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Big tech companies are looking at Hollywood as the next stage in their play for the cloud

TechCrunch LA

This week, both Microsoft and Google made moves to woo Hollywood to their cloud computing platforms in the latest act of the unfolding drama over who will win the multi-billion dollar business of the entertainment industry as it moves to the cloud. in Los Angeles.

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Demand Media Ties Into Olympics With Content

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Los Angeles-based online content publisher Demand Media is getting into an Olympics mood, saying Thursday afternoon that it has launched an Olympics-related series, Taking London , a special series which will be featured on the LIVESTRONG Woman YouTube channel.

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Mark Suster, Nely Galan to Keynote Silicon Beach Fest

Tech Zulu Event

This second annual fest brings together technology leaders, startup CEOs, investors, Hollywood studio executives, entrepreneurs, developers, students and more to celebrate LA’s dynamic technology industries with panels, workshops, hackathon, mixers, and a start-up showcase spotlighting 40 local startups. In 2012 over $3.2

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State of Content | Los Angeles

Tech Zulu Event

TALK NYC Heads to SOHO House, Bringing Madison Avenue to West Hollywood on June 13, 2012. State of Content is an unrivaled opportunity to connect and collaborate with today’s leading influencers, executives, and entrepreneurs in the new establishment of advertising, marketing & technology.

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Spotify Meets Siri | Introducing Vela App

Tech Zulu Event

It is the first app that brings on-demand music using voice technology. Vela was first introduced to the startup world at the AlwaysOn Hollywood event where it was honored as the Top 25 Companies to Watch for 2012. Mason plans on adding other features such as YouTube and 8Tracks to Vela’s list of popular on-demand services.

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Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map

SoCal Delicious

If a person from outside Los Angeles is a fan of the city, dig a little and you’ll probably find that they like it for the celebrities, Hollywood not LA. The top five tournaments for “StarCraft 2″ in the month of June 2012 had combined prize-pools of over $150,000. Richard Rosenblatt – Demand Media.

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Why Coachella Valley Is a Hub for Renewable Energy Startups

Tech.Co

Joe: I came to the Coachella Valley in January of 2012 to serve as the Founder and Managing Director of the Palm Springs iHub. The hospitality industry developed here in the 1950’s with the Hollywood crowds, like the Rat Pack, coming to the desert to escape the grueling hours of making movies to relax and enjoy some freedom.

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