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Flywheel Expands Into Los Angeles, Ramps Up Taxi vs. Rideshare Battle

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The fight between Los Angeles taxicab drivers and services like Lyft and Uber haas just gotten even more interesting, as mobile app developer Flywheel said it has launched in Los Angeles. The company also said it is offering up a $10 ride credit in Los Angeles for users to try out the service, with promo code FLYLA10.

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ServiceTitan is LA’s least likely contender to be the next billion-dollar startup

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seems like an unlikely place to grow one of the next billion-dollar startups in the booming Los Angeles tech ecosystem. But it’s here in the (other) Valley’s southernmost edge that investors have found a startup they consider to be the next potential billion-dollar “unicorn” that will come out of Los Angeles.

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Transportation Weekly: Uber’s spending habits, Tesla Model Y, scooters and AVs in Austin

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After five days in Austin for SXSW, I headed to Los Angeles, actually Hawthorne, for Tesla’s Model Y unveiling. The four parties will collaborate to accelerate the development and commercialization of an automotive grade over-the-air (OTA) system enabling remote vehicle software updates and management.

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How GridTest Is Helping To Build The Next Electric Car, With Neal Roche

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We manufacturer our equipment here in the San Fernando Valley, but we're also shipping our equipment to Asia and Europe. Neal Roche: I worked the trail of angel investors around Southern California. Our product has gone to China, Taiwan, Australia, and Europe. They all have slightly different connectors and standards.

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What I Learned In 2015: Lief Morin, KeyInfo

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For today's thoughts, we have Lief Morin , founder and CEO of KeyInfo (www.keyinfo.com), a regional systems integrator which provides compute, storage and networking solutions and professional services for advanced software-defined data centers. In 2004, Lief was recognized by the San Fernando Valley Business Journal's �40 Under 40� list.

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Why Technology is Driving More Urban Renewal

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I see it first hand in Los Angeles where given the growth of YouTube networks the worlds of art & technology are colliding. In LA companies used to be concentrated near Pasadena or in the San Fernando Valley. I’m sure there’s a lot of truth to that. Many “tech companies” now have green screens.