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Meet the 2017 Startups from the Disney Accelerator

Tech.Co

The BB-8 app-enabled Droid had such a global adoption among kids and adults that it was named the number one Star Wars toy of 2015. Other Disney startups such as Atom Ticket , a new movie ticketing app, partnered with the next Star Wars movie and will continue to work with Walt Disney Studios on major film releases. “And

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Interview with Kanaan Jemili, uCast Global

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San Diego-based uCast Global (www.ucastglobal.com), backed by Gary Winnick, is looking to tackle that entire area of content distribution, and is led by startup veteran Dr. Kanaan Jemili. We caught up with Kanaan to learn more about uCast Global. What is uCast? The audience for video has grown into billions of people around the globe.

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Bionic Hands, Mind Control, and AI Oh My! | Techstars Disney Accelerator Class of 2015

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Techstars Disney Accelerator class of 2015 was announced yesterday. imperson provides an artificial intelligence platform enabling fans to have conversations with their favorite movie and TV characters. StatMuse is developing an artificial intelligence platform to help sports fans explore data using simple, natural language.

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Robb Report's Bill Curtis On Why Podcasting Is The Next Media Frontier

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Curtis is the former publisher of the Robb Report, which he sold back in 2015, and has a long history of operating media companies that have published such titles as Home Office Computing, Home Theater, Mobile Computing, Worth, and many others. It ends up being good for both. Why podcasting? That is amazing.

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Why Seriously Thinks Mobile Games Are Key To Hollywood's Future

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Andrew Stalbow: We''re building mobile games, that are designed to be developed into bigger entertainment properties. Audiences have moved very quickly to mobile, and I think that mobile is a brilliant platform on which to build a next generation brand. Where do you see Seriously fitting into the mobile games industry?

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How Addroid Is Hoping To Solve The Ad Industry's Flash Problem, with Matt Cooper

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I started a company, Neoganda, in the digital advertising area in 2005. We make websites, and we make banners, primarily for the entertainment industry and Hollywood. We were in the trenches, with our sleeves rolled up, building these things, and we had the epiphany that this was not going to last. It certainly has challenges.

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Biggest conferences coming up for startups in 2017

StartUp Beat

What do entrepreneurs do when they finally establish their startup? Do they hibernate in their offices, trying to come up with creative solutions? Or do they read up on other success stories for inspiration? Europe’s largest invitation-only event for early-stage startups, set in Cologne, Germany emerges in its 7th iteration.