He also was named the Southern California Technology Association’s CEO of the Year in 2009. In August 2009, Jason and his business partner Mike Szymczak launched OrigAudio, which is now recognized worldwide. 'Bill Gross, Adam Miller and Jason Lucash headline. Bill Gross. CEO & Chairman Idealab. Adam Miller. Jason Lucash.

De Telegraaf, a Dutch daily morning newspaper, has been using RTB to buy and sell its ad inventory since 2009. 'Selling enterprise software is completely different than selling digital ads. Unlike digital advertising, the primary goal in enterprise software is to get someone else to sell your product. Sounds crazy, doesn’t it? link].

Macadaan shared what he learned from his experience redesigning MySpace in 2009 , and how that's helping to shape what he's doing--along with the rest of the team at LA technology incubator/studio Science Inc. Before MySpace had Justin Timberlake, there was Mike Macadaan. READ MORE>>. science mike macadaan myspace scienceinc startup

In 2009, two rogue employees filmed themselves spitting on pies and sticking cheese up their nose before placing it on the doughy pizzas. Earned Media has evolved into a constant, real time stream of word of mouth thanks to Social Media. However, they do require a constant vigil, particularly in regards to earned media. Power Out?

In 2009, two rogue employees filmed themselves spitting on pies and sticking cheese up their nose before placing it on the doughy pizzas. Earned Media has evolved into a constant, real time stream of word of mouth thanks to Social Media. However, they do require a constant vigil, particularly in regards to earned media. Power Out?

Life Technologies sued Illumina over the patents in 2009. The life sciences and sequencing market seems to be a hotbed of patent lawsuits; Illumina is also engaged in another patent lawsuit fight with Complete Genomics, and also had sued Affymetrix in 2009. Illumina said that a judge in the U.S. Patent Nos. READ MORE>>.

over its patents back in 2009. Agoura Hills-based wireless gateway developer Nomadix reported Tuesday that it has reached a settlement with Wayport, Inc., Superclick, Inc., and Superclick Networks, Inc., affiliates of AT&T Corp., over a patent infringement case. Financial details of the settlement were not disclosed. Superclick, Inc.

JMI Equity has been an investor in AppNeta since at least 2009. San Diego-based private equity investor JMI Equity has put more capital into AppNeta , a Boston-based provider of cloud-based, IT performance management software. READ MORE>>. software management performance cloud capital venture private equity appneta

In 2009, I got my green card and decided to move back here. Nils Forsblom is not new to the startup world -- in fact, his last startup, Fruugo, raised an astounding $48M in funding, and became one of the most heralded-- and controversial --startups in Finland. What are TenFarms and PhotoPoll? Nils Forsblom: TenFarms is a mobile app developer.

The privately held firm did not disclose its revenues, however, the firm has previously been reported to have had revenues of between $50-100M in revenues in 2011, and $15-20M in revenues in 2009. The firm provides edge network services to help deliver content from such customers as Twitter, Pinterest, Sony, and Hulu to end users.

Zachary Cancio (CTO, co-founder) Duke ECE/CS 2009. Launched in beta July last year in Oakland, San Francisco,  Dealflicks  is a price line for movie tickets and gives movie tickets and concessions for up to 60% off to help theaters get butts in their seats. They then decided to do something about it. Tell us more about yourself ? 3rd Startup.

The firm has been offering up LTE testing tools for awhile, since it acquired LTE testing equipment firm Catapult Communications in 2009. Calabasas-based network testing equipment developer Ixia said today that it is targeting the LTE testing market, with its Ixia IxLoad product. READ MORE>>.

Launchpad LA was founded by prominent VC Mark Suster of GRP Partners in 2009, and invests in each company that is accepted into the program. From 2009 to 2011, Launchpad LA accepted 23 companies of which 19 received outside funding of around $80 million in aggregate, and 9 have been acquired to-date exceeding $60 million in proceeds.

The 2009 founded will  be better placed to help customers pick their own price on seats from the floor to the rafters, always pay less than box office price, and never pay any fees and as well  help its partners move unsold ticket inventory, protects their brand and as well make sales. 20 Year Experience With Top Sports Outfits.

