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Interview with Albert Ko, DealPerk.com

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Albert Ko: I started at Cornell University in the Class of 2006, with a degree in material science engineering and a masters in management engineering. I actually started my web site, CheapCheapCheap, while I was in college. Albert Ko: With social media right now, it's definitely scalable.

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Analysis: Trump’s First 100 Days Through the Tech Industry Lens

Xconomy

Donald Trump spent his 100th day in office in ways that would appeal to his working class base—holding a campaign-style rally in Harrisburg, PA, where he confirmed his campaign commitment to controlling immigration.

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Tech Transforms the Election Experience, From VR to Voter Registration

Xconomy

This is only one of the ways social media and other technologies are changing the experience of forming our views on election issues and choosing our candidates. 2 so the students can talk about them in class or with their parents. Voting opens for the school kids on Oct. 17 and closes Nov. 1, a week before the grownups vote.

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Silicon Beach Fest Celebrates Tech Startups and Hollywood in LA | Pics, Highlights and What’s Next!

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The first-ever Silicon Beach Fest attracted more than 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London to celebrate LA startups and entertainment with panels, parties, pitch fests, hackathon, and beach games: volleyball, basketball and surfing lessons in Santa Monica and Venice on June 21-23, 2012.

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

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We have world-class universities like Caltech, UCLA, USC and more. In San Diego you have Qualcomm so an entire mobile industry has been spawned. That sets us up nicely for the next phase of the web. It is the second largest city in the country with (18 million inhabitants) (vs. million in SF Bay Area ).

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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

There is a feeling that techies are the new celebrities," says Eric Kuhn, an agent who heads the social-media department at United Talent Agency. Downtown San Diego Condos. WSJ Web Slice. LINKS TO ACTUAL PAGE CONTAINING WEB SLICE FUNCTIONALITY. areas are growing at a faster rate. Now, everyone has an app.".