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Verve Wireless Snags Former comScore Technology Chief

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San Diego-based Verve Wireless , which develops mobile publishing and advertising tools, reported today that it has hired Chris Nicotra, the former Chief Technology Officer of comScore, as its new Executive Vice President of Product and Technology.

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Confident Technologies Launches Web Application Security Tools

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San Diego-based Confident Technologies , a new startup led by former Websense President Curtis Staker, said today that it has launched a firm focused on developing image-based authentication and verification technology for web applications. Staker was most recently CEO at GFI Software, a firm located in Malta.

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VMIX Shuffles Staff, Rolls Out New Player

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San Diego-based VMIX, a provider of video publishing tools for web publishers, said today that the firm has shuffled its executive staff and delivered a new version of its VMIX Player. VMIX said that it has appointed Mike Glickenhaus as President and CEO, and appointed co-founder and former CEO Greg Kostello as CTO.

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Eight Repeat Entrepreneurs To Watch In SoCal

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Confident Technologies / Curtis Staker / San Diego - Staker is the former President of Websense, and has pulled together an experienced team with a depth of experience from the firm. Blackline / Therese Tucker - Tucker was CTO at SunGard Treasury Systems, and knows her customers--finance folks at enterprise firms--well.

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Interview with Tyler Koblasa, Mingly

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We recently spoke with Tyler Koblasa , Founder and CEO of Mingly , a Santa Monica-based startup which is pulling together contacts from multiple sources, and adding such tools as contact reminders, to-do lists, and alerts based on those contacts. Tyler told us about his startup and what it's up to. What is Mingly all about?

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Decoding Signal From Noise For Wall Street, With Bitvore

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It''s not a programming tool, even though it uses a lot of big data. Where did all of that technology come from? Jeff Curie: It is a very advanced piece of technology. We''re using state of the art tools. It wouldn''t be covered in the Los Angeles Times, and not by the San Diego papers. out of UC Irvine.

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Interview with Ramit Varma, Revolution Prep

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We wanted to be able to invest in our software and our learning tools. Some of the biggest school districts, including LA Unified, San Diego, and Oakland all use our software. With most online, interactive tools, if you get a question wrong, they'll say you put "B" here but it should be "D", and here's why.