Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=2e5d1c82-9e12-4ba8-87bc-7bbacd2f781e&Preview=1 Date 9/1/2011 Company Name Restaurant Revolution Technologies Mailing Address 1187 Coast Village Road Santa Barbara, CA 93108 Company Description Restaurant Revolution Technologies, LLC (RRT), was founded in 2008 with a solution engineered to support the many thousands of restaurant and hospitality locations throughout the world that currently serve hundreds of millions … Continue reading “Restaurant Revolution Technologies Secures New Funding Round”
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Gamemaker Zeebo Raises Additional Capital in Major Strategy Change
San Diego-based Zeebo, founded in 2007 to build a business around a new wireless game console, apparently is making a significant change in its strategy, and has raised additional equity funding, according to a recent regulatory filing. Zeebo discloses in the document submitted to the SEC that it’s raising $17 million in equity financing, but … Continue reading “Gamemaker Zeebo Raises Additional Capital in Major Strategy Change”
Sony Tablets Open New Opportunities for San Diego’s Chumby
[Updated 8/31/11, 3:30 pm. See below.]The new 9.4-inch Tablet S that Sony is introducing today includes many features that the consumer electronics giant hopes will be compelling for users, including access to Sony’s network of PlayStation video games, music, movies, and other entertainment services. The Android-based tablet also can “throw” steaming video or music to … Continue reading “Sony Tablets Open New Opportunities for San Diego’s Chumby”
San Diego’s EvoNexus Eyes Downtown Move and Expansion
EvoNexus, the free incubator founded in San Diego more than two years ago by CommNexus, the non-profit technology industry group, is evaluating a move that would significantly expand the scale of its operations. Kevin Hell, who stepped in nine months ago as part-time chairman of the incubator’s oversight committee, tells me “the infrastructure is in … Continue reading “San Diego’s EvoNexus Eyes Downtown Move and Expansion”
New York’s DoubleVerify Raises $33 Million to Track Online Media Advertising
New York-based DoubleVerify, which has technology for tracking and verifying online advertising, says today it has raised $33 million in a Series C round of financing led by JMI Equity, based in San Diego and Baltimore, and the Bay Area’s Institutional Venture Partners (IVP). Existing investors Blumberg Capital and First Round Capital joined in the … Continue reading “New York’s DoubleVerify Raises $33 Million to Track Online Media Advertising”
Active Network Names Dejanovic to New Role
The San Diego-based Active Network today named former Monster Worldwide executive and chief information officer Darko Dejanovic as its chief technology, product, and innovation officer, a newly created role. At Monster Worldwide, parent of the online employment giant Monster.com, Dejanovic was responsible for global IT strategy, product design, online marketing, consumer sales, and operations and … Continue reading “Active Network Names Dejanovic to New Role”
Aiming at Constrained Bandwidth, Ortiva’s Technology Improves Video Streaming
[Updated 8/30/11, 1:25 pm. See below.] The way to think about San Diego’s Ortiva Wireless is that it serves as a kind of accelerator. The reason the company exists comes down to the fact that the world is going wireless, the mobile device is moving into the center of our lives, and bandwidth congestion is … Continue reading “Aiming at Constrained Bandwidth, Ortiva’s Technology Improves Video Streaming”
Computing in the Age of the $1,000 Genome: Speakers from Wired, Fortune Join All-Star Lineup
Some amazing, and potentially disturbing, things could happen when scientists are able to sequence a person’s entire genome for $1,000 and in less than a day’s work. The technology is heading in that direction, fast. So I’m excited to announce today that a few more big thinkers on DNA sequencing technology and its societal implications … Continue reading “Computing in the Age of the $1,000 Genome: Speakers from Wired, Fortune Join All-Star Lineup”
The Startup Genome Compass
What makes startups succeed or fail? More than 90 percent of startups fail, due primarily to self-destruction rather than competition. For the less than 10 percent of startups that do succeed, most encounter several near death experiences along the way. Simply put, while we now have some good theory, we just are not very good … Continue reading “The Startup Genome Compass”
MP3Tunes Likes Sound of Court Ruling, PureForge Raises $4.5M, Qualcomm Backs AliveCor, & More San Diego BizTech News
Managing complexity was a recurring theme at a global conference on data mining and predictive analytics held in San Diego last week, and sometimes it’s a recurring theme here at Xconomy as well. We’ve pulled together a lot of disparate elements for this roundup, for example. Your briefing begins now. —In a ruling with broad … Continue reading “MP3Tunes Likes Sound of Court Ruling, PureForge Raises $4.5M, Qualcomm Backs AliveCor, & More San Diego BizTech News”
The Fall of Pfizer: How Big is Too Big for Pharma Innovation?
