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APRIL 9, 2013

San Diego-based driving monitoring system developer SmartDrive Systems announced this morning that it has been selected by the UK Transport Research Laboratory, for a study. According to SmartDrive, it will provide billions of hours of driving information from vehicles equipped with its systems to the lab, to help the lab in its research.

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JULY 2, 2010

San Diego-based Qualcomm is hoping this week that the newly developing field of augmented reality--the layering of software and the real world via mobile phones and computers--will help bolster use of its products, and has released both a software development kit and announced a new research center around the field. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 20, 2012

Tuesday, June 26, 2012 -- Mobile Marketing. There's been a lot of excitement in the mobile advertising space lately as recent announcements from Facebook, Twitter, Google, and Apple, etc. The mobile phone is the perfect platform for marketers to engage consumers wherever they may be. in 2011 to more than $20B by 2015.

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

uSamp , a provider of technology and survey respondents for the market research industry, has an offer for smartphone users: use the company's app to take photos, provide real-time feedback, or scan a barcode, and get cash and other rewards. uSamp said that it already has more than 100,000 iPoll users in the United States.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Yet I still get too many business plans that clearly are looking for money to do research and development (R&D) on a new and unproven technology. This early stage is often called basic research , well before any specific commercially viable products might be envisioned. Technology pilots.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Search engine giant Google announced Tuesday that the firm is funding a number of University research projects, including a group of researchers at UC San Diego, a researcher at UC Santa Barbara, and a researcher in Los Angeles. Tags: google search engine research development.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2018

As an advisor to new business owners, and an occasional angel investor, I see new business proposals daily, many seeking investors to fund early research and development (R&D) of a new product idea. Funding new product research and development is just too risky, with a large time delay before any return is likely.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 -- Mobility: Exceeding Your Customers? 1 in 4 mobile apps are downloaded but never used again. Panelists: Wendy Eichenbaum, Principal, Ucentric Design, LLC; Alex Genov, Lead User Researcher, Active.com; Hunter Jensen, Founder and CEO, Barefoot Solutions. Expectations. See [link] (more)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 9, 2012

Tuesday, May 15, 2012 -- Mobile Broadband: LTE and Beyond. The need for mobile broadband grows every day, as enterprise use and various applications (especially video) drive demand for high-speed, low-latency data. See [link] (more)

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

Los Angeles-based ISBX , a developer of a cross-platform, mobile development product, said today that it has scored $750,000 in funding. According to ISBX, it will use the funding for research and development, as well as expansion of its offerings and core technologies.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 16, 2019

” Kindbody operates a fleet of vans — mobile clinics, rather — where women receive a free blood test for the anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH), which helps assess their ovarian egg reserve but cannot conclusively determine a woman’s fertility. “The majority of women who froze their eggs haven’t used them yet.

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DECEMBER 13, 2012

What does the world have in store for the mobile games market, and how do mobile games developers look at the world? Tell us about Mobile Deluxe and the types of games you develop? Josh Hartwell: We do premium casual games for mobile devices. Talk about how you went from JAMDAT to Mobile Deluxe?

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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. The Impact of Mobile Phones on Advertising.

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MAY 27, 2014

Los Angeles-based uSamp , which develops surveying and sampling technology and services for the market research industry, said this morning that it has rolled out a set of new products. usamp sampling survey surveying market research mobile' Pricing on the new products were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 3, 2020

NASA and a clutch of startup and established companies are moving forward with plans to transform mobility in urban environments through the Urban Air Mobility Grand Challenge. Developmental Airspace Simulation: The companies will test traffic management services in NASA-designed airspace simulations for urban air mobility.

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Xconomy

JUNE 14, 2018

New immunotherapy approaches to cancer treatment, and the CRISPR technology for editing genetic material in cells, are among the most sophisticated research strategies scientists are using in their quest to defeat disease.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2021

Yet I still get too many business plans that clearly are looking for money to do research and development (R&D) on a new and unproven technology. This early stage is often called basic research , well before any specific commercially viable products might be envisioned. Technology pilots.

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MAY 7, 2021

Santa Monica-based a href="[link] Cycle, a developer of software for market research, said it has rolled out a new tool to help with ongoing issue tracking for companies using continuous product development. Pricing was not announced.

