socalTECH

DECEMBER 22, 2008

com founder Michael Robertson has launched a new, mobile music web site called TuneRoom , Robertson announced Monday, which will help mobile phone users search and find MP files for their cell phones. Tags: tuneroom mobile michael robertson music. Former MP3.com

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Sites Mobile Web Help 100

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Back when we were all trying to figure out the real value of traffic on the web, investors – and acquiring companies – got a bit crazy with metrics used to value acquisitions and investments. And yet, users rave about the service, and spend long durations of time on the site. Remember when? And the numbers were staggering.

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Metrics Sites Advertising Web 296

SoCal CTO

APRIL 9, 2013

I''ve written before about finding Web Development Firms in Los Angeles. How good is the company''s own site? They shouldn''t be showing you that they don''t care at all about looks and content on their own site. But if their site is really gorgeous, that means they are good at design, not necessarily development.

Web Development 204

Web Development Web Develop Development 204

socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2020

San Diego-based GoSite , which develops an online platform to help small businesses put up online and mobile websites, has raised $16M in a funding round, the company announced this morning. The company's software allows small businesses to put up web and mobile sites, handle payments, and more. READ MORE>>.

San Diego 113

San Diego SaaS Mobile Platform 113

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

If you're a web publisher, or even a brand developing your own outreach to customers through a newsletter or microsite, how do you efficiently gather and curate all of the news and information out there? The firm has created a tool which uses software and semantic search to help in the whole process of curating content.

Web 237

Web Newsletter Content Startup 237

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2023

Winning entrepreneurs have long since supplemented conventional print and video “push” marketing with digital online interactive “pull” marketing, and a while back added social-local-mobile ( SoLoMo ) to the mix. Mobile and global are driving all of these in innovative new ways to grow your business.

Marketing 107

Marketing Technical Review Startup Innocal 107

socalTECH

MAY 7, 2009

Aliso Viejo-based Evolver , a firm developing avatar creation technology, launched an alpha of its web site this week, focused on helping consumers create their own virtual avatars. The site allows users to create what Nilles says are "breathtakingly accurate" versions of users, or to create fantasy characters.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Kixer develops mobile advertising software which helps publishers and connects mobile web users with apps. Omar Nicola: When we launched the company, it was no surprise that content publishers were struggling to monetize their mobile audience. Most people really hadn't tapped into the mobile web.

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Mobile Startup Content Advertising 100

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 21, 2015

One of the best ways for increase in business development is to create a more responsive web design. This can help people to spend more time on your website, especially if they can have more fun and a more pleasant experience with your product through your website. Here are some of the most important features to consider.

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Web Design Web Design Develop 40

socalTECH

MARCH 13, 2013

The firm said the latest version of its platform is aimed at brands, retailers, media companies, and trade associations, to help them scale their content efforts across digital channels. The software helps those companies publish their own data on their websites, by surfacing fresh content to help engage consumers.

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Content Tool Legalzoom News 171

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2012

Have you every clicked on a mobile ad on your iPhone or Android phone, and found that the ad you clicked into wasn't usable on your mobile phone? Jason Crilly: We're doing mobile landing pages. We're creating really good looking, really easy to use, really effective mobile landing pages. What exactly is PageWoo?

Mobile 249

Mobile Startup Advertising Sites 249

socalTECH

APRIL 2, 2014

Pasadena-based Wallaby , the developer of mobile apps to help consumers pick the best credit card to use for a purchase, said today that it has launched both a new, Google Chrome web browser extension, as well as an updated, iPhone application. Wallaby is led by Matthew Goldman. READ MORE>>.

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Google Pasadena Commerce Mobile 124

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal has launched a new suite of products this morning, saying that it is looking to help small and medium sized businesses attract, capture, and convert more customers.

ReachLocal 147

ReachLocal Woodland Hills Software Marketing 147

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 4, 2013

It will cost them too much and will create more work for them once the site has been deployed. The pride and effort they have placed in building up their business should be reflected through their web presence. With over three billion local search queries in any given month on Google alone, no business can afford not to be on the web.

Web Design 58

Web Design Web Design Sites 58

socalTECH

MAY 14, 2013

We caught up with founder Evan Britton about how his company has created the top site in the Internet niche of celebrity birthdays, and how that intense focus on a single niche--and user experience- has paid off for the company in terms of user engagement and growth. That was the genesis of the site. It was discouraging.

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Google Sites Startup Web 236

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2012

Are users willing to check into local businesses with another, mobile check-in product? We caught up with co-founder Michael Wong , who told us about how the company is looking to change the model for local check-ins, and also help businesses with getting the word out about their services. Why would someone want to use your site?

CTO Coach 223

CTO Coach Startup Mobile Artificial Inteligence 223

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

CrownPeak said its new offering, the Online Marketing Management Suite, is targeted at online marketers, and helps them test, target, and measure content relevance in its web sites, landing pages, banner ads, mobile devices, social media, and other channnels. Pricing on the new offering was not released.

Tool 187

Tool Marketing Social Media Content 187

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Back when we were all trying to figure out the real value of traffic on the web, we investors – and acquiring companies – got a bit crazy with metrics used to value acquisitions and investments. And the most logical one seemed to be “eyeballs” or number of unique users finding their way to the site or registering for the service.

Metrics 207

Metrics Sites Advertising Web 207

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 4, 2013

It will cost them too much and will create more work for them once the site has been deployed. The pride and effort they have placed in building up their business should be reflected through their web presence. With over three billion local search queries in any given month on Google alone, no business can afford not to be on the web.