There are big companies out there—Apple, Google, Amazon—that most people today would consider innovative developers of new products. But can a company that seeks to create new drugs get too big to innovate? Is there something about life sciences that requires it to stay small if it wants to create? The question has been on … Continue reading “The Fall of Pfizer: How Big is Too Big for Pharma Innovation?”
Zeebo Obtains $17,000,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f417e217-367c-4755-9f6d-b17abf95f7c9&Preview=1 Date 8/29/2011 Company Name Zeebo Mailing Address 5405 Morehouse Dr. San Diego, CA 92121 Company Description Meet Zeebo, a casual gaming, entertainment and education platform that brings fun and learning to tomorrow’s consumers. Using technologies such as 3G wireless content delivery, Zeebo fundamentally alters the economics of interactive entertainment and learning … Continue reading “Zeebo Obtains $17,000,000 New Financing Round”
Marconi Symposium: How Will the Internet Survive?
Organized as a “point, counter-point” dialog between two panels, this Marconi Symposium provides a visionary look at where the Internet and communications capabilities are headed. The session also calls attention to the extreme challenges and technological innovations needed to ensure its future. How will the Internet survive? It may depend on collaborations between hardware and … Continue reading “Marconi Symposium: How Will the Internet Survive?”
Collaborating to Deliver Innovation to the Department of Defense
The San Diego Advanced Defense Technologies Cluster is holding a special workshop for small businesses. Representatives from Accenture, BAE, Boeing, Cubic, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and SAIC will explain how to work with prime contractors for the U.S. Department of Defense. Representatives from small businesses, including Geodetics, Indus, Integrits, and Pixon will explain how they deliver … Continue reading “Collaborating to Deliver Innovation to the Department of Defense”
What Comes After Flickr? The Future of Photos in the Cloud
It’s unclear how much damage Hurricane Irene will deal out as it travels up the Eastern Seaboard this weekend, but in the British Virgin Islands, it’s already caused one notable loss. Lightning from the storm sparked a fire that destroyed the home of Sir Richard Branson, who lost thousands of irreplaceable photographs in the blaze. … Continue reading “What Comes After Flickr? The Future of Photos in the Cloud”
Genomatica Files for IPO, Tandem Diabetes Raises $12M, Zogenix Looks to Raise Almost $50M, & More San Diego Life Sciences News
The big news for San Diego life sciences companies over the past week fell into two categories, raising money and winning regulatory approval. Either way, it’s all good news. —Genomatica, which genetically engineers microorganisms to produce industrial chemicals from renewable raw materials, has applied to raise $100 million through an IPO. The proceeds would be … Continue reading “Genomatica Files for IPO, Tandem Diabetes Raises $12M, Zogenix Looks to Raise Almost $50M, & More San Diego Life Sciences News”
Xconomist of the Week: Sakti3’s Sastry on How to Succeed in Cleantech
Xconomy readers are no doubt familiar with Ann Marie Sastry. She’s the co-founder of Sakti3, a next-generation lithium-ion battery development company, and a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Michigan. Sakti3’s battery has already attracted deep-pocketed investors such as Khosla, General Motors, and Beringea. In April, the company’s solid-state batteries made the MIT Technology Review’s … Continue reading “Xconomist of the Week: Sakti3’s Sastry on How to Succeed in Cleantech”
SolarReserve Receives $15,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=32e49f9a-e485-4925-b559-1c2209b20a15&Preview=1 Date 8/25/2011 Company Name SolarReserve Mailing Address 2425 Olympic Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90404 Company Description SolarReserve was formed to solve two of the fundamental barriers of renewable energy: scalability and storage. Unlike hydroelectric, geothermal, biomass, and other renewable energy technologies that use limited renewable fuel sources, SolarReserve’s power plants draw … Continue reading “SolarReserve Receives $15,000,000 New Round”
