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Goodbye, Geocities: Final Sunset As Japanese Site Closes

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Geocities , the original Southern California internet startup--which was founded all the way back in 1994 in Los Angeles--will finally disappear completely from the Internet, as Yahoo said today that it will shut down its Japanese Geocities site. Geocities was one of the first Internet IPOs out of Los Angeles, and sold to Yahoo for $4.5

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Zillow CEO Buys House In LA

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Spencer Rascoff , the CEO of real estate site Zillow , is heading to Los Angeles, after buying a $20M mansion in Brentwood. According to a note sent to employees in May, Rascoff will split his time between Seattle and Los Angeles. Rascoff has talked about growing up in Beverly Hills. READ MORE>>.

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LA Startup To Broadcast Live Surgery In VR

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Los Angeles-based GIBLIB , a startup multi-channel-network (MCN) focused on surgery content, said it will be broadcasting a live, public stream of a hernia surgery in virtual reality next week. According to GIBLIB, it will broadcast a 360 degree virtual reality view of a surgery being conducted in Beverly Hills in 4K video.

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Postmates is launching a new retail delivery feature as brick and mortar stores face 14% drop in sales

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Starting in Los Angeles — and building on yesterday’s test run pop-up shop with the Los Angeles Rams — Postmates users will be able to shop local merchants listed in the company’s new retail tab in the Postmates app called, appropriately, “shop” LA Rams, Fanatics and Postmates coordinate on an on-demand pop-up.

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One Kings Lane Snags Chief Technology Officer From Zappos

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One Kings Lane , the online, home furnishings flash sales site which splits its operations between San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York, said today that it has snagged former Zappos.com CTO Arun Rajan as its new Chief Technology Officer. Rajan will be at the company''s San Francisco offices. READ MORE>>.

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Squeegy Officially Debuts On-Demand Car Wash Service In LA

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Los Angeles-based Squeegy , an on-demand, car wash service, said Wednesday that it has officially launched its service in Los Angeles. The company then dispatches a mobile car wash to a customer's home, office, or other location for an on-site car wash. Squeegy's on-demand app currently runs only on iOS. READ MORE>>.

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Voomerang Enters Local Deals Fray

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Beverly Hills-based Voomerang , a new daily local deals site, has entered into the crowded group and local deals market today, saying it has officially launched its daily deals service. Like the many other daily deals sites cropping up around the country, Voomerang offers up both website and email deals. READ MORE>>.