The group says that so far, from 2009 to 2011, it accepted 23 companies, of which 19 received funding worth a total of $80M; the accelerator said that the nine companies acquired exceeds $60M in proceeds. Interested in getting some help in getting your startup off the ground and funded? READ MORE>>.

The announcement is one of the first major product announcements from the firm after years of patent battles; the company had been embroiled in lawsuits and patent licensing battles with such companies as Hewlett Packard, Wayport, iBAHN, Lodgenet, and a slew of other companies since 2009. The firm--which is now owned by DOCOMO interTouch.--said

Webfest (formerly known as DomainFest) has managed some fairly high level speakers at its events over the years, including Tony Hsieh of Zappos in 2010; Apple Founder Steve Wozniak in 2009; Bob Parsons of GoDaddy in 2011; and Biz Stone of Twitter in 2012. READ MORE>>.

2009, $37M. The massive, $103M funding round for Carpinteria-based Lynda.com might have been a surprise for some, except perhaps readers of this publication, who over the years have gotten a glimpse of the growth rate of the company in recent years. Oct 2010, $50M - 140 employees. May 2012, $70M. January 2013, $100M - 400 employees.

Convertro raised $5M in a Series A in 2009. Convetro , the online advertising targeting and optimization technology developer headed by serial entrepreneur Jeff Zwelling, has raised $5M in a Series B funding round, the company said this morning. The firm is based in Santa Monica. READ MORE>>.

GameFly had filed suit in 2009 saying that the preferential treatment by the USPS to Netflix and Blockbuster was unfair to the company, resulting in high breakage rates and other issues. Los Angeles-based games-by-mail service Gamefly scored a victory today in a dispute with the U.S. Postal Service, after a U.S. READ MORE>>.

Zulily is a fast growing, daily deals site based in Seattle specifically aimed at mothers, babies, and kids; the firm went from starting up in 2009 to over 600 employees in 2012, and was valued at over $1 billion in its latest funding round in November of last year. Financia link between the companies were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

took a little bit of time off, then started working on Frequency in the middle of 2009. Just before the holidays, we caught up with Blair Harrison , founder of Frequency (www.frequency.com), a personal video service which lets consumers watch video from the Internet on any of their devices. What is Frequency? We touch on all three. Thanks!

Foursquare has been growing and now has nearly 30,000,000 active users since its launch in 2009. Foursquare wants to know you more in 2013 beginning January 28. At the moment, Foursquare rarely shows a users full name or just their first name and last initial (“John Smith” vs. “John S.”). These according to some users is confusing.

Minimum Viable Product: a guide , Lessons Learned, Eric Ries, August 3, 2009 10 examples of minimum viable products Minimum Viable Product revisited – the MVP Curve? I was talking with an early-stage founder who has a product vision and wants to get it built. He is not a technical person, but is somewhat web savvy. Founder : Ummm.

CommNexus, which is led by Rory Moore, said that it has admitted 39 companies since 2009 to the incubator, with five new companies admitted to the last cycle of the program. EvoNexus , the San Diego-based startup incubator, has opened up application for its next program, with a deadline of January 23rd. READ MORE>>.

So in 2009, he created a skill game similar to the board game “Memory” aimed at helping people sell their homes. Social games players have been playing for just bragging rights for a few years now. Sure, tending to a harvest or building up a city can be fun but why not play for real world rewards. Mike was Founder/CEO of U.S.

The Bush tax cuts also gradually reduced the estate tax over 2002 to 2009, leading to its repeal in 2010. Michael Shaff, Of Counsel with Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP discusses the Bush tax cuts and the post-2012 scheduled changes. The Bush tax cuts. Bush were extended through 2012 as part of the Tax Act of 2010. Payroll tax cut.

