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MARCH 8, 2018

ShippingEasy , the developer of cloud-based shipping, inventory management, and customer marketing software arm of El Segundo-based Stamps.com is targeting third party Amazon sellers today, with a new product release. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 3, 2014

Agoura Hills-based TouchCommerce , which helps provide brands with online software and services for helping better connect with their customers and potential customers, said today that it is planning growth and hiring at a new headquarters in Agoura Hills. The company explained it moved to the new building due to a rapidly growing workforce.

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JUNE 20, 2016

Santa Monica-based MGID , a provider of native advertising software and a native advertising network, said last week that it has launched a new, anti-ad blocking product. The company said its new technology allows publishers to trigger warnings and bypasses blocking attempts by software ad blockers. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 7, 2009

Los Angeles-based comparison shopping site PriceGrabber has released its own, iPhone application on Apple's App store. The new, free application allows users to search for price comparisons and product reviews from Pricegrabber, including search by UPC code, MPN, or product names. The application debuted on the App store Monday.

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JULY 7, 2010

Los Angeles-based PriceGrabber , the online shopping comparison site now owned by Experian, said this week that it has released a free Android application. According to PriceGrabber, the new app allows users to scan barcodes, read product reviews, and make purchases from the mobile device.

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JUNE 21, 2012

Los Angeles-based CapLinked , the startup which provides an online site to help companies manage their fundraising process, is announcing this morning thta it has raised $400,000 in a new funding round. Jackson, and allows companies to share due diligence documents, updates, and other information to investors.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

In the biggest resurrection this side of the Second Coming, Facebook appears to have brought back all of the thousands of people that had suddenly been marked as "dead" on its site due to a bug on Friday by late afternoon.

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APRIL 7, 2011

Santa Barbara-based QAD , the developer of manufacturing resource planning software, said today that SMR Automotive Services , a unit of Samvardhana Motherson Group, is using the firm's applications at all of its sites. SMR Automotive Services is a manufacturer of external review mirrors for passenger cars.

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OCTOBER 5, 2011

X1 Discovery said today that it has launched a new, electronic discovery software called X1 Social Discovery, which is specifically aimed at helping computer forensics professionals address social media content. X1 Discovery said it will be releasing its software on October 18th, priced at $945 per seat annually.

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DECEMBER 2, 2014

Carpinteria-based Lynda.com , which offers up an online learning and education site, has been awarded by the Department of Energy for its sustainability initiatives around plug in vehicles, the company said this week. lynda.com is venture backed by Accel Partners, Spectrum Equity and Meritech Capital Partners. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 16, 2013

StackSocial said it will provide apps, gadgates, and other tech-related products at a new store on the technology news site. offers up news, reviews, tips, and other information on iPhones. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. iPhoneinCanada.ca

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OCTOBER 15, 2009

Santa Monica-based Bestcovery.com , an online expert review and ranking site headed by former Pricegrabber.com co-founder and CEO, Kamran Pourzanjani, said today that it has rolled out a new widget which will allow web publishers to display its content. Bestcovery launched in November of last year. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 21, 2011

Manhattan Beach-based CapLinked , which operates a software service to help companies communicate with investors, is one of the firms caught by the widespread Amazon EC2 downtime today. CapLinked said in its blog that its site is temporarily unavailable due to Amazon's hosting service issues. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 1, 2011

Johnson, announced a move to allow other sites to host and show content via a new Lunch Network effort. It really provides the most relevant reviews, because when you're looking for reviews, you want them from someone very similar to you. Today, Lunch.com (www.lunch.com), the startup headed by J.R. We caught up with J.R.

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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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OCTOBER 10, 2019

In a tweet this morning, PG&E said it had created an "alternate website" for customers to check for potential impacts of a power shutoff; that link goes directly to ArcGIS, the geographical information systems (GIS) mapping software developed by Esri.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Ken Button: I am a corporate attorney, and started in private practice at O'Melvany and Myers, and later served as General Counsel for a software business. We have been around software for a long time. Ken Button: We launched into beta in March, and have spent a ton of time adding functionality and stress testing the site.

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JULY 14, 2010

Torrance-based LiveOffice , the provider of email archiving, compliance, and backup services, said yesterday that it has linked with SocialWare , a provider of software for connecting companies to social networking sites. AdvisorMail is used by companies to monitor compliance with SEC and FINRA regulations.

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MARCH 15, 2016

Based on ratings, reviews, and price, designers are able to hire a factory or contractor from our platform. Our uusers can use ratings and reviews, to know if they are working with high quality manufacturers. I liked robots, calculus, and computers, and I even learned how to code at age 9. Right now, it takes too much time.

