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Bird Shuts Off Scooters In Santa Monica In Protest

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Santa Monica-based electric scooter company Bird --alongside competitor Lime--shut off all of its scooters in Santa Monica on Tuesday, in protest of a city study which ranked Uber and Lyft higher than Bird and Lime in a ranking of possible services to gain access to the city formally. READ MORE>>.

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Cornerstone OnDemand: Time Off To Study Ballot Popular With Employees

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Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand , which develops employee development software, says that a survey it has run has found that 50 percent of employees it surveyed desire time off to study their ballot before they vote. Cornerstone said its survey also found nearly 22% of adult U.S. READ MORE>>.

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Study Casts Doubt On Green Vehicle Demand

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Despite a huge amount of funding given to electric and hybrid vehicle manufacturers by venture capitalists, a new study from Westlake Village-based J.D. Green Automotive Study, saying that automakers "will be fighting over" the "relatively few" consumers who are willing to drive green vehicles. The study examined attitudes of U.S.

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Report: Bird Facing Major Issues With Keeping Scooters Alive

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Santa Monica-based last-mile transportation startup Bird is facing big issues with keeping its scooters up and operating, according to a story from the LA Times published on Sunday. An study shows that Bird had nearly 7,000 scooters active in Los Angeles County in January, but only 1,500 of them survived until April.

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Invoca: Website Experience, Customer Service Key During COVID-19

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Santa Monica-based Invoca , which provides call tracking and analytics software, says a new study it ran shows that website experience and customer experience has become much more important in the era of COVID-19, particularly in big ticket purchases.

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Cornerstone OnDemand Links With Institute for the Future

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Santa Monica-based cloud-based learning and human capital management software developer Cornerstone OnDemand is aiming to make it easier for employers to help their people learn the skills they need to survive in the "workplace of tomorrow", through a link with think tank Institute for the Future. READ MORE>>.

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eHarmony: We're Number One For Online Marriages

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It looks like Santa Monica-based eHarmony might be the place to go. eHarmony said that it ranks number one in terms of the number of marriage created by an online dating site, based on a scientific study published in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). READ MORE>>.

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