Hulu's April Fool Joke: 1996 Web Design
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APRIL 1, 2011
Visitors to Los Angeles-based video streaming service Hulu Friday were greeted with a surprise "redesign" of the web site, as part of a Hulu April Fool's gag.
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socalTECH
APRIL 1, 2011
Visitors to Los Angeles-based video streaming service Hulu Friday were greeted with a surprise "redesign" of the web site, as part of a Hulu April Fool's gag.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
Nimble , the developer of web-based, contact management software, said Thursday that it has enhanced its software to allow users to link any web page to contact records in the product. The firm has been looking to bring contact management into the web-based, social age with its software. READ MORE>>.
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socalTECH
JANUARY 23, 2013
In one of the newest "hackathons" to hit Southern California, a group of companies are looking to draw Orange County software developers to a new hackathon, geared around WebRTC, the open "Web Real Time Communications" framework aimed at helping developers create voice and video chat applications.
socalTECH
MAY 29, 2014
A new, Los Angeles-based Connect6 launched this week, with a new, Chrome browser extension which looks to bridge the web--and such sites as Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, and other services--with LinkedIn-like information on potential contacts.
socalTECH
APRIL 22, 2014
What do you do if you''d like to become a web developer, but can''t afford to pay for the courses to learn those skills? One aspiring Los Angeles web developer has come up with a unique idea, an Indiegogo campaign to help raise money for a coding camp --in exchange for donating 10 percent of his income for the next two years to scholarships.
socalTECH
MARCH 10, 2014
Los Angeles-based ParkMe , which offers up an online service and mobile apps to help drivers find nearby parking spaces, has rolled out a new, improved web mapping interface. The company has updated its web service with ability to save reservations, find open spots faster, pay for parking, and more.
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? It's all about what is happening on the realtime web. Is this a subscription or do these publishers buy software?
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 2, 2016
Huntington Beach-based AnyMeeting said this week that it has released an updated version of its web conferencing software, which is it calling Meeting 4.0. The company said the updated software includes a "completely refreshed" user interface, full WebRTC support, 720p HD video conferencing, new iOS and Android apps, and more.
socalTECH
MAY 21, 2019
Los Angeles-based security software developer Signal Sciences , which is venture backed by Lead Edge Capital, CRV, Index Ventures, Harrison Metal and OATV, said Tuesday morning that it has rolled out a new, cloud-based Web Application Firewall (WAF) product to lits lineup.
socalTECH
JANUARY 14, 2019
The funding, a Series B, came from Amazon Web Services, Samsung Venture Investment Corp., Wiliot , an Israel- and San Diego-based RFID technology developer, has received $30M more in a funding round, the company said on Monday. and Avery Dennison Corp.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 5, 2019
Culver City-based Signal Sciences , which develops web application security firewalls, is announcing this morning that it has raised $35M in a Series C funding round. Signal Sciences develops Web Applications Firewalls (WAF), which are used to protect web applications from hacking attacks.
socalTECH
JANUARY 15, 2019
Los Angeles-based cloud hosting service DreamHost is one of the popular web hosting companies, caught up in the latest report of a widespread cybersecurity hole, which researcher say allowed hackers to easily access and take over accounts. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
MAY 19, 2017
In today's world of web application development, speed is everything. Venice Beach-based Signal Sciences (www.signalsciences.com) has created sofdtware designed for those application developers to help protect those web applications. In that world, the risk of security holes is huge. What is Signal Sciences?
socalTECH
DECEMBER 19, 2019
In what appears to be the season for stories on how easy it is to gain unauthorized access to cameras from Santa Monica-based Ring , a report published Thursday from Techcrunch says over 1,500 passwords for Ring cameras are available on the "dark web" giving full access to Ring cameras.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 20, 2021
According to Patron, its first fund, Patron Fund I, will go to investments into Web 3 (P2E/NFTs) and consumer categories such as education, fitness, personal finance, and more. The company's General Partners are Jason Yeh and Brian Cho.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 10, 2012
GoDaddy hosts millions of domain names, as well as provides web hosting services itself, but it's unclear how many sites were affected by the outage. The outage has been blamed on hacking activity.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 2, 2019
Caceres was most recently Worldwide Head of Enterprise Marketing for Amazon Web Services (AWS), and also had served as VP of Marketing at Ayla Networks, in addition to serving at such companies as Echelon, Global IP Solutions, Knight Ridder, Personify, Tessera Enterprises and NEC.
socalTECH
MAY 14, 2013
I love the web and love Internet marketing. Although the web offers amazing chances for organic growth, you have to do something amazing. We realized that the way the web was heading, was that if you don''t do something amazing, someone will do it better. What''s your background and how did you decide to start the site?
socalTECH
APRIL 3, 2013
Online web conferencing provider AnyMeeting has a challenge: it believes its services are better suited for small business than both WebEx and GoToMeeting, the incumbents in the web conferencing space. To prove it?
socalTECH
JUNE 10, 2013
In the latest services-meets-smartphone service to launch in the Los Angeles area, a new startup, Naki Laundry , said today that it has launched its service in Santa Monica, letting the tech set use their smartphone or the web to get their laundry cleaned.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 4, 2013
Dreamhost offers up a wide range of web hosting services, including domain name registration, web hosting, Wordpress hosting, cloud computing, cloud storage, and other services. DreamHost, which is led by Simon Anderson, said the funds will go towards accelerating customer growth worldwide. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
MARCH 19, 2012
Are you the sort of person who relies on your friends to help you figure out the best places to explore on the web? That's the idea behind HypeMarks (www.hypemarks.com), a new startup looking to tap into your social graph to guide you to the web. I'm a person that loves discovering new stuff on the web.