San Diego’s Awarepoint Raises $27M in Series F—As in Final—Venture Round
San Diego-based Awarepoint, which has developed real-time tracking technology for the healthcare industry, says today it has raised $27 million in a Series F round of financing led by Silicon Valley’s Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. The company says a new investor, San Francisco’s Top Tier Capital Partners, joined in the round, along with existing … Continue reading “San Diego’s Awarepoint Raises $27M in Series F—As in Final—Venture Round”
San Diego’s Genomatica, a Pioneer in Industrial Biotechnology, Files for IPO
San Diego-based Genomatica, an industrial biotech that uses engineered microorganisms to produce high-value chemicals in fermentation tanks, has submitted plans for an initial public offering, according to a regulatory filing today. The underwriters include Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan Securities, and Jefferies & Company, and the company hopes to someday trade under the ticker symbol GENO. … Continue reading “San Diego’s Genomatica, a Pioneer in Industrial Biotechnology, Files for IPO”
Confident Technologies Adds New Capabilities to Its Network Security Software
Curtis Staker and Roman Yudkin have been busy in the 16 months since they officially launched Confident Technologies of Solana Beach, CA—using salvaged computer security software originally developed by Portland, OR-based Vidoop. As I explained last year, the suburban San Diego company has developed an alternative to the security protocol that requires an online user … Continue reading “Confident Technologies Adds New Capabilities to Its Network Security Software”
How Google+ Could Transform Healthcare & Medicine
This post was co-authored by Rich Whalley, an associate at CBT Advisors. What could Google do if it had access to everyone’s health data? You’re probably already thinking a few things: 1. There’s no way I’m giving Google my personal health data. 2. Didn’t Google already try to do this with Google Health? 3. Won’t this … Continue reading “How Google+ Could Transform Healthcare & Medicine”
AwarePoint Lands $27,000,000 Series F Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=68df28ad-a0e5-44a0-b1cd-31fe1c7d6daa&Preview=1 Date 8/24/2011 Company Name AwarePoint Mailing Address 600 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Company Description In 2002, the founders of Awarepoint recognized that despite the tremendous potential of active RFID technologies to improve operational efficiency in medium and large businesses, there were no solutions on the market that offered good … Continue reading “AwarePoint Lands $27,000,000 Series F Funding”
San Diego’s Michael Robertson, MP3tunes, Claim ’99 Percent’ Win in Fight Over Cloud Music
A federal judge in New York has largely rebuffed a request for summary judgment in a copyright infringement case that Capitol Records and its parent EMI Music Group filed in 2007 against MP3tunes, the San Diego-based provider of cloud-based music services. MP3tunes founder Michael Robertson, who previously founded San Diego’s MP3.com (and became a pariah … Continue reading “San Diego’s Michael Robertson, MP3tunes, Claim ’99 Percent’ Win in Fight Over Cloud Music”
reRUBBER Receives $2,800,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7110de52-51b1-4097-baea-103024e3411c&Preview=1 Date 8/23/2011 Company Name reRUBBER Mailing Address 315 S. Sultana Avenue Ontario, CA 91761 Company Description The company recycled rubber tires into rubber, steel and fiber products. Website http://www.rerubber.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $2,800,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. SEC regulatory filing. M&A Terms … Continue reading “reRUBBER Receives $2,800,000 New Round”
CloudTrigger Obtains $700,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ce9afb29-7599-4ef4-a823-82b56242dd8c&Preview=1 Date 8/23/2011 Company Name CloudTrigger Mailing Address 760 Garden View Court Encinitas, CA 92024 Company Description CloudTrigger was founded by industry veteran and cloud computing visionary, Lonnie Wills. CloudTrigger is a multi-discipline services firm focusing on Salesforce.com, SaaS (Software as a Service) and Cloud Computing technologies to help organizations of all … Continue reading “CloudTrigger Obtains $700,000 New Financing Round”
