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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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Obvious Ventures To Announce $50,000 Investment Prize In Hollywood Next Week

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Obvious Ventures , the venture investment firm co-founded by Twitter founder Ev Williams and James Joaquin of When.com/Ofoto/Xoom, is announcing a $50,000 investment in one of 50 startups being featured at a conference in Hollywood next week.

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Mark Suster, Nely Galan to Keynote Silicon Beach Fest

Tech Zulu Event

This second annual fest brings together technology leaders, startup CEOs, investors, Hollywood studio executives, entrepreneurs, developers, students and more to celebrate LA’s dynamic technology industries with panels, workshops, hackathon, mixers, and a start-up showcase spotlighting 40 local startups. and launching at Silicon Beach Fest.

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What I Learned in 2014: Kevin Winston

socalTECH

As founder of Digital LA, I run one to two tech events every week bringing together tech, startups, investors, Hollywood, developers designers, and more. We are thankful for continued support from Demand Media, City National Bank, Richardson Patel, Business Wire, Sheppard Mullin, General Assembly, and others. I like events.

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Thanks to socalTECH's Sponsors!

socalTECH

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Dealmaker Media www.undertheradarblo g.com is presenting their 13th Under the Radar conference in Mountain View, CA on. 50% Off Conference Passes for. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). April 24, 2009.

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The Launch of Ultraviolet: Perceiving Digital Film

Tech Zulu Event

Hollywood and Silicon Valley converged over coffee at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in West Los Angeles for the Digital Hollywood conference to find out what studios and techies are all buzzing about. The conference brings about panelists from across the platforms in film, television, new media and tech.

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Docstoc's Jason Nazar Talks About DocStore

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Jason Nazar: Legal contracts, business forms and templates, conference presentations, financial models, research reports, any kind of professional content that you have which you use on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. There is a huge demand from people, who have gone there to buy products. It's the eBay of professional documents.