Search engine giant Google announced Tuesday that the firm is funding a number of University research projects, including a group of researchers at UC San Diego, a researcher at UC Santa Barbara, and a researcher in Los Angeles. Google said that the firm is awarding a total of $5.7M MORE >>

Entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, San Diego and the Orange County with innovative ideas, particularly in the social, mobile, local media and Internet marketplaces, can apply for the opportunity to be a part of this emerging community. Exciting times in the Southern California tech community. The Deets. Costa Mesa, CA 92626. MORE >>

I entered Pepcom’s Mobile Focus event with heightened excitement after driving through the busy intersections of Downtown San Diego’s rickshaw littered streets. Mobile Payment Processing & Mobile Wallets. With Payment One and TyFone’s iCashe. Direct Cloud Computing and Storage. MORE >>

San Diego-based Qualcomm Ventures has backed the developer of a mobile electrocardiogram recorder, AliveCor , as part of that company's Series A round. ipad smartphone iphone mobile electrocardiogram qualcomm capital venture alivecorREAD MORE>>. MORE >>

Los Angeles-based Fandango , which operates an online movie ticketing service, announced today that it has rolled out a mobile phone ticketing option. The firm, which is a unit of Comcast Interactive, said its mobile ticket program allows users to use their mobile phones to get into movies. READ MORE>>. MORE >>