Inogen Secures $6,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6d4fd0e2-b713-4bda-bd1b-a640810c9464&Preview=1 Date 8/23/2011 Company Name Inogen Mailing Address 326 Bollay Drive Goleta, CA 93117 Company Description Inogen was founded in 2001 to develop products that improve quality of life and increase freedom and mobility for respiratory disease sufferers, predominantly Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients. Website http://www.inogen.net Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount … Continue reading “Inogen Secures $6,000,000 New Round”
SaaS Deals Get Top Valuations, Del Mar DataTrac Sold, Qualcomm Introducing a Pet Tracker, & More San Diego BizTech News
The climate for software deal-making improved during the second quarter, especially for cloud-based companies offering Software-as-a-Service. We’ve got the rundown on that, as well as a new software deal to be counted in the next quarter. —San Diego’s Software Equity Group counted 397 buyouts and mergers in the software sector with a cumulative value of … Continue reading “SaaS Deals Get Top Valuations, Del Mar DataTrac Sold, Qualcomm Introducing a Pet Tracker, & More San Diego BizTech News”
Growing Need for “Big Data” Analysis Spurs Growth in Today’s SD Conference
More than 1,100 experts who analyze “Big Data” are gathered in San Diego today for the industry’s major conference on “Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining” (KDD). The registered attendance is a 22 percent increase over the 900 who attended last year’s KDD conference in Washington D.C. “In this field, at least, we’re experiencing a recovery,” … Continue reading “Growing Need for “Big Data” Analysis Spurs Growth in Today’s SD Conference”
San Diego’s Tandem Diabetes Raises $12 Million While Insulin Pump Is Under Review
Tandem Diabetes Care, a San Diego medical device maker founded in 2008, has raised $12 million of a financing round that could eventually total nearly $13.7 million, according to a recent regulatory filing. The company has applied to the FDA for clearance for its insulin pump, according to VentureWire. The company’s website says its wearable … Continue reading “San Diego’s Tandem Diabetes Raises $12 Million While Insulin Pump Is Under Review”
Seattle Genetics: The Next Litmus Test for High Priced Cancer Drugs
[Update: 9:20 am ET] Dendreon ran into a buzz saw of opposition last year when it priced its new prostate cancer drug at $93,000 per patient. Genentech has loads of critics who say it has overreached on price with its antibody drugs for cancer, especially in cases where the data supporting the drug is controversial, … Continue reading “Seattle Genetics: The Next Litmus Test for High Priced Cancer Drugs”
Tandem Diabetes Care Receives $12,001,200 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3b42fca0-8cc9-4073-8ee8-3f84710305e1&Preview=1 Date 8/22/2011 Company Name Tandem Diabetes Care Mailing Address 11045 Roselle Street San Diego, CA 92121 Company Description The company develops medical devices for the treatment of diabetes. Website http://www.tandemdiabetes.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $12,001,200 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. Amount may include options, warrants … Continue reading “Tandem Diabetes Care Receives $12,001,200 New Funding”
And Then There Were Three: Why Microsoft Is the Vital New Underdog in Mobile Computing
Hewlett-Packard’s surprise exit from the smartphone and tablet business yesterday means that WebOS is effectively dead. That brings Palm’s long legacy to an end and leaves just four major mobile operating systems standing: Android, iOS, BlackBerry OS, and Windows Mobile/Windows Phone 7. (Symbian would have been on this list until recently, but now that Nokia … Continue reading “And Then There Were Three: Why Microsoft Is the Vital New Underdog in Mobile Computing”
Software Industry Valuations Rise, Driven by Demand for Software-as-a-Service
