Thursday, March 23, 2017


Ignyta Seeks To Sell Off Development Program
San Diego-based biopharmaceuticals developer Ignyta said on Thursday afternoon that it is looking to sell of its taladegib oncology program, after reaching a deal to change licensing terms it has with Eli Lilly and Company. Ignyta said it is "exploring strategic options" for taladegib, as it shifts it focus to its molecular therapy program, entrectinib. Taladegib is aimed at potentially treating a number of rare cancers. Ignyta did not say how much it is looking to sell the program for.
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FreedomPop Launches New Family Plan
Los Angeles-based mobile service provider FreedomPop has launched a new, pre-paid family plan, and a free family wireless bundle of up to 1GB of free data and free voice calls and texts, the company said on Wednesday. FreedomPop said families can have as many as 10 lines on its famil plans, with a $5 line fee per line, and additional, larger data plans starting at $15.00. FreedomPop contrasted its free data plans with those fram major carriers, which can cost more than $70 and up per month; the (More info...)
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TVPage Adds Investor To $3M Funding Round
San Diego-based TVPage, a startup developing cloud-based technology for monetizing video content, said on Thursday that it has added Greg Silverman as an investor in a recent $3M funding round. Silverman is the former president of Warner Bros. Pictures. TPage is led by CEO Allon Caidar, and says it is developing "omni-channel video commerce technology", to help digital media publishers monetize their video content.
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Water Planet: Our Seed Investor Is Kevin Costner
Los Angeles-based Water Planet, which develops water treatment membrane technology originally developed at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), revealed today that its seed investor is none other than actor Kevin Costner. The company said that Costner and his business partner, Rod Lake, were actually the company's founding investors back in 2011. The involvement of Costner is the first time the company has detailed the actor's investment; the company has previously announced funding (More info...)
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Jam City, Family Guy Roll Out New Mobile Game
Los Angeles-based mobile game developer JamCity, and the animated series, Family Guy, said this morning the two have teamed together to launch a new mobile game called Family Guy: Another Freakin' Mobile Game. The game was created in collaboration with Twentieth Century Fox Television, and has just started pre-registering fans for the new title. According to Jam City, the new game lets players "help Peter Griffin save Quahog--one drink at a time", and is not for kids or the "easily offended". Ja (More info...)
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SPACES Expands Advisory Board
Playa Vista-based virtual reality content developer SPACES announced on Wednesday that it has added Ian Richter, the former EVP of franchise and emerging platform development at Legendary Entertainment, and Joe Garlington, formerly of Walt Disney Imagineering, to its advisory board. Richter was most recently Executive Vice President of Franchise and Emerging Platform Development at Legendary Entertainment, an also was at DreamWorks Animation; Richter has worked on Kong: Skull Island, Trolls, How (More info...)
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ServiceTitan Links With ClearPathGPS For Vehicle Tracking
Glendale-based software developer ServiceTitan, which develops enterprise software to help manage residential HVAC, plumbing, and electrical services businesses, says it has linked up with vehicle tracking company ClearPathGPS. According to ServiceTitan, it has partnered with ClearPathGPS to integrate its technology with its software, adding real-time location and visibility data to its software. ServiceTitan says the move provides real-time visibility into a company's vehicles and crews, enabl (More info...)
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