Wednesday, August 17, 2016Like Pizza Aims At Mobile App MarketPasadena-based Like Pizza, founded by veterans of Disney Mobile and THQ Wireless, says it has launched a new digital media studio, which it says will combine games and serialized animation into mobile apps. The startup, led by Jeff Nuzzi and Bob Spang, said it hopes to ship its first mobile app, Bunny Rappid, in 2017. Buzzi was previously at The Walt Disney Company's mobile division, and was involved in titles such as Where's My Water?, and app related to Cars, Toy Story, TRON, Thor, Captain Ame (More info...)
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Marriage.com Launches New Site Focused On Marriage AdviceLos Angeles-based Marriage.com, a new startup and website focused on marriage advice, has launched, looking to help provide users with all kinds of advice about creating a healthy marriage. The new site, created y Sameer and Malini Bhatia, said it is hoping to the online void between numerous dating, wedding, baby, and family websites. According to Marriage.com, it now has articles and posts from over 100 qualified professionals, ranging from therapists to counselors and psychologists and doctor (More info...)
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TeleSign Names New CEOLos Angeles-based mobile security and identity services provider TeleSign said Wednesday morning that it has named Aled Miles as the company's new CEO. Miles was previously at Symantec, most recently serving as Senior Vice President for Symantec's Norton business, Latin America, Global Strategic Accounts, and IoT, Cloud & SaaS Partnerships. Miles also served at GM and ForgeRock. TeleSign provides such services as the text and phone login verification and other, related services to help e-commerc (More info...)
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Intel To Open New Studio In Hollywood Aimed At VRIntel CEO Brian Krzanich said on Tuesday that the semiconductor maker will create a new, studio in Hollywood, will will focus on creating 360-degree virtual reality sports and entertainment content, using its technology. According to Krzanich, speaking at an Intel conference in San Francisco, said the new Intel Tech Experience Labs will use its 360 Replay technology as the basis for that virtual reality content. Intel did not say how many people it will hire at the new effort, or exactly where (More info...)
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NxGnData Becomes NGD SystemsIrvine-based NxGn Data, a developer of solid state disk drives (SSDs), says it has renamed itself NGD Systems. NGD Systems said the renaming of the company will highlights its system-level capabilities and ability to compete in the storage subsystem market. NGD Systems is led by Nader Salessi, and is targeting the enterprise SSD storage market; the company said its executives have previously worked for such companies as Western Digital, STEC and Memtech.
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QLogic Now Part Of CaviumAliso Viejo-based storage networking products developer QLogic is now officially part of Cavium, Cavium said on Tuesday, after the $1.36 billion acquisition of QLogic completed. The two companies had announced the deal in June. QLogic was a maker of high speed networking and storage networking devices; Cavium makes networking semiconductors. The sale of QLogic comes two years after the sudden death of founder and Chairman HK Desai, revenue stumbles, and big executive shuffling at the company.
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Zadara Wins Document Archiving FirmIrvine-based cloud storage products developer Zadara Storage reported a win on Tuesday with document archiving company CBM Archives. Financial details of the win were not disclosed. Zadara said that CBM Archives, which serves state and local government agencies, is using the company's VPSA Storage Array and cloud services. Zadara's product supports Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and other cloud storage back ends.
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ScaleLab Grows Video Content NetworkLos Angeles-based ScaleLab, a multi-channel network which helps Youtube creators with growing their audiences, says it has topped more than 2 billion monthly views, and now has 90,000 online video influencers in its network. According to the company, the growth comes due to international expansion, particularly in Brazil, as a result of a move last year to open an office in Sao Paulo. The company also says it recently opened up a new office and arm in Russia, which has also contributed to its g (More info...)
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