socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2011

John Ellis, the CEO and co-founder of the firm, is the former COO and CMO of NextMedium, was a VP at ValueClick, and has also served at Fastclick, Yahoo/Overture, and Earthlink, among other firms. John Ellis: PurePhoto is a social commerce network, for buying, sharing, and selling original photographic art.

Westlake Village

socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2011

It was built originally on the Twitter platform to talk about stocks, and all users had to do was add a dollar sign to ticker symbols to give it context. So, we built our own, new and improved version of a microblogging platform. We've just added a layer on top of all the social networks particular to finance.

Ideas

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

I believe that Twiistup is now a platform from which to grow and highlight what is uniquely LA. For highlighting what is uniquely LA, for adhering to a strict quality standard for speakers and for building this great platform for the future Francisco Dao (aka “ The Man ”) should feel proud of what he has accomplished.

Twiistup

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

People rightly recognize that comments on blogs are just a form of a stream and thus the growth of open commenting platforms like Disqus and IntenseDebate. Advertising is also what allows you to watch Hulu for free, use Yahoo! So PPC (pay-per-click) advertising on social networks has performed poorly to date.

Ideas

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 15, 2013

The partnership is expected to offer working-class professionals access to job listings directly posted within Kaleio’s Marketplace and additional job and internship listings from leading companies, including Amazon, Google, Starbucks, The New York Times , Yahoo!, What will Kaleio as a social network gain from the partnership?

Yahoo

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

We've been two years in development, and are excited to provide a revolutionary platform for web sites, blogs, and social sites to create and grow their international business. NativeTung is a cloud-based platform, which includes some software which runs on the web site, which ensures synchronization of the translation at all times.

Startup

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

It’s not uncommon for incredibly smart and talented Phd’s or CS majors from Stanford to raise $10 million on an early-stage “platform&# that if it succeeds it will be huge. You don’t have the founders of eBay, LinkedIn, Salesforce.com and Yahoo. As a result many funds are OK with big bets. You don’t.

Company

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

We pull your Yahoo, business accounts, Gmail, and other accounts and pull them into Orgoo. Additionally, we have all the different instant messaging networks available in Orgoo. You're also able to simply move conversations from platform to platform. There's a lot of big guys in this business --Google, Yahoo, etc.--how

Email

socalTECH

APRIL 28, 2010

We thought about where else we could apply it to, and thought about the various social networking services, and specifically, Twitter. Once we get the Gmail application in place, we're going to start looking at expanding support for other platforms, such as Yahoo, AOL, and Hotmail.

Email

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 20, 2012

The platform allows users to sync content and commands across all four screens — the smartphone, tablet/pad, computer and TV. As media morphed into individually packaged pieces of content across platforms, viewing media on the couch (lean back) quickly became the old model. What does that mean? Even more choices.

Screening

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

He is also the co-founder of Playsino, ExpressCoin (Bitcoin exchange), GoCoin (Bitcoin payment platform), Five Delta, Evertune, GamesTV, Digital Entertainment Network, KnCMiner.cn (Bitcoin Mining), and Robocoin China (Bitcoin ATM). MusicMatch was acquired by Yahoo! Pierce also led the acquisition of Xfire from Viacom.

Startup

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

On CBS MoneyWatch: Why Debit Cards Are Dangerous BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Members login Newsletters Site Assistance RSS Feeds Home News & Blogs Videos White Papers Downloads Reviews Popular Enterprise Web 2.0 This is the same with competing activity streams in various social networks.

Web

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

Bambi Francisco is founder and CEO of Vator.tv, a leading platform for entrepreneurs and innovators to broadcast and communicate with industry professionals, and VatorNews, a video business network. In 1995 he developed with Robert Morris the first web-based application, Viaweb, which was acquired by Yahoo in 1998. Paul Grahm.

Twiistup

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2011

And AOL stopped Yahoo! 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. The golden rules to live by are: Platforms are channels not businesses. from winning the Internet portal wars.

Google

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Amidst the media frenzy surrounding Facebook’s S1 filing to go public, some people took pause today to reflect on what the IPO could mean for the social networking giant. They’ll tell you Paternot was an entrepreneurial whiz kid who co-founded the very first social network in the 90′s called TheGlobe.com.

Social Network

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Demand Media is an online media company operating two strategically-linked businesses: an integrated content and social media platform, and registrar solutions. MySpace is one of the world’s largest social networks, with about 125 million users. Mediacode was sold to Yahoo. It filed for an IPO on August 6th.

Guide

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Joey Flores is co-founder and CEO of Earbits , an online radio platform that enables bands, labels and concert promoters to acquire fans, market new releases and promote live events. a perks platform for small and medium sized businesses. sold to Zynga Game Networks, Inc.). Joey Flores – Co-Founder and CEO of Earbits.

Los Angeles

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Social Networks and Citizen Commerce: Reinventing Ecommerce. Fostering Social Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets. Meg Garlinghouse, Yahoo! Entrepreneurism / Monetization Emerging Markets , Middle East, Social Entrepreneurship. . Entrepreneurism / Monetization Facebook, social commerce, Social Networking. .

Guide

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

So without my weighing into the pro’s / con’s of this I can say that I believe it will capture a large segment of the market but leave room for “open platforms&# to play a big role. Thus you see television manufacturers rushing to create content ecosystems, app platforms, TV OS’s and Internet offerings.

Content

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Mayer on her first 100 days at Yahoo: ‘This job was tailor-made for me’ 1 day ago. Social media. Social networking. Social games. Publisher Platform (P3). VentureBeat | News About Tech, Money and Innovation. Whats Hot Menu. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. what’s hot?

Southern California