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Demand Media Buys Two Firms, Renews Google Ad Deal

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Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online publishing empire run by Richard Rosenblatt, said Tuesday afternoon that it has acquired two companies, plus renewed a deal with Google. IndieClick was headed by Peter Luttrell, and RSS Graffiti by Ryan Hoffman. READ MORE>>.

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Choosing Internet Platforms

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At the CTO Group that I organize in Santa Monica, we've had lots of discussions around this. His picture of all of the different elements you have to deal with infrastructure (network, storage, os, db, etc.), The topic is: Betting Your Company On An Internet Platform? application services (security, integration), etc.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

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The narrow, 3-mile strip of land that runs from Santa Monica through Venice, and is now stretching down to Playa Vista, has been dubbed "Silicon Beach" due to the heavy concentration of Internet companies and executives there. More than 600 tech start-ups have sprung up in L.A. Prices have gone up dramatically on this beachfront strip.