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Schlep & Fetch: Delivering Anything and Everything, On Demand

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On-demand, delivery startup Schlep and Fetch (www.schlepandfetch.com) wants to be the place you contact first to get practically anything delivered for you, whether that's a food order or something you forgot to pick up from home. Bryson Strauss: We are an on-demand delivery service. I'm also an entertainment and music writer.

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Qualcomm Confirms FLO TV Shutdown Plans, Layoffs

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San Diego-based Qualcomm confirmed Tuesday evening that it is considering shutting down its FLO TV, mobile television service, after reports that the firm is planning to shut off the service. Tags: qualcomm television content streaming media layoffs entertainment jobs employment. READ MORE>>.

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Entropic Boosts Guidance

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San Diego-based semiconductor maker Entropic Communications , which makes chips for the home networking and entertainment market, said Monday that it is boosting its guidance for revenue in Q3 of 2010. Entropic is publicly held, trading on the Nasdaq as ENTR.

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Eventful Ties With Billboard On Concert Awards

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San Diego-based local events site Eventful is powering a big concert award with music publication and brand Billboard. The companies said that nominees for the Eventful 2012 Fans' Choice Award will come ia a combination of Billboard's Boxscore chart and Eventful's fan Demands; those awards will be presented in New York in November.

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Decoding the Secret of iPhone Game Popularity, With William Volk, Playscreen

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William is in San Diego, and is a longtime gaming vet, having been at Activision in the days of The Manhole and Myst. The thing is, it's a very demanding audience, even when you're talking about apps that are free with in-app purchases. Even then, users are very demanding. How did you get into iPhone development?

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

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Their purchases are limited to restaurants, bars, retail clothing outlets, travel and entertainment. I openly talked on the show at my embarrassment for never getting to look at this deal since it’s in my backyard (San Diego) and I had had fairly frequent online communication with the founder, Chester Ng, an ex exec from DivX.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

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In growing numbers, Silicon Valley executives—long based in tech strongholds like Santa Clara and Palo Alto—are buying homes in Los Angeles, as the lines between the technology and entertainment businesses grow blurrier. the entertainment industry. WSJs Lauren Schuker Blum shows us around. than in other parts of the city.