Friday, August 1, 2014


Report: Beats' Ian Rogers To Head Up iTunes Radio
Ian Rogers, the CEO of Beats Music, is set to head up iTunes Radio, according to a report from the WSJ Friday afternoon. The WSJ, citing "people familiar with the matter" said that Rogers will run both Beats Music and iTunes Radio, now that the acquisition is complete. Rogers is no stranger to runnning the music service of a large, public company: he was previously General Manager of Yahoo! Music, before a number of positions across the Los Angeles music startup scene.
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Staff Ranker: Helping Hospitality Businesses Better Manage Workers
If you run a distributed, restaurant or hospitality business, how do you manage your business? It turns out, it's not so easy. However, Redondo Beach-based StaffRanker (www.staffranker.com) has rolled out a system to help those companies better manage what is a notoriously difficult segment of the labor market, which has a lot of turnover and which just doesn't match existing, corporate performance management systems. We spoke with George Collado, CEO and founder of the company, to hear about ho (More info...)
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Belkin Rolls Out A Smartphone Connected Crock Pot For The Modern Age
Remember the Crock-Pot, that staple of busy mothers (and garage sales) everywhere? The age-old cooking device has gotten a modern makeover, thanks to Playa Vista-based electronics and accessories manufacturer Belkin. According to Belkin and Crock-Pot, they have just rolled out a brand new, smartphone enabled Crock-Pot, which allows consumers to adjust, manage, and monitor their slow cooker using a smartphone or tablet. The new, smartphone-controlled slow cooker lets users change the cooking time (More info...)
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Cold Genesys Gets $13.57M For Bladder Cancer Treatment
Newport Beach-based Cold Genesys, a biopharmaceuticals company which is developing treatment for bladder cancer, said this week that it has raised $13.57M in a Series A funding. The funding came from Ally Bridge Group. According to the company, it is developing oncolytic immunotherapies for cancer, and is in the midst of Phase II/III trials for treating high-risk carcinoma in situ non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). David Nokodem, Ph.D. of Ally Bridge joins the company's board; Arthur Ku (More info...)
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NantHealth Teams To Create Gene Sequencing Health Network
Culver City-based NantHealth, the healthcare technology company created by Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, said Thursday afternoon that it has teamed up with The Chan Soon-Shiong Insitute of Molecular Medicine, and Providence Health and Services, to create a clinical, genomic network for whole genomic sequencing. According to NantHealth, the network will help provide whole genome sequencing for cancer patients, and is expected to serve 22,000 cancer patients across five western states. The three said t (More info...)
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CONEXIS Acquired By WageWorks
CONEXIS a provider of employee benefits administration and human resources services, has been acquired by WageWorks, a provider of services for employers, including managing pre-tax health accounts, commuter benefits, and more. Financial terms of the all cash deal were not announced. CONEXIS has significant operation sin Orange, California. WageWorks said that CONEXIS will continue to operate out of those offices, as well as Irving, Texas. CONEXIS was formerly owned by The Word & Brown Companies (More info...)
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