As the pulsing center of the film and entertainment industry, Los Angeles is a town built on fast cars, movie stars and cosmetic surgery. But if you look past all the flashing lights, you’ll discover a thriving underground tech scene driven by an emerging wave of entrepreneurs who are setting up shop on LA’s Silicon Beach. “We’re a bit of tech island here. You’re in a safety bubble where you can take six months to a year to get things done without worrying about someone stealing your people,”saidone L....

Following on from our roundup of10 Mac App Store downloads to try first, here are some apps that are real bargains on the store. They may be a little more expensive than you’re used to paying in an app store, but these are full-fat desktop applications and you can save money downloading at the App Store. Although UK prices are listed here, the savings are available internationally in your own currency too....

Getting the word out about your company’s latest announcement, product or service can be tough. Luckily, there are plenty of services designed to help you do just that. Following on from our6 tips for entrepreneurs looking for press, here are five services that can help you create and share press releases with the world. PressDoc PressDocis a one-stop shop for creating and promoting press releases online. Releases are cleanly laid out, making it easy for journalists to find the information they need....

6 practical tricks every Python developer should have 1. List comprehensions List comprehensions are one of the key features of Python that help you write code that is more concise and elegant. Let’s say you want to create an array containing numbers from 1 to 100. The convenient way to do it would be to use therange()function: numbers =list(range(1,101)) But what if you wanted to do something more complicated, such as creating a list of squares from 1 to 100?...

With enough speculation to overload even the most mild-mannered techie, theVerizon iPhone has finally launched. Rumours had circulated months before the Consumer Electronics Show and continued during the event, even though the show was dominated by Android-powered smartphones and devices. Now that the cat is out of the bag, you might be wondering what the fuss is all about and how the Verizon iPhone 4 differs from it’s AT&T cousin. That’s where we come in – allow us to present six quick Verizon iPhone facts that you will want to know:...