Scott Wagner has joined GoDaddy as COO and CFO. Mr. Wagner was a KKR Capstone Member and the leader of KKR’s portfolio operations team in North America, who stepped in as GoDaddy’s interim CEO last summer. Mr. Wagner began working…
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Pennsylvania Parole Board To Remotely Monitor Home Computer Use
May 8, 2013
The Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole has launched a pilot program with Securus Software to monitor computer usage of sex offenders who are under parole supervision. The board is testing software that monitors words and phrases, both online and…
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Beyond Verbal Raises $2.8M, Launching Emotion Detecting Software
May 8, 2013
Software developer Beyond Verbal closed a $2.8 million round of funding led by Kenges Rakishev, and Genesis Angels. Following the investment, Mr. Rakishev is joining Beyond Verbal’s board. Beyond Verbal has launched a patented technology that can extract, decode, and measure a…
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Syria Completely Cut Off From The Internet
May 7, 2013
Syria seems to have been completely cut off from the Internet, according to various monitoring agencies. According to data just released by Google, Internet access has been completely cut off in Syria in the past few hours. Mobile phones and landlines…
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Kinetic Social Raises $8M Series A Round
May 7, 2013
Kinetic Social, a social media advertising technology company, has raised $8 million in an initial close of a Series A round of financing. The pact was structured with a companion venture term debt facility. Equity financing was provided by Blue…
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From Now On You Can’t Buy, But Will Have To Rent Adobe Products
May 6, 2013
Adobe Creative Suite 6 products will continue to be supported and available for purchase, but Adobe has no plans for future releases of Creative Suite or other CS products. Adobe says the company will focus software development efforts on its…
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Google Takes Minority Interest In Lending Club
May 3, 2013
Google has acquired a minority stake in online personal loans platform Lending Club, says the company. The investment by Google came as part of a secondary transaction whereby new and existing investors acquired shares from existing investors. Buyers include Google and…
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Lucky Number 50 Billion For Apple, May Get You $10,000 In Apps
May 3, 2013
Nearly 50 billion apps have been downloaded worldwide from the App Store, and the person who downloads the 50 billionth app will get lucky. Download the 50 billionth app, and you could win a $10,000 App Store gift card. If you…
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Android Apps Come To Nook With Google Play
May 3, 2013
Nook HD and Nook HD+ users can now access the 700,000 apps and games available for the Android market, with Google Play, on their devices. Nook tablets will also include Google services like the Chrome browser, Gmail, YouTube, Google Search…
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Poppin Raises $11.1M
May 2, 2013
Office products online retailer Poppin has raised $11.1 million in Series B financing. The funding will be used towards expanded product selection and continued customer acquisition, says the company. TrilogyGrowth led the round with continued participation from Shasta Ventures, First…
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