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Changes at UC San Diego Emphasize New Role as “Innovation Engine”

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A new program intended to teach engineering and business students how to drive innovations from concept to commercialization reflects a new imperative at UC San Diego. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Quantum Computing 101: Brilliant, Google, Microsoft Training Workers

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But tech companies are already writing the novel kinds of software these revolutionary computers will need in order to operate—and businesses are even helping to train the workforce for a future era of “quantum speed-up.’’ For that training task, Microsoft and X, the cutting-edge research arm of.

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Bridgepoint Education Buys Fullstack Academy For $50.75M

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San Diego-based Bridgepoint Education said this morning that i thas acquired Fullstack Academy , an operator of a immersive coding bootcamp, in a deal worth approximately $50.75M, split between $17.5M Fullstack Academy operates a web development coding bootcamp, which focuses on cybersecurity training. READ MORE>>.

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Degreed Raises $75M to Expand in Growing Workforce Training Sector

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San Francisco-based Degreed is among the educational technology companies now classified as “learning experience platforms,’’ because they organize staff participation in skills development training and coordinate it with the goals of employers, who are their clients.

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VMIX Targets VARs

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San Diego-based VMIX , which provides white-label software for hosting and distributing digital video, said this morning that it has launched an effort to attract value added resellers. VMIX said it will provide market and sales support, training, tech support, and reporting to those partners as part of the program. READ MORE>>.

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Arevo Adds $12.5M To Expand 3D Printing into Manufacturing

Xconomy

Arevo’s technology mix—which combines automated printing equipment with Web-based software and customized raw materials—exemplifies the changes in 3D printing since the days when it served as a mere tool for crafting prototypes and as a consumer novelty. Instead, 3D printing startups have trained their eyes.

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Interview with Kim Folsom, ShowUHow

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In the move to online commerce, one of the latest areas of interest by online retailers has been the use of online video, to showcase products and provide training and instruction. The specific experience of the consumer is a video instruction guide, which is either on a manufacturer's web site, a retailer's website, or on a smart phone.

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