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Beats' Founders Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine In Court Over Headphone Design

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Dre and Jimmy Iovine, the founders of Beats Electronics , the onetime Santa Monica headphone-and-music-service, are in the midst of a lqsuit--and likely, a jury decision--over a lawsuit which claims Dr. Dre and Iovine owes royalties to a businessman work worked with the company back in 2005 and 2006. READ MORE>>.

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Reflections on 2020: Brian Mac Mahon, Expert Dojo

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Previously we had to bring companies from all around the world to our 8 week accelerator program in Santa Monica and we were restricted by having to use local investors, trainers and mentors to keep our startups occupied. The pandemic has been a blessing for us from a process perspective.

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TYLT Labs' New Seed Fund And The Promise Of Silicon Beach

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We''re making investments, and are based in Santa Monica, and although we have a small team, we''re looking forward to becoming part of the local scene here in Silicon Beach. My background, is I''ve been designing and developing accessories for the top carriers in the country, companies like Sprint and Verizon, as well as others.

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Coloft Hackfest And Your Chance At $4K In Cash! All Thanks to BetterWorks

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This Sunday BetterWorks his hosting Coloft Hackfest in Santa Monica, CA,and what better way to spend your weekend then with an amazing group of individuals from your local Southern California Tech scene. Early designer of Paypal. 8 patents pending, and world programming finalist. Coloft –> 920 Santa Monica Blvd.,

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GumGum Makes Images Profitable for Publishers

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At the tender age of 15, Tanz teamed up with his friend Michael Schneider (the CEO of MobileRoadie ), to create the design firm Fluid Design. They have built proprietary ad serving, video serving and image recognition technology, complete with patents, and invented in-image advertising. from Carnegie Mellon University.

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Gene Dolgoff's 3D Vision: Using Crowdfunding To Turn the World 3D

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Santa Monica-based Fundable (www.fundable.com) is a newly launched, crowdfunding site which is headed by local entrepreneur Wil Shroter. It was a series of different technologies we had ot develop and apply for patents on, and now that we have it, we're working on a prototype. I was doing that until 1995.

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Spotlight: LA Tech Judges and SuperDemo Bill Gross of Idealab!

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In college at the California Institute of Technology, he patented a new loudspeaker design and formed GNP Loudspeakers, Inc. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology and of the Art Center College of Design. A lifelong entrepreneur, Bill started several companies prior to Idealab.

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