SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 31, 2010

The New Media ecosystem is growing rapidly with content distribution networks, mobile devices and social networks connecting and interconnecting consumers like never before. Saturday, February 6, 2010 -- New Media Revenue Models: Growing Greenbacks in the Digital Ecosystem. Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum.

Media 100

Media Enterprise Forum CalTech Social Network 100

socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2017

Last week, Los Angeles-based iExhale (www.iexhale.com) announced a seed funding round, to bring its mobile, mental health service to life. We've combined online therapy with phone calls with licensed professionals, and also added an online social networking aspect and mood checkup. What's iExhale all about?

Social Network 113

Social Network Startup Platform Networking 113

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 28, 2014

Fact: social media is among the top most powerful communication tools today. Pew Internet Project’s research on Social Networking reports that as of January 2014, 74% of online adults use social networking sites. Digital Insights reports in their 2014 Social Media statistics that Facebook has 1.01

Snapchat 82

Snapchat Social Media Social Network Media 82

socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2013

We connect consumers to great content from around the Internet, from social networks, from thousands of branded video channels, and around any particular topic they're interested in. Blair Harrison: I think the most important thing at the moment, is the end screen experience is one of the most important thing. What is Frequency?

Social Network 232

Social Network Startup Organization Services 232

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 6, 2012

Jobscience early today acquired Atomkeep in a move the company says was to help job seekers validate their social image over the various social networks to avoid mistaken identities from would be employers. ” Atomkeep was launched in 2008 and syncs users information on their social networks with online job boards.

Social Network 61

Social Network Social Media Blogging Screening 61

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 15, 2012

One for each of the main Hero Screens you have in your application. A Hero Screen is defined as a major application screen, from which additional screens will branch out. Donald has a mobile phone, but doesn’t download many apps. Sally is taken to the Create an Account screen.

Marketing 84

Marketing Screening Social Network Startup 84

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Service to store your notes in the cloud and access on any computer or mobile device. DropBox (Cloud Document Storage): Service to safely store documents in the cloud so you can access from any computer or mobile device. The website is great, but definitely download the desktop app (and set it to open at login), iPad and mobile apps.

Tool 112

Tool Tips Yammer Organization 112

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Solaborate is a blend of great social network platforms, by taking in all the greatest bits and putting it all into one. Consumers all have access to social networks, but the business-side has never really caught on. You also have a mobile version of Solaborate launching. We strongly believe mobile is the future.

Social Media 92

Social Media Social Network Tool Mobile 92

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 8, 2013

The clean and simple interface is also a plus, as it doesn’t crowd the screen with buttons or words that distracts the user from focusing on finding a new network. People are constantly looking for better business opportunities and partners to expand their social network.

Networking 82

Networking Social Network Screening Education 82

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 25, 2013

You can go the classic way and send am email to your friend with a link to your files, or you can take the Social Network direction by sending a private message via Facebook, informing your friend that you’ve shared a file with them. Younity has now included a PIN lock in the mobile app. So what are you waiting for?

Mobile 89

Mobile Social Network Software Screening 89

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I invested in LA-based Gogii , one of the fastest growing, most exciting mobile social networking companies you’ve never heard of and maker of a product called textPlus. Scott Lahman , Zack Norman & Austin Murray were the three co-founders of JAMDAT, the most successful mobile 1.0 Sorry, moms.

Gogii 310

Gogii Invest Blogging Activision 310

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Media in an age of: low-cost capture from mobile devices. easy sharing (through social networks or platforms like YouTube). social amplification (from which memes are spread) by Twitter and the like; and … commenting. Media in an age of: low-cost capture from mobile devices. means specifically one thing.

Startup 380

Startup Media Content Platform 380

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

So we loaded up on flat screen TVs, multiple generations of iPods and trips to Hawaii. It is also a result of pent-up demand. In the following post I argue that this increased pace may be temporary. We spent our future since the equity was artificial. So why the ’09 bounce?

Venture Capital 269

Venture Capital Startup Funding Technical Review 269

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 15, 2012

One for each of the main Hero Screens you have in your application. A Hero Screen is defined as a major application screen, from which additional screens will branch out. Donald has a mobile phone, but doesn’t download many apps. Sally is taken to the Create an Account screen.

