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NOVEMBER 13, 2013

A $3 billion acquisition offer is heady territory for Southern California''s high tech startup ecosystem--the largest exit in recent memory for a venture-backed startup was the 2011 IPO of Green Dot, worth $2 billion to its investors. snapchat merger acquisition exit facebook tencent mobile' READ MORE>>.

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Snapchat Report Southern California Journal 210

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FEBRUARY 21, 2014

It''s SXSW season--the time of year when startups and other high tech companies head to Austin, Texas to launch their companies, hobnob with the digerati, and try to get seen. gobank sxsw puppy dogs launch mobile banking' Green Dot is partnering with non-profit animal adoption service Austin Pets Alive! for the effort.

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MAY 27, 2009

Tuesday, June 2, 2009 -- CommNexus and OCTANe: An Opportunity to Present Your Technology to T-Mobile. CommNexus San Diego would like to invite you to apply to meet with T-Mobile through MarketLink.

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DECEMBER 26, 2012

For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. The biggest trend in the last twelve months is the rapid consolidation of major technology platforms across the board (social, cloud, mobile, video, communications, e-book, etc.)

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DECEMBER 28, 2012

For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. We've also invented and patented a new technology called "MasterKey" that allows people to play our games natively on all relevant social and mobile platforms.

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Technical Review Southern California Incubator High Tech 223

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JANUARY 30, 2013

Rad and Mateen are both high tech veterans, with Rad having previously founded Twitter advertising startup Ad.ly; Mateen was most recently founder of CoverCanvas. Hatch Labs is focused on developing new applications and mobile startups, and is backed by IAC. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 28, 2012

For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. I think mobile payments and online education will finally hit their stride in 2013 benefiting companies like Braintree and Dwolla and Coursera respectively. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 22, 2010

For the next couple of weeks, we are sharing the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community. The introduction of the iPad has completely revolutionized our mobile experience. I think that we now recognize that mobile is a much bigger opportunity than even the wired world.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2013

A new lawsuit, targeting Venice, California-based Snapchat --the hottest company to emerge out of the area''s high tech startup cluster in recent years--says that the company''s founders stole the idea for the company from him after forcing him out of the company early on in its history. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 5, 2013

p>Is the world short in happiness and joy--and how can a mobile app change that? in a Series A from investors to help build out its mobile apps, which let users show their appreciation for people, things, and places they love. Bizrate eventually became Shopzilla, and was acquired by E.W. Scripps for $525M in 2005.

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DECEMBER 28, 2010

This week, we are sharing the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community. The second thing, is to look at companies who are creating value on mobile and the web that is not advertising based. Yesterday, we heard from Bruce Hallett of Miramar Venture Partners. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 30, 2010

In what can only be good news for many a high tech professional, coffee chain Starbucks said today that it will turn on free Wi-Fi in its stores July 1st, at all of its U.S. Starbucks said that it will give Wi-Fi enabled laptops, tablets, and mobile phones with unlimited access to the Web. and Canadian company-owned stores.

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High Tech Yahoo News Web 182

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AUGUST 15, 2013

The project joins a number of other high tech enabled door devices, including a new smartphone-enabled front door lock from venerable door lock brand Kwikset, and a crowdsourced Wi-Fi and camera enabled doorbell called Doorbot. idoorcam doorbell wifi smartphone mobile gadget crowdsourcing crowdsourced indiegogo' READ MORE>>.

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MAY 5, 2010

It's our pleasure today to feature an interview with Yossi Vardi , one of Israel's best known high tech entrepreneurs. What is it about Israel that has made it such a center of high tech and startups? Yossi Vardi: Israel has what a lot of countries have--good universities, well educated people, a high literacy rate, etc.

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High Tech Southern California Writing Conference 150

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APRIL 7, 2011

Todd is now Chief Operating Officer of Marmol Radziner (www.marmol-radziner.com), an architecture and construction company, which recently installed a eco-friendly mobile home park project in Santa Monica which was focused on applying clean and eco-friendly technologies to the pre-fab building market. It's been around for about 20 years.

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JANUARY 29, 2018

Accoding to Bonfire, it invests in early stage startups with a software-based product and a business buyer, and will make seed state investments with a typical initial check size of $1M, with initial investments as low as $250,000 and as high as $1.5M. READ MORE>>.

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Venture Capital Southern California Funding Capital 157

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JULY 5, 2016

Dear readers: do you find our news coverage on Southern California's high tech companies, startups, and technology developments useful? Our coverage is supported by our members and sponsors -- not by web or mobile advertising -- and we need you to show your support by becoming an ongoing member. If so, we need YOUR support.

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News High Tech Southern California Venture Capital 113

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AUGUST 20, 2010

For this morning's interview, we thought we'd talk with Los Angeles-based Sidebar (www.sidebar.com), a venture backed startup in the mobile space, to learn more about what they are up to. Patrick Kennedy: Sidebar is a company that was founded to bring consumers personalized content, focused on mobile delivery of that content.

