Paresh Dave

Paresh Dave was a Los Angeles-based tech reporter for the Los Angeles Times from May 2013 to September 2017. He focused on business issues surrounding local tech companies, the digital media industry, e-sports and video games and occasionally cybersecurity. Dave previously covered the criminal courts system, national tragedies and sports business. He graduated from the University of Southern California and grew up in San Diego.

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Technology and the Internet

The thinking behind Snapchat’s sports and weather filters
Technology and the Internet

People’s Bitmoji obsession gives Snapchat a quiet edge in augmented reality
Technology and the Internet

Credit giant Equifax says Social Security numbers, birth dates of 143 million consumers may have been exposed

Equifax, one of the nation’s three major credit reporting firms, announced Thursday that its computer systems had been breached, leading to the unauthorized accessing of Social Security numbers and birth dates of up to 143 million U.S. consumers.
Technology and the Internet

How a potato chip entrepreneur in Lebanon became a big supporter of L.A. tech start-ups
Technology and the Internet

Roku, streaming TV box maker, files for an IPO

Roku, which says it has 15 million users of its video streaming devices, filed paperwork Friday to list its shares on the Nasdaq stock exchange.
Technology and the Internet

Dollar Shave Club succeeded with razors, but the rest of the bathroom is a challenge
Technology and the Internet

Dollar Shave Club succeeded with razors, but the rest of the bathroom is a challenge

Dollar Shave Club founder and Chief Executive Michael Dubin began using an app this year to track the time he spent on different tasks.
World & Nation

Justice Department reportedly looking into allegations of Uber bribing foreign officials in India rape case

Uber is reportedly cooperating with a Justice Department investigation into whether the ride-hailing company bribed foreign officials.
Technology and the Internet

Uber reportedly cooperating with U.S. investigation on possible overseas bribes

Uber is reportedly cooperating with a Justice Department investigation into whether the ride-hailing company bribed foreign officials.
Technology and the Internet

Whisper loses high-profile board members as co-founders seek to regain control

Two high-profile board members at the anonymous social media app Whisper have departed in recent months amid an unusual effort by the start-up’s co-founders to take back control of the company.