The Melt's Kaplan sold his last company, which developed the Flip video camera, to Cisco back in 2009, which shut down the entire product line in 2011. How often do you run into a top tier, Silicon Valley-backed grilled cheese sandwich shop in LA? READ MORE>>. themelt venture capital grilled cheese angeles restaurant retail

Nomadix had filed its original patent suit against HP in 2009, and had also named Wayport, Inc., Agoura Hills-based Nomadix said today that it has settled a patent infringement case it had filed against HP , covering the Nomadix patent portfolio. Financial terms of the settlement were not disclosed. Guest-Tek Interactive Entertainment, Inc.,

Montemer as inventor; the patent was originally filed way back in August of 2009, and was a continuation of a patent application originally filed in May of 2003. Irvine-based Local Corporation , the operator of online local advertising websites, said today that it has been granted a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark office.

Sendgrid started in Summer of 2009 at TechStars in Boulder, and we've now grown dramatically to 100 employees and 60,000 customers. If you're an application developer, sending emails through your application can be a chore. How do you offload all those headaches? What is Sendgrid? Jim Franklin: Sendgrid is a cloud-based email service. Thanks!

Launched today Tradesy , a new website and mobile app hopes to unlock the hidden value of clothing resale. Tradesy is a peer-to-peer marketplace where women buy and sell new and gently used apparel and accessories. Tradesy’s mission is help women get more of the fashion that makes them look and feel great, while spending less. How It Works. Variety.

While Journey has launched now in mid-2012, it is the result of technology that we have been building and deploying in production since 2009, when Embark Mobile was founded. Embark Mobile has been building and delivering mobile implementations to businesses since 2009. Why the name? How does it work? Who is your target user?

The firm says nearly 20% of all brides now shop for or sell a gently used wedding dress online, compared with just 6% in 2009 and they firmly believe Recycled Bride is helping make the sales even more possible. Recycled Bride was founded in 2009 in Santa Monica, CA. TechZulu caught up with Recycled Bride and here is what we found!

In 2009, after their first round of investment, they launched internationally. Founded  in 2001 by 3 German MBA students, Carpooling connects people in over 40 countries and is available in  English ,  French ,  German ,  Greek ,  Italian ,  Polish  and  Spanish. Reminds you of a road trip you recently had with your friends? Any user stats?

The filing also marked an extraordinary fall for a company that once had a market capitalization of more than $700 million, its hyped shares rising some 6,000 percent in mere months in 2009. The issues we’re working through are minor,” said Janes in a November 2009 appearance. From the Los Angeles Business Journal. By   ALFRED LEE.

22 replacing CFO Tim Morse, once acting CEO, hired in 2009 by then CEO Carol Bartz. Yahoo! Hired in Ken Goldman as its new chief financial officer (CFO), in a bid to redeem the  internet pioneer’s fading glory in a sector it once reigned. Ken Goldman begins work on Oct. Goldman will be responsible for  Yahoo!’s future.”.

Capillary was one of Qualcom's 2009 finalists for the QPrize; the firm is now based in Singapore, with offices in Palo Alto. One of the companies recognized in Qualcomm's QPrize annual business plan competition has scored a series A funding, four years after being named a finalist in the Qualcomm effort. in a Series A venture financing round.

It’s been high tide since 2009 so an entire batch of entrepreneurs don’t know what low tide even looks like. I think I’ve read Paul Graham’s post on “ Startup = Growth ” three or four times now. And of course on Twitter I’ve seen the Tweets, ReTweets and superlatives on what a great post it is. Check.

In 2009, Allison received a BS in Biology from San Diego State University  with a bias in environmental policy and ecology, and a certification under NAUI as a Dive Master and CSU underwater researcher. Most of us think junk is bad and we have been brought up thinking the only way to dispose of junk is to trash it. Recycling Waste Platform.

Since 2009 I have been counseling people to offer discounts to the first angel investors. If you were on Twitter on Saturday you might have noticed a lively discussion with Dave McClure, Fred Wilson, Chris Dixon and myself. And a few others. Luckily there are tools like Storify – so you can actually see a synopsis here. why buy me?

Department of Energy from May 2009 until November 2011, and prior to that was Chief Scientist at BP focused on renewable energy. Thousand Oaks-based Ceres , the developer of seeds for the energy and biofuels market, announced yesterday that it has added former BP Chief Scientist and Undersecretary of Energy for Science, Steven E. READ MORE>>.

