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Has Technology Made Election Polls More Accurate? Not Yet

Xconomy

But the more accurate pollsters may have succeeded by making judgment calls on the design of their polls, rather than by relying on the power of technology. But on Election Eve, NBC News reported that Clinton held a stable 6-point lead over Donald Trump. There were exceptions.

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Dreaming of Mars, the startup Relativity Space gets its first launch site on Earth

TechCrunch LA

The two had met in college at USC in their jet propulsion lab. From the site, Relativity will be able to launch its first designed rocket, the Terran 1, which is the only fully 3D-printed rocket in the world. space and missile defense program.

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Tech and Entertainment Have a Home in Silicon Beach

Tech Zulu Event

The Los Angeles Business Journal recently reported data compiled by SoCalTech.com showing that “L.A. The real estate impact of this activity can probably be traced to the 2011 arrival of Google in the Frank Gehry-designed “binoculars” building on Main Street in Santa Monica. YouTube is joined by the SoCal outpost for Facebook.

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

Both Sides of the Table

Creative – we’re a place of writers, directors, producers, musicians, costume designers, make-up artists, graphic artists, 3D modelers. World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. They designed the next gen UI for the film The Minority Report. An innovator in technology, especially monetization.

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Coincident.TV Is “CREATE”-ing Second Screen Transmedia Producers Out Of Everyone [Beta Invites]

Tech Zulu Event

Hours after the panelists debated the future of content distribution at the Silicon Beach @ USC conference, across campus at the Annenberg Innovation Lab a remarkable product demo was taking place by Coincident.TV. It has been reported by Google that 77% of viewers use a companion device while watching TV.

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140conf Live From The LA Music Box Theater

Tech Zulu Event

Adam Bell (@datatv) - Web Design and Branding with an attitude! Clinton Schaff (@clintschaff) - USC Online Communities Industry Faculty. Cynthia Lou (@CynthiaAnnLou) - Designer, Writer, Web & Brand Strategist. Khayyam Wakil (@iamkhayyam) - Strategist, Designer, Wordsmith, Comedian. Adam Zbar (@Tap11) - CEO, Tap11.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

LA is the largest metropolitan area in the US for people employed in art, design and media and the local creative economy of LA generates more than $140 billion in economic output – more than the GDP of many countries. In fact, 1 in 7 or nearly 15% of Angelinos are employed in a creative field. What Do We See From the Road Ahead?