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AT&T Mobile App Hackathon | Superheroes & Geeks, Only in Hollywood!

Tech Zulu Event

On July 27, 2012 the AT&T Developer Program and Apigee produced the Mobile App Hackathon in Los Angeles, California. Spearheaded by Alex Donn , the event was designed for both technical and non-technical attendees to build apps over the course of a weekend at Io/La , an incubator/co-work space in the heart of Hollywood.

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Xconomy Q&A: Vuforia, Pokémon Go, and Augmented Reality

Xconomy

Of course, as Xconomy noted last year , there also were precious few examples of mobile games or ads that became a runaway success because of the way they used augmented technology. But now there is an exceptional example.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

Of course that’s not disputable. To some extent – of course they are. Of course most of you know SnapChat, Tinder & Whisper and many people immediately associate the success of Los Angeles under the SoLoMo banner (Social, Local, Mobile) and you wouldn’t be wrong. acquired Overture for $1.63

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Why The Media Has Been Wrong About YouTube Networks

Both Sides of the Table

If you want to be a YouTube MCN producer the problem is compounded by the fact that of course the talent needs to make money as well. Of course it’s a competitive market so MCNs competing for top talent not only compete on rev share to talent but also to services that they provide talent.

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Storytelling and Startup Fundraising

Steve Reich

Last week, the WSJ ran a great article (add link) on the value of college humanities courses, and used comments from a successful entrepreneur to make their case. The company builds a SaaS mobile banking platform for community banks. Mobile is important. The net result? It all flows into a great story.

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Interview with Scott Dudelson, Swagbucks

socalTECH

However, I discovered that all of those things took a lot of time and effort, and very often, no matter how big the event was, or how big the spokesperson deal was, the net for the organizations was really low. Two things I'm particularly excited about are our mobile product, which we are launching in a couple of weeks.

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Dallas Day of.Net | Training and Trends on Microsoft Technologies

Tech Zulu Event

Ria Consulting is hosting its 3rd annual Dallas Day of Dot Net on February 8-9, 2013 at Sheraton Market Center in Dallas, Texas. In this talk I will review how developers can easily change their applications to be more functional in a mobile, touch first world and provide an engaging user experience.