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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

Both Sides of the Table

Anyone who reads this blog frequently will know that I am a big believer in low-cost video content and specifically the power of YouTube as a content creation & distribution platform. Ynon & I first discussed Maker in early 2012. The industry finally has one of their own at the helm of the largest YouTube network.

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Flipagram: Using Photos And Music To Create A Viral Machine, with Farhad Mohit

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The company recently raised $70M in funding to further expand its app and team, from such impressive investors as Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Index Ventures. That was between 2010 and 2012. So, that didn't scale well. However, that just wasn't catching fire. It's boom, boom, boom, and that creates a story.

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Flipagram: Using Photos And Music's To Create A Viral Machine, with Farhad Mohit

socalTECH

The company recently raised $70M in funding to further expand its app and team, from such impressive investors as Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Index Ventures. That was between 2010 and 2012. So, that didn't scale well. However, that just wasn't catching fire. It's boom, boom, boom, and that creates a story.

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Spend 2012 on the Right Side of the Haimish Line

Both Sides of the Table

Occasionally on this blog I break away from industry commentary and write more broadly. The first day of 2012 seems the perfect day to do so. The travel companies offer brochures showing private beaches and phenomenal sights. It’s why I still randomly meet up with people I’ve met on Twitter or this blog.

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Arterys, GE Healthcare to Roll Out Next-Gen MRI Scans of Heart

Xconomy

Less than five years ago, those GPUs weren’t available from commercial cloud services, says Arterys co-founder and chief technology officer John Axerio-Cilies. “In In 2012, when we started, Amazon had just released the GPUs into the public cloud,” Axerio-Cilies says. market, the companies say.

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With $30M Infusion, Certona Aims for Bigger Share of Digital Retail

Xconomy

In a recent interview, Certona CEO Meyar Sheik said the company has taken a measured approach since he founded Certona in 2004 with CTO Geoffrey Hueter. The company now has about 130 employees, and counts Petco, Advance Auto Parts, Pier 1 Imports, and Charlotte Russe among its 500-plus retailer customers in over 70 countries.

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Silicon Beach Fest Celebrates Tech Startups and Hollywood in LA | Pics, Highlights and What’s Next!

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The first-ever Silicon Beach Fest attracted more than 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London to celebrate LA startups and entertainment with panels, parties, pitch fests, hackathon, and beach games: volleyball, basketball and surfing lessons in Santa Monica and Venice on June 21-23, 2012.