Global spending on information and communications technologies is fueling higher valuations for public software companies, according to a quarterly report released by the San Diego-based Software Equity Group. Much of that increased spending, however, reflects an intensifying demand for cloud computing and software as a service (SaaS), as big-company CIOs increasingly accept the notion of … Continue reading “Software Industry Valuations Rise, Driven by Demand for Software-as-a-Service”
Qualcomm, Apple, & Nokia Reportedly Still Considering InterDigital Buyout
Qualcomm (NASDAQ: [[ticker:QCOM]]), Apple, (NASDAQ: [[ticker:APPL]]) and Nokia (NYSE: [[ticker:NOK]]) are deciding if buying wireless technologies specialist InterDigital (NASDAQ: [[ticker:IDCC]]) makes sense, according to a report in Reuters. InterDigital, based in King of Prussia, PA, generates most of its revenue from its portfolio of nearly 9,000 wireless technology patents. The company, which opened a new … Continue reading “Qualcomm, Apple, & Nokia Reportedly Still Considering InterDigital Buyout”
Genomatica Signs Up for Italian Job
San Diego’s Genomatica, the industrial biotechnology startup, says it has agreed to establish a joint venture with Novamont, the Italian bio-plastic producer, to develop the first industrial plant in Europe to produce butanediol (BDO) from renewable feedstocks. Novamont plans to use the estimated 40 million pounds per year output to meet the increasing demand for … Continue reading “Genomatica Signs Up for Italian Job”
Consortium Find New HIV Antibodies, Zogenix Gets Drug to Clinical End Point, TrovaGene Reclaims Technology, & More San Diego Life Sciences News
Our roundup of San Diego’s life sciences news is short and sweet this morning. Could these be the dog days of summer? —Scientists from Seattle’s Theraclone Sciences, San Diego’s Scripps Research Institute, South San Francisco’s Monogram Biosciences, and the New York-based International Aids Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) have identified 17 new human antibodies that target a … Continue reading “Consortium Find New HIV Antibodies, Zogenix Gets Drug to Clinical End Point, TrovaGene Reclaims Technology, & More San Diego Life Sciences News”
Xconomist of the Week: Tony Coles’ Journey from Mass General Doctor to SF Biotech CEO
Tony Coles was about nine years old when he decided to become a doctor. His father, a government accountant and a minister, told him that medicine and law were great professions. The younger Coles, a fan of math and science, opted for medicine. And even when teachers underestimated him, placing Coles in a math class … Continue reading “Xconomist of the Week: Tony Coles’ Journey from Mass General Doctor to SF Biotech CEO”
Envision Solar Names New CEO
San Diego’s Envision Solar says Desmond Wheatley, the firm’s president and chief operating officer, succeeded founding CEO and chairman Bob Noble on Aug. 10. Noble has moved to a new role as executive chairman. The company also named a new CFO, Chris Caulson.
Are Free Motorola Phones in Our Future? A VC’s Take on Why Google is Buying Motorola
I was invited to go on Bloomberg West TV on Monday when news broke of Google’s plan to acquire Motorola for $12.5 billion in cash. I hadn’t had much time to digest the news before going on live television and found myself verbalizing my gut instinct: that is, I think Google will at some point … Continue reading “Are Free Motorola Phones in Our Future? A VC’s Take on Why Google is Buying Motorola”
Zogenix Pain Drug Meets Endpoint
San Diego-based Zogenix says its late-stage efficacy study of hydrocodone bitartrate (Zohydro) met the company’s intended goal, with patients reporting improved chronic pain relief compared to a placebo. The study also demonstrated that the drug candidate was safe and well-tolerated. If federal drug regulators approve the drug for the U.S. market, Zogenix says it could … Continue reading “Zogenix Pain Drug Meets Endpoint”
San Diego’s Stock Twits Aims its Social Media Tweets at the Wall Street People Who Matter
After more than 20 years of experience as a Wall Street investor and entrepreneur, Howard Lindzon has become a connoisseur of stock culture. He says his disdain for CNBC was the reason he created WallStrip, an offbeat videoblog mix of finance, markets, and humor, in 2007. Eight months later, CBS acquired WallStrip for an undisclosed … Continue reading “San Diego’s Stock Twits Aims its Social Media Tweets at the Wall Street People Who Matter”