Felix provides pay-per-action phone advertising to local businesses, and has been working with CityGrid since 2009. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. According to CityGrid, Felix will operate as another independent business under CityGrid, reporting to CityGrid CEO Jason Finger. READ MORE>>.

Chartly, originally a developer of publicly accessible stock charting tools, had been acquired by StockTwits in 2009. San Diego-based StockTwits , the online, stock-focused micro messaging startup, said Friday that it has integrated its service with social charting service Chartly. StockTwits is led by Howard Lindzon. READ MORE>>.

We met again in Moscow in April; we’ve known each other since the EBAN 2009 Congress in Madrid. Albert Colomer i Espinet. Albert’s on the EBAN Board , and as you can imagine, for good reason, but I never knew the story about the man. Show #381 Stream , flash player or iTunes.

The company is headed by former Demand Media President and Chief Strategy Officer Paul Stahura, who headed up Demand Media's domain registration business, eNom, until 2009. Donuts Inc. The infographic , released via ReadWriteWeb, shows, visually, how Donuts Inc. Donuts Inc. has raised $100M for its efforts. Donuts Inc. READ MORE>>.

The number of cuts is apparently the largest, midyear total since 2009. You may not see it here in Southern California's high tech sector--which has been booming, due to a surge of startup and accelerator activity--but apparently, the technology sector has seen its highest level of layoffs in three years, according to a report today.

He joined WebVisible, a leading provider of local online marketing software and services, as chief operating officer in 2009 and was elevated to CEO in 2010. CallFire powers voice and text messaging applications that enable businesses, government agencies and grassroots organizations to instantly and affordably communicate with key audiences.

Callwave, which started in 1998, gained venture funding, went public in an IPO in 2004, went private, and then switched its business model to online meeting and collaboration software, renamed itself to FuzeBox back in 2009 and moving its headquarters to San Francisco. READ MORE>>.

Ed Park was one of the first 100k users of Instagram back in early 2009. Insteegram is a startup that allows you to create amazing and unique t-shirts using your own Instagram photos. It uses Instagram’s API and prints on American Apparel t-shirts. Based in Los Angeles, California, Insteegram currently ships worldwide. It finally hit me.

Some may not remember Google Video, the service stopped taking uploads in May 2009 but still has hosted content and a number of users. Google has from late last year embarked on an in-house cleaning project. The giant search engine is set to end less used products or combining a number of them into more resourceful ones.

The two Orange County semiconductor firms have been trading patent lawsuits since 2009. Costa Mesa-based Emulex , the developer of high speed networking technology for the server and storage market, and Irvine-based Broadcom said Thursday afternoon that they have reached a partial settlement and worldwide patent license agreement.

was there for three years, from 2006 to 2009, in product management and working with retailers launching programs. Do you have a wallet full of rewards credit cards, but don't have any idea how to best earn enough points to take advantage of those rewards? We spoke with founder Matthew Goldman about the startup. What is Wallaby? Thanks!

We were founded in 2009 by Mark Suster from GRP Partners. There is a large menu of startup accelerators in the Los Angeles, but one of more established efforts in the area is LaunchpadLA ([link] The effort actually started as an informal mentoring program, but has grown and expanded to follow the accelerator model. That's very important.

But according to my research on Opencongress.org from 2009 to 2010 , companies in the Online Computer Services sector gave $466,926 to Congress members while the Entertainment Industry/Broadcast & Motion Pictures sector gave $524,243. Newhoff disagrees with both assertions, and so do I. And it’s on the web!” 103 of SOPA.

CEO of the Year in 2009. On Wednesday, June 13th , The Los Angeles Venture Association (LAVA) will host its 21st Annual Investment Capital Conference at the Skirball Cultural Center. Conference Details: Wednesday, June 13, 2012. Skirball Cultural Center. 00PM – 8:30 PM. Two Exciting & Dynamic Panel Discussions. Startup Panel.

