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Instamotor Launches In San Diego

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Online used car buying and selling marketplace Instamotor said Monday that it has launched operations in San Diego. The startup--which already offers up its services in San Francisco and Los Angeles--lets users list, browse, and buy cars all through the company's mobile app.

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Qualcomm Funds Video Conferencing Firm

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San Diego-based Qualcomm is the lead investor in a developer of cloud-based, HD video conferencing services. Zoom Video Communications , which is based in Santa Clara, California, said this morning that it has raised a Series A financing round, and launched its cloud-based HD video meeting and mobile screen sharing service.

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Qualcomm, Adobe Team On Mobile Flash Player

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San Diego-based Qualcomm and Adobe said today that the two have teamed up to create an optimized Flash player for mobile devices. The collaboration is through the Open Screen Project, an effort to deliver a Flash runtime for mobile devices. Tags: qualcomm adobe snapdragon flash mobile software. READ MORE>>.

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New Effort Taps Crowdsourced PCs To Help Find Ebola Cure

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A new effort by San Diego-based Scripps Research Institute and IBM is seeking to tap into the collective power of crowdsoruced PCs and Android mobile devices, to help find a cure for Ebola.

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Xconomy Special Report: 12 San Diego Tech Startup to Watch in 2017

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I started with a list of companies already screened by the San Diego Venture Group’s annual venture summit, and consulted with investors and startup mentors to refine the list. Tim Rueth, a UC San Diego entrepreneur in residence and member of the EvoNexus selection committee, also screened the list, and offered his perspective.

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Best Buy Acquires GTCR’s GreatCall for $800M, Eyeing Aging Boomers

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Best Buy is paying $800 million in cash for GreatCall, a San Diego-based healthtech company which private equity firm GTCR bought early last year. GreatCall operates a virtual mobile telecommunications network for a customers base of more than 900,000 elderly consumers.

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Qualcomm Says Chinese Court Has Banned Some Apple iPhone Sales

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The San Diego chipmaker said a Chinese court has ordered four Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL ) subsidiaries in China to stop the sale and import of seven iPhone models in that country. Qualcomm announced a win Monday in its ongoing and multijurisdictional legal battle with Apple. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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