*socaltech.com <http://socaltech.com> TechNews - Tuesday, August 29, 2017* Edited by Benjamin F. Kuo ISSN: 1524-6736 http://www.socaltech.com/News ------------------------------
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Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies ------------------------------ *Headlines * - Domino's, Ford Eye Self Driving Vehicles For Pizza Delivery <#m_-4413284921624661786_0071763> - Readers: Help Victims of Hurricane Harvey <#m_-4413284921624661786_0071758> - Sonos Plans Launch Event October 4th <#m_-4413284921624661786_0071762> - Ixia Rolls Out LTE Testing Product <#m_-4413284921624661786_0071761> - Cie Digital Labs Names Product Development VP <#m_-4413284921624661786_0071760> - ViaSat Opens New APAC Headquarters In Australia <#m_-4413284921624661786_0071759> - Western Digital Acquires Upthere <#m_-4413284921624661786_0071756> - AnyMeeting Acquired, Say Insiders <#m_-4413284921624661786_0071748> - FlashFunders Acquired By Boustead & Company <#m_-4413284921624661786_0071744> - FlexXray Acquired By Levine Leichtman <#m_-4413284921624661786_0071743> *Marketplace* - Tech Coast Map & Calendar – Put Your Company On The Map! <#m_-4413284921624661786_ad717> - Square 1 Bank <#m_-4413284921624661786_ad695> - Stubbs Alderton & Markiles Preccelerator <#m_-4413284921624661786_ad694> - Oracle <#m_-4413284921624661786_ad683> - Early Stage Commercial Insurance - Pacific Unified Insurance Agency <#m_-4413284921624661786_ad596> *Tuesday, August 29, 2017* *Domino's, Ford Eye Self Driving Vehicles For Pizza Delivery* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071763.html> Is the pizza delivery boy about to be replaced by robots? Domino's Pizza and Ford Motor Co. said this morning that they are launching an effort to use self-driving vehicles to deliver pizzas, starting in Ford's hometown of Ann Arbor, Michigan--all part of a study of self-driving vehicles in pizza delivery. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071763.html>) *Readers: Help Victims of Hurricane Harvey* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071758.html> To our readers following the continuing disaster in Texas due to Hurricane Harvey (now Tropical Storm Harvey), which, according to the National Weather Service, has dropped as much as 50 inches of rain in parts of Texas in the last few days (for comparison, Los Angeles gets an average of 14.93 inches a year. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071758.html>) *Sonos Plans Launch Event October 4th* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071762.html> Santa Barbara-based *Sonos <http://www.sonos.com>* appears to be gearing up for a big launch of a "smart speaker", and has started sending out invites to journalists to an October 4th launch event in New York City. Sonos, which has not detailed its plans yet for a voice enabled speaker, already accidentally revealed its plans in its privacy policy <http://www.socaltech.com/report_sonos_planning_new_voice_enabled_speakers/s-0071646.html> and in government filings.(More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071762.html>) *Ixia Rolls Out LTE Testing Product* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071761.html> Calabasas-based network testing products developer Ixia said Monday that it has launched a new, LTE testing product, called IxLoad-Wireless. According to Ixia, the new product is aimed at providing Long Term Evolution (LTE) testing for cellular IoT efforts, the machine-to-machine (M2M) area. In particular, Ixia said its tool can be used to ensure that LTE components can handle real-world traffic and connection density. Pricing on the new product was not announced. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071761.html>) *Cie Digital Labs Names Product Development VP* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071760.html> Irvine-based Cie Digital Labs has named Tegdeep Kondal as its new VP of Product Development, according to the company. Kondal previously as Director of Product Management at OpenX, and also had served at Amazon, Radialpoint, Verint Video Solutions Inc., Matrox, and Ubisoft. Cie Digital Labs said Kondal will be reposnisble for product strategy and development. Cie Digital provides interactive development for brands, and also bills itself as a "technology startup studio". (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071760.html>) *ViaSat Opens New APAC Headquarters In Australia* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071759.html> Carlsbad-based *ViaSat <http://www.viasat.com>*, the provider of satellite broadband services and technology, said it has opened up a new Asia-Pacific (APAC) headquarters in Melbourne, Australia. ViaSat said the new headquarters will support existing customres in the region, including nbn and Qantas, as well as to allow it to expand its services and support efforts in the region. ViaSat already has an office in India, and says it has teams in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra.(More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071759.html>) *Western Digital Acquires Upthere* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071756.html> Irvine-based storage products maker Western Digital, said on Monday that it has acquired Redwood City, California-based Upthere. Upthere is a provider of cloud-based photo, music, video, and document storage services, aimed at the consumer market. Financial details of the acquisition wer enot announced. Upthere's storage platform, which works on iPhone, iPad, Android, macOS, and Windows, will become part of Western Digital's Client Solutions business. