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USC Launches Media Lab

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According to USC, the new lab--backed by IBM, Verizon, the Levi's brand and Mattel--will focus on the areas of geolocation, social networking, digital entertainment, gaming behavior and transmedia. Tags: networking social journalism communications media annenberg. READ MORE>>.

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Dude, Akanda Is Tying The Cloud Together Like A Rug

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In homage to The Dude’s sentiment, tech startup Akanda Virtual Networking named its open source project The Rug because it “ties together” OpenStack networks by managing orchestration, routing and other key network services. Their attempts to architect software automation for physical networks were a bridge too far.

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An Evening with ImTech: The Era of Experience

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Andrew Cheeseman – Consultant, Previously Emerging Tech Dir at Mattel, IBM. Phil Lelyveld – Program Manager at USC’s Entertainment Technology Center. Greg Davis – General Manager, Total Immersion. Matthew Forrest – COO, Social Animal. Wendy Heimann-Nunes – Partner, Zuber & Taillieu, LLP. Ed Lantz – CEO, Vortex Immersion Media.

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Biggest conferences coming up for startups in 2017

StartUp Beat

Startup conferences offer the opportunity for maximum networking while facilitating knowledge sharing among different industry participants. LA 17 goes above-and-beyond with over 40 different entertainment performances by world-renowned musicians, stand up comedians and dancers.

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CallFire Bootstraps 50,000 Signups and Hires Former NetZero CEO

Tech Zulu Event

CallFire serves clients in a diverse array of industries, from automotive, education and entertainment, to finance, healthcare, marketing and real estate. CallFire powers voice and text messaging applications that enable businesses, government agencies and grassroots organizations to instantly and affordably communicate with key audiences.

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Tilofy: Making Sense Of The World Around You Using Location Data

socalTECH

Those three organizations have very strong networks inventure capital, entertainment, and academia, and put together the incubator. We now have a team of nine engineers and scientists, with experience from companies like IBM, Demand Media, and Google, all part of our core engineering team.

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Data is the Next Major Layer of the Cloud & A Major Victory for Startups

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For decades the “layering&# of technology has allowed us to develop IT systems and networks in a specialized way that let’s best-of-breed technology solutions to emerge at each layer of the stack and to allow people with different skill sets to specialize in key areas without having to have competence in every technology arena.

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