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OCTOBER 20, 2008

Pasadena-based OpenX, maker of the popular web advertising server of the same name, said Monday that it has launched a new set of professional services and support packages for web publishers. The new services are aimed at large and medium sized publishers. Pricing of the new services was not released.

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JANUARY 7, 2011

Huntington Beach-based Freebinar , a provider of free, web conferencing services, is looking to fill the new hole left by free web conferencing service Dimdim , with its own ad-supported service. Bolstering Freebinar's efforts is new funding from the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels.

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JULY 10, 2012

Huntington Beach-based AnyMeeting , which provides free web conferencing and online meeting services, is announcing this morning that it is aiming at large "network marketing" firms with a new program.

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OCTOBER 3, 2013

AnyMeeting , the small business web conferencing service which is backed by the Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels, Maverick Angels, Sand Hill Angels and Keiretsu Forum, has linked with Comcast Business, the company said Thursday. anymeeting free conference call meeting service comcast business' READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 16, 2012

Huntington Beach-based AnyMeeting , which develops free web conferencing and online meeting software, reported this morning that it has released a new feature which lets users share any YouTube video into their meeting, and has also hit a milestone of 200,000 registered users. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 21, 2013

It''s always a challenge with freemium services--how much do you give away, and how much do you charge for? For online web conferencing provider AnyMeeting , it looks like it''s moving one of its features--the ability to record webinars--into the charge category. anymeeting free conference call meeting service premium plan freemium'

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MAY 18, 2017

Kryptos Logic provides services around managed security, penetration, security consulting, incident response, and other areas. The company, led by Salim Neino, employed 22-year old security researcher Marcus Hutchins, who halted the spread of the virus by registering a domain name coded into the virus source code.

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MARCH 29, 2011

Hungtington Beach-based Freebinar , the free web conferencing and webcasting service headed by Costin Tuculescu , has renamed itself AnyMeeting , the firm said this morning. AnyMeeting provides a free, ad-supported service which allows users to run web conferences and webcasts. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 3, 2014

Pasadena-based Wallaby Financial , the developer of web and mobile apps to help consumers optimize their credit card spending, hsa been acquired by Bankrate. Wallaby was founded by Matthew Goldman, and says it has more than 100,000 users who have been using its apps and service. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Huntington Beach-based Anymeeting , the free web conferencing and webinar service headed by Costin Tuculescu, and backed by the Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels and Maverick Angels, reports today that it has added a new, ad-free version of the software aimed at small business users. per month for up to 200 attendees.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

Huntington Beach-based AnyMeeting , the provider of free webinar and web conferencing services, said this week that it has launched a contest to identify the "most interesting meeting" on its service. AnyMeeting is headed by Costin Tuculescu, and backed by the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 15, 2012

Pasadena-based X1 Discovery , the enterprise, e-discovery spinout of X1, announced this morning that its X1 Rapid Discovery product is now available through the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Solution Provider program.

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DECEMBER 12, 2012

The service said it was created by Juvo Capital to simplify and streamline getting online savings. The software bookmarklet works within a web browser, and lets users click on a button to get all of the available coupons for a specific website before they start shopping.

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DECEMBER 9, 2011

Looking to extend its reach, Huntington Beach-based AnyMeeting announced this morning that it has integrated into the Google Apps Marketplace, allowing Google Apps users to be able to start online meetings directly from the service. The company is backed by the Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels and Maverick Angels.

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MAY 29, 2012

ANGEL INVESTOR JUDGES: Emil Babadjov, Viovoda Labs; Brad Feldman, Pasadena Angels; Mark Landay, Harvard Business Angels; Jeff Lapin, Tech Coast Angels; Brock Pierce, Clearstone Global Gaming Fund; Joe Platnick, Pasadena Angels, Pan Pacific Capital; Scott Sangster, Tech Coast Angels; Mark Schwartz, Harvard Business Angels.

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AUGUST 30, 2010

Pasadena-based TweetUp , the Twitter advertising startup started by Idealab's Bill Gross, said this morning that it has added LinkedIn and Facebook updates as part of its service, and as a consequence changed its name to PostUp. Gross was behind Overture, which applied a similar technique to web search results. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

A security researcher is reporting that Pasadena-based matchmaking site Santa Monica-based eHarmony is alerting users to change their passwords, after a reported breach of customer information. The breach follows a rash of similar security issues from other web-based service providers in the last few months.

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AUGUST 30, 2011

Huntington Beach-based AnyMeeting , the free, online web conferencing and webinar service run by Costin Tuculescu, has launched a new feature which allows anyone to sell tickets to their webinars. AnyMeeting, which was previously known as Freebinar, is angel backed by the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels.

