 in the first eight months of 2011.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2014

For example, Lookout is a mobile security company that was founded by three talented graduates of USC. And consider Snapchat – one of our hometown favorites as they’re based in LA (Venice Beach). .” Boston is still a great tech hub. But wouldn’t it want to be great PLUS have Facebook?

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