For anyone here in Southern California who follows technology and Hollywood, there’s an awareness that technology is drastically changing the way that Hollywood is operating. It’s upset distribution, production, and many other parts of the business in a major way, and people haven’t yet figured out how or when it will settle out. Jonathan Handel [...]
Pasadena-based BigStage Entertainment, the software firm developing technology to easily create avatars based on digital photos, just rolled out a public beta of the firm’s technology this morning. BigStage’s beta, which requires the download of a browser plug-in, allows users to upload three digital photos of themselves and create an three dimensional avatar. The firm’s [...]
I was driving around today and was pleased to see the number of drivers who were actually (surprise!) using both hands while driving, now that California has made driving while holding a cell phone while driving illegal. Now, it’s the first day of the law, so it’s likely with the publicity and attention to the [...]
This morning’s funding news for Row 44 – a Westlake Village manufacturer of equipment for providing Wi-Fi in airplanes — is a reminder of what I’ve long regarded as one of Southern California’s biggest strengths: its diversity of people, industries, and companies. While many people might think of Southern California on mostly consumer internet and [...]
We live in a world where people are constantly bombarded by a constant barrage of information — and always have been. However, in this day and age there seems to be an increase in the sheer amount of information fed to us through electronic means. Everyone is familiar with the idea of “information overload” — [...]
Interesting quote in VentureWire this morning from David Siminoff of Venrock on their new Southern California media fund: “L.A. is just not the place you go for cutting-edge semiconductors, but it’s the place for storytellers,” Venrock General Partner David Siminoff said. “I have a feeling deal flow will lean toward the storytellers.” The quote shows [...]
Prince Andrew, Duke of York, has been making the rounds this week at high tech companies in Southern California, as part of a tour to promote investment and trade with the United Kingdom. Prince Andrew — who serves as the United Kindom’s Special Representative for International Trade and Investment, and is the third child of [...]
For those of you that have been remiss about applying for the Technology Council of Southern California’s Technology Industry Awards, the group has recently extended their deadline for applications. It’s a great opportunity to be recognized for your company’s achievements. Applications are now due January 25th. You can go to http://www.tcosc.org/awards/index.html to apply.
The Los Angeles Times just posted a great article on the technology industry here: L.A. tech party scene heats up. Well, it’s been heating up for awhile, but it’s good to see the rest of the world starting to notice (again)… From the article: Venture capital fuels a boom in the Southland. Entrepreneurs, bloggers and [...]
The California Institute of Technology just announced today that its scientists have set a new record for sustained data transfer, showing how long distance, wide area links can be used for clustered supercomputing. The record 80+ Gbps sustained data transfer was demonstrated at the SuperComputing 2007 conference. According to Caltech: Multigigabit/s end-to-end network performance will [...]
Thoughts and commentary from Benjamin F. Kuo, publisher of socalTECH.com.
