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Wander Debuts Wireless, High Speed Networking In Santa Monica

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Los Angeles-based Wander has waded into the high speed, Internet access business, saying on Wednesday that it has launched a new, roughly $25-per-month high speed networking service in Santa Monica. The company claims it is available to "tens of thousands" of households on day one. READ MORE>>.

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Esri Powers Pokemon Hunting Map From Santa Monica's Pokevision

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Redlands, California-based mapping software developer Esri said today that it is powering a new, mobile app which helps Pokemon Go players find Pokemon hot spots. According to Esri, Pokevision , a third party app developer, used its ArcGIS services to show real time locations of Pokemon hot spots, in real time. READ MORE>>.

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C3 Links With Robot Delivery Service Coco

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Los Angeles-based C3 (Creating Culinary Communities), the "ghost kitchen" company founded by Sam Nazarian, said it is partnering with robot delivery service Coco. C3 uses underutilized retail, hotel, and kitchen spaces to power "virtual" restaurants -- restaurants which only exist online and through online and mobile ordering apps.

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Bird Links With Local Bike Sharing Services In LA, Elsewhere

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Santa Monica-based micro mobility provider Bird announced this morning that it has begun offering up integration between its app and local bikeshare services in Los Angeles, as well as Oslo, Austin, San Antonio, and Milkwaukee.

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AutoGravity Launches Car Subscription Service, Turn

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Irvine-based AutoGravity , which offers up purchasing and financing tools for auto dealers and consumers, has launched its very own, subscription-based, "flexible car usage" service it is calling Turn , the company said today. The new Turn service looks to be a direct competitor to Santa Monica-based car subscription service Fair.

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NASA moves forward with 17 companies as part of bid to transform urban aerial transportation

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NASA and a clutch of startup and established companies are moving forward with plans to transform mobility in urban environments through the Urban Air Mobility Grand Challenge. Developmental Airspace Simulation: The companies will test traffic management services in NASA-designed airspace simulations for urban air mobility.

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Fair Finds $385M For Auto Service

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Santa Monica-based Fair , which operates a service which lets consumers essentially gain access to automobiles on a month-to-month "car-as-a-service" program, has raised a giant, $385M funding round. According to the company, so far, it has provided cars for more than 20,000 users.

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