socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2012

Los Angeles-based TeleSign , the developer of two-factor, phone authentication services which are used by Internet retailers and web sites to protect against online fraud, has linked with a provider of device identification and fraud prevention serviecs. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Screening Web Los Angeles 180

Eric Greenspan

MAY 6, 2010

Here’s why… The iPad has a giant screen for a handheld, but its also a giant device and its heavy. Someone needs to choose as sometimes apps are better than sites and other times sites are better, but sometimes, sites are forced/redirected to mobile.site.com which defeats the purpose in my opinion.

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Sites Screening Mobile Web 213

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , which supplies ad optimization software to web publishers, announced today that it has released a new version of its VANTAGE Firefox browser plug-in, which helps provide its publishers with revenue and impressoin statistics and other information. READ MORE>>.

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Tool Clearstone Statistics Screening 145

socalTECH

JANUARY 15, 2013

MySpace , the online social networking site which is now owned by Specific Media, has finally rolled out its new, Justin Timberlake-inspired web design, in conjunction with the release of a new single from Timberlake and JAY Z.

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Design Web Design Social Network Press 159

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

The firm's software is used to ensure that students only use the iPod to access appropriate web sites. Mobicip provides both Internet filtering and web-based monitoring of iPod Touch and iPhone usage. Tags: mobicip texas iphone browser filtering screening safety children kids. READ MORE>>.

Thousand Oaks 133

Thousand Oaks Screening Web Sites 133

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

VIZIO said it is launching three new, full HD 3d televisions in 42", 47", and 55" screen sizes, initially online and later this month at retailers. VIZIO said that the new units are available at Amazon.com, SamsClub.com, Target.com, and its own web site, with retail availability expected later this month and wider availability in December.

Beverly Hills 157

Beverly Hills Screening Web Sites 157

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

One of the great joys of doing the web series This Week in VC every week is that I get to spend time with great people debating the issues of our day including how our industry is evolving as well as insights into how companies got started, got their initial traction and dealt with adversities. Oh, yeah. Positive feedback feeds the idea.

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Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2012

We had been working with Fortune 5's, and had done really well in social media, creating micro sites and interactive landing pages, and have a really deep history in marketing. I thought to myself, there must be many people that had their ad delivered on mobile, but whose sites are not mobile ready yet.

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Mobile Startup Advertising Sites 249

socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2012

You've got a great idea for a web video series, but how do you learn about how to make that happen, to get distribution, and monetize that video? Los Angeles-based CreatorUp (www.creatorup.com) wants to help aspiring online video producers with an online web education series. Michael Tringe: We are an online web series school.

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Web Content Startup Education 187

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Recent job postings on the site: LAMP/Perl Developers , Los Angeles, Oversee.net. Senior Web Developer , Malibu Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. socalTECH's Job Board helps companies, and potential empoyees, connect. Manager, Analytics , Los Angeles, Oversee.net. Director of Billing , Los Angeles, Boingo Wireless.

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Southern California Malibu Oversee.net High Tech 160

socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2009

Huntington Beach-based HowSimple has launched the firm's "desktop viewer" at DEMO in Palm Desert, saying that it has created software which allows users to browse, navigate, and search the web in a multiple-panel, desktop user interface.

Content 100

Content Screening Web Sites 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 24, 2011

Some positions posted to the site recently: Sr. Senior Web Developer , Malibu Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. Linux System Engineer , Santa Monica, Adconion Media Group. Tech Lead Adserving Engineer , Santa Monica, Adconion Media Group. Technical Project Manager , Malibu, Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp.

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Malibu Oversee.net Southern California High Tech 145

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Los Angeles-based Break Media , which operates a online network of web properties focused on men, announced this morning that it is teaming up with Quantcast to collect demographic information about its sites. The service will collect demographic data about who is viewing the firm's web videos.

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Break.com Screening Web Content 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Erik Caso: Enterprises like to use things like Amazon Web Services. I use my desktop when I need the screen real estate or processing power. I would be working on my iMac, and head out to a customer site, but I'd forget to sync things or put those files in Dropbox. Can you provide some more details on how that works?

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Screening Resource Services Mobile 230

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

Santa Monica-based Jacked, a provider of second screen information for sports broadcasts, said Monday that the firm has inked a deal with the NBA. According to Jacked, it will provide an interactive, second screen companion to a number of NBA teams. The deal also will have participating NBA teams. READ MORE>>

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Statistics Santa Monica Screening Web 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Hamilton Chan is founder of Los Angeles-based PaperLinks (www.paperlinks.com), a new startup which is developing mobile applications which take advantage of QR codes--the 3D barcodes which are cropping up everywhere--to help users marketers go beyond just linking those codes to web pages, but also to power social applications.

Startup 233

Startup Tips Web Platform 233

socalTECH

JULY 11, 2014

Los Angeles-based deal site Slickdeals (www.slickdeals.com), an online deal site, has nine million, highly loyal users and a daily updated list of great, user-generated, deal listings. Josh Meyers: Slickdeals is the web''s largest deal sharing community. There are lots of deal sites out there--how it that different?

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Content Yahoo Los Angeles Sites 212

socalTECH

MAY 6, 2009

Orange-based Marshal8e6 , which develops web and email security products, revealed this morning that it is in a collaboration with Microsoft to supply URL categorization for Microsoft products. That library is used by Marshal8e6's products to screen and filter web sites for its customers.

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Screening Web Sites Email 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2010

Carriers are certainly a big class of customer, and we also have content aggregators, who are aggregating games, news and information, mobile applications, and web sites. What happened with smart phones, is consumers are buying more and more applications, but a screen can only fit a dozen icons. How is the company funded?

