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Sony Connects Dash To Hulu Plus

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Sony said Friday that it has connected Los Angeles-based Hulu 's new premium service, Hulu Plus, to its Dash Personal Internet Viewer. According to Sony, the connection means that subscribers to Hulu Plus can access TV episodes, movies, and other content from its Wi-Fi connected device.

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Roofstock Launches Real Estate Marketplace In Los Angeles

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The company's marketplace offers inspections, valuation, title reports, and information on tenants and local property managers to its users. technology hub", and pointed at such local technology companies as Tinder, Hyperloop One, SpaceX, Hulu, and Snap.

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

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And we’re left with a city with idyllic weather, major commerce, the media center of the world, and a great emerging technology scene. But we have a great city for building technology companies. You can find very talented technology executives. But we do have great technology developers. You don’t.

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How You Know You’ve Got the Right Startup Model?

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If you’ve watched any industry in the last 20 years where technology has begun to transform how the industry works the results are always predictable driven by what Clay Christensen appropriately called “ The Innovator’s Dilemma ” (one of the most influential books that changed my thinking about markets).

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Decoding The Science Behind The Laughs, With Daniel Altman of Laffster

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He had the idea that as a comedian and performer making videos, someone needed to create technology to add personalization and discovery around how we laugh, exactly as you get those things now for music and other forms of content. The first app we're applying this technology to is Mock The Vote, a one-stop destination around the election.

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All The Questions You Wanted Answered about Bird Scooters and Their Recent $300 Million Funding

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I’m not providing actual financial information or predicting a number or a date but I will tell you that the revenue growth to date has been astounding. You don’t “Bing” information or “Hulu and chill.” Forget the valuation?—?I Ah, but Bird doesn’t have network effects! There is nothing viral! Not really. Brand matters.

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How Online Video Companies Can Increase Margin and Build Better Businesses

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The main thrust of the post is that with YouTube taking a 45% of revenue and talent taking 70% of the remaining revenue, YouTube Networks didn’t have sustainable businesses unless they invested heavily in technology as a tool to increase margin and provide defensibility. That is the definition of Disruptive Technology.

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