Monday, March 2, 2009Siimpel Scores Investment From Korean FirmArcadia-based Siimpel Corporation, which is developing MEMs-based components for mobile cameras, announced Monday afternoon that the firm has raised an additional round of investment from LG Innotek. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. Siimpel develops MEMs modules which are used to design higher quality, mobile phone cameras. LG Innotek is a Korean developer of camera components, modules, and related products. Siimpel was formerly known as SiWave, and is backed by DOCOMO Capit (More info...)
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Comcast Interactive Snags VP From GlamComcast Interactive Media announced Monday that it has appointed Scott Schiller as the new Senior Vice President of Advertising Sales, heading up sales for the firm's Fandango, Fancast, Movies.com and Plaxo units. Fandango, Movies.com, and Fancast are all based in Los Angeles. Schiller joins Comcast from Glam Media, the online women's media property, where he was EVP Global Marketing. Schiller has also served at America Online, Walt Disney Internet Group, Sony Online, Prodigy, and MTV Networks; (More info...)
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Tsavo Launches Twitter Search EngineSanta Monica-based Tsavo, the online media firm run by former Userplane founder Michael Jones, said Monday that it has officially launched a new web site focused on searching the popular Twitter micro-blogging service. The new service, Twithority, allows users to search for Twitter messages, shown in order of highest ranking users and time. Tsavo said the new site will be integrated into its network of sites--being billed as the "Daymix network" by the firm--which also includes sites like food s (More info...)
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EQAL In Deal With Creator of 'CSI'Los Angeles-based EQAL said this morning that it has signed up 'CSI' franchise creator Anthony E. Zuiker on a new multimedia project. According to EQAL, which was behind the lonelygirl15 and KateModern web series, Zuiker and the firm will create a "digi-novel" which will turn traditional book reading into a "multimedia experience." The partnership revolves around Dark Chronicles, a series of crime novels being published by Dutton in September. Financial details of the partnership were not disclo (More info...)
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Emergent Game Technologies Launches New SoftwareCalabasas-based Emergent Game Technologies, the software developer behind the popular Gamebryo game engine, said today that it has launched a new product focused on rapid prototyping and development of game titles. According to the firm, its new title--Gamebryo Lightspeed--will allow developers to create games on any console or PC platform. The firm said that the new software can create titles "in any genre" for Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC, and downloadable titles. Emergent is venture backe (More info...)
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Noritsu America Acquires LucidiomBuena Park-based Noritsu America, a manufacturer of photo printing systems and photo processing hardware for retailers, photo studios, and others, said today that it has acquired Lucidiom, a developer of self-service, retail photo kiosks and related online services. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Orange County-based Noritsu America said that Lucidiom will continue to operates out of its Vienna, Virginia location, and that it intends to retain Lucidiom's workforce. Lucidio (More info...)
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CentralNic, Network Solutions Team on Joint VentureUK-based CentralNic, which maintains its U.S. offices in Woodland Hills, said today that it has entered into a joint venture with domain name registration giant Network Solutions. According to the firm, the partnership calls on it to provide consulting, registration, and registration services for companies who are looking to offer new top level domains (TLDs). Financial details of the joint venture were not disclosed. The services include DNS lookup, domain registration, domain renewals, name se (More info...)
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X1 Technologies Finds Asian DistributorPasadena-based X1 Technologies, a developer of enterprise search software, announced Monday that the firm has tapped Singapore firm Shepard Pte Ltd as a partner. X1 said that Shepard will represent the firm's Enterprise Search Solutions in Singapore and elsewhere in South Asia. X1's search software is being used for enterprise search and electronic discovery services. The firm is backed by Idealab.
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Ortiva Wireless Adds MobixLa Jolla-based Ortiva Wireless, a developer of products for managing mobile video streaming, said this morning that it has signed on Mobix Interactive as a customer. Financial impact of the customer win was not disclosed. Mobix Interactive is a provider of video-on-demand and TV services. Mobix deploys its services on O2, 3, and Vodacom; according to the firms, Mobix will incorporate Ortiva's technology into its products, to improve quality of service of its platform. Ortiva's products adapt vid (More info...)
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Xencor In License Deal With PfizerMonrovia, California-based Xencor, which is developing antibodies to treat such things as Hodgkin lymphoma and inflammatory disease, said this morning that it has inked a technology license and evaluation agreement with Pfizer. According to the firm, the deal calls for it to "optimize the performance" of therapeutic monoclocal antibodies at Pfizer. Financial terms of the licensing deal were not disclosed. Xencor said it will receive an upfront payment for Pfizer to access its technology, and tha (More info...)
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Metabasis Names CFOSan Diego-based Metabasis Therapeutics has hired on a new Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, the firm disclosed today. Metabasis, which is developing biopharmaceuticals for treating metabolic and other diseases, said that it has named Tran B. Nguyen to the position. Nguyen joins the firm from Citi Global Markets Inc., where he was Vice President in the firm's Healthcare Investment Banking group. Nguyen has also served at Lehman Brothers.
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