Wednesday, October 23, 2013RealD Exec Departing FirmLos Angeles-based RealD, the developer of 3D movie projection technology, said Wednesday that Joe Peixoto, the company's President, Worldwide Cinema, is retiring in March. The company said it will not replace Peixoto. Peixoto has been in the position since 2005, having previously been President and CEO of United Cinemas International. The company said Peixoto had been at RealD since its first launch with Disney's Chicken Little.
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Hulu Offers Up Free Mobile ClipsLos Angeles-based Hulu said Wednesday that it will begin offering up free clips from the site to mobile users--the first time that Hulu has offered up content to mobile devices outside of Hulu Plus. According to Hulu, it will offer up a "curated collection" of TV clips on the site to mobile users, free of charge and without need to login to the site. The new clips are available via Hulu's mobile web interface, at Hulu.com. Hulu did not say why it has decided to start offering content on mobile o (More info...)
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Teledyne Wins Boeing ContractThousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies said Wednesday that it has signed a contract with The Boeing Company, to develop and supply aircraft data acquisition systems for the Boeing Next-Generation 737 and 737 MAX, along with the new information management system for the 777, Next-Generation 737, 737 MAX and 747-8 production aircraft. Financial details of the contract were not announced. Teledyne will be developing avionics units for Boeing, including a flight data acquisition unit and network (More info...)
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Black Lotus Nabs $3.5M For DDoS Protection ServiceBlack Lotus, a provider of services for protecting businesses against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, said today that it has raised $3.5M in a funding round. The company--which operates its primary data center out of LA's One Wilshire colocation facility--said the funding came from Industry Capital. Black Lotus is based in San Francisco. As part of the funding, the company said it has added Industry Capital's Arman Khalili to its board. Black Lotus currently has two suites at One W (More info...)
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How Savings.com's New Mobile App Is Digging Up Grocery Coupon Deals
Last week, Savings.com, the online coupon site based in Los Angeles, made a big move into the world of grocery store coupons, from its existing business providing coupon codes and deals for the online world. To hear about how the company decided to expand into the market, we caught up with CEO Loren Bendele to learn more about its new grocery store coupon app, Favado (www.favado.com).
Explain what Favado is all about?
Loren Bendele: It might be useful to talk about why we're doing this (More info...)
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Zadara Storage Releases New Cloud Storage FeaturesIrvine-based Zadara Storage, a developer of cloud-based, storage software and services, said it has launched a major new release today. According to Zadara, it has added such features as multi-region remote replication, high performance snapshots and clones, thin volume support, and SSD caching to its service. Zadara develops a storage service and software which allows enterprises to tap into the cloud for storage, adding many of the features that companies have come to expect from their own sto (More info...)
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OpenX Launches Ad Forecasting SystemLos Angeles-based online and mobile advertising technology developer OpenX Technologies has launched a new system it says helps publishers forecast their traffic and manage their advertising inventory. According to OpenX, its new forecasting system--which is part of its OpenX Ad Server--will help publishers predict future web traffic volume, composition, and analyze campaigns before they launch. The company said the new features will help publisher reclaim revenue they would previously had lost (More info...)
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Anametrix Wins Digital AgencySan Diego-based Anametrix, which develops marketing analytics software, has signed up a digital marketing agency, R&R Partners. According to the companies, R&R Partners will use the Anametrix marketing analytics platform as part of its service to clients. R&R said its clients include the Las Vegas Visitors and Convention Authority and Western Digital. Financial details of the win were not announced. Anametrix, which is led by Pelin Thorogood, develops marketing analytics software, and was found (More info...)
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Ceres In Deal With SyngentaThousand Oaks-based energy crop and biotechnology firm Ceres announced this morning that it is in a deal with Syngenta, to extend a market development agreement the two have in Brazil. The agreement covers promoting the use of sweet sorghum and high biomass sorghum at Brazilian ethanol mills. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Ceres is a developer of seeds specifically aimed at the energy industry, and for production of renewable fuel and other related products.
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