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AUGUST 25, 2012

On August 9th, Startup Weekend San Diego and the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University partnered with Google to host the very first Startup Weekend focused on helping Veterans, Service Members and Military Families turn their visions into reality in creating a startup company.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2013

San Diego-based online lesson marketplace TakeLessons said yesterday that it will offer up its tutors, music teachers, and performing art instructors via the new service, Google Helpouts , which launched Tuesday. Google has tapped a number of partners for sourcing those experts. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Los Angeles-based on-demand, storage service Clutter is expanding into the moving business, saying on Wednesday that it will start offering up in-city moving services. The new service will be priced per move per hour, allowing users to move a room or an entire home across the cities Clutter offers its service.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2014

San Diego-based Pathway Genomics has scored an investment from Google , the two said Wednesday, as part of an investment out of IBM''s Watson Group. Pathway Genomics provides commercial genetic testing and healthcare services. Pathway Genomics provides commercial genetic testing and healthcare services.

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APRIL 30, 2013

In a move to better integrate the company''s search results with third party sites, Google announced today that it will be integrating app activites into Google Search. Other services with direct links into Google include Deezer, Flixster, Songza, SoundCloud, and TuneIn. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Entering an already crowded market for daily deals in Los Angeles, Google Offers , the daily deals site run by the Internet giant Google, launched today in the city, offering up a $14.00 Google Offers has been slowly expanding its territory, adding today Atlanta, Brooklyn, Chicago, and Houston, in addition to Los Angeles.

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JANUARY 7, 2015

In the last few years, Southern California has been a key market in launching mobile applications and services, due to a huge, mobile-savvy consumer population. So, it''s no surprise that the area--specifically, San Diego--was chosen for the pilot launch of a new service from eBay, called Close5 (www.close5.com),

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JUNE 27, 2011

San Diego-based Nirvanix , the developer of cloud storage services, has snagged Google's former Head of Global Data Center Infrastructure, the firm said today. Froutan was responsible for building and managing Google's worldwide green data center operations. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2009

San Diego-based Gizmo5 , the voice-over-IP service and software started by former MP3.com com founder Michael Robertson, has been acquired by Google. Google announced the deal late Thursday afternoon. Tags: gizmo5 google merger acquisition voip. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 18, 2017

After beta testing technology that provides remote assistant services for the blind, San Diego-based Aira has raised $12 million in a Series B round that it says will enable the company to expand its service to thousands of visually impaired users this year.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Mountain View-based Google appears to be taking a clue from San Diego entrepreneur Michael Robertson, the former founder of MP3.com, According to a report from Billboard, Google's plan would allow users to stream music from an online digital locker. Google is reportedly looking to charge around $25 a year for the service.

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OCTOBER 27, 2011

San Diego-based Active.com , the sports registration and activities site run by the Active Network, is one of the launch partners for an expansion of Google Offers , the daily deals service run by Google. Financial arrangements between Google and the others were not disclosed.

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JANUARY 19, 2010

San Diego-based OpenCandy , which develops software and services to monetize downloads of open source software, said today that it has added Joe Kraus of Google Ventures to the firm's board of directors. OpenCandy develops services which help to promote and monetize the downloading of open source and other software.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2020

San Diego-based Gretel has raised a seed round of funding, to go towards its development of software which helps developers and engineers access and share anonymized data for developing applications. The funding was led by Moonshots Capital, and also included Greylock Partners and Village Capital.

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OCTOBER 24, 2018

San Francisco-based Cloudflare , which provides a service which helps web site and web application developers manage caching and access to their websites, protecting against cyberattacks, distributed denial of service (DDoS)--and which is backed by Qualcomm--is heading towards an IPO. Qualcomm is based in San Diego.

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JUNE 16, 2017

San Diego-based renewable energy developer EDF Renewable Energy announced early Friday moring that it has sold off 50 percent of the Great Western Wind Project, a 225 megawatt wind energy project it is developing in Oklahoma for Google. Financial details of that sale were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 16, 2018

After establishing a partnership with the Google Cloud Platform, Zesty.io CEO Gerry Widmer said Wednesday the San Diego-based company is expanding its workforce and extending its Web content management system (WCMS) to international customers. founder Randy Apuzzo at the end of 2017.