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JUNE 21, 2011

Pasadena-based FastSoft , the developer of Internet traffic acceleration technology, reported today that online file storage service FilesAnywhere has selected its web acceleration software. Financial details of the win were not disclosed.

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MAY 21, 2010

Pasadena-based TweetUp , the Twitter advertising startup backed by Idealab and headed by Bill Gross, said Thursday afternoon that the firm has now registered 75,000 keywords, and also inked a deal with Conduit. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 17, 2012

Pasadena-based X1 Discovery , the electronic discovery offshoot of X1 and Idealab, reported Tuesday that it has launched a fully cloud-deployable version of its software. The firm said the new X1 Rapid Discovery search product can be deployed anywhere in the cloud "within minutes", including deploying through Amazon Web Services.

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AUGUST 7, 2012

Pasadena-based LeisureLink , which operates an online system for connecting vacation rental properties with travel agents and web booking, has linked with a new automated group hotel booking engine, Groupize.com , the two said this morning. and Canada. and Canada.

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DECEMBER 6, 2011

Pasadena-based Central Desktop , the provider of online collaboration and project management software headed by Isaac Garcia, reported today that it has signed three marketing agency customers. Central Desktop's tools are being used for project management, Gantt charts, web conferencing, and other activities for those firms.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Pasadena-based Foodme (www.foodme.com) is one of the first, external startups funded out of Idealab's New Venture Group, and is looking to help connect restaurants with customers using a CPA model. The firm so far has signed up a number of restaurants in the Pasadena area. What do people find is the most useful part of your service?

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Huntington Beach-based AnyMeeting , the developer of a free web conferencing and webinar services, is announcing today that it has named David Gerken as Vice President of Business Development. Gerken was previously the founder of BuzzDash, and also had served at Net Effect Systems and Ask Jeeves, where he was COO of Ask Jeeves, U.K.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Last fall, Mingly released their first product last fall to help users manage their endless webs of connections. After an initial round of seed funding of $500k led by Pasadena’s Idealab, Mingly saw great success as they built up their Gmail user base. Finally, some solid relief.

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OCTOBER 6, 2009

Pasadena-based Central Desktop , which offers a software-as-a-service, team project management application, is being forced to swap out its spreadsheet support, telling its users today that it is switching from using EditGrid to Zoho's Sheet product. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 16, 2010

Pasadena-based TweetUp , the Twitter advertising firm owned by Idealab, said today that it has linked its Twitter Client, Twidroyd, to the TweetPhoto media sharing service. TweetUp bought Twidroid in July. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 25, 2010

Pasadena-based Central Desktop , the online project planning software-as-a-service firm headed by Isaac Garcia, said today that it has partnered with ActiveWord Systems. ActiveWord's product automates desktop tasks such as launching programs, navigating to certain Internet sites, or automatically inserting text into software.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Pasadena-based FastSoft , the Caltech spinout which develops web acceleration software, said today that it has launched a testing network for its clients. The firm's technology is based on out technology developed at Caltech for the Internet2 and for improving web transfer speeds. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 10, 2015

The consortium is led by Los Angeles City College, Santa Monica College, and Pasadena Community College, and also includes partnerships with the, Los Angeles County Workforce Investment Board, Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce''s Bixel-Exchange, Amazon Web Services, and JP Morgan Chase.

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MAY 24, 2010

Micro-messaging service Twitter said this morning that it is banning third-party advertising in its stream, taking direct aim at Los Angeles-based Twitter advertising service Ad.ly. However, Twitter's own "Promoted Tweets" feature is direct competition to TweetUp's services.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Pasadena-based LeisureLink , which operates a service to help distribute specialty lodging listings to travel sites, reported today that the firm has more than doubled its revenues from last year.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Pasadena-based LeisureLink , which develops software and services for specialty lodging suppliers, said today that one of its customers, Kees Vacation Rentals, has seen an increase in the firm's bookings by 38%, from using the firm's platform.

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JULY 28, 2009

Pasadena-based Central Desktop , which operates an online team project management service, said today that it has added John Greathouse to the firm's board of directors. Privately held Central Desktop's software-as-a-service offers project management and other web-centric, collaboration tools for teams. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 14, 2010

Pasadena-based TweetUp , the Twitter advertising firm started by Idealab's Bill Gross, is expanding out its network of sites this morning, saying that it has added four new publishers to its roster. The firm said it has signed distribution agreements with Business.com, Netvibes, TheFreeDictionary.com, and several un-named newspapers.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

Pasadena-based online dating site eHarmony has settled a class action lawsuit over its lack of support for gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals, the firm reported Tuesday evening. The firm later launched Compatible Partners , a same-sex matching service, in March of 2009, on pressure from the State of New Jersey. eHarmony, Inc.,

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