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MARCH 22, 2012

Pasadena-based LeisureLink , the developer of a vacation rental marketplace and software, said that its relationship with travel site Travelocity is paying off for its clients. LeisureLink's platform allows hotel clients to send their room rates and information to Travelocity, as well as other online travel sites.

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MARCH 28, 2011

Pasadena-based FastSoft , the developer of content acceleration software and appliances, said today that it has named Jerry Hall as Vice President of Marketing at the firm. The firm's products use an optimized TCP/IP algorithm to accelerate software downloads and access to web sites. 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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OCTOBER 5, 2011

Sharpening its focus on the electronic discovery market, Pasadena-based X1 , the enterprise search tools provider backed by Idealab, has split out a new company called X1 Discovery , headed by John Patzakis, the former President of eDiscovery at X1.

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DECEMBER 14, 2015

It turns out, there are lots of benefits to learning the logical thinking behind software coding, according to Grant Hosford , the founder of Pasadena-based codeSpark (www.codespark.org). We caught up with Grant to learn more about The Foos and his quest to use the principles of software programming to help kids learn.

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DECEMBER 13, 2011

San Luis Obispo-based MINDBODY , the provider of online software for health and wellness companies, reported today that it has launched a new, custom daily deal feature to its software. READ MORE>>.

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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. Tags: tweetup twitter advertising idealab conduit software. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 4, 2012

Ojai, California-based Lynda.com , the online education site providing online training on a variety of software, ranging from PhotoShop to AutoCAD and much more which was founded by Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin, is now topping $70M in annual revenues, according to reports. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 17, 2013

Pasadena-based advertising technology firm OpenX has raised $22.5M OpenX develops online ad serving software, used by web publishers to serve up advertising on their web sites; the firm also offers up a real-time bidding exchange, OpenX Market, used by advertisers and publishers for deciding what advertising to serve up to consumers.

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JANUARY 20, 2010

Pasadena-based online vacation rental distribution firm LeisureLink announced this morning that it has formally launched ABetterStay.com , an online site for booking alternative lodging, including vacation rentals, condos, resorts, timeshares, and bed and breakfasts. The site has been in beta mode since 2008. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 2, 2014

Pasadena-based Wallaby , the developer of mobile apps to help consumers pick the best credit card to use for a purchase, said today that it has launched both a new, Google Chrome web browser extension, as well as an updated, iPhone application. Wallaby is led by Matthew Goldman. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 25, 2011

San Luis Obispo-based MINDBODY , the developer of online software for the health and wellness industry, reported Friday that SpaFinder is using its software for its online booking engine. MINDBODY is venture backed by Bessemer Venture Partners , Catalyst Investors , the Pasadena Angels , Tech Coast Angels and Frontera Capital.

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AUGUST 28, 2012

Santa Barbara-based BioIQ , the developer of software and technology for the health and wellness industry, said today that it has partnered with privately held insurance brokerage and consulting firm Keenan.

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MARCH 11, 2011

Pasadena-based UberMedia , the third party Twitter client software firm headed by Bill Gross, said today that it has linked with blog site Mashable for a SXSW promotion.

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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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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. Tags: advertising software sharing photo client twidroid tweetphoto tweetup. TweetUp bought Twidroid in July. TweetUp bought Twidroid in July. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 24, 2011

Pasadena-based UberMedia , the newly renamed Twitter advertising and application provider, announced today that it has acquired Mixx. Mixx operates an online site which allows users to find social content. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. 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. All of those sites will serve up search results from TweetUp.

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APRIL 8, 2010

Pasadena-based Central Desktop , which operates a software-as-a-service project management and collaboration site, said today that it has launched a new partner program.

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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. FastSoft sells an appliance and software which optimizes the TCP/IP protocol, drastically improving the speed of Internet transfers. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 25, 2010

Pasadena-based FastSoft , a developer of web acceleration technology, said today that it has rolled out a new product targeted at Internet retailers, web companies, and CDNs. FastSoft said the product will speed dynamic Web page downloads by 30 percent or more, without requiring client software. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Pasadena-based Big Stage Entertainment , which develops avatar creation software, inked a deal with MTV earlier this week as part of a campaign for MTV's Jackass. Financial details of the effort--which includes a co-branded page on the Jackassworld web site --were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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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. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 3, 2011

Pasadena-based UberMedia , the Twitter third party client software provider, and Bleacher Report , the online sports publishing site, said today that they've linked up to run a prize to award prizes to users who tweet photos of sports events.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

company operates a number of content-focused sites, including LIVESTRONG, eHOW, Cracked, and a domain name registration business, eNOM. OpenX is profitable, and its ad serving software dominant among online publishers. The firm, based in Pasadena, has dozens of. The firm, based in Pasadena, has dozens of. The now-public.

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APRIL 30, 2010

Pasadena-based FastSoft , the Caltech spinout which develops Internet acceleration devices, said today that it has bolstered its algorithms used its product to support dynamic web pages and video. The firm said it is targeting Internet retailers, social networking sites, and content delivery network (CDN) providers with the product.

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JUNE 4, 2009

Pasadena-based Central Desktop , an online software-as-a-service site offering online project management software, said Thursday that the firm is tapping Akamai to improve its offering. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 19, 2012

As an online shopper, do you wish you could instantly and automatically find and use all of those coupon codes floating out there--without having to search for and test them all out every time you're at an e-commerce site? We spoke with Ryan Hudson, one of the co-founders of the Pasadena company, to learn more about the tool.

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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. Details of the partnership between the two companies was not announced.

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APRIL 19, 2010

Pasadena-based Central Desktop , the online project management firm headed by Isaac Garcia, has added new web-based file folders to its suite of offerings, the company announced today. Tags: central desktop folder support webdav webfolder project saas software. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 25, 2009

Pasadena-based Big Stage Entertainment , a developer of 3D avatar creation software, has released new software today which allows users of the popular Skype voice calling application to lip synch spoken words through a photo-realistic avatar. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 17, 2011

Pasadena-based Central Desktop , the online provider of project management and other business tools, said this week that it has launched a set of mobile apps.

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MAY 14, 2009

Pasadena-based LeisureLInk , which operates an online platform for vacation rental and specialty lodging providers, said Wednesday that it has signed on a Florida luxury resort, Silver Lake Resort. According to LeisureLink, the resort has implemented its booking engine on its web site. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed.

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APRIL 16, 2009

Pasadena-based OpenX Technologies , a provider of ad serving software for web publishers, announced this morning that the firm has launched a new, advertising marketplace it is calling OpenX Market. According to OpenX, the marketplace will integrate with its software, and allow publishers to maximize their revenues.

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OCTOBER 29, 2008

Pasadena-based Central Desktop, a provider of on-demand project management and collaboration software, has rolled out new social networking features on its site. Central Desktop said the idea is to "deepen customer-to-customer" engagement within its platform.

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JULY 29, 2009

In a major deal, search portal provider Yahoo and software giant Microsoft said that the two companies are in a deal where Yahoo will replace its own search engine technology with that of Microsoft--with potentially huge repercussions to Yahoo's Southern California search engine marketing operations.

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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. OpenX develops open source software used by online web publishers to manage advertising placement on their sites. READ MORE>>

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