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A typical day in tech wonderland

The CNET News team captures a close-up look at the tech industry throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. From Google's clown bikes to Pandora's noontime concerts to a secret project at the new Samsung Accelerator, this is our world.

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Connie Guglielmo is a senior vice president focused on AI edit strategy for CNET, a Red Ventures company. Previously, she was editor in chief of CNET, overseeing an award-winning team of reporters, editors and photojournalists producing original content about what's new, different and worth your attention. A veteran business-tech journalist, she's worked at MacWeek, Wired, Upside, Interactive Week, Bloomberg News and Forbes covering Apple and the big tech companies. She covets her original nail from the HP garage, a Mac the Knife mug from MacWEEK, her pre-Version 1.0 iPod, a desk chair from Next Computer and a tie-dyed BMUG T-shirt. She believes facts matter.

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Member of the board, UCLA Daily Bruin Alumni Network; advisory board, Center for Ethical Leadership in the Media

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James Martin is the Managing Editor of Photography at CNET. His photos capture technology's impact on society - from the widening wealth gap in San Francisco, to the European refugee crisis and Rwanda's efforts to improve health care. From the technology pioneers of Google and Facebook, photographing Apple's Steve Jobs and Tim Cook, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Google's Sundar Pichai, to the most groundbreaking launches at Apple and NASA, his is a dream job for any documentary photography and journalist with a love for technology. Exhibited widely, syndicated and reprinted thousands of times over the years, James follows the people and places behind the technology changing our world, bringing their stories and ideas to life.

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June 17, 2014 4:00 a.m. PT

Location. Location. Location.

There's a reason why big technology companies and innovative entrepreneurs have settled in and around San Francisco and Silicon Valley: to be around all the other people -- entrepreneurs, big-company executives, and investors -- who can help them.

The CNET News team set out to capture a "day" in the life of tech by photographing the people and places that define this unique culture morning, noon, and night.

An inside look at a typical day in tech wonderland (pictures)

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From Google buses leaving San Francisco in the early morning hours to the deserted streets outside Twitter headquarters at twilight, we set out to show how the people who live and breathe tech start and end each day.

We caught up with everyone from tech stars like Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg to startups like Whistle, where dogs help test wearable tech.

And we put "day" in quotes because these photos were actually taken over the course of many days this spring. They're presented to give you a true sense of a typical day in tech wonderland. Check out the photo gallery below.

This project was done by the CNET News team based in San Francisco: Charles Cooper, Claudia Cruz, Connie Guglielmo, Richard Nieva, Seth Rosenblatt, Nick Statt, Donna Tam, Daniel Terdiman, and Shara Tibken. Our project coordinator was photo chief James Martin.