Tuesday, November 4, 2014iSideWith: 13 Million Voters Using Voter GuideStill undecided on who you are going to vote for in today's elections? Los Angeles-based iSideWith -- founded by Taylor Peck and Nick Boutelier--said today that so far 13 millino voters have used the site to try to narrow down the list of mid term candidates they might vote for in the election. The company--which offers up an interactive election tool to help voters figure out which candidates agree with their personal positions on key issues--is looking to help educate voters based on positions (More info...)
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Audyssey Gets Funding From Intel CapitalLos Angeles-based audio processing technology developer Audyssey and Intel Capital said Tuesday morning that Intel Capital has made an investment in Audyssey. Financial details of the funding were not disclosed. The announcement came in conjunction with the announcement of investments in sixteen companies by Intel Capital, the venture arm of Intel. Audyssey develops audio processing technology used in mobile devices, headphones, home theater, television, theaters, and automotive audio systems. A (More info...)
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StyleHaul Acquired By RTL Group For Up To $205MLos Angeles-based Youtube network StyleHaul has been acuqired by European entertainment network RTL Group, in a deal that values the company at over $205M if earn out goals are met. RTL said it would acquire a controlling stake in StyleHaul for $107M plus up to $54M of earnout. The company said the initial acquisition values StyleHaul at $151.4M, not including that potential earnout. StyleHaul was venture backed by Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, Juvo Capital, RezVen Partners, WaveMaker V (More info...)
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Tinder's Rad Out As CEO, Says ReportThe CEO of Los Angeles-based mobile dating phenomenon Tinder, Sean Rad, has been forced out as CEO of Tinder by majority owner IAC, according to a lengthy report by Forbes. Apparently, the move by IAC was made last month, but only came to light last night. The report says that Rad will remain CEO until a replacement is found, and extensively details the decisions behind the move.
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Tealium Ties With OptimizelySan Diego-based enterprise tag management software developer Tealium and web and mobile app optimization company Optimizely announced today that they are in an integration deal, where they will link data from the two different products together for joint customers. Tealium develops software used to manage "tags", those snippets of code used for tracking marketing and data on websites. Optimizely develops A/B testing, multivariate testing, and related marketing tools. The two said the integration (More info...)
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LogicMonitor Ties Into Amazon Web ServicesSanta Barbara-based LogicMonitor, which develops IT infrastructure monitoring software, said today that it has connected its tools to Amazon Web Services. The company said its platform now has the ability to monitor Amazon Web Services instances and services. The company said the new monitoring capabilities include monitoring of SQS, DynamoDB, S3, and monitoring Amazon billing data. LogicMonitor was founded by Steve Francis, who previously ran network and data center operations for the Universit (More info...)
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Insteon Rolls Out At WalmartIrvine-based home automation systems provider Insteon reported this morning that it is rolling out its products at Walmart. The company said its connected home products will be available at more than 1,500 Walmart stores nationwide just ahead of the holidays. The home automation products include motion sensors, a leak sensor, dimmer switch, door and window sensor, and much more. Insteon said the move marks the arrival of connect home devices into the mainstream market. Insteon is led by Joe Dada (More info...)
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Unitas Global Names CFOLos Angeles-based Unitas Global announced this morning that it has appointed Rachel Williams as the company's Chief Financial Officer. The company said Williams was most recently serving as an outsourced CFO to several technology startups, and also had been CFO for a Native American Tribe in the gaming area. Williams also had founded software-as-a-service company Wigot. Unitas Global offers up private cloud services to the enterprise market.
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