TechEmpower

MAY 28, 2020

This project measures the high-water mark performance of server side web application frameworks and platforms using predominantly community-contributed test implementations. Round 19 introduces two new features in the results web site: Composite scores and a hardware environment score we're calling the TechEmpower Performance Rating (TPR).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2021

This has been a long-time dream of Tim Berners-Lee , the man who (really) invented the World Wide Web. He calls his dream the ‘ Semantic Web ’ (or Web 3.0), meaning it understands user context. He and many other experts believe that the Semantic Web will act more like a personal assistant than a search engine.

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Web Entrepreneur Software Review Google 152

TechEmpower

JULY 2, 2013

July marks the fourth month of our ongoing project measuring the performance of web application frameworks and platforms. The results web site has been improved with test-type and hardware-type navigation, allowing you to share links to a specific results chart, such as Round 6, Fortunes on EC2. We are hiring.

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Framework Software Review Technical Review EC2 521

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2019

Wiliot , an Israel- and San Diego-based RFID technology developer, has received $30M more in a funding round, the company said on Monday. The funding, a Series B, came from Amazon Web Services, Samsung Venture Investment Corp., and Avery Dennison Corp.

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Web Services San Diego Venture Capital 133

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2020

Young entrepreneurs often are so excited by new technology or their latest invention that they forget to translate it into a value proposition that their customers or potential investors can understand and relate to. Often new technologies are seen by senior decision makers as new opportunities for litigation and hackers.

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Technology Social Network Training Startup 165

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. Naki''s name comes from the Hebrew for the word "clean". READ MORE>>.

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TechEmpower

MARCH 28, 2013

Among the many factors to consider when choosing a web development framework, raw performance is easy to objectively measure. This machine is responsible for hosting the web application exclusively. Web servers. We have included our in-house Java web framework, Gemini, in our tests. Motivation. Mongoose 3.5.5. PHP 5.3.10.

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Framework EC2 PHP Java 560

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The world around us is being disrupted by the acceleration of technology into more industries and more consumer applications. Technology solutions are now used by authoritarians to monitor and control populations, to stymie an individual company’s economic prospects or to foment chaos through demagoguery. What Has Changed in Financing?

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TechEmpower

APRIL 30, 2013

You are viewing the first round of web application framework benchmarks. Among the many factors to consider when choosing a web development framework, raw performance is easy to objectively measure. This machine is responsible for hosting the web application exclusively. Web servers. Motivation. Mongoose 3.5.5.

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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. A lot of the legacy technology which exists in this space has been hardware-based.

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Web Startup Southern California Software 138

socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2019

San Diego-based Fairway Technologies , a provider of consulting services in the IT area, said it has acquired Los Angeles-based IT Strategists , a provider of big data and data-driven IT consulting. Brett Humphrey is CEO of Fairway Technologies, which also has offices in San Diego and Orange County, as well as Austin, Texas.

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socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2019

Santa Barbara-based Reactful , a developer of artificial intelligence and machine learning software for website personalization, and 6sense , a devleoper of "account based orchestration" software for marketers, said they are in a new technology partnership. Financial terms of the deal were not announced.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

I remember going to an Under the Radar conference in 2006 in the heat of the Web 2.0 There were tons of young entrepreneurs showing their latest Web 2.0 Unfortunately this was reinforced by the many conferences that rushed to espouse the benefits of Web 2.0 Cisco and others went out to fill out their Web 2.0 portfolios.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Some really great stuff in 2010 that aims to help startups around product, technology, business models, etc. Berkonomics , November 29, 2010 Rice Alliance IT/Web 2.0 First Principles. Forum December 9th Lineup - Startup Houston , November 27, 2010 When to step on the gas and go for it?

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2013

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project says today that it is one of the "fastest growing ad technology companies in history". Rubicon is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners, IDG Ventures, Mayfield, News Corp., Peacock Equity Fund, Stanford University, and the University of California Berkeley.

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Customer Custom Clearstone Journal 220

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.

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USC Startup Web Ideas 252

socalTECH

APRIL 22, 2013

Los Angeles-based PublishThis , the developer of publishing technology which is headed by Matt Kumin, is powering the content for a new Cox Media site, the firm said today. PublishThis develops technology used to curate and distribute content, and help manage publishing of content for web publishers. READ MORE>>.

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Sites Media Content News 196

socalTECH

MARCH 7, 2014

General Assembly , which conducts classes on web development, Photoshop, Javascript, digital marketing, and all kinds of other topics through its location in Los Angeles, has just scored a $35M funding round, a Series C for the company. general assembly angeles venture capital learning digital school technology' READ MORE>>.

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JavaScript Funding High Tech Web Development 183

socalTECH

JANUARY 9, 2013

intersection of technology and music. All of these startups are applying technology (software development and algorithms) to some aspect of music and the music business. The firm's apps are revolutionizing sheet music, applying modern technology to what has--until recently--been stuck in the era of pencil and paper.