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Content Screening Mobile Customer 189

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

In this solo episode we meet up with Royce Disini and talk about Mobcrush , mobile gaming, live streaming, and content creator entertainment in Los Angeles. Media Sponsor: SOCALTECH - High Tech News and Information for Southern California. Produced by: Jeff Martin CEO and Founder of Collective Genius and Lead by Change.

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Southern California SoCalTech High Tech News 113

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DECEMBER 26, 2012

For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. Following that, I think mobile advertisement technologies. See more insights from the Southern California high tech community in our continued series this whole week!

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JANUARY 25, 2014

There is outraged public reaction to the Google buses carrying technology workers from the city to the peninsula high-tech companies which employ them. ” “ end quote (some people on mobile devices having a hard time seeing where quote starts / ends so I want to be sure I’m not attributed with Mr. Perkins letter).

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MAY 26, 2012

The Israel Conference is a fast-paced business conference showcasing the vitality and growth of Israel-facing business through a variety of panels on hot industry topics and trends with world-class speakers and high-quality networking.

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Conference High Tech Commerce Class 113

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Looking for a job at some of the hottest Southern California high tech startups? Senior IOS/Mobile Engineer , DogVacay. Perched 33 stories high in the Downtown Los Angeles skyline sits the offices of Talus Labs, where were busy building the next generation of digital marketing solutions.

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DECEMBER 30, 2010

All this week, we are sharing the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community. The continuing rise of smart phones and iPad-like devices has created enormous opportunities for the mobile web. We last shared the thoughts of John Babcock at Rustic Canyon Partners.

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DECEMBER 23, 2010

We've been sharing the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community all week, and will also do so next week. Apple and the IPAD because it showed that the power of a mobile OS applied to the essentials of computing is good enough. Yesterday, we spoke with Mark Suster of GRP Partners.

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Clearstone Southern California High Tech GRP Partners 133

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OCTOBER 8, 2014

They estimate that high-tech work contributes $108.3 What is perhaps different from other regions is that we have large indigenous aerospace industry and a big high-tech import/export trade as opposed to a lot of software companies. They estimate that high-tech work contributes $108.3

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MAY 25, 2012

The Israel Conference is a fast-paced business conference showcasing the vitality and growth of Israel-facing business through a variety of panels on hot industry topics and trends with world-class speakers and high-quality networking.

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DECEMBER 31, 2014

We''re continuing to feature reflections on the last year from movers and shakers in the local high tech community, and today have thoughts from Gerhard Apfelthaler , who is Dean of California Lutheran University''s School of Management , which has been very active in Ventura County helping to promote startup and entrepreneurial activity.

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DECEMBER 30, 2010

All this week, we are sharing the opinions of some of the top influencers in Southern California's high tech community. 1) Mobile web. Mobile app downloads went from 300mm in 2009 to 5 billion in 2010, Android ad impressions up over 2,000% as two examples. I'll list three, not necessarily in order. (1)

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Technical Review Southern California Cloud Computing Venture Capital 160

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APRIL 24, 2009

Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. www.socalip.com) Focused on high tech's unique need - Pragmatic cost-effective IP portfolio management - U.S. They include: Sponsors. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Advertisers.

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MARCH 27, 2013

Los Angeles-based Paedae , which is develops software aimed at mobile and online application developers with marketing and monetization, said Tuesday that it will offer the chance at a flight to space--or $200,000--to a new hire.

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MARCH 27, 2009

Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. Interesting in reaching Southern California's high tech industry? source for executive talent -- serving emerging growth company clients in the high. Email us at info@socaltech.com.

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AUGUST 6, 2012

The company went from a venture backed high tech startup to an IPO as a publicly traded firm, and over its time has battled the perception of being a "content farm", suffered through Google and its Panda update, and now has emerged as a major content partner for Google, via YouTube. We do all of those things. more) READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Moto-X by Motorola: Motorola has been a mainstay in the mobile device market since the days of early flip phones. By replacing their old doorbell with this smart device, homeowners can get instant video and two-way audio of whoever is waiting at the door directly to their mobile devices.

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Technology Google Mobile Outsource Development 104

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JUNE 6, 2011

Although Los Angeles has become a hub for the high tech startup world, Surprisingly, one of the things which hasn't happened in the Los Angeles area is any huge, successful venture acceleration programs. Bruce was an investor in the Series A round there.

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Startup Mentor Southern California Incubator 221

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JANUARY 12, 2010

They take all incoming calls on my mobile phone and work phone, transcribe them for me and send me an email with a text transcription and a.WAV file to listen to messages if I feel the need to. Dmitry walks the audience through the basic techniques that most high-tech savvy professionals use to streamline our digital lives.

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Product Startup Email Technical Review 280

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2010

TechZulu will be streaming Digiday : Mobile live from 8:00am - 5:00pm PST Monday 3/8. Checkout this amazing lineup of keynotes, panels, and talks during this high-level full day event. Checkout this amazing lineup of keynotes, panels, and talks during this high-level full day event. Presenter: Scott A. Presenter: Scott A.

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