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Napster, Super Hi-Fi In Personalized Music Deal

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Online music streaming service Napster (now owned by Rhapsody International), and Los Angeles-based audio technology developer Super Hi-Fi announced this morning that the two have entered into a partnership, where the two will work together on personalized and branded music. Financial details of the partnership deal were not announced.

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A Research Team Plans to Merge AI with Human Brain Cells

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Associate Professor Adeel Razi, who is leading the group, says that the project “merges the fields of artificial intelligence and synthetic biology to create programmable biological computing platforms” He predicts that the capabilities of this new technology “may eventually surpass the performance of existing, purely silicon-based hardware.”

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A Bigger Truth About Restaurant Food Delivery

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Even more likely is eventual technology disruption where drones deliver foods and make it hard for existing car delivery services to compete. But the broader issue that hasn’t garnished much press attention is how the restaurant industry itself is being transformed and what tools a modern restaurant will need to compete. Enter ChowNow.

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Shopify Just Bought the Deliverr Shipping Network for $2.1 Billion

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Ecommerce company Shopify supports small businesses with technology like ecommerce website builders and retail Point of Sale systems. The two companies are a great match, according to Shopify's press release about the deal. Now, it's dramatically expanding capacity in another area, fulfillment, with the acquisition of Deliverr.

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Reflections On 2017: Anna Barber, Techstars LA

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During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions from Southern California's "movers and shakers" in the technology industry. Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that particularly caught your eye in 2017.

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Why Your Marketing Campaign Sucks

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Creating awareness for your brand and products is one of the lifebloods of technology startups yet in a world where so many companies are being created it becomes difficult to rise above the noise. Ever notice how some companies tend to be in the press all the time and your big new product launch struggled for inches? I am a VC.

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Reflections on 2018: Anna Barber, Techstars LA

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Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that you found most interesting in 2018?

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