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Google Reportedly In Talks To Buy Hulu

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A report Friday from the Los Angeles Times says that Google is in preliminary talks to buy Los Angeles-based Hulu. According to the LA Times--citing "people familiar with the situtation"--Hulu has also been shopped to Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc.

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Reflections on 2016: Josh Yguado, Jam City

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During his time leading the company with co-founders Chris DeWolfe and Aber Whitcomb, Jam City�s gaming portfolio has repeatedly dominated the top grossing charts of Apple�s, Google�s and Amazon�s app stores. Among other work there, Josh helped Fox in its acquisition of MySpace, its creation of Hulu and its launch of new television networks.

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Why The Growth Of The Internet Is Driving EdgeCast's Revenues

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What is it about the content delivery network market which has enabled Santa Monica-based EdgeCast to go from startup to over $100M in revenues in only a few, short years? We serve up four to five percent of the global Internet on our network. James Segil: EdgeCast is the fastest growing CDN in the world.

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Eight Tech Gadgets To Add To Your Gifts List

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features an interface powered by Google TV, and delivers both the web and streaming. using 4G LTE networks. Access your media collection, connect to the Internet, stream video from Hulu, NetFlix, YouTUbe, and more. Have an HDTV, and wish you could browse the web or stream content from the Internet? The CoStar. Have an iPhone?

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Learning The Ropes Of Internet Video With Michael Tringe and CreatorUp

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We teach people how to make web series and video for the web, and specifically for sites like YouTube, and independent networks like Flip and Dailymotion. We also have live lab sessions, which we run through Google+ Hangouts, which mirror the school education experience. I also worked with content partnership with Flip Networks.

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Is it a Good Idea to Have Ads in Tweets?

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Google’s AdSense) or some other form of ad. As John Battelle chronicles in his brilliant (and must read) book, The Search , Google thought this idea stunk. So Google launched Google AdWord and AdSense based in part on technology it acquired when it bought an LA-based company called Applied Semantics. &#.

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Interview with Aaron Crayford, Rippol

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Recently, San Diego-based Rippol (www.rippol.com) launched its web site, a service which uses social networking to help people find and discover interesting videos related to their interests. So is this more social networking, or is this search? We caught up with CEO Aaron Crayford to learn about the company.

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