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Southern California Startup Sherman Oaks Venice 254

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.

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Seed Funding USC Competition Funding 244

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# If you were a newly minted, venture-backed consumer Internet company you had to have a deal with AOL to reach your customers. Social Networking in Web 1.0.

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Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Web 297

Berkonomics

APRIL 20, 2017

Leaders and companies that innovate new products, services and methods of delivery are the ones that stand out in a crowded business world, especially when attempting to gain recognition among the throngs of competitors visible on the web. Innovation is valued by our society, by investors and certainly by consumers. That was Charles H.

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Artificial Inteligence UCLA Web Patents 256

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Since its 2017 inception, SpotOn has been focused on providing software and payments technology to SMBs with an emphasis on restaurants and retail businesses. SpotOn will now have over 500 employees on its product and technology team, according to co-founder and co-CEO Zach Hyman. Image Credits: SpotOn.

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Technical Review Software Review Invest Acquisition 296

socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2013

How is the changing demographic of web visitors changing how local companies operate? Domeyer recently told us how mobile visitors to the web are dramatically changing how Oversee looks at the market, and are pushing the firm to invest more in technology to adapt to mobile users. Can you talk more about your technology efforts?

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Mobile CTO Hire CPC Web 224

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# You couldn’t pick up a magazine in the 96-99 timeframe without seeing AOL Keywords advertised everywhere. Social Networking in Web 1.0: The Present Era.

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Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 30, 2011

They first started in 1994 and are therefore almost as old as the Web itself. I’m sure it probably resonants with how most of you read the web. The idea is that if I can serve you an ad for a function that you already need to perform on the web anyways – a captcha – with a brand message I can drive recall.

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Advertising Media Social Media Screening 352

socalTECH

MAY 13, 2014

Los Angeles-based Swagbucks , the web-based rewards and offers site, said this morning that it has raised $60M in funding--the company''s first, external capital round--and also appointed Chuck Davis as CEO of the company. According to Swagbucks, the funding round comes from Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV). READ MORE>>.

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Fandango Sites Advertising Web 196

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

We end up using WordPress a lot as the marketing front-end of our web sites. Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers Technology Roles in Startups Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering? WordPress is pretty easy to hack. And the back-end is something that a non-technical founder can manage.

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Technical Review CTO Hire CTO Coach Software Review 338

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 16, 2023

A more effective approach in today’s Internet and interactive culture is to use “pull” technology to bring customers and clients to your story. Guy Kawasaki, in his classic book “ Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions ” provides some in-depth recommendations on the “how to” of influence and pull technology.

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Web FAQ Marketing Technical Review 96

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Edmunds.com has been around forever in Los Angeles, but after a recent redesign and a focus on updating its web site, new mobile. NastyGal is just one of a number of fashion-meets-technology startups to emerge in Los Angeles, which. across its many businesses, and has a surprising number of technology related jobs.

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Technical Review Company Companies Southern California 279

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Pasadena-based credit card optimization software developer Wallaby , which is led by Matthew Goldman, has extended its tools to yet another platform, saying this morning that it has launched a new extension for the Firefox web browser. The company recently also added Android Wear, Samsung Gear, and a Google Chrome extension. READ MORE>>.

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Pasadena Web Tool Platform 164

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

I had just returned from living in Japan where I witnessed the hugely successful launch of i-mode by NTT DoCoMo so I knew the potential that the mobile web would ultimately bring, but I saw so many flaws in the launch of WAP. You – being members of the technology community. The mobile web would finally be open!

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Brentwood Mobile Google Web 326

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Because he was particularly attracted to the idea of positioning Quigo in the business of helping retailers with search, Quigo started building sophisticated technology for applied semantics stuff with web pages. Overture became intrigued by Quigo’s AdSonar technology and wanted help targeting ads for their content business.

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Google Startup Advertising Acquisition 302

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2010

Anyone who works in the venture business or frankly just lives in Silicon Valley will be used to hearing a buzz word rise up out of nowhere to capture the technology zeitgeist and find its way into every entrepreneur’s product development plan or every aspiring entrepreneur’s pitch deck. In my view almost all ideas are derivative.

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Startup Evite Web Ideas 296

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

hours per day on average, and that’s excluding the other 13 hours a day where we have our mobile devices, our connected TVs, our iPads and Kindles and soon our cars connected to the web. It’s not just that we’re connected to the Internet at higher speeds and for longer; we’re actually always tethered to the web. And the future?

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2013

The tool, which lets users analyzing the web traffic from their promotions, lets users click into a map of where users are interacting with their promotions, and get detailed demographics data--household income, education, net worth, neighborhood data, and more--at the street level.

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Tool Startup Template .Net 215

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

I’ve had a long-standing rule of thumb in product design, which I call “design for the novice, configure for the pro.&# I started saying this back in 2001/02, long before the era of Web 2.0, We were young, computer literate and interested in learning about or playing with new technologies.

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Design Startup Web 2.0 Tips 325