Web Design 40

Web Design Web Design Sites 40

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

People complete a short profile when they register on DinnerDate.com, where they can express interest in other people on the site. It's very low pressure, and allows you to just meet people for a meal, or connect if you've seen someone on the site and liked their profile. How did you get from working on mobile to online dating?

San Diego 264

San Diego Hollywood Mobile eHarmony 264

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

The firm said the new API makes it easier for web developers to incorporate location information and maps into their web sites. HipGeo is headed by Scott Daniel, develops software which helps track where users are traveling, and allows them to map those travels and share it with others.

eHarmony 154

eHarmony Web Web Development Sites 154

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Still, if you've not heard these questions from a developer, they are not helping you as much as they should. What are some good examples of similar sites? Examples of other brands/sites that are similar from a brand perspective? How concerned are we about design for mobile? Native mobile apps? Which devices?

Develop 396

Develop Development Startup SEO 396

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Still, if you've not heard these questions from a developer, they are not helping you as much as they should. What are some good examples of similar sites? Examples of other brands/sites that are similar from a brand perspective? How concerned are we about design for mobile? Native mobile apps? Which devices?

Develop 384

Develop Development Startup SEO 384

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

And apparently, that’s what mobile applications do better – just ask the fast-growing number of app users. This is the consequence of the switch from desktop and laptops to mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. Of that smartphone internet time, mobile apps take up 86% of usage and only 14% access time via the mobile web.

Mobile 40

Mobile Social Media Google Software Review 40

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

Los Angeles-based ShareSquare , a new startup focused on the QR Code creation area, has launched its services this week, focusing on helping musicians and entertainers create QR codes. QR codes are three dimensional barcodes which can be recognized by mobile phones to connect users with web sites and other information.

Seed Funding 154

Seed Funding Entertainment Los Angeles Web 154

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

Encinitas-based Verve Wireless , which develops products to help newspapers publishers take their content to mobile phones, is announcing this morning that it has partnered with Media News Group, A.H. Tags: verve wireless publishing publisher mobile phone. Separately, the firm said it has rolled out a new, iPhone 3.0

News 100

News Mobile Web Content 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Woodland Hills-based Gumiyo , which develops tools for enabling mobile web sites, has scored a new customer. According to accounting and advisory firm CNM LLP, it has partnered with Gumiyo to deliver collateral, advertisements, business cards, and other media via SMS from its web sites. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2010

Pasadena-based Idealab has launched a new company, TweetUp , which focused on showcasing Twitter users and helping them to grow an online following. Tweetup said its bid-based marketplace allows Twitter users to bid on keywords to show their Tweets on top of Twitter search engines and web sites, as well as certain Twitter mobile clients.

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Idealab Funding Pasadena Venture Capital 140

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Winning entrepreneurs have long since supplemented conventional print and video “push” marketing with digital online interactive “pull” marketing, and more recently added social-local-mobile ( SoLoMo ) to the mix. Mobile and global are driving all of these in innovative new ways to grow your business.

Technical Review 106

Technical Review Startup Innocal Mobile 106

socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Los Angeles-based social networking site MySpace said today that the firm has launched an application for Google's Android mobile operating system. According to MySpace, its new MySpace Mobile experience is available via Android Market, and allows MySpace users to access the firm's mobile web site.

Social Network 100

Social Network Mobile Google Sites 100

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Mobile first is becoming an important part of our daily lives. We interact with the world through our mobile devices, and they are quickly becoming our main vehicles for accessing and sharing information. Hence the emergence of Source13, a new mobile conference produced by Flurry. How do you discover the right people to follow?

Mobile 71

Mobile Technical Review Platform Startup 71

InfoChachkie

JUNE 22, 2015

People continue to surf the web to gather information when making a considered purchase. It’s undeniable that consumers are digesting more online content on the mobile supercomputer in their pockets than via any other modality. 75% of all calls to businesses originate on a mobile phone. Share and Enjoy.

Mobile 100

Mobile Technical Review Google Tool 100

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Our mobile phones are capable of doing almost anything these days. Matt Lucido wanted to help with everyone’s daily life by creating a service app called Porter. We launched with a web app, so we are only web-based. For the people that sign up to our site, we are converting 35% of those people into customers.

Technical Review 87

Technical Review Mobile Startup Los Angeles 87

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2014

Editor''s note: we''re cross running this on our Pacific Northwest site, Northwest Innovation, since part of Rightside''s operations are in Seattle.). Do you think there''s some challenge to the domain industry today due to mobile? The app store is crowded, and the web is also crowded too.

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Demand HTML Web Media 231

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. They help make rational decisions.

Startup 286

Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2015

For example, mobile now has become the formidable new communication channel, posting a year-over-year growth rate of 47 percent in 2014, according to WBR Digital Research. That means your marketing must now include shopping apps, location-based services and mobile wallets. The best sites engage customers more deeply and add more value.

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Customer Custom Marketing Social Media 103

socalTECH

JULY 5, 2011

For today's interview, we spoke with Los Angeles-based Swagbucks (www.swagbucks.com), an online site which allows users to earn virtual currency in exchange for searching the Internet, as well as other activities. They'd promote the site to their constituents and supporters, to raise money for the company, and we'd share it back with them.

Startup 266

Startup Sites Web Entertainment 266