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How Epoxy Is Helping Content Creators Make Their Video More Social

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We spoke with co-founders Juan Bruce and Jason Ahmad about Epoxy''s mission, its roots from projects at Team Downey, the production firm of Robert Downey Jr., I spent a lot of time in Silicon Valley, working for BMW''s technology office, and design firm Ideo. We had been looking at for use at Team Downey, internally.

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Airware Gets $10.7M From Google, Andreessen For Unmanned Drone Technology

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Airware is led by Jonathan Downey. Airware said the new funding comes on top of existing funding from First Round Capital, Firelake Capital, RRE Ventures, Shasta Ventures, Promus Ventures, and Y Combinator; the company said it has been part of both the Lemnos Labs and Y Combinator incubators. READ MORE>>.

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Maker Studios Acquired By Disney For $500M

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According to The Walt Disney Company, the deal will provide it with "advanced technology and business intelligence" around consumers'' interaction with short form, online videos. Maker operates a network of YouTube content channels--over 55,000--which gets 5.5 billion views per month, according to Disney. READ MORE>>.

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Connectifier Acquired By LinkedIn

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Connectifier's angel investors also included Sean Ellis, Andrew Chen, Jonathan Downey, and James Hong. In a loss for Orange County's technology industry, Connectifier said that much of its team is relocating to the Bay Area as part of the acquisition. READ MORE>>.

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How I Got the Monkey Off My Back – Today Was a Good Day

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Because it’s video it is understood so poorly by the normal tech elite but the company has an amazing combination of content production, marketing, talent management and technology (tech team of nearly 60) and I can’t think of a better partner and home to develop this great company than Disney.

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How You Can Catch A Glimpse Of the Space Shuttle Endeavour Today

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The shuttle will then fly to Northern California, and then eventually circle back towards the Los Angeles area around 11:30 a.m.

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Loot Crate Names CTO

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Williams was most recently at TrueCar, where LootCrate said he created the unified data platform and technology strategy behind the company. Williams also has served at Preventsys, where he was Chief Technology Officer and co-founder. Downey Ventures, M13, and SterlingVC. Downey Ventures, M13, and SterlingVC.

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