*socaltech.com <http://socaltech.com> TechNews - Thursday, August 29, 2019* Edited by Benjamin F. Kuo ISSN: 1524-6736 http://www.socaltech.com/News ------------------------------
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KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - HyperX, JuJu Smith-Schuster Sign Two Year Brand Ambassador Deal - Activision Brings Back Spyro In New Title - LiveXLive, Allied Esports In Partnership - sonnen Plans Massive, Solar Powered Community In Utah - Ring Opens Up Data On Law Enforcement Partners - SpaceX Cargo Craft Splashes Down Off Long Beach - HireRight Names HR Head - Startup Using Robots To Harvest Strawberries In Oxnard Gets $7.5M *Marketplace* - Stubbs Alderton & Markiles Preccelerator - BDO - Southern California Technology Industry Team - Bestronics - Electronic Engineering Services, SOMs, Imaging Products, Displays & Batteries - Stradling - Pixelgate.net - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services *Thursday, August 29, 2019* *IP Protection for Technology and Business - SoCal IP Law Group LLP <http://www.socalip.com>* Patents. Trademarks. Copyrights. Trade Secrets. IP Filings. IP Strategy. IP Litigation. IP Transactions. US and Worldwide. Offices in Westlake Village and Santa Barbara. [email protected] www.socalip.com *HyperX, JuJu Smith-Schuster Sign Two Year Brand Ambassador Deal* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078760.html> Fountain Valley-based gaming accessories maker HyperX, and NFL football star JuJu Smith-Schuster have signed a new, two year brand ambassador deal, which will have Smith-Schuster wearing HyperX headsets, as well as promoting HyperX's lifestyle headphones and gaming headsets, mice, keyboards, mousepads, and streaming mics. Financial terms of the branding deal were not announced. HyperX and Smith-Schuster are coming off an existing branding deal. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078760.html>) *Activision Brings Back Spyro In New Title* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078761.html> Santa Monica-based videogame publisher Activision is bring back a popular, retro character from the 1990's, its purple dragon, Spyro, through a new title, the gaming publisher said this morning. According to Activision, Spyro Reignited Trilogy will launch on the Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam, starting on September 3rd. The new set of "remastered" videogames include Spyro the Dragon, Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage, and Spyro: Year of the Dragon. Spyro first debuted 21 years ago. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078761.html>) *LiveXLive, Allied Esports In Partnership* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078762.html> Two, Los Angeles area companies--LiveXLive, which operates live entertainment and media events and online media, and Allied Esports, and e-sports company, said this morning that they are in a multi-year partnership. According to the two, Allied Esports will provide its fleet of mobile esports venues, the HyperX Esports Trucks, at the music events and festivals run by LiveXLive Media. Financial details of the agreement were not announced. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078762.html>) *sonnen Plans Massive, Solar Powered Community In Utah* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078759.html> sonnen, the solar energy storage developer which has its U.S. headquarters in Los Angeles, has announced a plan for a massive, solar-powered battery storage system and community in Utah, which will combine both on-site solar power generation and battery storage. According to sonnon, real estate development company the Wasatch Group, and power company Rocky Mountain Power, they are working together to create what they call a "Virtual Power Plant" (VPP), which will provide 12. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078759.html>) *Ring Opens Up Data On Law Enforcement Partners* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078758.html> Los Angeles-based Ring, the maker of doorbell and security camera systems, has opened up on which law enforcement agencies it is working on. Ring released a map of all the departments with access to its Ring Neighbor Portal, the company's portal which lets local law enforcement agencies request doorbell video from Ring's customers, without the need for a warrant. The map also lets users see what date Ring started partnering with those 405 law enforcement agencies. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078758.html>) *SpaceX Cargo Craft Splashes Down Off Long Beach* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078757.html> Hawthorne-based SpaceX said it successfully retrieved a Dragon resupply spacecraft from the International Space Station on Wednesday morning, filled with almost 2,700 pounds of scientific experiments and other cargo. ( More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078757.html>) *HireRight Names HR Head* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078755.html> Irvine-based employment background check provider HireRight announced on Wednesday that it has named a new head of its human resources. According to the company, it has appointed Chelsea Pyrzenski as its Chief Human Resources Officer, to head up developing and executing its HR strategy. Pyrzenski was previously Head of Human Resources at VIZIO, and also had served at the National Football League (NFL), AT&T and DIRECTV. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078755.html>) *Startup Using Robots To Harvest Strawberries In Oxnard Gets $7.5M* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078753.html> A new startup, Advanced Farm Technologies, which offers up automated harvesting of strawberries in Oxnard and Santa Maria, along with other strawberry growing regions in California, says that it has raised $7.5M in a Series A funding round. Advanced Farm Technologies, based in Davis, California, said its Series A funding was led by Yamaha Motor Ventures & Lab, and also included Kubota Corporation, Catapult Ventures, and Impact Venture Capital. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0078753.html>) *Stubbs Alderton & Markiles Preccelerator <http://stubbsalderton.com/preccelerator/>* Accelerating Growth for Early Stage Innovation The Preccelerator® Program is a platform offered to select start-up companies out of the Santa Monica office of Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP that provides interim office space, sophisticated legal services, mentorship and access to a strategic perks portfolio with the objective of helping you grow your idea from business concept to funded startup. The Preccelerator® Program provides these benefits to as many as 10 promising young startups in separate growth tracks. http://stubbsalderton.com/preccelerator/ *BDO - Southern California Technology Industry Team <http://www.bdo.com>* BDO USA, LLP is a professional services firm providing assurance, tax, and advisory services to publicly traded and privately held companies through more than 60 offices domestically and 160 countries globally. Our Southern California technology industry team professionals have deep experience helping online, software, hardware, and cleantech businesses in the local ecosystem to navigate the many issues affecting their businesses and to help them meet their larger strategic goals. Our team provides a wide range of guidance in the key issues effecting technology companies including, M&A advisory, initial public offerings, tax planning and consulting, intellectual property agreements, financial reporting and regulatory compliance matters. For more information, please contact our LA Technology leaders Anthony Ferguson, Tim Clackett, and Kris Kaufmann at [email protected]. http://www.bdo.com *Bestronics - Electronic Engineering Services, SOMs, Imaging Products, Displays & Batteries <https://www.bestronics.com>* Are the great ideas stacking up faster than your engineering resources can handle? 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