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Why Technology is Driving More Urban Renewal

Both Sides of the Table

And it is one of the reasons that NYC is developing a vibrant technology community. And costume & set designers. GRP’s offices are near Beverly Hills. I think that’s one of the reasons that many of the most interesting bay area startups are choosing to locate themselves in the city. And make-up artists.

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Ostendo Raising Funds to Advance Virtual Reality Display Technology

Xconomy

Ostendo declined my request to talk with CEO Hussein El-Ghoroury about the new funding and about the virtual reality display technology the company has been developing for over a decade. Ostendo spokesman SeongSoo Kim wrote in an e-mail, “We prefer not to be covered by any media at this moment.”.

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Interview with Zac Brandenberg, Meteor Games

socalTECH

A few weeks ago, Beverly Hills-based Meteor Games , the latest startup from the founders of NeoPets, announced that it had hired Zac Brandenberg as its CEO. Zac Brandenberg: Meteor Games is a game design studio, focused on casual social games. We're currently developing applications on Facebook.

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Tech and Entertainment Have a Home in Silicon Beach

Tech Zulu Event

Malibu and Beverly Hills have long been hot neighborhoods for entertainment execs. The real estate impact of this activity can probably be traced to the 2011 arrival of Google in the Frank Gehry-designed “binoculars” building on Main Street in Santa Monica.

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Schlep & Fetch: Delivering Anything and Everything, On Demand

socalTECH

I worked for several museums and nonprofits, and I ran a gallery in Beverly Hills, which I co-owned. My wife is an illustrator and graphic designer, and she built the brand. At the time, we developed a collective buying scenario for restaurants, where everyone paid to have delivery service. How far along is the business?

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

SoCal Delicious

Developments Blog. In March of last year, Matt Jacobson, head of market development at Facebook, paid $10.9 The arrival of techies has also had a profound effect on the rental market, brokers and real-estate developers say. Developers are scrambling to cater to the influx. Loading… Real Estate. » More.