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DECEMBER 15, 2014

Los Angeles-based streaming television site Hulu has rolled out a fun new tool to help you channel your holiday spirit (or lack of holiday spirit) into an animated GIF, with a new service called the Hulu Perfect GIF Generator. The tool lets users share those animated GIFs via email and social networks.

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JUNE 26, 2012

Aliso Viejo-based CitizenHawk , the venture backed developer of online brand protection services, said today that it has launched a social media monitoring tool. Cost of the new tool was not announced. CitizenHawk is led by David Duckwitz.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2012

Atomkeep , an online service to help users synchronize their social media profiles across a number of social networking sites, has been acquired by Jobscience , a developer of social relationship management software tools. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2010

Los Angeles-based MySpace said today that it has launched a new, revamped version of the firm's game homepage, as a new MySpace Games site, to provide a more social gaming environment. The site also said it has rolled out a new iPhone application which allows users to play any of the games on the MySpace site on their iPhone.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2022

billion, now providing identity theft services for nearly 80 million users around the globe. But that is just the beginning of the opportunity to provide or take advantage of the new power and tools on the Internet. Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks.

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socalTECH

MAY 1, 2009

West Hollywood-based family tree site Geni has rolled out a slew of updates for the service, saying today that it has added features to help users collaborate with others, map out locations, and see recent photos. Tags: geni genealogy family tree social networking web2. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 19, 2011

Santa Monica-based Xfire , the online social networking and chat service aimed at gamers, said this morning that it is making it easier for users to capture and share videos of their game play, and post it on a YouTube channel. million videos captured using its social app. Xfire said it already has over 5.5

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JANUARY 20, 2010

Hollywood-based Taltopia.com , an online social networking site for artists, said today that it is launching a new tool which aggregates casting calls and job postings in the entertainment and arts industry. The firm said its service will allow members to search for jobs by area code or talent category.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 26, 2013

Since its inception into the mainstream fabric of people’s lives, social media and the concept of social networking has gone through a rather peculiar evolutionary transition. It is now a standard with any new social network to be able to cater to both the consumer and the brand; the person and the product.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

It is no secret that Pinterest and other social commerce sites have begun to dial in the commerce equation. These sites (so far) have managed to balance facilitating product discovery and purchase capabilities with users'' desires to entertain and educate themselves without feeling like they are in a marketplace.

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Eric Greenspan

MAY 29, 2010

Social media can help bridge a long standing gap between customers and the companies they trust with their hard earned cash. Make It Work is an extreme customer service company. A few months ago, I used social media to interact with In-N-Out Burger , one of the most loved restaurants in the West. Customer Service Representative.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

style genealogy and social networking web sites for families, has connected the company's service with the popular Facebook social networking web site. According to Geni's Facebook page, the firm has been working on connecting the two services since November of 2007. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2010

Brian McKelvey: We're building a virtual world, which attaches to Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and all the social networks. Brian McKelvey: I'd been looking around at all the social gaming platforms and virtual worlds online, such as Second Life, Farmville, and other apps on the Apple App Store for inspiration.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 21, 2009

Los Angeles-based Geni, an online genealogy and social networking site, upgraded the firm's services last night, adding new statistics features and gift accounts. The gift accounts will cost $50, and allow recipients to gain access to the site's additional features. Geni allows users to create online, Web 2.0-style

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Sponsored by VISA Business If you have a unique product or service, and you are not selling it around the world on the Internet, now is the time to start. In the early days (20 years ago), most new e-commerce sites, for example, cost a million dollars to set up. Download free website tools. Personalize a simple web site.

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socalTECH

JULY 7, 2011

With the proliferation of social networks, communications clients and VoIP phone services, users often find they need to use multiple ways--Twitter, Facebook, phone, FAX, and more--to communicate with their contacts. Essentially what VoxOx is, is a service which logs into all of your networks.

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socalTECH

MAY 27, 2010

For this morning's interview, we have an interview with Kieve Huffman , the co-founder of Dather (www.dather.com), a new Los Angeles startup which has created a tool which helps to aggregate social networking web sites and media. One version of this is an embeddable, an iframe version of the site. What is Dather?

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Startup Buzznet Entertainment Social Network 213

socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2009

Rob Farrow is one of the co-founders of Chi.mp , a new startup which is getting set to launch a service to allow users to manage their profiles across the many sites on the Internet. We had a concept around creating a platform, using open standards, to resolve lots of the issues surrounding social networking and the issues of identity.

Social Network 147

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2013

In the early days (20 years ago), most new e-commerce sites cost a million dollars to set up. Download free website tools. Many hosting services offer free tools, or will build a default website for you. Personalize a simple web site. Publish the site and now you are in business. Start simple.

