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Google Cloud opens its Las Vegas region

TechCrunch LA

Google Cloud today announced the official opening of its Las Vegas data center region. With this, Google Cloud now operates four regions in the western U.S., with Las Vegas complementing Google Cloud’s existing data centers in Los Angeles, Calif.; The Dalles, Ore. and its recently opened Salt Lake City, Utah region.

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

Both Sides of the Table

The birthplace of sponsored search (Overture), semantic search (Applied Semantics which became Google AdSense), comparison shopping (ShopZilla, PriceGrabber) and many others. And of course a place of idyllic weather, culture and a lifestyle. ” And of course it’s not a true assessment. But consider the following: 1.

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Are we creating a vibrant future for California?

AeA Los Angeles Council

“California is the birthplace of the information technology revolution and the home of the companies that are creating the future course of our information rich society. Great California companies like Google, Hewlett Packard, Apple, Sun Microsystems and hundreds more like them are transforming the way people live, work and communicate.

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Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

Both Sides of the Table

We were talking about a company, Factual (disclosure my firm is an investor), which was founded by one of LA’s most talented Internet entrepreneurs, Gil Elbaz , who as co-founder of Applied Semantics (purchased by pre-IPO Google for $102 million and now Google AdSense) is responsible for a large portion of the Internet’s monetization.

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The social Web in 2010: The emerging standards and technologies to watch

SoCal Delicious

This is something that Google is attempting to do with its Wave format and remains an approach to watch. which has already been adopted by Facebook, MySpace, Windows Live, and Opera and many others with Google and Yahoo! Disconnects between older and newer generations of social media. The standard to watch is activity strea.ms

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