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JUNE 9, 2021

According to the company, EnerTech International will commercialize its battery technology in the transportation, mobility, and reserve power markets. Financial details of the deal were not announced.

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DECEMBER 3, 2014

A new effort by San Diego-based Scripps Research Institute and IBM is seeking to tap into the collective power of crowdsoruced PCs and Android mobile devices, to help find a cure for Ebola. ebola research cure computing softlayer crowdsource processing supercomputer disease lifescience' READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

North Hollywood-based UNest , which operates a mobile app which helps parents set up saving plans for their children's college, has acquired Littlefund , an app and service which helps parents with collecting gifts, and tracking and saving towards a child's goals. According to UNest, the acquisition will help it expand its product offerings.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 13, 2021

Established in 2008 within Tencent, TiMi is behind popular mobile titles such as Honor of Kings and Call of Duty Mobile. billion in player spending, according to market research company SensorTower. In 2020, Honor of Kings alone generated close to $2.5

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The contract is worth $1M, and is via a Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) by AFWERX. AirMap said that the USAF will use the company's software to support testing of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in preparation for scaling of advanced air mobility operations. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 1, 2016

Irvine-based mobile survey and research software developer MFour announced Wednesday that it is planning to double its staff, and plans to bring the company's total number of staff to more than 100 over the next nine months. MFour is led by co-founder and CEO Chris St.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 29, 2019

When Stackin initially pitched itself as part of Techstars Los Angeles accelerator program two years ago, the company was a video platform for financial advice targeting a millennial audience too savvy for traditional advisory services.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2014

The app, which lets users vote "yes" or "no" on other users they would or would not like to me--apparently helped connect (but not hook up) two scientists deployed for research there at two different research stations. mobile dating flirting antarctica tinder' Photo courtesy Bigstock. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 5, 2014

Pasadena-based UberMedia , the provider of mobile advertising technology, announced this morning that it has raised $8M in a funding round. Crawford is a member of the board of Lionsgate Entertainment, and previously was a portfolio manager at Capital Research and Management. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 29, 2018

Santa Monica-based mobile movie ticketing platform Atom Tickets said this week that it it expanding its platform to the independent theater market. Atom Tickets is backed by Lionsgate, Disney, Twentieth Century Fox Film, and Fidelity Management & Research Company. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 20, 2011

Power and Associates , a market research firm, has snagged a ReachLocal veteran to establish a new, digital research team, the firm said today. Power, it has hired Fabien Reille as its Vice President of Digital Research, to lead efforts into research into digital media, including monitoring online, mobile and social media activity.

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JULY 13, 2016

Irvine-based research firm MFour Mobile Research says that the Pokemon Go phenomenon has now resulted in the new, augmented reality game passing up Twitter in installations on smartphones.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 19, 2011

Big news in the mobile sector this week. Yesterday, Lookout , a mobile securities start-up based out of San Francisco, CA announced their release of an iOS version of their widely used Android compatible app. Lookout is a relatively new company, but has been a dominant figure in the mobile securities sector for Android phones.

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MAY 29, 2014

Los Angeles-based uSamp , the developer of market research products and services, said yesterday that it has named Joe Jordan as its new Vice President, Panel Operations. He also has served at Troy Research and other companies. uSamp said Jordan will help it expand its online and mobile panel products.

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OCTOBER 20, 2015

Los Angeles-based Science 37 , a provider of technology-enabled, clinical research services, has raised $6.5M in a Series A funding round. The funding was co-led by Lux Capital and dRx Capital. The company said the funds will go towards accelerating development and rollout of its operating model. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 16, 2018

Mersive develops software used for collaboration and meetings, based on both laptops and mobile devices as well as immersive in-room displays. Mersive was backed by 3M New Ventures, and was originally created as a research project funded by DARPA.

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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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socalTECH

AUGUST 21, 2009

San Diego-based FLO TV , the subsidiary of Qualcomm providing the FLO TV live mobile TV service, said this week that it has inked a deal with media measurement firm Rentrak to provide comprehensive viewership and advertising impression reporting on its viewers.

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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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