Content 189

Content Screening Mobile Customer 189

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

Lee Essner is formerly a senior exec from WeddingChannel and has much experience in running a successful web property. Walk into any Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in Southern California and you can’t miss their digital screens. It is no wonder web content players with large audiences are all inking deals with them now.

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Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

socalTECH

MAY 16, 2012

It's an election year in the United States, and the screens and airwaves are full of provocative sound bites, pundits, scandals, and the latest political gossip of the day. What's the story behind the site, and when did you come up with it? Taylor Peck: We started this site as a tool to connect voters with presidential candidates.

Education 201

Education Sites Startup News 201

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2010

Recently, Santa Monica-based Docstoc (www.docstoc.com) launched a new marketplace on its site, for anyone interested in selling professional documents. What kind of documents do you envision people offering through the site? Do you screen all of the documents on the marketplace, or how does that work? READ MORE>>.

Technical Review 171

Technical Review Rustic Canyon Screening Startup 171

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Telesign provides authentication services for the largest web companies in the world. What we do, is we help companies identify who is accessing their sites, and registering for their services. If you think of literally any large consumer web company, they are either a client today, or in a pilot process with us.

Marina Del Rey 238

Marina Del Rey Startup IP Web 238

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

The small startup in Los Angeles created an online movie player to be embedded anywhere on the web. “We Yekra Theater does not send viewers to a specific site to their movies, it keeps them in the same place and prevents any distractions and confusions from the viewers. Yekra Theater does things a little differently.

Screening 76

Screening Content Entertainment Netflix 76

socalTECH

MAY 16, 2012

It's an election year in the United States, and the screens and airwaves are full of provocative sound bites, pundits, scandals, and the latest political gossip of the day. What's the story behind the site, and when did you come up with it? Taylor Peck: We started this site as a tool to connect voters with presidential candidates.

Education 171

Education Sites Startup News 171

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Scripped (www.scripped.com) is applying the world of Web 2.0 Sunil Rajaraman: We provide free, web-based screenwriting software to aspiring writers and professionals in the community. By offering that software for free, we've attracted over 10,000 writers to our site. What's Scripped? That is the way to attract writers.

Content 138

Content Writing Software Review Hollywood 138

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

It wouldn't be a twenty two minute television show, where you'd site down at some time to watch. The mythology of StoryBots, is that they are these little creature who live behind our screens. StoryBots is our take on what Sesame Street would be if it were created today. They're available on StoryBots, and on YouTube as well.

Content 224

Content Startup Screening Education 224

socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2013

Harrison created one of the Internet's first video search sites, FastTV, and also ran IFILM, which he sold to Viacom in 2006. You helped define video on the web with iFilm. 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 Services Organization 232

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2010

Last week, Los Angeles-based EcoMom (www.ecomom.com) launched its "green" parenting site, with backing from Dave McClure. Jody Sherman: We are a site for eco-conscious, health minded parents. Once that a product has made that initial screen, we look further, to make sure it's also cost effective and easy to live with.

Software Review 200

Software Review Commerce Startup Sites 200

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. SimpleGeo provides sites with LBS databases and tool sets (such as SpotRank ), while also helping sites warehouse and analyze the large volumes of generated LBS data; all services and data accessible through simple APIs. Time will tell. Founded in 2007.

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Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

socalTECH

JULY 25, 2012

Edward Park: My background is screen printing and production. My previous company did production runs for small clothing lines, promos, and trade show giveaways, and one of the things we realized it's such a volume industry, and the technology of screen printing has been around for 10,000 years, developed by the Egyptians and the Chinese.

Startup 174

Startup Commerce Web 2.0 Screening 174

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2012

Most of these investors are members of Angel groups that have a rigorous filtering and screening process, to select the top 3% and most fundable proposals. That’s why this item is so important, and is probably the biggest stumbling block I see in getting through the initial Angel screening. Get your Internet domain name and website.

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Angel Screening Summary Startup 104

socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2010

What we've done, is for authentication, we have created a way to have a unique password to give you access to a web site very time. It has nine pictures or more on screen, and in each location there are pictures that contain pictures from your category or have different letters in different locations.

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Technology Web Sites Orange County 124

socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2014

In the world of many online television, movie, and video sites, scores of music streaming services, and other entertainment content, it''s often a difficult task to find what you really want to watch, listen to, or read. But, by the time you go to all of those sites, you have dozens of tabs open. It''s a very fractured process.

Entertainment 206

Entertainment Startup Southern California Netflix 206

socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2012

Rob Kramer, the firm's CEO, tells us about the inspiration behind the site, as well as its recent launch of what it calls a cross between Craiglist and Pinterest. We have a very visual marketplace, that for the mobile and web, lets people show their closets, garages, homes, and stores. What is HipSwap? Rob Kramer: Absolutely.

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Mobile Los Angeles Web Southern California 157

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 21, 2015

One of the best ways for increase in business development is to create a more responsive web design. There are many aspects that go into a responsive web design that meets your client’s’ needs. One feature of the modern web is that users are accessing web pages on a variety of platforms. Making it Faster.

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Web Design Web Design Develop 40

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

The Gust Deal Funnel from the last 12 months indicates is that 70% of the interested companies never make it past the initial screening process. That’s why this item is so important, and is probably the biggest stumbling block I see in getting through the initial angel screening. are eliminated during due diligence.

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Invest Angel Technical Review Summary 99