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PHOENIX — Just a one-hour plane hop from Silicon Valley in California, a growing community of app developers, programmers and entrepreneurs here are trying to get a little more sunshine for their tech ideas.

The "Silicon Desert," as locals call it, is thriving, with start-ups taking advantage of the lower cost of living, tight-knit community and talent from one of the nation's largest schools — Arizona State University — to help sprout new tech ideas.

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To read the original article: Phoenix tech is scorching: Now where are the VCs?