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SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell told Reuters the company hopes to start those launches as soon as the company's new launch pad in Florida is put into service next week. http://www.socaltech.com/report_spacex_planning_launches_every_two_weeks/s-0069081.html Rubicon Project, Integral Ad Science Partner On Viewability Scores ---- Los Angeles-based online ad marketplace operator Rubicon Project and Integral Ad Science (IAS) said on Monday that the two are in a new partnership, where they will be providing third-party viewability scores for display and video advertising. Financial details of the partnership were not announced. The two said the deal will allow media buyers to make better informed pricing decisions for individual ad placements. Soraa Deploys In UK Museum ---- Soraa, the developer of Gallium Nitride (GaN) LED lighting technology, based on research out of UC Santa Barbara, has deployed its products at a museum in the United Kingdom. Soraa said its lighting systems are now being used at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, which the company says is the world's oldest public museum. Soraa's LED lighting systems are being used to replace what had been a halogen powered light generator system. Soraa says its LED technology provides the widest range of colors that humans can see, but without ultraviolet or infrared radiation, which can damage objects under display. Soraa was founded by UCSB Professor Shuji Nakamura, who developed the first blue LED. VIZIO: We're Now Setting The Standard For Privacy Practices ---- Irvine-based VIZIO said Monday that it is now working forward to set the "standard for best industry privacy practices", after an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission and the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, where it paid $2.2M to settle charges it was collecting consumer information without permission. According to VIZIO, even before the agreement, it had been addressing the concerns by updating online and onscreen disclosures related to the automated collection of information about content viewed on its smart televisions. VIZIO said the resolution concludes all pending government investigations into its privacy practices. QAD Gets Nod From Honda For Use By Suppliers ---- Santa Barbara-based QAD said this morning that its QAD Automation Solutions software has received Honda "Approved Software" status. According to QAD, Honda North America requires all of its original equipment manufactured parts suppliers to use an authorized integrated electronic data interchange (EDI), barcode and demand management solution. QAD says its software now meets those standards. SpaceX, Scopely, Snap Among Those Opposing Immigration Move ---- Three, Southern California technology companies--SpaceX, Scopely, and Snap Inc.--are among more than 120 companies who have filed an "amicus brief" opposing the recent Presidential order on immigration.. The three join a long list of well known tech companies--including Google, Microsoft, Netflix, and many others--who say the Trump order "inflicts significant harm on American business, innovation, and growth" and "makes it more difficult and expensive for U.S. companies to recruit, hire, and retain some of the world's best employees." http://www.socaltech.com/spacex_scopely_snap_among_those_opposing_immigration_move/s-0069075.html VIZIO Pays $2.2M to Settle FTC Charges ---- Irvine-based Vizio, the manufacturer of televisions and other consumer electronics, has been ordered to pay $2.2 million to the FTC and the State of New Jersey, to settle charges that it has been collecting the viewing history of its customers without their consent. The charges had been filed by the Federal Trade Commission and the Office of the New Jersey Attorney General in 2015. The FTC said the order also requires VIZIO to "prominently disclose and obtain affirmative express consent" for its data collection. Electro Rent Buys Microlease ---- Van Nuys-based Electro Rent, which provides rental and leasing of test and measurement equipment, said Friday that it has completed its acquisition of Microlease from Lloyds Development Capital. Financial details of that acquisition were not announced. Electro Rent is owned by private equity investor Platinum Equity, which bought the company in August of last year. Microlease was founded in 1979, and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MARKETPLACE Reach 10000+ readers for 5 days for $250 Post your marketplace ad at: http://www.socaltech.com/postad.html ------------------------------ADVERTISEMENT------------------------------- Stubbs Alderton & Markiles Preccelerator - Apply Today! Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP is one of the leading business law firms in Southern California. 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Clean Technology Council. FLOWE wind power uses spatial design to increase the efficiency of very small vertical turbine arrays. It solves large turbine issues like massive constriction and maintenance costs, increased area needs, eyesore complaints and accidental bird/bat fatalities. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25585 February 8, Los Angeles -- Silicon Beach Networking Mixer. Every month we get together to network and mingle with local startup founders and their teams. Join our group to meet new people and participate in lively discussions with outstanding names in the silicon beach communit. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25592 February 9, Irvine -- TCVN Workshop: Structure Your Company the Right Way. Choosing a structure for your company is typically a confusing and difficult process. Ask three lawyers and get five different answers! Corporation or LLC? Delaware, California or Nevada? C-corp. or S-corp.? Confused? Many factors come into play when choosing an organizational structure. While most choices are not irrevocable, it is in entrepreneur’s best interest to make a well-informed decision early. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25595 February 15, San Diego -- CASE STUDY: FuelRod -- Mobile Charging on the Go. MIT Enterprise Forum San Diego. One company is rethinking the world of mobile power through rechargeable batteries; in a way you might not expect. Chi Yau and Joe Yeagley are the developers behind FuelRod, a rechargeable mobile battery charger which is changing the travel experience. With backgrounds in innovative energy storage technology, Yau and Yeagley recognized the need for added battery power on-the-go and saw an opportunity in the rechargeable battery market for the introduction of charger swaps. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25588 February 25, Pasadena -- Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum - Entertainment. Southern California is still the home of Hollywood -- the symbolic name for the motion picture industry, but that industry has changed dramatically in recent years. Many of the studios have sizable in-house technology development operations, but all acquire technology or technology products from outside their corporate borders. The program is designed to help would be developers and sellers of new movie-related technologies navigate among the giants, learn what areas might provide opportunities, and avoid areas where scale and other industry characteristics render it unlikely that a startup will make inroads. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25589 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: TVC Capital LLC (www.tvccapital.com) Investments in and Acquisitions of Growing Software Companies Silicon Valley Bank (http://www.svb.com). Make next happen now. Stubbs Alderton Markiles, LLP (http://www.stubbsalderton.com). Business. 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