He continued to serve at Demand Media until 2009. A brand new, domain registration startup headed by a set of ex- Demand Media executives, has just raised an astounding $100M for its efforts. Donuts Inc. Donuts Inc. says it is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, and also has operations in Los Angeles and elsewhere. READ MORE>>.

It was as we prepared for a panel in Madrid at EBAN’s Annual Congress in 2009, Dan proposed we stand instead of sit in big comfy chairs. Dan Mothersill. Daniel Mothersill died on May 12th, 2012. Before NACO the organization was known as NAO and Dan was its President. One particular memory of Dan keeps coming to mind.

don’t know how to describe the overwhelming demand for this 2009 interview — some days there are 100-200 of you looking for this link, so here it is. Here’s Charlie’s email: “For some time I have been struggling with whether to renew my TCA membership for 2009.” We have a number of those. Charlie.

Audiolife was founded in 2009. Van Nuys-based Audiolife , the startup which provided product fulfillment for the music industry and artists, has been acquired by Florida firm Alliance Entertainment. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

From the start he saw the power of technology to augment social interaction and began forming an interactive collective which led to it’s spin off and incorporation as Syyn Labs, LLC in 2009, and gained quick notoriety for their RGM music video collaboration with OK Go. for ourselves, our culture, and our planet. GET THEM HERE. 10:15am: MIND.

2009, at which point it was generating enough revenue for me to live on it full time. If you're a photographer or artist, what's the easiest way to display, print, frame, and sell your photos or artwork to. customers? You could handle all the details of printing, framing things, collecting payments, dealing with shipping, and. online. online.

He was Director of Online Marketing for Mota Motors, a BusinessWeek Top 50 Most Promising Startup of 2009 and TechCrunch50 finalist. Goodreads raised a Series A round of funding from True Ventures in the summer of 2009. Our Best Interviews Via Email: Monthly. Weekly. Idea Mensch. where entrepreneurs share their stories. About. Events.

The acquisition is the third acquisition involving either EMC or VMware from Clearstone's portfolio, including Muddu's last company, Kazeon (acquired by EMC in 2009), and IT management software provider Integrien (acquired by VMware in 2010). Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. from UCLA. READ MORE>>.

The luck was Taylor Swift signing up organically in late 2009, which was our first major artist. Then, Guy O'Seary, Madonna's manager, and Ashton Kutcher invested in late 2009, which added Madonna and Ashton's connections, getting us into the right circles in the celebrity arena to get on their radar. Describe what Mobile Roadie does?

By December of 2009, with our little portfolio of simple games such as Snowball Fight, we were at 27 million monthly user son Facebook, and we were one of the top 10 developers on Facebook in terms of pure reach. What does it take to take a social gaming firm to the next level? We spoke with CEO Michael Witz about the company. Good luck!

The first video was created in a couple weeks by the team back in 2009 with the intention of continuing to create great content for social media. Time is a valuable commodity. Worded a bit more starkly by Benjamin Franklin: “Time is money.” For we live in speed. Because, they make food faster. Time is money. Time is money. Readitfor.me

Break acquired Game Front from Ziff Davis back in 2009, when it was known as FileFront. Continuing its push into original content, Los Angeles-based Break Media said today that it has launched a comprehensive redesign of Game Front , its online video game site, to add new, original editorial content, videos, and commentary to the site.

In 2009 Jed created a Google doc to track the seed accelerators. In 1961, after 70-years, professional baseball created its first expansion teams – the Angels and Twins. Naysayers harshly criticized the growth of the league, fearing that new teams would dilute the talent pool and ultimately lower the quality of game play. Probably not.

But it was early 2009 and not many companies were getting new financings at all so I thought they should take the deal. I had this ethical dilemma pop up on one of the first deals I even did as a VC. I had been looking around at several deals in late 2008 as the markets were tanking. think you should look at it.” The CEO called me.

With consumption of online video up “400% with the release of the Iphone 3G back in 2009” (MacRumors, Eric Slivka) and the numbers ever growing, it would be tough to testify that we aren’t as a globe, obsessed with online video. With producing at our finger tips, we can film our lives to post for the word to see. We’ve barely. Or both.