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071756.html>) *AnyMeeting Acquired, Say Insiders* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071748.html> Huntington Beach-based AnyMeeting, which operates an online meeting service, has been acquired by another company, according to insiders and investors at the company. CEO Costin Tuculescu said in an email that "We don't have anything to announce at this time." AnyMeeting offers up an online service which lets users run webinars, run online meetings, share screens and slides, and much more. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071748.html>) *FlashFunders Acquired By Boustead & Company* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071744.html> Los Angeles-based crowd funding site FlashFunders, which had focused on Reg A+, Reg D, and Reg CF equity crowdfunding, has been acquired by financial services company Boustead & Company Limited, the two said this morning. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. According to the two, the deal includes FlashFunders, Inc. and its four vertically-integrated subsidiaries. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071744.html>) *FlexXray Acquired By Levine Leichtman* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071743.html> Los Angeles-based private equity investor Levine Leichtman Capital Partners has acquired x-ray food safety inspection services provider FlexXray, the companies said this morning. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. FlexXray is based in Arlington, Texas, and was founded in 2001. Levine Leichtman said it made the acquisition of its LLCP Lower Middle Market Fund. FlexXray's services are used by food manufacturers to identify and remove foreign contaminants from food. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0071743.html>) *Tech Coast Map & Calendar – Put Your Company On The Map! <https://www.siliconmaps.com/tech-coast/>* Include your company on the Tech Coast Map and be part of the iconic industry symbol of Technology Innovation in Southern California. The map is promoted through Print, Digital, and web with an online interactive version of the map. Take part in the effective map campaign to support your region, brand and location(s) while promoting your company as an industry leader. The custom imprinted Poster/Calendars make the perfect promotional year-end gift for stakeholders. 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Product School. Data is king! Get ready to understand how a successful analytics team can empower managers from product, marketing, and other areas to make effective, data-driven decisions. Louis will be sharing some case studies and successful strategies that he has used at ZipRecruiter as well as previous experiences. The purpose of this data talk will enlighten people on how to make sure that analysts can successfully partner with other departments and get them the information they need to do great things. Speaker: Louis Cialdella. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25858 August 30, Los Angeles -- *8th Annual Women in Green Forum* 8th Annual Women in Green Forum. Now in its 8th year, the Women In Green Forum is the largest conference of its kind. It highlights women’s impact on the environmental industry and has attracted a global audience from a wide range of sectors including government officials, corporate executives, academic researchers, technology developers, and clean tech financiers. From the White House to Fortune 500 company leaders, the Forum’s program features the environmental industry’s brightest and most innovative speakers. The 2017 program features a blend of interactive sessions, spotlight presentations, and curated tech demos around the theme "Innovate. Impact. Inspire." Throughout the day, each speaker will demonstrate how their innovations impacted their industries and inspired further environmental advances. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25845 August 30, Venice -- *Silicon Beach Networking Mixer At Wurstkuche in Venice* *NEW* . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25866 September 7, Los Angeles -- *Startup UCLA Summer Accelerator Demo Day* Startup UCLA Summer Accelerator Demo Day. After 10 weeks of intense preparation, Startup UCLA's Summer Accelerator teams will be showcasing their startups to Los Angeles and the surrounding community. Don't miss your chance to see UCLA entrepreneurs pitch their latest innovations. See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25859 September 13, Los Angeles -- *Graphene Super-Capacitors -The Key to Hybrid Electric Vehicles* *NEW* . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25870 September 13, Santa Monica -- *Preccelerator® Program Demo Day + 5-Year Anniversary Party* *NEW* . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25872 September 13, Venice -- *Silicon Beach Networking Mixer At Wurstkuche in Venice* *NEW* . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25867 September 14, Santa Monica -- *LA CEOs: Building High Performing Cultures* *NEW* . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25871 September 16, Woodland Hills -- *UCLA Extension Open House at Woodland Hills* *NEW* . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25869 September 26, Newport Beach -- *TCOSC Executive Forum: Deciphering Cyber Security* *NEW* . See http://www.socaltech.com/calendar/eventid/25862 ------------------------------ *Recent Job Postings * More jobs at http://www.socaltech.com/Jobs Product Engineer I <http:///showjob.php?id=5697> Aerovironment Head of CRM Marketing <http:///showjob.php?id=5696> Thrive Market Accounts Payable Specialist <http:///showjob.php?id=5695> Snap Inc. Hardware Development Manager <http:///showjob.php?id=5694> SpaceX Cloud Management Architect <http:///showjob.php?id=5693> Withheld CFO <http:///showjob.php?id=5692> Tech Startup Engineering Mgr, Electrical Hardware. Aerospace. 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