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Sites Commerce Startup Tool 78

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2019

billion, now providing identity theft services for nearly 5 million consumers in all 50 states. But that is just the beginning of the opportunity to provide or take advantage of the new power and tools on the Internet. Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks.

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Technical Review Symantec Social Network News 78

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Peer-to-peer lending service; started on FaceBook; claim to own 79% of the US peer lending market in March 2010 with a whopping $8,664,750. Assistly “Multi-channel customer support and management service&# – this is another industry I love and I specifically love the team at Assistly. LendingClub. 24.5mm in Series C.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

Social media and email marketing act separately as great marketing tools. While social media offers a continuous interaction with your followers, email marketing is a tool to provide a steady flow of information received directly by your connections. www.BreakThroughNetworking.org.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

In the early days (20 years ago), most new e-commerce sites cost a million dollars to set up. Download free website tools. Many hosting services offer free tools, or will build a default website for you. Personalize a simple web site. Publish the site and now you are in business. Start simple.

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Commerce Startup Sites Tool 99

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 12, 2013

Full-service Pinterest marketing and technology startup – HelloSociety recently announced it had driven $30 million in additional sales revenue for its over 350 brand clientele through Pinterest. million new users and 22 million unique page views to its clients’ sites as a result of its effective campaign execution. million followers.

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Sales Technical Review Marketing Technology 101

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2010

What Quora has done is wrap social networking around Q&A with the more clever next-gen UX I’ve seen. They need to have the right tools, social status, rewards and stickiness to your product because they don’t want to abandon their creation. distribution common in some social websites? Don’t.

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Technical Review Writing Content Sites 294

socalTECH

JULY 18, 2012

One way is to create your own, custom video clip which you can share via email, text message, or through a social networking site like Facebook. We spoke with Allison Dollar, Chief Strategy Officer at the company and member of the founding team, about what the company's service is all about. What is the SnapCuts service?

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Social Network Mobile Media Examples 246

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 22, 2016

Social networking continues to be a superior force in marketing, especially Facebook. percent of all social network ad spending worldwide. How can your company best benefit from social networking ads in 2016? How can your company best benefit from social networking ads in 2016? That was $15.5

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socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2011

Unfortunately, despite the wealth of Internet based tools for email management, web-based sales management tools, and more, contact tracking has been mostly an afterthought in the Internet age. Most business people aren't doing this in their current CRM tools. That is relationship nirvana, my vision of social business.

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Google Tool Email Sales 216

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Solaborate is a blend of great social network platforms, by taking in all the greatest bits and putting it all into one. Consumers all have access to social networks, but the business-side has never really caught on. I was very inefficient at doing my job with the lack of tools. What is Solaborate all about?

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Social Media Social Network Tool Mobile 92

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 15, 2013

Industry-specific networking site Kaleio , has partnered with Indeed.com to include both national and international job listings within the Kaleio Marketplace in a move that is expected to make it a one-stop professional networking and business tool for students and the non-executive workforce.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

How could it be when they always have “schlocky” ads or PSAs (public service announcements). Google Analytics vs. Facebook’s new analytics tool. How did they end up with such an irreverent site and what was their objective? Online text book rental service. Online radio music service. TechCrunch article.

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Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

In the early days (20 years ago), most new e-commerce sites cost a million dollars to set up. Look for simple and free tools. Many hosting services offer free tools, or will build a default website for you. Personalize a simple web site. Publish the site and now you are in business. Start simple.

Commerce 88

Commerce Startup Sites Tool 88

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

One of the firms launching this week there is Los Angeles-based NativeTung (www.nativetung.com), which is developing tools to help web sites translate and create multilingual versions of their sites. Idris Manley: Essentially, what we do is we create a global layer for web sites, that supports multiple language content channels.

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Startup Technical Review Social Network Content 133

socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2010

Van Nuys-based Audiolife (www.audiolife.com), a new startup focused on providing e-commerce tools to musicians, recently raised $1M in angel funding. The store allows in-page transactions, and never redirects them to another site, keeping them captive and leveraging impulse buys. What's the idea behind Audiolife?

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Van Nuys Tech Coast Angels Startup Web 191

socalTECH

AUGUST 17, 2020

Retailers are trying to showcase authentic love and recommendations for products, and this service is really about helping someone else find the right product, connecting them with other people, and enabling them to monetize their skill set. Especially now, when there are so many people dependent on earning extra money.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

There are others, like LifeLock , who have already built a billion dollar business by providing identity theft services for more than 2 million consumers in all 50 states. But that is just the beginning of the opportunity to provide or take advantage of the new power and tools on the Internet.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Startup Social Network 100

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 28, 2014

Fact: social media is among the top most powerful communication tools today. Pew Internet Project’s research on Social Networking reports that as of January 2014, 74% of online adults use social networking sites. Digital Insights reports in their 2014 Social Media statistics that Facebook has 1.01

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