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Eset Expands Smartphone Security, Qualcomm’s Firethorn Offers Swagg, Proximetry Focuses on Private Wireless Networks, & More San Diego BizTech News

Is Swagg something you’d want—or not want—on your smartphone? If you don’t know, you better catch up on what Qualcomm’s Firethorn has planned for the upcoming holidays, along with the rest of last week’s tech news.

—Privately held Eset, which develops computer security and anti-virus software, released a new security product for mobile devices using the Symbian platform as well as a new version of its security software for the Windows 7 mobile platform. Eset CEO Anton Zajac told me the company, based in San Diego and Bratislava, Slovakia, has a big market share in Spain, where Symbian is the dominant mobile platform.

—Firethorn Holdings, the Atlanta-based mobile commerce company acquired by Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) three... Read more »

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wireless, mobile commerce, Apps

Qualcomm’s Firethorn Begins Rollout of Wireless Gift Card Ahead of Holiday Season

Bruce V. Bigelow 9/3/10

Three years ago, San Diego’s Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) paid $210 million in cash to acquire an Atlanta mobile banking startup called Firethorn Holdings. At the time, some commentaries emphasized that mobile banking in the... Read more »

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National
wwwade, IT, Software

The Leaning Tower of Ping: How iTunes Could Be Apple’s Undoing

Wade Roush 9/3/10

With each new product that Apple announces, including the revamped Apple TV and the new Ping social network, Steve Jobs reveals a little bit more of his plan to dominate the media universe. But I can... Read more »

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Biotech, deals, obesity

Orexigen Nabs $1B Deal With Takeda to Market Obesity Drug, Shares Climb

Luke Timmerman 9/2/10

San Diego-based Orexigen Therapeutics has found a partner to help it compete in the growing market for drugs to combat obesity. It’s Japan-based Takeda Pharmaceutical.

Under the terms of the deal, Takeda has obtained an... Read more »

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National
policy, Leadership, people

U.S. Innovation and Entrepreneurship Council Quietly Holds First Meeting in DC, Starting with Steve Case-Hosted Dinner

Gregory T. Huang 9/2/10

It’s a big day for U.S. innovation strategy. The National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship is holding its first official meeting at the Department of Commerce in Washington, DC, today—and Xconomy has some exclusive details.... Read more »

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Roundup, Life Sciences, funding

Otonomy Gets $38.5M, Avalon Helps Restart Drug for Age-Related Blindness, Accumetrics Heads Toward Profitability, & More San Diego Life Sciences News

Bruce V. Bigelow 9/2/10

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Life Sciences, Biomedical Diagnostics, Anti-Clotting

Accumetrics Adds $7 Million in Venture Funding, Plans to Reach Profitability

Bruce V. Bigelow 9/1/10

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National
IT, Life Sciences, energy

Innovators in Boston, San Diego, San Francisco, Northwest Top World Economic Forum’s List of Technology Pioneers

Wade Roush 9/1/10

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National
Technology, innovation, Analysis

Party Like It’s 1999: 10 Old Tech Ideas That Are New Again

Gregory T. Huang 9/1/10

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security software, Mobile, IT

Eset Readies Mobile Security Software for Some Smartphone Operating Systems

Bruce V. Bigelow 9/1/10

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National
innovation, Competitiveness, Government

The Innovation Imperative: How Corporations and Nations Can Survive the Tsunami of Global Competition and Thrive

Ken Morse 9/3/10

Government leaders in Europe and North America are seeking to formulate enlightened, effective policies to create the necessary ecosystems and help their corporations respond to threats of loss of markets at... Read more »

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San Francisco
Life Sciences, VC, Stem Cells

Will the Stem Cell Ruling Affect Venture Capital Investing?

Brad Webb 9/1/10

Last week’s federal district court ruling ordering an immediate halt in federal funding for stem cell research has thrown academic research circles into a state of confusion. This has caught the... Read more »

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Boston
cleantech, energy, trends

Lessons in Energy from an MIT Sloan School Grad

Mahesh Konduru 8/26/10

A little less than two years ago I made the decision to enroll at MIT Sloan for an MBA. Shortly after getting to the campus, I made the decision to look... Read more »

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