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JibJab's StoryBots Takes On Kids' Entertainment

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What do you get when you take the creative minds behind JibJab.com , the Venice-based online humor content developers--known for its hilarious videos of everything from politics to everyday life--and apply that to kids entertainment? READ MORE>>.

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Snapchat Rolling Out New Augmented Reality Lens For Underworld: Blood Wars

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Venice-based Snapchat will be rolling out a new, 3D interactive lens for the service, as part of a tie in to the upcoming film Underworld: Blood Wars. Screen Gems is part of Sony Pictures Entertainment. READ MORE>>.

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Zirx Aims At LA's Parking Problem, After Funding From BMW

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One of the on-demand, parking services that serves Los Angeles Zirx , said this morning that it is specifically looking to solve those issues for companies, with the launch of a new service. The announcement of the new service came in conjunction with a strategic investment from BMW, from BMW i Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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Five Startups Revolutionizing Music, In Southern California

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Southern California is the center of the entertainment industry, which not only includes the world of Hollywood, movies and film, and television, but is also the home of the music industry. Earbits has created a service which lets you browse through over 200 stations of streaming audio, advertising free. Music Mastermind.

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How Google's Old Offices Are Becoming A Tech Hub, with ROC's Walter Grieves

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In a sign of the growth of the Silicon Beach technology world, last year, Google moved its headquarters out of a space on Arizona Avenue in Santa Monica, and into a new fancy headquarters space in Venice. Instead, we partner with all the companies provide those services. We want entertainment and digital, East and West, to meet.

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Mogreet Links Deal With Fox Searchlight

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Venice Beach-based Mogreet, a provider of mobile video greeting cards, said today that it has inked a deal with Fox Mobile Entertainment to provide greetings based on Fox Searchlight movies. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Mogreet said it will add about 50 different clips from the deal with Fox Searchlight. READ MORE>>.

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Silicon Beach Fest Approaches! #SBF

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However, TechZulu will be doing an official pre-event on Tuesday June 17th with our #TZTechCrawl in Venice. Silicon Beach Fest is LA’s original festival celebrating LA tech, entertainment & startups with panels, keynotes, workshops, mixers, and more in Santa Monica. Register for a 5-6? The post Silicon Beach Fest Approaches!