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Hulu's April Fool Joke: 1996 Web Design

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Visitors to Los Angeles-based video streaming service Hulu Friday were greeted with a surprise "redesign" of the web site, as part of a Hulu April Fool's gag. Hulu's gag website was one of a number of April Fool's efforts by technology firms Friday. READ MORE>>.

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Media Temple Names Marketing VP

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Los Angeles-based cloud and web hosting operator Media Temple said this morning that it has named Lou Kikos as the company's new Vice President of Marketing. Kikos was most recently at iRise, and also had served at CC Information Services, and co-founded The Magis Group.

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Media Temple Unveils New Shared Hosting Offering

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Los Angeles-based web and cloud hosting service provider Media Temple said Thursday that it has launched a new, shared hosting solution, which is based on its existing shared hosting platform, Grid. The plans all start at $30 per month. READ MORE>>.

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CrownPeak Raises $1.75M in Series C

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Los Angeles-based CrownPeak , a developer of web content management systems (CMS), has raised $1.75M in a Series C funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. The firm's software-as-a-service tools are used by customers such as Nissan, Earthlink, and Skype. READ MORE>>.

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Silicon Beach's Hidden Advantage: More Talent?

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At least, that''s the word from investors, executives, and service providers in the hallways at the event, on the panels, and at many of the event''s late evening parties. However, the word out of this week''s Silicon Beach Fest --which kicked off Wednesday and runs through Saturday--is it''s actually much down here than it is Silicon Valley.

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Interview with Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin, Lynda.com

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How do you take a business you started as your own personal web site, and turn it into an online powerhouse, completely bootstrapped, from the little town of Ojai, California--not exactly known as a technology town? Bruce and I met at the Art Center, and that was when I first discovered the web. In our first year in businss, we had $1.7

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Interview with Ilya Pozin, Cofounder of Pluto TV

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In January, Los Angeles-based Pluto TV (www.pluto.tv) was acquired by Viacom for $340M, one of the largest acquisition deals so far in the region this year. I started a web design company, and ended up going to college in Florida, but kept on running the company on the side. Ilya Pozin: Timing is everything.

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