Xconomy

AUGUST 15, 2018

Best Buy is paying $800 million in cash for GreatCall, a San Diego-based healthtech company which private equity firm GTCR bought early last year. GreatCall operates a virtual mobile telecommunications network for a customers base of more than 900,000 elderly consumers. Minnesota-based Best Buy (NYSE: BBY.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The current land rush in chip development, spurred as new technologies such as artificial intelligence create new needs, is pitting established semiconductor companies like Intel and Nvidia against tech titans like Facebook that are building their own chips. A wave of next-generation chip companies has also entered the fray.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

San Diego-based uCast Global (www.ucastglobal.com), backed by Gary Winnick, is looking to tackle that entire area of content distribution, and is led by startup veteran Dr. Kanaan Jemili. For instance, one of our targets are those who have large audiences, like mobile carriers. Who are your core customers?

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 16, 2016

After raising $30 million, San Diego-based Certona said it is moving to accelerate its product development, expand its sales and marketing team, and improve its client services as an e-commerce technology vendor. The differentiator is going to be customer experience.”. Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 24, 2016

A San Diego civil engineer who has developed an alternative technology for automating the measurement of water flow gave the best presentation at EvoNexus Fall Demo Day, an event that drew nearly 400 entrepreneurs, investors, and supporters late Thursday to Qualcomm’s corporate headquarters. million and take five years, Sekeroglu said.

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Xconomy

JUNE 23, 2016

Customer experience is a high priority for both companies. As customer feedback becomes critical to creating a better experience, Google announced several components of the Play Store that will support companies in their quest to understand consumers. Here are three of the most important takeaways: 1.

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Xconomy

APRIL 2, 2018

Internet shopping is now across mobile and Web, and now, the [question] is, ‘How do we create great experiences for everyone?’” Personalized service once meant a salesperson remembered customers’ favorite colors or would call to let them know about upcoming sales.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

With its new funding, Seattle-based Convoy plans to continue expanding its network of customers and truckers to more U.S. regions, CEO Dan Lewis says. The company uses its automated technology to track available trucks and delivery job offers so it can better match freight carriers with shippers’ needs.

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Xconomy

JUNE 28, 2019

They include a pioneering ban in San Francisco last month, and another passed Thursday by the city council of Somerville, MA. What makes Axon’s new limit to law enforcement’s access to facial recognition tools unusual is that the decision was made by a private technology company whose paying customers are primarily police departments.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 9, 2016

Customers who want to listen to music or podcasts on their iPhones will need to get Bluetooth earbuds or new headphones with Lightning connectors. And what does this portend for the future of mobile interfaces? The biggest change: no more headphone plug. Doesn’t sound like much of an innovation. So, what’s going on inside Apple?

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