Wednesday, August 12, 2009Memeo Launches File Transfer AppAliso Viejo-based Memeo, which develops consumer backup and synchronization software, announced Wednesday that it has launched a new product for transferring files between business partners and colleagues. The firm said its new product, Memeo Send, allows users to share videos, presentations, and digital images, which are often difficult to send via email or file sites. The firm said the new offering includes tracking of downloads, archiving of content and data, and and email notification to con (More info...)
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RFaxis Gets Design WinIrvine-based RFaxis, a semiconductor firm developing wireless RF products, said Wednesday that the firm's products have been selected by Taiwanese firm CeraMicro Technology Corp. The firm said that it will use RFaxis' front-end ICs as part of Zigbee and WLAN products. CeraMicro develops wireless modules for Zigbee, WLAN, and Bluetooth. RFaxis did not say what kind of volume it was expecting from the design win.
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Docstoc Launches Document MarketplaceSanta Monica-based DocStoc, the online document sharing site run by Jason Nazar, is announcing this afternoon that the firm has launched a new, online store which will allow people to both buy and sell professional documents. The firm said the new DocStore is an "iTunes for documents" and will include documents from such partners as Legal Zoom, Real Deal Docs, Ready Built Forms, Write My Essay, Home Business Forms, Spreadhseet Zone, Small Business Forms, 4Expertise, Podium Notes, and Peak Strate (More info...)
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Rubicon Signs New York Advertising FirmSanta Monica-based Rubicon Project has signed a New York company, Katz 360 Sales, to give Katz access to its inventory of premium display ads, the firms announced today. Katz 360 Sales said it is using Rubicon Project's Internet advertising infrastructure to customize content and audience selections for its advertisers. Katz 360 Sales, the digital sales arm of Katz Media Group--which itself is a subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications--provides sales and marketing services to the broadcast in (More info...)
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Southern California Firms Make Inc. 500A number of Southern California technology firms have nabbed top spots in the annual Inc. 500 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the US. San Diego-based MedVantx ranked at number 13 on the list; Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal was 39; San Diego-based BridgePoint Education was 50; Santa Monica-based International Checkout ranked at 61; Torrance-based Flipswap at 81; and Irvine-based ClinAssure was at 85. Beyond the first 100 companies, medical imaging firm Dicom Solutions in Irvine (More info...)
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Make It Work: Business Growing, HiringSanta Barbara-based Make It Work, the in-home computer and electronics help firm headed by Eric David Greenspan, reports that the firm is seeing its business grow, and has been hiring additional technicians at the company. Greenspan said that the privately company is expecting profitable, topline growth this quarter, and saw another EBITDA positive month in July, plus an increase in its bank balance for the first time this year. The firm attributed a portion of the positive results to new custom (More info...)
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Studios Get Preliminary Injuction Against RealNetworks In DVD CaseA consortium of Hollywood studios, including Disney, Paramount, Sony, Twentieth Century Fox, NBC Universal, Warner Brothers, and Viacom, has scored a preliminary injunction against RealNetworks in a DVD copying software case. According to a ruling handed down by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California Tuesday, it has issued a preliminary injunction against RealNetworks which prohibits the manufacturing and distribution of the firm's RealDVD software, which allowed PC user (More info...)
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OptionEase Names Ops VPSan Juan Capistrano-based OptionEase, a developer of software-as-a-service for tracking stock option grants, as well as for fair market value accounting and compliance, announced today that it has named Kevin J. Liebl as Executive VP of Operations. Liebl joins from LSI Corporation, where he was Director of Corporate Marketing. Liebl was VP of Marketing for Irvine-based StoreAge Networking Technology, which was acquired by LSI; he has also served at Nextier Solutions Corporation, MTI Technology, (More info...)
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Interview with Michael Barton, Startup ExchangeOne of the continuing problems in the startup and venture market today is the issue of exit opportunities for companies, and in particular the problem of liquidity for founders. One company, Startup Exchange (www.startupexchange.com) is taking an interesting angle on the problem, with a financial fund which allows startup founders to put some of their stock into a pool of other companies--providing them with more opportunities for some liquidity, and a little bit of diversification. The firm has (More info...)
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RightScale Partners On Business Intelligence SolutionSanta Barbara-based cloud computing software firm RightScale announced today that the firm is partnering with a number of other software providers to deliver business intelligence software on its cloud management platform. RightScale said it is unveiling the new product with Jaspersoft, Talend, and Vertica, which integrates technology from those firms for the business intelligence market. RightScale said its software can automatically configure the software from those vendors, deploy it into the (More info...)
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Rapid Bridge Adds Sales VPSan Diego-based Rapid Bridge, a developer of ASIC and other semiconductor designs for the systems-on-a-chip market, announced today that it has hired on Vikas Chaudhary as the firm's Vice President of Sales. Chaudhary was most recently director of worldwide sales at ARM, and has also served at Artisan/Nurlogic, Cadence Design Systems, Avant! Corporation and Nortel Networks. Rapid Bridge provides a collection of semiconductor design IP, used for systems-on-a-chip designs.
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