Monday, October 24, 2016Joymode Gets $3M To Let You Rent Stuff To Create Memories, Not ClutterA new, Los Angeles-based startup, Joymode--founded by startup Joe Fernandez, who founded Klout--has raised $3M in funding, to help you rent all kinds of stuff to create experiences and memories, without the hassle and expense of storing and keeping things you only use every so often. According to Fernandez, Joymode is offering up a service which initially lets those here in Los Angeles rent everything they need to create lifetime memories--for example, a complete package of stuff you'd need to (More info...)
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Elon Musk: Mars Will Be Populated Using Mining Robots, Glass DomesElon Musk, the billionaire founder of SpaceX, Tesla Motors, and SolarCity, provided more details on his plans for a Mars mission on Reddit over the weekend, answering dozens of questions presented to him by the site's users. Among new details, Musk said that the initial plan is to build geodesic domes on the surface of Mars, using glass panes with carbon fiber frames, and that the plan is to create an army of mining and tunneling droids to build space into the surface of Mars. Musk announ (More info...)
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Platinum Equity Sells Mactac AmericasLos Angeles-based private equity investor Platinum Equity said this morning that it has sold Mactac Americas LLC, a manufacturer and distributor of pressure sensitive labels, to LINTEC Corporation, in a deal worth approximately $375M. Platinum Equity acquired Mactac in November of 2014, from Bemis Company. The sale is the second by Platinum Equity from that acquisition; it also sold the European business of Mactac to Avery Dennison in August. INTEC is headquartered in Tokyo. Mactac was based in (More info...)
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Stellar Biotechnologies Names VPLos Angeles-based Stellar Biotechnologies, a developer of an immune stimulating protein for the therapeutic market, has named Gregory T. Baxter, Ph.D., as Executive Vice President of Corporate Development. Baxter was most recently Senior Scientist in the Department of Clinical Drug Development for CCS Associates, Inc. , and also has been Adjunct Associate Professor at Cornell University in the College of Chemical Engineering and on the Founders Board of Stanford University's StartX Med Program. (More info...)
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HyperX Ships New Gaming KeyboardFountain Valley-based HyperX has shipped a new keyboard, aimed at the computer gaming market, called the HyperX ALLOY FPS Mechanical Gaming Keyboard. According to HyperX, which is a part of Kingston Technology, the keyboard features red LED backlighting, ability to disable the Windows key, a USB charging port, and many other features specifically for gamers. The new keyboard costs $99.99.
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Guidance Software Rolls Out Updated SoftwarePasadena-based computer forensics software maker
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