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Recent and archived news stories on: Alternative Energy, Automotive, Computing, Engineering, Internet, Nanotech, Software, Telecom, Wireless...Cricket Communications’ Muve Music Service Reaches 1.4M Subscribers
Cricket Communications, a subsidiary of San Diego-based Leap Wireless International Inc., announced recently that its Muve Music service has reached 1.4 million subscribers, up from about 1.1 million at the end of 2012.
Serious Business
TECH: CEO Puts Education, Connections To Work in Software Firm
Every day, Cypher Genomics Inc. musters its resources to make sense of the human genome. Three of the company’s founders are life sciences luminaries in San Diego.
Serious Business Part 2
EDUCATION: Rady School’s Reputation Grows With Its Graduates’ Success
Companies such as Cypher Genomics (see related story) show that entrepreneurship is alive and well at UC San Diego’s Rady School of Management.
UCSD Plans To Amp Up Its Solar Power
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San Diego-based Sullivan Solar Power is installing an additional 784,000 watts of solar power on the UC San Diego campus, bringing the campus’s total solar power generation capacity to 3 million watts. The university estimates the new project will save an additional $2 million over the next 20 years
It’s the Customer’s Location That Counts for Breadcrumbs
TECH: Coupons and Deals Are Customized Through Tracking System
In Grimm’s fairy tale of “Hansel and Gretel,” the two young protagonists drop breadcrumbs along the path to find their way home from a trek in the dark forest.
Qualcomm Life, WebMD Team Up to Deliver Digital Health, Fitness Information
Qualcomm Life Inc. is collaborating with New York-based online health information resource WebMD LLC to allow consumers access and to learn about their own wireless health data from a wide array of fitness, wellness and medical devices.
SDG&E Receives Recognition at Climate Leadership Awards
San Diego Gas & Electric received national recognition at this year’s Climate Leadership Awards in Washington, D.C. The company was given the Supply Chain Leadership Award for its aggressive efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions throughout its supply chains.
Swiss Company Buys Local Cargo Tracking Firm
TECH: Expansion Needs Required It To Find Partnership
ABB, a $39 billion Swiss company, is wrapping up its purchase of APS Technology, a small Kearny Mesa tech firm that specializes in helping transportation companies keep track of shipping containers.
Qualcomm Tackles Unusual Expansion Plan
As the wireless communications community gathered at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, this week, Qualcomm Inc. announced a partnership with Deutsche Telekom to speed the world toward an “Internet of Everything.”
UCSD Student Startup Senses New Applications for Wireless
HEALTH: Sensors May Monitor ECG, EEG Without Electrodes
Federal health care officials hope that technology will help save the day when the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, is implemented on a greater scale.
Axesstel Sees Gains in Annual Revenue
Axesstel Inc., a San Diego-based producer of wireless communications equipment, recently reported 2012 net income of $4.3 million on revenue of $59.7 million.
County’s Move May Spur Residential Solar Energy
San Diego County’s Board of Supervisors voted to conduct an analysis that could lead to more rooftop solar and other alternative energy projects.
Sempra Energy Reports Earnings of $859M in 2012
Sempra Energy recently reported 2012 results, saying it achieved earnings of $859 million, or $3.48 per diluted share, on revenue of $9.65 billion.
Qualcomm Partners with Deutsche Telekom on ‘Internet of Everything’ Project
As the wireless communications community gathered at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, this week, Qualcomm Inc. announced a partnership with Deutsche Telekom to speed the world toward an “Internet of Everything.”
Novatel Wireless Reports Net Loss of $14.9M for Q4
Novatel Wireless Inc., a San Diego maker of telecom equipment and software, reported a 2012 fourth quarter net loss of $14.9 million, compared with a net loss of $3.4 million in the like quarter of 2011.
