socalTECH

JULY 12, 2016

Tired of slogging all over town in the hot sun to gather Pokemon creatures? San Diego drone technology developer Spark Aerial has something easier: it used a quadcopter drone to play Pokemon Go , using a remote control and cloned smartphone, strapped to the quadcopter, to capture pocket monsters--all from the convenience of their rooftop. READ MORE>>.

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L.A. Business Journal

JULY 12, 2016

Hyperloop One and its chairman sued by co-founder, Virgin Galactic to restart spaceship testing, Disney Accelerator names 2016 class, and more.

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socalTECH

JULY 12, 2016

Brogan BamBrogan , the co-founder of high profile transportation technology developer HyperLoop One , has requested a temporary restraining order against Chief Legal Officer Afshin Pishevar, and has another lawsuit pending against the company itself, plus co-founder Shervin Pishevar. According to BuzzFeed, the lawsuit relates to harassmen of Bambrogan by Afshin Pishevar.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 12, 2016

Monday, July 18, 2016 -- South Bay Monday Club. Networking group for investors and entrepreneurs. Email Fred Haney at fredvmc@earthlink.net.

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Office leases are one of companies’ largest expenses, and if your whole team is working from home with no clear end in sight, you may be wondering what to do about your lease.

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socalTECH

JULY 12, 2016

Los Angeles-based online electronics retailer Newegg announced today that it has opened up a new, combined pickup and education center near Toronto, Canada. Newegg said its new 3,800 square foot "Hybrid Centre" will let customers both pick up will-call orders, as well as learn about technology products and attend educational seminars. The new center--its second-- is located in Richmond Hill, Ontario, and opens up this Friday.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 12, 2016

Tuesday, July 12, 2016 -- Tech Coast Angels Central Coast Screening. Email arash@techcoastangels.com.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 12, 2016

Tuesday, July 12, 2016 -- How to get Heard Above the Fray. ExecTec Networking.

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socalTECH

JULY 12, 2016

Our Insights & Opinions piece for today comes from Dina Lozofsky of Biocom LA. Who would have guessed that Los Angeles� life science industry was percolating with so much energy? Well, those of us in the trenches of LA life sciences know. But based on the dearth of news coverage and overall conversation about the area's many biotech happenings, most people are unaware of the abundance of new healthcare technologies and startup activity happening right around them.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 12, 2016

Wednesday, July 13, 2016 -- Learn About Google Adwords and PPC Campaigns.

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socalTECH

JULY 12, 2016

Santa Barbara-based enterprise resource planning software developer QAD says this morning that it has signed up a new customer in the UK, Snell Advanced Media (SAM), to manage its business processes company-wide. Financial impact of the win was not announced. SAM is headquartered in Newbury, United Kingdom, and has more than 550 employees; the company develops technology products used in broadcast media, image processing, and related areas.

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Tech.Co

JULY 12, 2016

Brogan Bambrogan, the colorful cofounder of futuristic travel startup Hyperloop, left his position as CTO at the company less than two weeks ago. Today, he’s suing a former colleague for harassment. Buzzfeed broke the news , offering an explanation of the Hyperloop lawsuit: “In mid-June Bambrogan requested a temporary restraining order against Hyperloop’s chief legal officer Afshin Pishevar, who also happens to be cofounder Shervin Pishevar’s brother.

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Xconomy

JULY 12, 2016

As the Federal Aviation Administration sets new rules for commercial operations of unmanned aircraft, legions of new startups are using drones to perform all kinds of tasks—from aerial inspections to mapping, imaging, and analysis. Whether these new businesses can succeed will depend on a variety of factors, including restrictions on autonomous flight that government regulators are still trying to formulate.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 12, 2016

Luddites. It’s a term most of you know as being somebody who is backward or uninterested in learning new technology. Actually, the Luddites were worse than this. They were a movement in England during the Industrial Revolution who had the objective of ruining machinery that was used to build products at scale. They thought factories were a threat to custom assembly of products and ultimately to the agrarian way of life (as more people were moving to urban environments).

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Xconomy

JULY 12, 2016

Napa Valley met the Silicon Valley at the recent Xconomy Retreat on Technology, Jobs, and Growth ( aka the Napa Summit ). Experts in cutting-edge technology huddled with business leaders and investors in the California wine country to explore what’s on, and just over, the technological horizon. Over the course of the two-day event, drones and the sharing economy came up again and again as game-changing technologies with the power to improve our lives.

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