Scientists Spot New Antibodies Against HIV, Opening Up Potential Path to AIDS Vaccine
Scientists have never been able to make an effective AIDS vaccine, largely because the HIV virus is crafty, always finding ways to mutate and escape the body’s immune defenses. But now a national team of scientists has found antibodies that zero in on newly identified weak spots in the virus, potentially opening up promising new … Continue reading “Scientists Spot New Antibodies Against HIV, Opening Up Potential Path to AIDS Vaccine”
Finding Trends: Cleantech IPOs Skew Toward Biofuels, Materials, Energy Efficiency
Even before global markets reacted to the U.S. credit downgrade, IPOs for cleantech companies have been relatively few and far between. Still, the IPO data for the first half of 2011 reveals the kinds of alternative energy and green technology companies are going public—a good indication of which sectors are more likely to attract more … Continue reading “Finding Trends: Cleantech IPOs Skew Toward Biofuels, Materials, Energy Efficiency”
ClariPhy Communications Lands $4,500,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=82452c22-9651-47f6-8775-741b98485b9e&Preview=1 Date 8/17/2011 Company Name ClariPhy Communications Mailing Address 7585 Irvine Center Drive Irvine, CA 92618 Company Description ClariPhy Communications, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company that designs and markets complex physical-layer products (ICs) for high-speed communications. ClariPhy’s initial products, which target 10-Gbit/s optical networks in the enterprise market, significantly lower the … Continue reading “ClariPhy Communications Lands $4,500,000 New Funding”
Computing in the Age of the $1000 Genome: Xconomy to Convene Next Big SF Event Oct. 24
An amazing innovation story has been unfolding the past few years in the field of gene sequencing, which is creating one of today’s biggest computing challenges. New DNA sequencing tools are improving at such a rapid pace that scientists say it will soon be possible to generate the 3-billion-letter signature of an individual’s DNA for … Continue reading “Computing in the Age of the $1000 Genome: Xconomy to Convene Next Big SF Event Oct. 24”
Innovate or Conserve Cash? The Growing Dilemma for Biotech Firms
There’s no doubt that managing a biotech company is an enduring challenge, even during less tumultuous economic times. Now, entrepreneurs are contending with resources that are incredibly tight, an economy that is unsettled, a stock market on a roller-coaster ride, and research and development budgets that are being slashed. The stewardship role entrusted to the … Continue reading “Innovate or Conserve Cash? The Growing Dilemma for Biotech Firms”
Nukona Receives New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c1584080-eb54-4cbd-9480-dd64e8f3e600&Preview=1 Date 8/16/2011 Company Name Nukona Mailing Address 535 N Highway 101 Solana Beach, CA 92075 Company Description At Nukona we agree, but also believe that the impact of the new generation of consumer- oriented, app-centric devices is driving a fundamental change to the way people work. Website http://www.nukona.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “Nukona Receives New Funding”
Pleasanton’s Ellie Mae Buys San Diego’s Del Mar DataTrac for $25.2M
Pleasanton, CA-based Ellie Mae (NYSE Amex: [[ticker:ELLI]]), which provides software used by mortgage lenders to underwrite home loans and related transactions, says today it has acquired Del Mar DataTrac, a privately held competitor in San Diego. In a statement, Ellie Mae says it agreed to pay $17.2 million at closing, with another $8 million in … Continue reading “Pleasanton’s Ellie Mae Buys San Diego’s Del Mar DataTrac for $25.2M”
Qualcomm’s Snaptracs—Not SnapTrack—Offers New Pet Tracking Technology to Consumers
San Diego-based Qualcomm (NASDAQ: [[ticker:QCOM]]) has focused most of its business and resources on commercial customers who install the company’s wireless chips and related technologies in a host of cell phones, mobile devices, networking equipment, and other products. But today, a year-old Qualcomm subsidiary called Snaptracs is unveiling a new product for consumers—a lightweight tracking … Continue reading “Qualcomm’s Snaptracs—Not SnapTrack—Offers New Pet Tracking Technology to Consumers”