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Jam City Snags Two Execs From Machine Zone

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According to Jam City, it has named Nick Pavlich as SVP of Studio Operations, and Chris Ulm as Creative Director of Jam City San Diego, as part of an expansion of its executive ranks. Ulm was most recently GM of Machine Zone's San Diego studio. Ulm was most recently GM of Machine Zone's San Diego studio.

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Sixty-four Southern California Firms On Technology Fast 500

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18798% San Diego Pedro Lichtinger 22 Phone Power 7642% Winnetka Ari Ramezani 23 TeleSign Corporation Software 7534% Marina del Rey Steve Jillings 26 FastSpring 6742% Santa Barbara Dan Engel 30 Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. 6225% San Diego Kevin C. 1548% San Diego Terrance H. 1548% San Diego Terrance H.

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White House Order Bans TikTok, WeChat

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Decoding the Secret of iPhone Game Popularity, With William Volk, Playscreen

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William is in San Diego, and is a longtime gaming vet, having been at Activision in the days of The Manhole and Myst. How did you get into iPhone development? William Volk: I've been in the industry since the late 70's. My first game was published in 1980.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

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I owe ya’ a 20 minute call (or in person next time I’m in San Diego). I was an early investor in a company called Harmonics which ended creating Guitar Hero … that got bought by Activision and then the rest of the company got bought by MTV and they created RockBand. “. Or, as always, summary notes available below.

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Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

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In San Diego you have Qualcomm so an entire mobile industry has been spawned. In Los Angeles you have large industries in garment industry, defense, games (both physical like Mattel and virtual like Activision) and music. You also have the headquarters of many of the countries largest companies. And of course you have Hollywood.