Image by Wonderlane via Flickr Saratoga, California, is a city in Santa Clara County in the northern part of the state in the San Francisco Bay area. It is just west of San Jose in the Silicon Valley area and is home to a population of just over 30,000. Saratoga is a wealthy suburb home [...]
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Saratoga Real Estate
June 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Real Estate
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The “Dot-com” Era
August 29th, 2009 · No Comments · The Web
Image via CrunchBase The “Dot-com” era, also known as the “dot-com bubble” was an economic bubble that lasted from 1998 to 2001 and was a period in which many internet based companies were established. Born largely out of the numerous technology companies such as Google and Yahoo based in Silicon Valley in California, the “dot-com” [...]
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Silicon Valley
August 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Technology
Image via Wikipedia Situated in the southern region of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California, Silicon Valley is the center of the high-tech industry for California. Silicon Valley gained its name from the large number of silicon chip innovators and manufacturers, even though many other high-tech industries have also become associated with Silicon [...]
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California’s Economy
August 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Business
Image via Wikipedia Because of California’s vast size, the state is home to a very diverse economy with different regions each containing its own economic base. Hollywood has an entertainment economy, Southern California is aerospace, Central Valley is agriculture, Silicon Valley is computers and high tech manufacturing, and then there are places such as Napa [...]
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