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Amazon Expands Tech Hub In San Diego

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Online e-commerce giant Amazon announced this morning that it is expanding at its "tech hub" in San Diego, and plans to create 300 new high tech jobs at the location. Amazon said the new office will allow it to more than double its tech workforce in the area. READ MORE>>.

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San Diego Innovation Economy Extended Gains in 2015: Connect Report

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The Connect Innovation Report found that 405 software, technology, and life sciences startups were created last year in San Diego County. Software startups made up nearly 63 percent (255 companies created) of all new high-tech ventures created in 2015, a trend fueled chiefly by software app development, according to the report.

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WebSense To Move Headquarters To Texas

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In a big loss for the local high tech community, computer security software developer Websense --based in San Diego--is moving its headquarters to Austin, Texas, and is taking 445 jobs with it. payment from the state. payment from the state. READ MORE>>.

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Sonos, Beats Music Make Super Bowl Commercial Debuts

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The two were not the only, Southern California companies with links to the high tech community here with ads, however -- among the most memorable of spots was a mini Seinfeld episode from Culver City-based Crackle , the online movie and TV streaming site owned by Sony.

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Vista Equity Sells Majority Of Websense To Raytheon

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Vista Equity Partners the private equity firm which as been gobbling up San Diego high tech companies and moving them to Texas--has agreed to sell 80 percent of Websense to defense company Raytheon , the three said today. software security cybersecurity acquisition merger raytheon websense partners equity vista'

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Southern California Firms Get $587.0M In Venture Capital In Q2

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invested across 17 deals; San Diego was third, with $147.75M in 18 deals. Other large deals included aTyr Pharma , in San Diego, which raised $38.75M, and Aliso Viejo-based Vertos Medical , which raised $22.75M. Orange County was second, with $161.9M The second largest sector was biotechnology, which had nearly $148.6M

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Events.com: Creating A New Events Management Software Giant, with Gregg Parise

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Is the world ready for another event management software provider? Gregg Parise What we are doing, is we are going into the event management software space, and doing it through a platform technology. We ended up with 12 people in San Diego at the beginning of 2014, and now we have 42.

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