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AUGUST 23, 2017

Open Listings , a venture-backed startup which helps people find, tour, and buy homes, which has offices in both San Diego and San Francisco, said Wednesday that it had launched its service in Seattle. The move is aimed directly at competing with online real estate brokerage site Redfin, which is based in Seattle.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Slacker , the online music and Internet radio streaming services based in San Diego, has long suffered from being the Rodney Dangerfield of online music streaming. The makeover is the first major redesign of the site's logo since its launch back in 2007. View Slacker's video about its service in our video section.

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MAY 16, 2011

San Diego-based Sony Online Entertainment said over the weekend that it has begun restoring its online game services, after the massive hack of the firm's services. The company also said that it will require its players to reset their passwords after the cyber-attack on the site. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 14, 2016

San Diego-based MindTouch , a developer of software-as-a-service tools to help companies create self-service, customer support sites, has raised $12M in a Series A funding. The funding came from PeakSpan Capital, along with SK Ventures and SAP SE.

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JUNE 21, 2016

Six San Diego business risk-takers have been inducted into the pantheon of EY Entrepreneurs of the Year, joining over 10,000 people around the world who have been honored over the last 30 years by the multinational professional services firm. — Financial Services: Renovate America co-founders JP McNeill and Nick Fergis.

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JANUARY 28, 2015

San Diego-based cloud communications provider Voxox announced this morning that it has extended out its menu of services, adding a new, hosted PBX service called Cloud Phone Pro. The company said the new product is aimed at small, medium, and large businesses looking to shed the costs of on-site telephony services.

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APRIL 7, 2011

San Diego-based Active.com announced this morning that it is taking its new daily deals site, Schwaggle , nationwide. Active offers its Schwaggle deals via email, Facebook, and through the site. The daily deals are all focused on sports and other fitness-related activities. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 15, 2010

San Diego-based Slacker , the personalized Internet radio service backed by Mission Ventures, Austin Ventures, Centennial Ventures, Rho Ventures, and Sevin Rosen Funds, reported Thursday that it has expanded its service into Canada. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 13, 2017

A new, air travel startup, Blackbird , said today that has launched new service between Santa Monica and Palm Springs, part of a expansion of the startup beyond its Bay Area roots. The company's site also lists future routes that include flying between Palo Alto and Santa Barbara, Palm Springs and Las Vegas, and Santa Barbara to San Diego.

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MARCH 22, 2019

San Diego- and Redwood City-based crowdfunding sight GoFundMe has banned anti-vaccine crowdfunding efforts on its site, according to reports , in a bid to battle the spread of misinformation. GoFundMe reportedly said that campaigns raising money to promote misinformation about vaccines violate its terms of service.

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MAY 24, 2012

Zebit , a microlending and financial transactions platform in the UK which is owned by San Diego-based Global Analytics Holdings , said it has raised $25M in a Series D funding round this morning.

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AUGUST 10, 2018

The service, led by Marc Andelman, already offers its services in San Francisco, San Diego, Miami, and other locations, including a number of international destinations. The site lists private charters ranging from a two hour tour from Marina Del Rey for $289.99

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JANUARY 4, 2011

San Diego-based ShowUhow , which develops video-based sales and product information for online retailers and manufacturers, said today that it has added a suite of social media integration features for the firm's offering. ShowUhow is venture backed by Syncom Ventures, and raised a round of capital back in August.

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JANUARY 30, 2019

San Diego-based Zebit , which is venture backed by Crosslink Capital, Wildcat Venture Partners, Leapfrog Ventures, Ulu Ventures, and Correlation Ventures, said on Wednesday that it expects to cross over $100M in revenues this year. Zebit says it now has over 300,000 users using its services. READ MORE>>.

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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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MARCH 6, 2017

Takl , which operates a mobile app-driven service to connect users with on-demand home services such as lawn care, house cleaning, home repair, and more, has launched into Southern California.