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APRIL 15, 2011

Edmunds said its InsideLine.com application for the iPhone provides automotive information and entertainment, including photos, videos, and car reviews, from the InsideLine.com site. The software is available on Apple's App store. The new app is aimed at car enthusiasts, and is free. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 26, 2012

Apparently, the company just sold out of its pre-orders of the device, in less than 12 hours, due to a huge rush on the device. The Co-Star plugs into any HDTV, and allows users to run web apps, browse the web, and stream video, using Google TV as its software. on its web site this morning, but now lists the item as "out of stock".

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FEBRUARY 26, 2013

In a sign of how large of an effect Santa Monica-based TrueCar has had on the automotive industry, the company said Tuesday afternoon that its dealer partners have just surpassed 700,000 new and used vehicles sold using its sites. TrueCar had announced it 500,000th vehicle in March of 2012.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

In fact, my cofounder had already put in notice to move out of his place, he had bough tickets to Columbia, where he had decided to spend the next six months to work on coding. The day after we shut down the site, we got an email from this company, saying they had a big opportunity they'd like to talk to us about.

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OCTOBER 20, 2011

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the provider of online car buying software and pricing information, said today that it is powering the online car buying programs for VroomGirls.com , a new, Los Angeles-based website targeting automotive information for women. VroomGirls offers up reviews on cars, driving tips, advice, and more aimed at women.

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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. positions on its site, ranging from software, sales, marketing, to finance. The now-public. RightScale.

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AUGUST 1, 2011

Los Angeles-based Geni , the online family tree and genealogy site, suffered an unexpected outage over the weekend, the firm reported Monday evening. The firm said it was down for more than 48 hours over the past weekend, due to an issue with the firm's database software.

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

Los Angeles-based social networking site is looking to court developers with the launch of a development contest, the MySpace Developer Challenge , the firm said recently. MySpace said that entries will be accepted starting January 4th, with contest entries due February 24th. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 12, 2013

We actually have a very big Wordpress user base, because of the work we''ve done with Wordpress, contributing code and integrating them into our platform. We saw early on that the cloud as we know it today--utility services, software, and so on--was an entry point to do that, including with hosting. So, for us, competition is good.

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AUGUST 23, 2017

Serial entrepreneurs--those who have started and successfully sold or exited startups in the past--have been outsized contributors to the local technology industry, due to the experience they had in their prior companies. Here's a quick look at just a few of the new companies who are led by serial entrepreneurs from the LA ecosystem.

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MARCH 19, 2019

Stacy Stubblefield: We do two factor authentication, which basically means we send text messages with the codes you get when you log into a web site or even when you're just registering for a website. Ryan and Stacy co-founded Telesign over 15 years ago along with their co-founder, Darren Berkovitz. Talk about Telesign and what you do?

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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. How long has the site been around? In February of this year, we bought EcoMom, a community and content site.

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JANUARY 16, 2013

Weinman started the site and associated business because--as she told us in a 2010--that there's wasn't much industry around Ojai where she could continue her work teaching computer skills. The business saw a dramatic growth when--due to the downturn of the dot com crash--the company started to post its video online. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 8, 2011

In the rush toward the daily deals space, it seems like there is at least one, new, daily deals site created every day. It's an incredibly crowded industry, which not only includes giants like Groupon and LivingSocial, but countless smaller sites, newspapers, and others all looking for a piece of the action. What is Deal Current?

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JANUARY 22, 2009

San Diego- and Los Angeles- based video sharing site Veoh Networks is looking to have users continually view and find videos on the site in their web browser, saying today that it has rolled out a new web browser add-on. Other examples were pulling up videos of President Obama when browing related content. READ MORE>>

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OCTOBER 31, 2011

It sounds like an interesting story behind how it started--tell us how the site came about? There are lots of companies who are trying to crack the code for local--even your old employer, AOL is into this--what's the most unique part of what you've done? That's what makes our site unique. We'll be in Austin, and then in D.C.

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DECEMBER 17, 2008

The firm said the record growth was in part a result of consumer awareness of its promotions, aggressive pricing, and the inclusion of product video content on the site. Buy.com also reported that average customer orders are up by over 20 percent due to bigger purchases. READ MORE>>

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JULY 8, 2013

Michael Lum: We were all semi-independently looking at mobile, due to the growth projection and potential there. You don''t have to buy every impression on an app or site. Instead, our software looks at each impression, and our bidding technology decides which impression to buy. Why tackle mobile?

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