socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

San Diego-based Qualcomm said this week that it has rolled out a new line of single-use, biometric patches, through its subsidiary, Qualcomm Life. Qualcomm said it is using Benchmark Electronics as the FDA manufacturer of record for its new line of products.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

San Diego-based Wildfire Systems , led by startup veteran Jordan Glazier , has developed software which product referrals and automatically transform them into trackable links across email, text messaging, chat, and social messaging. Those references drive trillions of dollars of commerce. How was it you ended up in San Diego?

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

San Diego-based Qualcomm has launched a new reference platform, specifically aimed at helping designers incorporate its chips into drone aircraft, the company said Thursday.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2014

Intuit--which runs its TurboTax unit out of San Diego--said it will give customers $10 for every friend they refer to TurboTax for online tax preparation, up to $200. Intuit said this morning that it is offering up to $200 in Amazon gift cards for referrals to its TurboTax online tax preparation service. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2016

San Diego-based operating system developer Express Logic said today that it has opened up a new office in France, to help it support its European customers. The company said the office is 35 kilometers southwest of Paris, and will be lead by Jean-Paul Medina. Express Logic also has offices in the UK and Germany. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

In this case, it’s mostly just the SF Bay Area, plus others scattered between Boston, Los Angeles, San Diego and one ( Magic Leap ) in the unfortunately named Plantation, Florida. The San Francisco Bay Area is perhaps one of the best-known tech and startup hubs in the world.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Now, Microsoft-owned GitHub is gearing up to remove these references to slavery by naming primary code repositories “main” instead of “master.” This probably isn’t news to developers, but it was news to me when I found out many tech companies still use slave-master language. These changes will go into effect on October 1.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

The San Diego-based company, which announced the close of the Series E round Wednesday, said it will use the proceeds to create additional blood tests, often referred to as liquid biopsies, to help guide clinicians in selecting the best course of treatment for patients who have been.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Qualcomm Atheros , the networking products subsidiary of San Diego-based Qualcomm , along with Mindspeed Technologies , said today that the two have tied together for an embedded, video-over-Wi-Fi solution. The two said the reference design is aimed at applications like high end, fiber-to-the-home Ethernet gateways.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

San Diego-based Qualcomm said this morning that it has acquired several video processing related product lines from IDT. Qualcomm said the deal also calls for the two firms to "explore opportunities" to use IDT's mixed signal products as part of its reference designs. Financial terms of the cash deal were not announced.

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DECEMBER 27, 2012

Today, we're featuring Rory Moore , CEO of CommNexus in San Diego, the non-profit technology industry association that works to accelerate the formation, growth, and success of the technology industry in San Diego, and co-founder of Peregrine Semiconductor and Silicon Wave.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

San Diego-based Entropic Communications reported yesterday that the firm has inked a deal with NXP Semiconductors, on a joint set-top box reference design. The design provides a reference for a digital video recorder. The design provides a reference for a digital video recorder. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

San Diego-based Qualcomm said today that it has launched a new femtocell product, aimed at the enterprise and metro market. the firm's release also includes reference designs aimed at helping manufacturers design their own femtocell products. Qualcomm's new products support up to 32 active users. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

San Diego-based Quidel , a developer of medical diagnostic tests, said Friday that it has completed its $130M acquisition of Diagnostic Hybrids. Diagnostic Hybrids was located in Athens, Ohio, and develops in-vitro diagnostic assays used by hospitals and reference laboratories.

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JULY 31, 2009

San Diego-based Entropic Communications , a developer of multimedia-over-coax semiconductors, reported yetserday that it has linked up with systems-on-a-chip provider Sigma Designs. The two said they will develop high definition, MoCA compliant cable TV and IPTV set-top box reference designs.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

San Diego-based Wildfire Systems is hoping that consumers will help its clients spread the word out about their products through a new platform it launched today, Wildlink.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

San Diego-based Rippol , a new startup looking to help people discovery and find online videos, is launching today at the TechCrunch Real-Time CrunchUp in San Francisco. Rippol is headed by Aaron Crayford, who was former CEO of the Vusion Content Delivery Network. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 12, 2016

On Monday, nine startups began a 16-week program at Canopy San Diego , a new accelerator program for seed-stage companies developing new technologies, products, and services to support the legal cannabis industry. Entrepreneurs at work on first day of Canopy San Diego accelerator program.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 8, 2009

San Diego-based Chumby, which makes Internet-connected devices, has rolled out a new reference design that incorporates the firm's software to create Internet-connected digital photo frames. The firm said that the new reference design--which uses an application processor from Samsung--is available for developers.

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Xconomy

JUNE 21, 2017

A 2014 report provided a stark frame of reference for the challenge of fighting Alzheimer’s disease, showing that 99.6 percent of all drugs in the field had failed in one way or another.

