CHK America makes digital displays for transit terminals
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MindBody gives details of partnership with Under Armour
MindBody announced details of a long-awaited partnership with global sportswear and equipment manufacturer Under Armour on Oct. 4. Now users of Under Armour’s MyFitnessPal app will be able to find fitness classes near them through the app. MindBody, a San Luis Obispo-based developer of merchant processing software for yoga and fitness studios, said in a Read More →
Comcast spends $30M on Semtech stock in deal to create trial LoRa network
Camarillo semiconductor manufacturer Semtech announced a partnership with Comcast on Oct. 5 for the development of a trial low-power wide area network in Philadelphia and San Francisco this fall. Semtech and Philadelphia-based internet provider, cable provider and media company Comcast said in a news release the trial will help accelerate the rollout of a much Read More →
Anchore completes $5 million funding round
Updated at 9:15 a.m. Oct. 5 Santa Barbara startup Anchore completed a $5 million funding round, the company announced Oct. 4. Serial entrepreneur Saïd Ziouani launched the company April 6. It provides a portal for software containers used in IT software app development by software developers and system administration teams. The company was founded with Read More →
Kmart sued for violating UCSB patent on LED bulbs
A South Korean semiconductor company recently sued Kmart for allegedly violating a UC Santa Barbara professor’s patent on LED light bulbs. Seoul Semiconductor sued Kmart Corp. in federal court in Los Angeles Sept. 9 for allegedly violating several patents, including one owned by UCSB Professor Shuji Nakamura. The lawsuit accuses Kmart of making, using, importing Read More →
The Trade Desk rockets to $1 billion after IPO
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MIT Enterprise Forum discusses pros, cons of AI
Regional business leaders explored artificial intelligence and its possible impacts on society and businesses at the latest event held by the MIT Enterprise Forum of the Central Coast Speakers said that while machines are decades or centuries away from developing consciousness, machines have the power to refine education, car driving and other things that humans Read More →
