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Google partners with Sony Pictures Imageworks to launch an open source VFX render manager

TechCrunch LA

Google, of course, is interested in bringing these workloads to its cloud and it has made a concerted effort to bring the Hollywood studios to its Cloud Platform. That includes the launch of its Los Angeles cloud region last year, as well as its acquisition of the Zync cloud renderer back in 2014.

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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. in Los Angeles.

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AppOnboard raises $15 million to let Android users try before they buy apps on Google Play

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Zweig was one of the architects behind the success of AdColony, a startup which sold to Opera Software in 2014 for $350 million. “With its patented app demo technology and tools, users will now be able to experience their apps and games on-demand and without an install across various platforms, starting with Google.”.

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Human Capital: Moving away from ‘master/slave’ terminology

TechCrunch LA

In 2014 , open-source platform Drupal moved to replace “master/slave” with “primary/replica.” . Meanwhile, we’re seeing ads for Yes on 22 inside on-demand apps. GitHub talked about making these changes as early as June, when CEO Nat Friedman tweeted that it was something the company was already working on.

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Interview with Ilya Pozin, Cofounder of Pluto TV

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That was the first time I raised any kind of capital, $600,000 in capital, for a social gifting platformback when Facebook was very generous with data. That's when it clicked for me, realizing that for some reason, everything online is on-demand. When we first launched in 2014, we found the average person might watch 1.2

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7 Winning Strategies For Smartphone App Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

According to Tim Cook at Apple, there were over 9 million registered developers in 2014. After this connection, you need not share the 30% of all revenue collected by the store platform. Make your app support all platforms. Port every app to all the popular platforms – IOS and Android. Build your own marketplace platform.

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

Both Sides of the Table

” in 2014 the data seems pretty conclusive because LA has now become the fastest growing tech startup region by numbers of companies being started and those of us here have noticed this pace accelerating. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. for $565 million to Excite.