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Swarm Aims To Rejuvenate San Diego's Software Industry

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It hasn''t been a great few months for San Diego''s software and technology industry, as the city has seen three, big software companies move their operations, and thousands of jobs, to Texas. growth investment industry software diego swarm' READ MORE>>.

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Qualcomm Ties With Niantic, Maker of Pokemon Go, For AR Efforts

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San Diego-based Qualcomm has launched a new chip for the augmented reality / virtual reality market, saying this week at the Snapdragon Tech Summit that it has also linked with Pokemon Go creator Niantic , as part of an effort to in the augmented reality market.

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Interview with Jordan Glazier, Wildfire Systems

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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. What does that look like?

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Intuit Dangles Up to $200 For TurboTax Referrals

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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 turbotax referral filing preparation software' Intuit says it already has 26 million customers for the online tax preparation service. READ MORE>>.

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Express Logic Expands In France

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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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Interview: Mark Faggiano On TaxJar's Sales Tax Savvy Software

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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. What is TaxJar? READ MORE>>.

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Human Capital: Moving away from ‘master/slave’ terminology

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Now, Microsoft-owned GitHub is gearing up to remove these references to slavery by naming primary code repositories “main” instead of “master.” Meet the Formerly Incarcerated Software Engineers who Built a No-Police Alternative to 911. These changes will go into effect on October 1. Send me an email at megan@techcrunch.com .

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