After directing a film in 2009, I wanted to get back into the design industry. As we know the mobile industry is accelorating at high speeds with no chances of slowing down anytime soon. With this fast pace industry the elegant design we see if websites, is sometimes lost in translation. Manning of Rocksauce, is out to change that.

in 2009, and through that process I learned a lot about local businesses, and about customer acquisition pain points. Last week, Pasadena-based Punchcard (www.punchcard.com) launched its mobile apps, which help local retailers provide rewards to loyal customers. The firm is backed by Idealab, and is headed by Internet veteran Andy Steuer.

And 450 million licenses of Windows 7 were sold since its launch in 2009, making it the fastest-growing operating system ever, and showing us that Windows is going to keep controlling the OS market share. We’ve all become so used to having Microsoft in our lives that we’ve started to take their products and services for granted. 2.     1.0,

The TCA said that the number of investments during 2011 was actually up almost 25 percent from 2010, and up nearly 50 percent over investments in 2009. The group said that it was part of more than $45M in total investments in companies during the year, including investments from venture and other investors. READ MORE>>.

The TCA said that the number of investments during 2011 was actually up almost 25 percent from 2010, and up nearly 50 percent over investments in 2009. The group said that it was part of more than $45M in total investments in companies during the year, including investments from venture and other investors. READ MORE>>.

Zappos, the largest online shoe store, was acquired by Amazon in 2009.  Jesse Draper, host of “The Valley Girl Show,” takes the show on the road to Las Vegas to interview Tony Hsieh , CEO of Zappos.  It has grown from $1.6 million in revenue in 1999 to well over $1 billion today.  link]. News Top

According to Aqua Connect, Code Rebel began distributing a product around June of 2009, iRAPP Terminal Server, which it says was the result of reverse engineering its own software, Aqua Connect Terminal Server. The lawsuit was filed in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

Both years were well above 2009, which had a low of only $475M in exits. A new report released today tallies up $7.7 billion in IT exits in 2011, the highest since 2000, for Southern California IT firms. The report--compiled by Ocean Road Partners--included both venture-backed and self-financed information technology companies.

The incubation effort--which has been running in North San Diego at the University Towne Centre since 2009--said the new space includes 15,000 square foot, and initially includes twelve companies. EvoNexus provides furnished office space, broadband Internet and utilities, among other services, free of charge. READ MORE>>.

Igneous is a student title, which won the Independent Game Festival Student Showcase in 2009, and Nitronic Rush is currently an Independent Game Festival finalist. How do you come up with a compelling, mobile videogame title? LaCour's advisors include Sean Rad of Ad.ly and Clark Landry of GraphEffect. What is Playzon? It's still in beta mode.

Sakhnini has been at the firm since 2009, and also served at McKinsey & Company. Santa Monica-based Activision said this week that it has named Humam Sakhnini as its Chief Strategy and Talent Officer. Sakhnini had been serving as Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Business Development. READ MORE>>.

In 2009, the Evil Plot to Destroy the World was revealed by Alec Baldwin (and later Seth MacFarlane, Eliza Dushku, and Denis Leary ). Hulu is using the Super Bowl to turn your brain into #mushymush. What is #mushymush? Now in 2012, Hulu’s advertising campaign advances the notion that the entire TV industry is populated by aliens.

Platinum Equity had acquired Canvas Systems in April of 2009. Los Angeles-based private equity firm Platinum Equity has sold one of its portfolio companies, Canvas Systems , a supplier of refurbished IT hardware and services. Canvas Systems was sold to electronics distributor Avnet. Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

The new campaign--a spin on its 2009 Alec Baldwin ad--features actor Will Arnett and the Hollywood sign, plus the hashtag "mushymush". Los Angeles-based Hulu said Tuesday that it is planning a big push of its Hulu Plus subscription service, with a Super Bowl XLVI advertising campaign. READ MORE>>.

S&P Low in 2009 of 666 x 2 = 1332 High in 2012. The 2009 downturn was prevented by the Government by double its debt load in the trillions and now the next recession could be even worse and deeper. The rigged stock market will undoubtedly become a key issue in the 2012 Presidential race. Pick your poison. The U.S.

