Wed.Mar 18, 2020

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Inseego Pushes Wireless Devices For Working From Home

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San Diego-based Inseego , which develops 5G and Internet-of-Things technology used for asset tracking, connectivity, and similar applications, is again embracing its roots in the mobile hotspot market. The company--which had been trying to desperately trying to sell off its MiFi mobile hotspot business up until 2017, when it aborted a sale of its MiFi division to a Chinese company --says it "invented MiFi mobile hotspot devices", and says it is now providing a portfolio of mobile hotspots, USB m

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5 Forces That Kill Momentum For Business First-Movers

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Is your strategy as a business leader to be a first-mover or a follower? Despite the fact that most of the CEOs I advise would claim to be in the first category, when I dig deeper I find that at best they are fast followers , due to the time consuming challenges of transforming any business in this digital age. Fast change today requires commitment and an adaptive learning culture at all levels.

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Uber Plans Federal Lawsuit Against LA

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Uber is planning to file a federal lawsuit against Los Angeles, claiming that LA's requirement that on-demand scooter and last-mile transportation companies provider real-time location data on where its customers are raises privacy concerns. According to CNET, Uber claims the Los Angeles request is "surveillance", and that Los Angeles does not need the kind of data it is requiring providers to provide to the city.

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Core Innovation Capital Backs Digital Banking Startup One

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Los Angeles-based fintech investor Core Innovation Capital is one of the lead investors in One , a digital banking startup which was founded by Bill Harris, the former CEO of both Intuit and PayPal. One said this week that it has raised $17M in its Series A funding. The funding was led by Foundation Capital, Core Innovation Capital, and Obvious Ventures.

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Can You Ask for Office Rent Relief? How to Manage Your Lease During COVID-19

Office leases are one of companies’ largest expenses, and if your whole team is working from home with no clear end in sight, you may be wondering what to do about your lease.

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Broadband In LA Fine, But San Diego Slows Down Due To Remote Work

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The home Internet connections and speeds in Los Angeles are holding up fairly well even as the city--like many others around the country--shift towards remote work, although San Diego 's network performance has degraded, as more and more people are working from their home offices. According to Broadbandnow, although millions of users are shifting to residential Internet service, the speed of those Internet connections is "holding steady".

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Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Takes Virus Measures

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Pasadena-based Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals said on Tuesday afternoon that it is taking a number of precautionary measures to help protect the health and safety of its employees, partners, and the healthcare workers and patients involved in ongoing clinical studies. The company--like every other company in the nation, and much of the world--says it is recommending employees work from home, as much as feasible and appropriate; is restricting all but the "most essential" business-related travel; easi

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Quidel Says It Has COVID-19 Test

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San Diego-based Quidel , which develops rapid diagnostic testing products, says it has received an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its real-time RT-PCR test intnded to detect COVID-19, the virus that casuees SARS-CoV-2 in nasopharyngeal or oropharyngeal swab specimens. The company said the testing authorization is limited to laboratories certified under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA).

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