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Groupon ushered in the new era of group buying, and now hyper local and vertical deal sites are the name of the game. One such company, Santa Monica, Calif-based FamilyFinds, launched this week with $5.75 in funding from Split Rock Partners.

Approximately $9,000 was raised for charity by Los Angeles and Orange County tweeps last night at The Roxy Theater as part of a global event known as Twestival, said Paula Gould, a PR rep for the event. The event, which took place in 175 cities, raised more than $300,000 for charity Concern Worldwide, known among…continue reading.

Sprint announced today that they are bringing 4G to seven new WiMAX markets one of which is LA.  SXSW in Austin, TX has just ended and almost our entire LA Tech community attended, and I hope most had a chance to experience 4G WiMAX availability.  Going from 3G’s 600 kbps to 4G’s 6 Mbps is…continue reading.

TechZulu will be streaming SMCLA: Going Goo Goo Over Google Analytics, live from the Mahalo Office in Santa Monica.  Here is some info on the event: Confused by Analytics? Want to know if your tweet really made a difference in your company’s bottom line? This month we are going to take a deeper dive into…continue reading.

The first ever Schmoozd event is happening this Thursday January 14.  This event according to John Diep the producer of Schmoozd is all about the schmoozing. Don’t expect to find a speaker on stage or a panel going on when you arrive, however, do expect to find some speaker’s and panelists you’ve seen at other…continue reading.

  Finally, at Digital Experience Clear Wire showed us their WiMax device (based off of Clear Wire’s 4G mobile broadband network) and explained a little bit about how their device works and what may be in store for Los Angeles hopefuls.     The folks from Poynt, a Blackberry app with location-based services services that…continue reading.

L.A. Tech Week held at the Business Technology Center in Altadena is one of the gems of tech events held in Southern California in my opinion.  Why a gem?  Well for one its held in Altadena and two it’s a fresh change of scenery.  TechZulu has been attending the L.A. Tech Week event going on…continue reading.

For those of you who have been following our Twitter stream, you may have heard of an event in Los Angeles called “140 Characters” or #140conf. It was a packet event at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, with more than 1000 tweeps from around the world.   In case you missed the tweet-stream, here’s a…continue reading.

Back in Feburary the Twestival LA was a huge success.  With a few big celebrities and cewebriteis all geared towards a good cause it’s no doubt it was huge.  This time around Twestival is focusing on Chrysalis and the LA Food Bank. Chrysalis is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping economically disadvantaged and homeless individuals…continue reading.