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Software Startup Launches With $2.4 Million
Bitium has created what it calls a software-as-a-service operating system designed to help businesses manage their accounts and passwords for cloud software – or software accessed via a web browser instead of downloaded to a computer.
Music Mastermind Announces Mobile Launch
Music Mastermind announced Wednesday that it will publish its music creation game, “Zya,” on iPhones and iPads through a distribution deal with Chillingo, the mobile game publishing arm of Electronic Arts Inc.
Snapchat Grows, Gets Hit With Spam
Many people who use photo messaging app Snapchat on Tuesday woke up to a spam message, the same day that Evan Spiegel, the Venice company’s co-founder and chief executive, was in New York to promote the app at a mobile conference.
Mandalay Digital Announces Reverse Stock Split
Shares of Mandalay Digital Group Inc. rose more than 13 percent on Monday after the company announced a reverse stock split and said two directors invested an additional $1 million.
Online Platform Gets Marketing Firms Talking
Internet: Shift’s cloud service allows businesses to network and access apps.
Shift, a Santa Monica firm that makes apps for marketers, is continuing to tweak its formula.
Sowing Startups
Special Report: Tech Finance
Angels and venture capital firms have sprouted in Los Angeles as the local tech scene has bloomed.
Sequencing Venture Capital
Special Report: Tech Finance
Business Journal takes a step-by-step look at how funding needs are met as tech startups mature, with profiles of local investors.
L.A. Draws Outside Cash
Special Report: Tech Finance
As startup activity in Los Angeles heats up, venture capital firms and angel investors from outside the region have begun to take notice.
Handling ‘Series A Crunch’
Special Report: Tech Finance
The “Series A crunch,” despite its ominous name, is not much more than an observation.
Tumblr Opens L.A. Office
New York blog network Tumblr has opened an office in Culver City.
FieldLevel Helps Coaches Recruit Home Runs
Santa Monica technology company FieldLevel on Thursday announced its technology to help coaches find and recruit the right student athletes and vice-versa.
California Ranks Third in Milken Technology Index
The Golden State came in third in this year’s index, following Massachusetts and Maryland.
Snail Brings Game Stateside
On Wednesday Snail Games finally launched its biggest game, a massive-multi-player called “Age of Wushu,” to American audiences.
Ad Hoc Adapts Burner for Android
Ad Hoc Labs, a Los Angeles mobile software company, announced Wednesday it is making its Burner app – which generates short-term phone numbers for sensitive uses such as online dating – available for use on Android phones.
Soon-Shiong Adds to Stake in Jakks
An investment company controlled by Patrick Soon-Shiong has bought more than 3 million shares of Jakks Pacific Inc., increasing the Los Angeles billionaire’s stake in the Malibu toymaker from 9 percent to nearly 14 percent.
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