Friday, March 10, 2017Interview with Robert Blatt, MomentFeed
For today's interview, we thought we'd catch up with Robert Blatt, the CEO of Los Angeles-based MomentFeed (www.momentfeed.com), which recently announced a $16.3M funding led by Level Equity. It's been quite a few years since we spoke with the company.
What is MomentFeed up to nowadays?
Robert Blatt: We say to people that we do customer experience for multi-location brands. What that means, is for companies that have a physical presence in the real world, stores and the like, interaction (More info...)
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Esri Wins Oak Ridge National LaboratoryRedlands-based GIS software maker Esri said on Thursday that it has been selected by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), to help support that lab's users. According to Esri, the deal with ORNL gives the lab's users access to spatial analysis tools in the ArcGIS platform. Financial impact of the deal were not announced. Esri said the deal is the first, major enterprise agreement between the company and a Department of Energy (DOE) laboratory. Oak Ridge National Laboratory provides support for (More info...)
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Microsemi Powers Recent Iridium Satellite LaunchAliso Viejo-based semiconductor maker Microsemi's chips are being used in the ten Iridium NEXT satellites that were just launched into orbit by SpaceX, according to Microsemi. According to Microsemi, Iridium NEXT is making use of more than 2,000 Microsemi radiation-tolerant field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) in its satellite constellation, and over 200,000 Microsemi devices across the entire project. Microsemi also said its commercial FPGAs are also being used by SpaceX, in its launch vehicl (More info...)
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CheapAir.com: Bitcoin Sales Up 74 Percent Due To Record HighCalabasas-based CheapAir.com, an online travel site which accepts Bitcoin for payment for airplane flights and hotels, said on Thursday that it has seen a surge in purchases using Bitcoin, as the electronic currency hits new highs. According to CheapAir.com, it has seen a 74 percent year-over-year increase in Bitcoin sales over the last six months, which it attributes to the rising value of Bitcoin--eacho of which is now worth over $1270. ChearAir.com has been accepting Bitcoin for the purchase (More info...)
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