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Xconomy

MARCH 28, 2018

We want to be where people’s bodies are keeping them from doing what they love to do,” says Tim Swift, Roam’s CEO and founder, referring to the company’s target market. Roam says its exoskeleton works like intelligent shock absorbers. “We The device is. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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Xconomy

MARCH 2, 2018

While mirrors are typically static pieces of glass, they are now being converted into high-tech portals that can make suggestions to complete an outfit, transport the reflected image into a beach scene or cityscape, and save a shopper’s personal makeup tutorials for future reference. This is a really interesting moment in a land.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2012

Last month, San Diego-based Tealium (www.tealium.com) announced a healthy, $10.5M A digital marketing tag is typically also referred to as a page code, which customers put on their websites when they want to deploy certain digital marketing solutions. How do you streamline that process?

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 17, 2017

He also said at the time that “we’re going to start bidding,” a reference to Medicare’s inability to negotiate drug prices. .” The first time he did so, using the same phrase just before his inauguration , the markets shuddered. This time, the markets shrugged.

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socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2014

So, it was a surprise when a number of smart, insider angels -- including Roy Rubin (founder of Magento, which he sold to eBay), and Dan Rose (VP of Partnerships at Facebook)--put their money behind TaxJar (www.taxjar.com), a San Diego startup developing sales tax compliance software. When did you decide to go out for a funding round?

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Xconomy

JUNE 22, 2016

Watson Health is teaming up with 16 partners, which include imaging and diagnostics company Hologic; Sentara Healthcare; Sheridan Healthcare; UC San Diego Health; University of Miami Health System; and Merge Healthcare, which was acquired by IBM last year and is now part of Watson Health.

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Xconomy

MARCH 29, 2017

These days, though, the word moonshot is used to refer to all sorts of lofty-if-not-impossible goals—from curing cancer to colonizing Mars. The Dickson Baseball Dictionary, for example, credits commentator Vin Scully for inventing the term to describe the soaring home runs that Wally Moon hit out of the old Los Angeles Coliseum.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 13, 2017

The holiday period is a great time for reflection and then behavior modification – often referred to as resolutions. While a bit artificial to the logical engineer, this opportunity can be helpful. This year, my favorite insight came from a former student and employee, Elliot Cohen, co-founder of PillPack.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 4, 2016

The San Diego company sees many reasons why wireless charging will eventually become a robust global market, according to Steve Pazol, a Qualcomm vice president who took over the company’s wireless charging business in 2014.

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socalTECH

JULY 31, 2013

One of the companies that has recently is On Ramp Wireless (www.onrampwireless.com), a San Diego company in the M2M market headed by Kevin Hell. We have a huge reference customer with SDG&E, and a world class partner with GE in the channel. They''re North America''s largest transporter of natural gas and oil.

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MAY 10, 2017

Joe Nigro: The amazing thing, is the workforce, the workers who use our platform, love using our service so much, that they are the ones referring businesses and workers to us. Joe Nigro: Right now, we're focused on the Greater Los Angeles area, and we'll be adding Orange County and San Diego over the next few months.

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APRIL 24, 2015

In the age of the smartphone and social sharing, San Diego-based ScoreStream (www.scorestream.com) thinks it has figured out how to tap into that new world, and connect all that social activity with the media. We were also able to go to social media, and cross reference the data. It's similar what we did at MP3.com,

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APRIL 24, 2015

In the age of the smartphone and social sharing, San Diego-based SportStream (www.sportstream.com) thinks it has figured out how to tap into that new world, and connect all that social activity with the media. We were also able to go to social media, and cross reference the data. It's similar what we did at MP3.com,

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InfoChachkie

JULY 20, 2015

By 1972, he had refined his product, which he mixed in his garage, packaged by hand and sold to surf shops up and down the California coast, from Santa Cruz to San Diego. In 1970, Zog closed his surf shop and focused his efforts on formulating a better wax.

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Xconomy

JUNE 28, 2016

Maybe you’ve heard it referred to as an MOU, or memorandum of understanding. You might know it as a letter of intent or a term sheet. Whatever you call it, this document of about five pages is a summary of the terms of a deal the parties hope to close down the line.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Derived from Greek words meaning “many parts,” the word polymer refers to a large molecule composed of multiple repeating units. As it turns out, some of our most important advances were actually inspired by a naturally occurring group of materials: polymers.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The next two deals were companies in a company in San Diego, Verve Wireless, and a local company here called GumGum. That said, and most venture guys say this, but I'll say it again--it is best to have a warm introduction and to be referred in. Subsequently, Rustic Canyon came in a Series A round.

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