socalTECH
APRIL 30, 2013
Rubicon develops a cloud-based platform which enables real-time buying and selling of advertising for web publishers; the firm''s automated systems help optimize the amount of revenue earned by advertisers, by soliciting up real-time-bids for which advertisements which are presented on a web page.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 7, 2012
Lynda.com now has operations in Carpinteria and Calabasas, and according to the firm's web site has over 400 employees in total. Lynda.com's online site offers up instructional courses on everything from software like Photoshop to Wordpress, and Excel to AutoCAD. Lynda.com said the award will appears in Inc's December/January issue.
socalTECH
MARCH 4, 2013
Nero said its new NeroKwik software for iPhone and iPad allows users to share their photos across the web, Facebook, Google+, iOS, and Android, via its mobile photo sharing service. Nero , the developer of consumer video, photo, and media software management products which bases its U.S. The new mobile software is currently free.
socalTECH
APRIL 7, 2014
Carpinteria-based online video education site Lynda.com said today that it has acquired Compilr , a developer of a software coding and development environment which lets people learn how to write, compile, and test code from their web browser. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.
socalTECH
MARCH 24, 2020
According to the company--which normally runs in-person, corporate team building events--its new "Cyber Sleuths" virtual game uses video and web-conferencing platforms like Zoom, Microsoft Team, Google Hangouts learn the tools to succeed working remotely for the first time. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
APRIL 16, 2012
Santa Monica-based Edmunds.com , the online auto information web site, said this morning that it has enhanced its site, adding a new online chat feature on the site. Edmunds.com said the online chat allows participating dealers on the site to answer questions about inventory, pricing, and to gain other information about new and used vehicles.
socalTECH
JUNE 12, 2013
According to CampaignEQ--founded by former Beachmint execs William Belk and Dirk McGregor--its new cloud-based, web and mobile affiliate tracking platform is aimed at offering up better mobile attribution and optimization.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
ReachLocal's local offices provide direct contact with its SMB customers, who use the firm for search engine marketing, web presence, display advertising, and other online marketing efforts. The company says it now has local presence in 11 international markets and 46 North American markets. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
MARCH 15, 2013
Microsoft announced the latest version of Vyclone's collaborative, web video editing software, saying that the tool "truly comes to life" with IE10. Los Angeles-based video editing tools developer Vyclone has inked a big deal to connect the tools into Microsoft's Internet Explorer 10 browser, Microsoft announced this week.
socalTECH
MARCH 12, 2013
The company--which is in the business of operating a content delivery network (CDN) to accelerate the delivery of web graphics, multimedia, applications, and more to end users-- recently disclosed it more than doubled its revenues in 2012, and has grown to over 230 employees--all due to a huge amount of demand for CDN services by its customers.
socalTECH
APRIL 27, 2012
The top companies winning $15,000 each were Somatic Technologies , which is using kinetic energy harvesting to solve problems with limited battery life in unmanned aerial vehicles, and The Interia , an online web publisher and aggregator focused on the sport of surfing. providing online tutoring.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 14, 2019
The personal account details of nearly 28 million users of HauteLook , the private sales site founded in Los Angeles and now owned by Nordstrom , have been hacked and have just shown up for sale on the "dark web" , according to security researchers. It's unclear how those records were stolen from HauteLook and others.
socalTECH
MAY 2, 2014
The app store is crowded, and the web is also crowded too. I think what yuo''re going to see, is that people will leverage those new domain names to express the brand of their service both through their native app or through the web. The fastest time to market is always putting it on the web.
socalTECH
MAY 13, 2013
According to Greentoe, it will use the funding for marketing of the site, including a multi-platform advertising campaign across the web, television, and mobile. The funding came from Parker Thompson from 500 Startups/Dave McClure. Size of the funding was not announced.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 10, 2012
Are you a user of the Chrome web browser? Busy doing your holiday shopping? A newly launched, Chrome extension, Honey --developed by a Pasadena-based startup--is making it a lot easier for you to find those online coupon deals and discount codes.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 3, 2012
Anyone with the slightest interest in the world of social Internet services nowadays has by now heard of Pinterest , the online site which allows users to "pin" and comments on their favorite photos from across the web. Pinterest is one of the latest services to sweep the Internet world in terms of popularity, particularly with women.
socalTECH
JULY 9, 2013
According to domain registrar GoDaddy, it has begun offering Los Angeles specific web names both via auction and by registration, including domains like MovieStars.LA, Scripts.LA, Studios.LA, and Producer.LA. The new domain extension is an alternative to the more popular.com domain name extension.
socalTECH
APRIL 17, 2017
Dark Castle , the popular 1980's video game for the Macintosh developed by San Diego's Silicon Beach Software , has been revived--this time, on the web--as part of a trove of throwback Apple Mac software products released by the Internet Archive.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 7, 2016
Los Angeles-based TeleSign , which powers the phone-based verification and authentication systems of many top tier Internet e-commerce and web services providers, said on Thursday that it has begun using machine learning in its fraud intelligence software, TeleSign Score.
socalTECH
JULY 5, 2011
However, once you build the trust and goodwill of your users, and buzz grows around the web, it becomes much easier.
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 5, 2013
Retention Science develops software which uses big data to help analyze and predict the behavior of consumers on a web site, which can be used to drive offers to those customers. Retention Science is venture backed by Baroda Ventures, Mohr Davidow Venutres, Double M Capital, along with angels Paige Craig, Clark Landry & Bong Koh.
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