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Fifty years of the internet

TechCrunch LA

Leonard Kleinrock is the Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering. After we typed the first two letters from our computer room at UCLA, namely, “Lo” for “Login,” the network crashed.

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New Space Era: Global Competition, Transition to Private Projects and Space Tourism

SoCal Tech Calendar

Tuesday, November 24, 2009 -- New Space Era: Global Competition, Transition to Private Projects and Space Tourism. This month's topic is "New Space Era: Global Competition, Transition to Private Projects and Space Tourism." Email stephen_tanaka@jetro.go.jp. Dr. Tsuyoshi Saotome (Ph.D. Tsuyoshi Saotome (Ph.D.

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TX Zhuo Talks About LA's Newest Venture Fund, Karlin Ventures

socalTECH

They're pretty competitive about deals. If you walk down the hallways of UCLA or USC, and ask them for the successful startups here, they can't name anyone. TX Zhuo: Someone on our team will try to respond to every email. The other way, is to email us at info@karlinvc.com. TX Zhuo: I like the LA community a lot.

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WESAWIT | Experience Events Through The Eyes of The Crowd

Tech Zulu Event

Thibault Mathieu: Morgan and I were both in film school at UCLA. We were initially covering events like sports and arts festivals when we first launched a beta version of the WESAWIT app at UCLA. We sent out a lot of emails and showed them a lot of visuals of what we can do. TechZulu: So where did WESAWIT originate from?

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How TenOneTen Ventures Is Investing In LA's Technology Future

socalTECH

There''s Caltech, the Claremont Colleges, Harvey Mudd, UCLA. David Waxman: It''s always great if you can get a referral, but you can also feel free to reach out to me directly--my email is on our website. Although they might have more people in the field up in the Bay Area, there''s more competition for those people.

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Interview with Anne Walls and John Singleton, WordHustler

socalTECH

The other way we monetize, is we run ads from Google, ads from our partner Scripped, and are also launching a digital membership in the new year which will combine both print and email submissions for a monthly membership fee. We are trying to keep it competitive. Anne Walls: We launched in soft beta in May.

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