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Accelerator Crazy In Southern California

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K5Launch , which was announced yesterday, is headed up by Amir Banafatemi, Ray Chan, David Cheng, and Kai Tao, four Southern California angel investors. Similarly, the firm is using a Y-Combinator/TechStars model to startups, and covers Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego.

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Unusual Perk For SoCal Technology Firm: Unlimited, Paid Vacation

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In what might be one of the more unusual perks for a Southern California high tech company, LRN , a developer of enterprise compliance and ethics software, has an unlimited, paid vacation policy. LRN--which is around the corner from UCLA--serves such customers as 3M, Dow, Johnson & Johnson, Loews, Pfizer and Siemens.

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SoCal Inventors Recognized By Popular Mechanics

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A number of Southern California inventors and companies have been recognized today by magazine Popular Mechanics , for their work on what the magazine says are "world changing" innovations. The last university team recognized by Popular Mechanics comes out of UCLA. READ MORE>>.

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U.S. Recognizes Southern California Technology Innovators

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Several Southern California technology innovators from Southern California were recognized this morning in a ceremony at the White House, at the 2007 National Medal of Technology and Innovation awards. In a ceremony today, President George W.

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UCLA Hack-a-thon Starts Today!

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This weekend, February 22-24th, will be your chance to attend UCLA Anderson School of Management’s 42 hour Developers Contest, hosted at ROC in Santa Monica. UCLA’s ASM has partnered with Microsoft, Nokia, WIX, Yahoo! The post UCLA Hack-a-thon Starts Today! The details of this event are quite amazing. Fri, Feb 22.

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Survios president and co-founder Nathan Burba is joining us at TechCrunch Sessions: AR/VR

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Electronauts is designed to deliver a social experience, in which players can create music for their surroundings. The new title is immersive, but designed to be played in a social setting, like a party. Electronauts is an impressive title from the California VR studio that also developed the addictive first-person shooter, Raw Data.

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Transmedia, Hollywood 2: Visual Culture and Design

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Friday, April 8, 2011 -- Transmedia, Hollywood 2: Visual Culture and Design. A UCLA/USC/Industry Symposium Co-sponsored by the: UCLA Producers Program; UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television, and USC Annenberg School of Communication and USC School of Cinematic Arts. See [link] (more)

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