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Factual Launches Geo-Coded Business Dataset

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Santa Monica-based Factual , the open data startup headed by Gil Elbaz, the inventor of Google's AdSense technology, said today that it has launched a new open set of data that the firm says provides geo-coded data for 14 million local U.S. Tags: factual elbaz applied semantics good data dataset open developer software mashup.

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Q3 Venture Investments For SoCal Total Around $1.0 Billion

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Q3 has traditionally been a slower, venture funding quarter in Southern California, due to summer vacations and a slower work schedule for both high tech companies and venture firms during the summer months. in investments, followed by Retail Products, at $140M, and Software, at $77.8M. billion invested in Q2.

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Silicon Beach Fest Celebrates Tech Startups and Hollywood in LA | Pics, Highlights and What’s Next!

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Code Monkey Hackathon song (VIDEO ABOVE). In the late afternoon, about a dozen SBFers played volleyball at the Vilebrequin Beach Games, followed by appetizers and drinks at the Fairmont Miramar FIG restaurant (where Digital LA recently had a Restaurants Go Social panel.). Examiner: Silicon Beach Fest Showcases Innovation. Geeks Unite.