article thumbnail

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.

Hollywood 254
article thumbnail

Jeffrey Katzenberg, Meg Whitman Effort Gets New Name, Quibi

socalTECH

The new, content startup founded by Hollywood mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg and former eBay and Hewlett Packard CEO Meg Whitman , has gotten a new name, Quibi , according to the two at a conference this week. The startup, which had been operating under the name NewTV, is developing "quick bites" of entertainment for mobile platforms.

Hollywood 113
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

TechZulu #TechCrawl | Hollywood Edition

Tech Zulu Event

TZ Tech Crawl is back this month and heading to Hollywood! Come take a tour of some of the hottest LA Tech companies and Co-Working spaces filled with Startups & Entrepreneurs located in Hollywood! Why not stop by for a quick beer, game, snack or just say hi at one of the many Hollywood tech companies from 6pm to 10:30pm?

article thumbnail

Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood, LA Tech Summit, and Idea to Screen | Why You Need to Attend Any or All

Tech Zulu Event

Hard to believe another Digital LA Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood is happening this week back-to-back with the new LA Tech Summit produced by Cornerstone. This one-day conference has been created and produced by David Beebe Projects led by Emmy winning Digital Entertainment Executive and Producer, David Beebe himself.

Hollywood 100
article thumbnail

Silicon Beach Fest: Catching Up With Kevin Winston

socalTECH

While we happen to be located here, we have panels throughout today and tomorrow, talking about where in LA should I build my startup -- we have people from Hollywood, Pasadena, USC, talking about those neighborhoods. What is the biggest thing you''ve learned about the startup business from running these conferences? It goes both ways.

article thumbnail

Wearable Tech LA | Where Entertainment & Health Meet Wearables July 17th

Tech Zulu Event

Attending Wearable Tech LA on July 17th in Pasadena will give you an opportunity to meet and collaborate with the best of Hollywood, Music, Sports and Health including leaders from the NBA, NFL, NHL and others. Syuzi Pakhchyan – Art Center College of Design/Intel Technologist-in-Residence. Paul Crandell – VP of Marketing, GoPro.

article thumbnail

Announcing Silicon Beach Fest! | June 21-23

Tech Zulu Event

This fest will include panels, workshops, cocktails and keynotes for startups, content creators, developers, social media marketers, designers, entrepreneurs, and more. Design/Dev Hub (Launchpad LA) : Design + developers, UI, UX panels. Media/Tech: io/LA (Hollywood). Influencer (PromoJam) @ Tech Cube : social tools.

Startup 106