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Navy Deploys Augmented and Virtual Reality for Many Tasks
DEFENSE: From Repairs To Simulated Combat, Lab Explores the PossibilitiesEveryone, it seems, wants to see the BEMR Lab. U.S. Navy scientists and engineers run the shop devoted to virtual reality and augmented reality at the Navy’s research complex at Point Loma. June 22, 2017 1:02 p.m. ShareViaSat Awarded $88.3 Million Military Contract
ViaSat Inc. reported on June 26 that it received an $88.3 million contract to provide radios to the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Air Force, adding that it is tripling its production capabilities for so-called MIDS JTRS terminals.
June 26, 2017 3:17 p.m. share »
It's Coding and Coffee by the Gallon: Programmers Hack All Night
Who would stay up all night writing computer code?
June 23, 2017 2:46 p.m. share »
For San Diego’s Startup Week, Imitation Is Sincerest Form of Flattery
San Diego’s grassroots startup event, San Diego Startup Week, has apparently inspired another major city to organize a startup week of its own.
June 23, 2017 2:30 p.m. share »Palomar Display Products Awarded $9.3 Million Army Contract
The U.S. Army awarded Palomar Display Products a $9.3 million contract modification, letting the Army buy more of the Carlsbad company’s binocular image control units. T
June 23, 2017 10:03 a.m. share »
S.D. Startups Chasing a Good Cause
Ever since the success of TOMS shoes — and the rise of "social impact ventures" — startups have been leveraging social and environmental causes to drive sales.
June 22, 2017 5:48 p.m. share »Survey: S.D. CIOs Looking to Hire in Second Half of 2017
Twenty-one percent of chief information officers in the San Diego area plan to hire full-time technology professionals in the second half of 2017, according to a forecast from Robert Half Technology, a division of Menlo Park-based recruitment firm Robert Half.
June 22, 2017 1:34 p.m. share »Software Startup Cloudbeds Raises $9 Million
San Diego software startup Cloudbeds has raised $9 million in new funding, setting the company up to boost its headcount and possibly acquire other companies, the startup said.
June 22, 2017 1:25 p.m. share »
Rock My World’s Chatbot Is Ready To Pump You Up or Slim You Down
Local app startup Rock My World is entering the booming ‘chatbot economy’ this month, launching an artificially intelligent software bot that acts like a personal trainer.
June 21, 2017 4:41 p.m. share »ViaSat Inc. Receives Multiyear Contract From Boeing Co.
Carlsbad-based ViaSat Inc. said it received a multiyear contract from the Boeing Co. to provide tactical wireless communications terminals for Apache Guardian helicopters. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
June 21, 2017 4:22 p.m. share »
San Diego Startup Recounts Experience at Bay Area Accelerator
San Diego startup LabFellows has returned from a long stint in San Francisco, where the company committed four months to tech accelerator Accelerprise.
June 20, 2017 4:29 p.m. share »Qualcomm Invests in Carlsbad Battery Technology Maker
Qualcomm Inc. said June 20 that it made a strategic investment in a Carlsbad battery technology maker called Amionx.
June 20, 2017 2:44 p.m. share »Cox May Be Acquisition Target
A few notes about Cox Communications: There is a rumor afoot that the privately held Atlanta company, a dominant San Diego cable provider and the third-largest in the country, may be bought by Altice USA Inc., the No. 4 cable provider. FierceCable recently reported the rumor. Cox responded with this statement: “We are not for sale and, in fact, we are making aggressive investments of our own.” Altice is taking steps toward a $1.35 billion initial public offering and plans to use the funds for acquisitions.
June 19, 2017 3:28 p.m. share »
Six San Diego Cos. Set to Compete in BIO's Startup Stadium
Six San Diego startups were chosen as finalists for Startup Stadium, a pitch competition for early-stage entrepreneurs going this week at the 2017 BIO International Convention.
June 19, 2017 3:18 p.m. share »
Firm Lands at Intersection of Health Care and Medical Devices
Industrial designer Chris Ross sees a great convergence in the latter half of the 2010s. It’s happening in the field of medical devices.
June 19, 2017 3:14 p.m. share »-
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