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Friendgiftr Launches Facebook Gift Card App

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merchants through its app, which allows users to send both physical and digital gift cards via the popular Facebook social networking site. Friendgiftr is backed by angel investors, including individuals from the Tech Coast Angels, and is using gift card provider iCard Systems for its fulfillment.

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Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Judges Include Mike Jones, CallFire, Idealab, Tech Coast Angels, Coloft

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Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services. Scott Sangster, President of Tech Coast Angels (Los Angeles)/CEO at OrganicStartup. Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund.

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Image Metrics Buys Big Stage

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Santa Monica-based Image Metrics , a developer of facial animation technology, announced Thursday morning that it has acquired Big Stage , the developer of avatar creation software. Those avatars could be used in virtual worlds, video clips, video games, and for social networking sites. READ MORE>>.

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Big Stage Adds Animated Avatars Into Skype

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Pasadena-based Big Stage Entertainment , a developer of 3D avatar creation software, has released new software today which allows users of the popular Skype voice calling application to lip synch spoken words through a photo-realistic avatar. Tags: software plugin calling skype virtual avatar entertainment bigstage stage.

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YouMail Rolls BlackBerry Voicemail

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The firm said the application allows users to scroll through incoming voicemail messages, see information about the call, listen to the call, or forward the voicemail to a blog or social networking web site, among other features. YouMail is venture backed by Vantage Point Venture Partners and Tech Coast Angels.

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Echo Labs Wins “Quick Pitch” Contest with Digital Hybrid Microscope

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By popular acclaim, San Diego-based Echo Laboratories founder Eugene Cho claimed top honors, and a $15,000 check, for his two-minute presentation last week in the 10th annual “Quick Pitch” competition, hosted by San Diego’s Tech Coast Angels. Crowd Gathers for San Diego Tech Coast Angels “Quick Pitch” Competition.

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Interview with Brandon Hance, Audiolife

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We allow them to have virtual store fronts, portable stores, which they can place on their social networking profiles, on their own dot com, on their blogs, and so forth--anywhere fans already interact with the artist. Is this installed software, or web technology? Thanks, and good luck! READ MORE>>.

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