It’s hard to believe that it was December 2009 when I dusted off the keyboard with a fresh enthusiasm for blogging. Tweet. This blog has been a great release for me over the past few years and I’m happy I got back into blogging. Fast forward to today, and I think it’s time to take another break / press the pause button.

RealityTea.com was founded in 2009, and gets more than 550,000 unique monthly visitors. Los Angeles-based Evolve Media Corp. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The company said that both will become part of its Momtastic community for moms. Evolve did not disclose numbers for WebEcoist.com. READ MORE>>.

Kian Saneii: We formally launched in 2009, but I started looking at the market in 2008, to see what applications were out there. We spoke with CEO Kian Saneii to learn more about the firm. Talk about what your products are used for? If you're familiar with the design firm Ideo, they actually deferred their costs to help us launch our company.

Sam Altman: We launched in November of 2009. We launched in November of 2009, an dit's been an amazing experience to date. Last month, just before the holidays, Los Angeles-based PartyEarth (www.partyearth.com) raised $4.0M in capital for its online service for connecting people with nightlife venues. What is PartyEarth? READ MORE>>.

My business partner and I launched CitySourced Sept 2009, so we’ve been at it for just over two years now. Somehow I got the idea in my head that it would be a good habit to generate a brief 'end of year' chronicle what I shipped for the year, and use it as the basis for reflection and celebration. 2011 was a BIG year for me.

was published in 2009 and Time Wounds All Heels was written in 2008. I began publishing my blog in 2008. For the first couple years, I wrote under the pseudonym Uncle Saul. was hesitant to use my own name, as I did not want my blog to be perceived as a self-promotional vanity project. was not disappointed. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

From 2007 to 2009 I added a lot of icons and made minor improvements. In 2009 I launched version 2 and asked the talented designers at TurboMilk to do a logo. Just about every Startup at some point and especially if you do not have a designer, is going to need icons to help spruce up those websites. on your hard drive in PNG-format.

Jacobs had already stepped away from day to day management of Qualcomm back in 2005, and had stepped down as Chairman in March of 2009. Irwin Jacobs , co-founder of San Diego-based Qualcomm , is retiring from the company's board, Qualcomm said last night. Jacobs will be named Founding Chairman and CEO Emeritus with his retirement.

The service is powered by Santa Monica-based Boingo Wireless , which inked a deal in 2009 to allow Skype users to its hotspots. Peer-to-peer, voice-over-IP service Skype announced this morning that it will begin offering a free hour of Internet access, via third party wireless hotspots, in select airports across the U.S. READ MORE>>.

Broadcom had sued Emulex over the patents in September of 2009. Irvine-based Broadcom Corporation reports this morning that it has scored a win in a patent infringement suit it filed against Emulex , where it had accused Emulex of infringing on two of its patents. READ MORE>>. broadcom emulex patent infringement lawsuit legal bladeengine

Took some time to crunch the numbers and evaluate our findings before re-circling back in 2009 and beginning what started as a blog. Everyone needs a date at some point, why not get it right the first time (or three). We all have our types of attractions and it’s a difficult dating world out there. Val, tell me a little about yourself.

Nauman has been at 7digital since 2009, and has previously served at Sonos, where 7digital said she managed partnerships with Last.fm, Spotify, SiriusXM, RadioTime, Pandora, Rhapsody, Napster, and Deezer. As part of the expansion, the company said it has appointed Vickie Nauman as President of its North American operations. READ MORE>>.

Facebook didn’t warn user that Friend Lists and other data would become public when it transitioned to a new privacy model in December 2009. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in San Francisco, California. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Santa Monica, California. Internet. to $198.26. Mobile.

In 2009, I was convinced the time was right. As a result of that, I founded Wemo Media at the beginning of 2009. Neville Spiteri is co-founder of Venice-based WEMO Media (www.wemomedia.com), a new, digital studio whose flagship product is TheBlu (www.theblu.com) an online, interactive experience focused on the world's oceans.