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Big tech companies are looking at Hollywood as the next stage in their play for the cloud

TechCrunch LA

This week, both Microsoft and Google made moves to woo Hollywood to their cloud computing platforms in the latest act of the unfolding drama over who will win the multi-billion dollar business of the entertainment industry as it moves to the cloud. in Los Angeles.

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Amazon Expands Tech Hub In San Diego

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According to Amazon, it has opened up a new, 85,000 square foot office as its San Diego Tech Hub, where employees will work in the areas of software development, machine learning, cloud computing, and digital entertainment. The company says the new office is at Campus Pointe in the University Town Center neighborhood.

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Ford’s Autonomic Pairs With Alibaba Cloud On Mobility Hub for China

Xconomy

Ford—one of the automakers competing in China’s huge car market—is now making a bid to provide China’s leading software infrastructure hub dedicated to streamlining transportation by connecting cars and riders with mobility services. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Google partners with Sony Pictures Imageworks to launch an open source VFX render manager

TechCrunch LA

That includes the launch of its Los Angeles cloud region last year, as well as its acquisition of the Zync cloud renderer back in 2014. Google was also a founding member of the Academy Software Foundation , an open source foundation that focuses specifically on tools for the film industry.

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Content World Turned Upside Down

SoCal Tech Calendar

Every aspect of the business of entertainment media and other content providers, and their traditional sources of revenue, are under assault by disruptive business models. TCOSC Digital Media Society. In a world dominated by Google, Apple and Facebook, can the other content and media companies retain or regain their former glory?

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Interview with Neville Spiteri, TheBlu

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WEMO Media is an interesting combination of Hollywood, computer games, and deep technical experience, one of the few companies we have seen which seems to combine both the worlds of high tech and software with content, interactive, and Hollywood. As a studio, we are building entertainment titles that capture that spirit.

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Content World Turned Upside Down

SoCal Tech Calendar

Every aspect of the business of entertainment media and other content providers, and their traditional sources of revenue, are under assault by disruptive business models. Speakers: Richard Berger, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment; Scott Brovsky, , Disney Interactive Studios; Eric Garland, CEO, Big Champagne; Richard Neff, Neff Law Firm.

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