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Qualcomm Names QPrize Finalists

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San Diego-based Qualcomm has named the finalists in its second annual QPrize Venture Investment Competition, the firm's global venture capital competition for investment dollars. READ MORE>>.

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Echo Labs Wins “Quick Pitch” Contest with Digital Hybrid Microscope

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By popular acclaim, San Diego-based Echo Laboratories founder Eugene Cho claimed top honors, and a $15,000 check, for his two-minute presentation last week in the 10th annual “Quick Pitch” competition, hosted by San Diego’s Tech Coast Angels. Echo Labs’ hybrid microscope. million in nine months.

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Interview with Bryan Hertz, VoxOx

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With the proliferation of social networks, communications clients and VoIP phone services, users often find they need to use multiple ways--Twitter, Facebook, phone, FAX, and more--to communicate with their contacts. Telcentris is based in San Diego. It is a competitive environment. It's pretty comprehensive.

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Interview with Roni Eschel, goFlow

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Roni Eschel: It's a market network for outdoor sports, a social network for connecting like minded people, sharing conditions and moments in real time, and helping to find the best spots for your favorite sports, like surfing, paddleboard, kite surfing, and so on. Roni Eschel: We are building out the social network now.

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Interview with Derrick Oien, Intercasting

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San Diego-based Intercasting (www.intercasting.com) is one of the companies which seems to have gotten some traction, and has deployed with Boost, Virgin, Sprint, and is in the process of deploying with Verizon and ATT. What exactly are your mobile social networking applications? Intercasting is backed by $17.5M

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Recruitment Goal In Obama Precision Med Study: 1M in 3 or 4 Years

Xconomy

A center led by the Scripps Research Institute in San Diego will work on ways for those individuals to participate. Randy Scott, the CEO of San Francisco genetic testing firm Invitae (NASDAQ: NVTA ), told Xconomy last year he also wants to repackage and sell customer data.

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How Chinese Startup Tradesparq Is Looking To Grow In SoCal

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It''s a social network for world trade, kind of a combo between Alibaba and LinkedIn. Michael Kleist: My business partner and I were both originally from San Diego. It''s also a dog-eat-dog world over there with the competition. Tell us about your plans to open up your operations here in Southern California?