Friday, February 7, 2014GoPro Plans IPOAction sports camera maker GoPro--which has operations in San Diego--said Friday that it plans to conduct a registered, initial public offering of its stock. The company, which has headquarters in San Mateo, said it made a confidential submission of its draft registration statement Friday to the SEC. Those documents are typically made public until after SEC review, under the new SEC confidential IPO filing rules. If success, the IPO is a win for Southern California's tech community--despite the (More info...)
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Laudville Launches Out Of BetaLos Angeles-based Laudville, the online, social sharing service led by Phoebe B. Scott, said this week that it has launched out of beta, letting users share and discover movies, TV shows, music, and books. According to the startup, it has launched a new version which includes such features as links to Twitter, ability to find other friends using the service, a history of bookmarks and opinions, and much more. Laudville is looking to create a central place for social discovery of all kinds of ent (More info...)
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WebSense To Move Headquarters To TexasIn a big loss for the local high tech community, computer security software developer Websense--based in San Diego--is moving its headquarters to Austin, Texas, and is taking 445 jobs with it. According to Texas Governor Rick Perry--who has been aggressively courting Southern California companies--Websense has agreed to move its headquarters and employees to Texas, after receiving a $4.5M payment from the state. The move comes eight months after Websense was acquired by private equity company Vi (More info...)
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SRCH2: Fastest, Lightest Search Engine For Android, Hands DownSRCH2, the software developer developing advanced, instant search tools which is backed by TenOneTen Ventures, Data Collective, and others, says that its search engine is the fastest search engine now available for Android. According to the company, its software runs more than 400 times faster than other options--including other commercial software providers and the open source Lucene search engine--on local data. According to CEO Dev Bhatia via an interview, the company's tools are far lighter (More info...)
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ACTIVE Network Debuts Half Marathon Training AppLooking to complete your first half marathon? San Diego-based ACTIVE Network, the provider of cloud-based sports activity and registration services, has rolled out a new mobile app for iOS specifically to help people complete their first half marathon. According to ACTIVE Network, the 13.one Half Marathon app helps runners make it to their half marathon, by providing a 12 week training plan, tracking of training, and more. ACTIVE Network said the app is one a number of apps its provides that are (More info...)
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ProFlowers Debuts Mobile AppSan Diego-based online flower retailer ProFlowers said late Tursday that it has launched a new, mobile app for the iPhone and iPod touch. According to the company, its new ProFlowers App allows customers to select flower arrangements based on sentiments and mood, handles address importing from their phone's address book, and lets users take a picture of their credit card to pay for their purchase.
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Quick Pitch Friday: Shawn Peterson, UnderbuiltWe're experimenting with a new feature for our site: quick pitches from very early, local startups who haven't had much (or any) funding. Today's is with Shawn Peterson, founder of Los Angeles-based Underbuilt (www.underbuilt.com), an online site providing information on properties for the building and remodeling market. Are you the founder of a very early stage startup--not yet angel or venture backed--and want to talk about your startup? Email us at editor@socaltech.com and tell us why we shou (More info...)
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Pathway Genomics Names Chief Strategy OfficerSan Diego-based Pathway Genomics, which offers genetic testing lab services, said Thursday that it has named Ardy Arianpour as its Chief Strategy Officer. According to Pathway Genomics, Arianpour was most recently at Ambryx Genetics, and also has served at Clinical Data, Cogenics, and Eurogentec North America; the company said Arianpour has more than 13 years of experience in the biotech industry.
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