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Starbucks To Open Wi-Fi Access

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Schultz made the announcement at the WIREDs Business Conference Disruptive by Design conference this morning. As part of the free service, Schultz said it is partnering with Yahoo to offer specific content from the Wall Street Journal, new York Times, USA TODAY, and others as part of a new Starbucks Digital Network effort.

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Aptera Center Of Automobile Debate

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according to a report today in the Wall Street Journal. The WSJ says that Aptera's backers are lobbying to include the vehicle--currently excluded from Department of Energy programs for spurring electric car design--in a spending bill.

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SpaceX Acquires Swarm Technologies

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SpaceX has agreed to purchase Swarm Technologies, which designs small satellites to manage internet-of-things services.

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Report: Super-Secret SpaceX Payload, Zuma, A Total Loss

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A report in the Wall Street Journal this morning says that the highly secret rocket mission launched by Los Angeles-based SpaceX on Sunday was presumed to be a total loss, and failed to reach orbit. For its part, SpaceX told the WSJ that its launch was "nominal". READ MORE>>.

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Local Firms Recognized For Innovation

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A number of local, Southern California firms were recognized today by the Wall Street Journal, in that publication's annual Technology Innovation Awards. operations out of Glendale, was a runner up in the Network Security category, and Panasonic Avionics , which is based in Lake Forest, was a runner up in the Technology Design category.

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How This Entrepreneur Raised $28,000 Using Airbnb to Fund Her Startup

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Tracy is knowledgeable enough to talk tech and swap design & product stories with other founders, but she realized early that networking amongst this group and reading and writing in their journals would not bring her more customers. Now she had an extra $50,000 to start building out her team. She focused on her customer.

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Assignmint: Freelance Work Available | Founder Interview, The Future of Journalism & The LA Startup Scene

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I have been on every end of the business in terms of journalism and publishing. For all those who want to talk about the fragmentation of media and the models for journalism is in trouble; it’s actually not. Journalism is stronger than ever, but the outlets are fragmented. But there is more journalism than ever.

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