Marketing 53

Marketing Screening Social Network Email 53

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

He started targeting the ad by location and interest, and the number of potential people he was reaching began decreasing on screen (Facebook tells you dynamically). Steve was was walking through (live) the process of creating a Facebook ad. MongoDB at Etsy - Code as Craft , May 19, 2010 Hi! 8211; are mostly a loss leaders for Google.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

It became a theme in my keynote at Caltech on the future of social networking. Mark then talked about Crittercism, a mobile feedback solution. Unlike those IM clients with a small (ineffective) footprint, Meebo experience is a website and a full page screen. What is your mobile strategy?

Startup 286

Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Stribe offers a plug and play service for instantly creating a social network on any Web site. The company is targeting recruiters with problems screening candidates. MLState - has created OPA (One Pot Application), a new development architecture for building social networks, games, etc.

Incubator 40

Incubator Develop Development Social Network 40

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

The feel of the unit was very much like its predecessor, the PSP, with a wide body, glossy black surface, and wide screen. The gigantic 5 inch OLED multi-touch screen was crisp and displayed details and color well (looked great on “Uncharted, Golden Abyss” as we controlled Drake through rooms of fire and exploding walls).

Screening 64

Screening Santa Monica Social Network Hollywood 64

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 21, 2010

The app, clearly made for comic-book lovers and announced at CES, is intended to be an online comic-book shop with social features. As the app, which is being developed for Adobe AIR, Windows, and mobile platforms, is early in its development, a full review would be premature, but here are our first impressions. for Windows?

Software Review 40

Software Review Social Network Screening Networking 40

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

I created Postcard On The Run because I was excited by the the idea of sharing and creating a keepsake from a mobile device, and making it more than just posting it online. Nowadays, when you post something online, whether that is an image in a gallery or social networking site, it only has a lifespan of just a few seconds.

Email 218

Email Startup Burbank Ideas 218

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 19, 2010

A bright and beautiful screen thanks to the Super AMOLED display. mDNIe(Mobile Digital Natural Image engine). SOCIAL HUB. Integrates SMS, Social Network Services, email, and calendar accounts. Dedicated zoom buttons, double tapping the screen and multi-touch pinch-zooming are all available to you.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Screening RSS Web 40

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Also of note was Ryan Orrico’s launch of HandJob, a new form of job applicant screening and referral tracking. When using the Handjob app , users must shake the app up and down or side to side and out pops a pre-screened job applicant. All presentations were of extremely high quality and teams did a killer job.

Los Angeles 73

Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Michael Schneider – CEO of Mobile Roadie. Michael Schneider is the CEO of Mobile Roadie , the leading self-service mobile app engagement platform. In just a few minutes, anyone (no programming knowledge required) can create a mobile app. ThinkNear helps you target mobile ads to consumers at precise locations.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2011

While Google stopped Facebook in their tracks when they built a social networking company. And Facebook stomped out Twitter from building an open social network. We estimate that this messaging volume is more than 30x larger than Skype’s mobile messaging. We’re a mobile first company. And on and on.

Press 325

Press Google Marketing Content 325

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

For example, if you’re looking to approach Kleiner Perkins it’s worth knowing that my friend Matt Murphy runs their iFund and therefore is the in-house expert on all things mobile. He knows the history of all of the payment gateways, mobile payment platforms, credit offerings, remittance companies, etc.

Develop 366

Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

It’s the input screens where we enter data or search requests. It’s the screens that pop up our restaurant locations, calculate our exercise outputs or show us our bank balances. I have talked in the past about other layers that are emerging particularly in social networking and mobile applications.

Startup 343

Startup Technical Review S3 Services 343

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Video will be inextricably linked to the future of the Internet and consumption between PCs, mobile devices and TVs will merge. Just as in the mobile battle when Apple goes closed it creates an opportunity for somebody that is substantively open. Imagine how much mobile telco money still exists in meat & potatoes.

Content 386

Content Google Media Hulu 386