Meet Watson Yim, co-founder of successful tech startup Aira
Recently touted at the SXSW conference, local tech startup Aira is changing the game for visually impaired communities around the world. Through its unique technology and network of trained agents, Aira is helping people with blindness or low vision enhance everyday tasks – like ordering a ride to the airport...
Continue ReadingDrone tech company Planck Aerosystems hosts #TakeoverTuesday
Meet Planck Aerosystems, drone tech company that’s enabling drones to launch and land on moving vehicles – both on land and at sea. With the largest concentration of military assets in the world (fun fact!), San Diego was the perfect place to start this company. COO Dave Twining says,...
Continue ReadingRead about San Diego's changing tech scene and how to keep the momentum going | Photo by Michelle Guerrero/SDUT
We’ve talked a lot about San Diego’s burgeoning tech scene. But here’s a little-known secret about San Diego: We’re not a one-trick town. We’ve got surf and science, breweries and biotech. And whether we’re racking in record research dollars, raising VC, or making waves, our rapidly-growing club of San Diego...
Continue ReadingTech company Tealium host #TakeoverTuesday
Headquartered in the beautiful Torrey Pines neighborhood of San Diego, Tealium is one company where nothing ever gets stale. Its mission is to help other companies seamlessly integrate siloed apps and data in real time, so that they can better understand their customers and build more relevant customer responses. Besides...
Continue ReadingApple adds another 200 jobs in San Diego
In December, Apple made the announcement we were all hoping for: the iPhone creator would establish a new site in San Diego, bringing 1,000 employees to the region over three years. And because 1,000 jobs just isn’t enough for a company like Apple, today we found out they’re bringing 200 more...
Continue ReadingMeet Praggya Garg, manager of software engineering at Sony Electronics
Who run the world? Women in tech. Meet Praggya Garg, manager of software engineering at Sony Electronics, working mom, and now San Diegan for life. She came to San Diego from the Bay Area because of her husband’s job and didn’t expect to like it here. “But within 30 days,”...
Continue ReadingCarlsbad-based Bitchin' Sauce hosts #TakeoverTuesday
Bitchin’ Sauce – the delicious vegan dip with a cult following that will make your taste buds rejoice – took us into the Bitchin’ Kitchen in our latest #TakeoverTuesday. Well, they didn’t actually take us into the kitchen, but we did get a little more insight into how this nut-based...
Continue ReadingCheers, San Diego: Made in SD block party coming to town
Last year, EDC – the organization behind SD:Life.Changing. – collaborated with Ballast Point to launch a Made in San Diego beer. The premise was simple. Ballast Point, a fan favorite brewery that started right here in San Diego, wanted to give back to the region that had given it so...
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