*socaltech.com <http://socaltech.com> TechNews - Wednesday, January 23, 2019* Edited by Benjamin F. Kuo ISSN: 1524-6736 http://www.socaltech.com/News ------------------------------
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Key info (http://www.keyinfo.com) infrastructure ~ connectivity ~ co-location ~ cloud Singer Lewak (http://www.singerlewak.com) Accounting and Consulting for Growing and Innovative Businesses ------------------------------ *Headlines * - Pluto TV Acquired By Viacom For $340M <#m_-3259570091878252133_0077130> - PacketSled Names New Advisor To Board <#m_-3259570091878252133_0077132> - AECOM Wins Big Nuclear Project Deal In UK <#m_-3259570091878252133_0077131> - Hulu, Humu Battle Over Startup Naming <#m_-3259570091878252133_0077129> - Starbucks To Offer Delivery In LA Via Uber Eats <#m_-3259570091878252133_0077128> - OpenX Snags New CFO From Fandango <#m_-3259570091878252133_0077126> - REX Raises $45M For Home Buying, Selling Technology <#m_-3259570091878252133_0077125> - Lifeyo Acquired By SpotOn <#m_-3259570091878252133_0077121> *Marketplace* - Simplify Cloud Management - Multi-Cloud Command & Control from Key Info <#m_-3259570091878252133_ad729> - Square 1 Bank <#m_-3259570091878252133_ad695> - SoCal IP Law Group LLP - Serving the IP Needs of Technology Innovators <#m_-3259570091878252133_ad611> - Pixelgate.net - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services <#m_-3259570091878252133_ad188> - Peak - Facilitated Annual Leadership Team Planning for Emerging Companies by Collective Genius <#m_-3259570091878252133_ad741> *Wednesday, January 23, 2019* *Pluto TV Acquired By Viacom For $340M* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0077130.html> Los Angeles-based streaming television service Pluto TV, which offers up free streaming television to users through devices such as Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, and Chromecast, has been acquired by Viacom in a deal worth $340M in cash, according to Viacom. Viacom said that Pluto TV has more than 12 million monthly active users, with about 7.5 million of those using connected TVs. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0077130.html>) *PacketSled Names New Advisor To Board* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0077132.html> Santa Barbara-based network security products developer PacketSled is boosting its board of advisors, saying on Tuesday that it has added Don Goldstein, a former SVP and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at CBRE, to its board of advisors. Goldstein is currently the CEO of cyber security advisory and managed security company 5Q Cyber LLC, and was previously CISO at CBRE. The company said Goldstein has spent nearly 20 years at CBRE. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0077132.html>) *AECOM Wins Big Nuclear Project Deal In UK* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0077131.html> Los Angeles-based AECOM, a big professional and technical services and infrastructure developer, reported a big win in the UK this morning, as part of a big nuclear power project. According to AECOM, it has linked with AWE plc to both decommission and demolish and build new facilities for the UK government's nuclear deterrence program, which is worth approximatelly $500M over at least 12 years. The company said the initial contract with AWE's Nuclear Capability project is worth $3M until 2020. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0077131.html>) *Hulu, Humu Battle Over Startup Naming* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0077129.html> Los Angeles-based Hulu and a brand new startup, Humu, are engaging in the courts, after Hulu threatened to sue Humu over trademark infringement. In a pre-emptive move, Silicon Valley-based Humu, a startup developing "human talent development" software, has filed a complaint in the United States District Court, Northern District of California seeking declaratory judgement against Hulu to stave off a possible trademark battle. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0077129.html>) *Starbucks To Offer Delivery In LA Via Uber Eats* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0077128.html> Do you just have to have that Starbucks coffee, but you just don't want to go down the street to pick it up? Starbucks announced on Tuesday that it will be expanding delivery of its coffee in Los Angeles--along with five other cities--through a deal with Uber Eats. According to Starbucks, the expansion of its Starbucks Delivery service follows a test in Miami of the service; the company hopes to eventually bring the delivery service to around one-quarter of its U.S., company-owned stores. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0077128.html>) *OpenX Snags New CFO From Fandango* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0077126.html> Los Angeles-based OpenX said on Tuesday that it has named a new CFO. According to OpenX, Rob Leff, formerly the CFO of Fandango, will join the company to lead its global finance team. Leff has been at Fandango for more than a decade, according to OpenX, overseeing all aspects of financial strategy including mergers & acquisitions, predictive analytics, data science and more at Fandango. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0077126.html>) *REX Raises $45M For Home Buying, Selling Technology* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0077125.html> Los Angeles-based REX, which is developing technology buying and selling homes, said on Monday that it has raised $45M in a Series C funding round. The funding came from Sun Microsystems' founder Scott McNealy, Best Buy founder Dick Schulze, Crate and Barrel founder Gordon Segal, Amit Singhal, former SVP search at Google, Diana Nelson, chair of Carlson, Jack Greenberg, former CEO of McDonalds and Muneer Satter, chairman of Satter Investment Management. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0077125.html>) *Lifeyo Acquired By SpotOn* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0077121.html> Los Angeles-based Lifeyo, a developer of website development software aimed at small and medium-sized merchants, has been acquired by San Francisco-based SpotOn, SpotOn announced this morning. Financial details of the buy were not announced. According to SpotOn, the effort will help it offer up a platform and suite of tools for payment processing, customer engagement and more for small and medium-sized businesses. Lifeyo will be rebranded as SpotOnWebsite. LifeYo was founded by Mike Kai. 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We work with you to meet your cloud strategy needs and enable you to leverage all of the unique capabilities of the platform. To schedule an appointment, visit https://www.keyinfo.com/public-cloud/#streamone *Square 1 Bank <http://www.square1bank.com>* Square 1 Bank is a division of Pacific Western Bank, a Los Angeles-based commercial bank with over $21 billion in assets. A full service financial services partner to entrepreneurs and their investors, Square 1 provides clients flexible resources and attentive service to help their companies grow. Square 1 offers a broad range of venture debt, treasury and cash management solutions through offices in top innovation centers: Atlanta, Austin, the Bay Area, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Durham, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, San Diego, Seattle and Washington, DC. Pacific Western Bank is a wholly-owned subsidiary of PacWest Bancorp (NASDAQ:PACW). 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