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MARCH 13, 2019

Cloudflare a provider of Internet caching and security services whih is backed by San Diego-based Qualcomm, said on Tuesday that it has raised $150M in a new round of funding, bringing its total raised to $330M. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

San Diego-based Qualcomm is joining Google and Microsoft in a big, $110M funding round for Cloudflare , the provider of web site security and caching services. CloudFlare said the $110M round was led by Fidelity, and also included Google Capital, Microsoft, Baidu, and Qualcomm Incorporated. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 31, 2018

In another setback for Google’s Internet business, the tech giant has decided to wind down the Boston-area operations of Webpass, a wireless Internet service provider Google Fiber acquired in June 2016. A statement e-mailed by a Google spokeswoman didn’t give a reason for the decision.

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JUNE 23, 2016

Google Fiber plans to acquire Webpass in a deal that trims the ranks of independent Internet service providers—an industry already maligned for its lack of competition—but ultimately could boost consumer access to high-speed Internet. Six-year-old Google Fiber has had its own set of challenges.

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JANUARY 17, 2013

Telcentris , the San Diego-based developer of unified communications app VoxOx, has raised $5.3M TelCentris develops both consumer and enterprise versions of its service, with VoxOx and VoxOx for Business. in a funding round, the firm announced Thursday evening. The funding came from SBD Global Fund. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

WeWork , the co-working space operator which has a significant presence across Southern California, with nineteen locations in the Los Angeles area plus a location in San Diego, has acquired Teem , a software startup backed by active LA venture investor Greycroft Ventures. Teem was founded in 2012, and had over 100 employees.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

San Diego-based cloud storage company Nirvanix has officially shut down its service, saying in a posting on its website that it is actively winding down its business, and is scrambling to transfer data on the cloud storage service to other providers.

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

And, if you're a social platform, is there a way to monetize all that activity happening on your service? San Diego-based Wildfire Systems , led by startup veteran Jordan Glazier , has developed software which product referrals and automatically transform them into trackable links across email, text messaging, chat, and social messaging.

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JANUARY 10, 2013

Online e-commerce giant Amazon.com just announced a new service this morning, which looks to be one of the biggest moves the company has made in digital music recently: it is now automatically providing MP3 format tracks for CDs sold on its site, including every single CD a user has purchased since 1998. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 14, 2015

San Diego-based DNA sequencing equipment maker Illumina has joined in a new venture funding round for high profile, genetic testing startup 23andMe. San Diego-based DNA sequencing equipment maker Illumina has joined in a new venture funding round for high profile, genetic testing startup 23andMe. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 17, 2012

San Diego-based StockTwits said today that it has launched a new, app for HootSuite , the provider of software used for social media management. StockTwits operates a micro-messaging service--similar to Twitter--focused on stocks and finance discussions. StockTwits is lead by Howard Lindzon. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 23, 2011

San Diego-based MP3tunes , the cloud music storage service run by Michael Robertson, has scored a win over EMI, according to Robertson. MP3tunes offers up an online service where users could upload their own, personal MP3 files, and then stream those files to their PC, smartphone, and other devices.

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AUGUST 1, 2011

San Diego-based StockTwits , the stock-focused, micro-messaging service run by Howard Lindzon, has launched a new feature today, focused on activity streams. The stream is very similar to features on Facebook, Google Plus, and other social sites. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 17, 2013

Telcentris , the San Diego-based developer of unified communications app VoxOx, has raised $5.3M TelCentris develops both consumer and enterprise versions of its service, with VoxOx and VoxOx for Business. in a funding round, the firm announced Thursday evening. The funding came from SBD Global Fund. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 21, 2010

San Diego-based OpenCandy , a developer of products which software publishers can include to recommend other software products and services to their users and which earns those software publishers advertising revenue, has raised $5M in a Series B funding round.

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

For all the benefits it has brought society over the past three decades—faster and easier communication, instant knowledge access, a seemingly inexhaustible marketplace of goods and services—the Web has also morphed into an “engine of inequity and division,” according to its inventor , Tim Berners-Lee (pictured above).

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MAY 10, 2012

San Diego-based MP3tunes , the online music locker service started by Michael Robertson, has filed for bankruptcy, according to documents posted to the web by an ex-employee. Despite that, MP3tunes did pave the way for similar online music locker services like Amazon.com and Google's own. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 8, 2010

San Diego-based ProfitLine , a developer of mobile and communications spending management services, reported today that it has partnered with BoxTone , a provider of mobile service management software for smart phones. Financial details of the deal were not diclosed. Financial details of the deal were not diclosed.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

San Diego-based MeLLmo , a developer of iPhone applications for viewing business information, announced this morning that it has launched a "pro" version of its service, Roambi Pro.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2009

San Diego-based V-Vehicle , the stealthy, automotive startup which is heavily backed by such notable investors as Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Google, and T. Boone Pickens--is apparently ramping up its factory in Louisiana, according to a report.

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