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APRIL 20, 2016

San Diego-based Reel.Date has launched another Internet dating site and app, with a new twist--video profiles. The company says it initially will be offering up free profile on its site, but plans to charge $9.95 per year for the service. per month or $49.95 READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 30, 2009

San Diego-based TweetPhoto launched its services Thursday afternoon, saying it will allow users to share photos via the popular Twitter micro-messaging service. The service said that it will allow users to easily upload and automatically publish their photos to Twitter and Facebook.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2008

San Diego-based BrightQube, an angel-backed stock photo search site, has updated its web services to make it easier for photo buyers to find images. BrightQube rolled out its new web site earlier this week, adding such features as pop-up search tips, new navigation options, filtering, and other features.

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AUGUST 28, 2014

San Diego-based professional networking site Connequity says it has raised $550,000 in an angel round, and has opened up a new Series A funding, after renaming the company from its former name, GROWconnections. The startup--which is still in private beta of its service--said the angel funding came in June. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 2, 2018

San Diego-based EDF Renewables North America has inked a new 332 megawatt (MW) wind and solar development deal, covering a wind farm in Iowa and a solar farm in Kern County. EDF Renewables will continue to own 50 percent of the two projects, and also provide management, operations, and maintenance services for the sites.

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APRIL 7, 2011

San Diego-based Slacker , the personalized Internet radio service, said today that it has linked with Microsoft's new Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) browser. As part of the launch of IE9, the firm said it will provide a free month of its premium service, Slacker Radio Plus, when users "pin" the service to the IE9 taskbar.

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DECEMBER 10, 2014

San Diego-based Slacker said today that it has launched a complete redesign of the site and service, adding a number of online personalities to the service and focusing in on artists, personalities and musicians.

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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's service combine both caching and website performance tools, along with distributed denial of service (DDOS) protection and other security features.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2009

San Diego-based Rippol , a new startup looking to help people discovery and find online videos, is launching today at the TechCrunch Real-Time CrunchUp in San Francisco.

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JULY 23, 2019

HireAHelper.com, an online marketplace that links people who are moving to a new home with local movers and related services, has been acquired by Porch, which operates a marketplace that connects people with a variety of home repair and improvement services. Financial terms of.

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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. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

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MAY 23, 2012

San Diego-based StockTwits , the micro messaging site focused on stocks and stock trading run by Howard Lindzon, is tapping into its big database of messages today with a new feature. The site said that it has added two, Social Stock Signals which show what stocks and people are gaining popularity on the site.

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JUNE 10, 2009

Active Network , the San Diego-based operator of an online community for sports and recreational activities, revealed Tuesday that Active.com has been named the technology provider for iHoops. Active said it will also utilize various online resources and tools in an attempt to enhance the site's visitor engagement. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 16, 2014

San Diego-based Stocktwits , the stock-focused micro messaging service led by Howard Lindzon, said Wednesday that it has linked with fantasy sports site DraftKings.com. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>. stocktwits draftkings fantasy sports howard lindzon golf games'

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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.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

The newly launched, online home improvement project site and community Porch , which is split between San Diego and Seattle, is in the midst of raising $27.7M capital venture market repair maintenance improvement marketplace services home porch' in a funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week.

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MAY 2, 2011

The web site of San Diego-based Sony Online Entertainment , the developer of massively multiplayer online games, was shut down today, along with Station.com, another Sony site, due to continued issues with hacking of the firm's systems. The firm has not disclosed other details on the issues. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 7, 2013

San Diego-based online flower retailer ProFlowers said today that it is looking to make it easier for consumers to order fresh flowers, by connecting its services to online auction site eBay.com. ProFlowers said it will also be including specially priced bouquets every week on its eBay store.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2012

StockTwits , the online stock-focused financial discussion service based in San Diego, said today that it has launched a new feature of the site, showing sentiment data and message volume to its ticker pages.

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JULY 30, 2012

San Diego-based StockTwits , the online, stock-focused micro messaging startup, said Friday that it has integrated its service with social charting service Chartly. Stocktwits said the deal allows users to search, view, and share charts and videos within its service.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2012

San Diego-based StockTwits , the stock and financial focused micro-messaging service headed by Howard Lindzon, has launched a new, threaded conversation feature on the site, which ties together responses between people on the service into a threaded view, allowing users to better follow the train of replies and responses on the site.

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