Friday, April 3, 2015April Fool's Roundup: Hulu Pets, Parkme's Drone Assisted ParkingDid you miss the April Fool's pranks of local technology companies? Among the creative ideas for April Fool's this week was the "announcement" of a new channel on Hulu, Hulu Pets, featuring such titles as "Clawed City", "The Real Pugs of Portland", "The Bark" and "Bone Appetit". Santa Monica-based parking data and app developer ParkMe also announced the "world's 1st drone-assisted parking app" featuring a drone to find you a parking spot. Have a favorite April Fool's prank from a local company? (More info...)
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Qualcomm Ventures Sweetens Pot In QPrize CompetitionSan Diego-based Qualcomm said Thursday that it is doubling the size of its QPrize annual investment funding competition, and will now award $250,000 in convertible note financing to regional winners, with an additional $250,000 to grand prize winners. The company--which runs the prize via its venture arm, Qualcomm Ventures--has been using the competition to identify companies across the globe who are developing product complementary to its products, with specific efforts in Australia, China, Eur (More info...)
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RVM Opens Los Angeles OfficeRVM Enterprises, a provider of ediscovery services and data hosting, said Thursday that it has opened up a new, Los Angeles office. The company is headquartered in New York and also has offices in Chicago and Cleveland. The company serves law firms with its e-discovery services.
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