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ArmorWay: Applying Computer Game Theory To Real Life Problems

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Despite the widespread impact of software today on our lives, there are a number of areas of computer science research which have had a difficult time in being translated into practical, every day usage. Tell us what ArmorWay''s software is all about, and what it''s used for? You can''t do it in real time. READ MORE>>.

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Language Weaver's Mark Tapling On Growth, Exits

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It's been awhile since we last caught up with Los Angeles-based Language Weaver (www.languageweaver.com), a venture-backed firm which develops language translation software, so we sat down the other day with Mark Tapling , the President and CEO of the firm, to hear more about where the company is nowadays--plus its strategy for growth and an exit.

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Makers Making The Sci-Fi Tricorder A Reality With VOXearch

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Mann had long sold the company and patents, but one of their providers which had been installing them surgically, and had started installing parts from China. We thought we could deliver that 3D image as a software-as-a-service. After two years, Alfred Mann decided to give money to USC for the effort instead.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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What is perhaps different from other regions is that we have large indigenous aerospace industry and a big high-tech import/export trade as opposed to a lot of software companies. The patents Overture held became known in small circles as Google’s ’361 problem as outlined here. billion dollars of regional GDP.

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REACH Connected Future | Cleantech Recap

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Between Caltech, USC, and UCLA, $1 billion has been put into research expenditures. UCLA itself has been prodigious in patent filing, and recently launched their own VC fund. Apps & Software Business Culture Social Good Startups cleantech Gadget Review REACH sustainability TechZulu the connected future'

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Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map

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Adam Miller transformed his company into one of the world’s leading software-as-a-service companies, specifically in the HR world. A SoCal native and graduate of both UCLA and USC, Richard Rosenblatt led the growth of MySpace from an unknown to a household name. It also won a number of key patents bit.ly/RiJCFI The iPad mini?