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Pebble Raises $15M Series A Funding

admin — Sun, 19 May 2013 08:50:39 +0000

Pebble, the smartwatch that can connect to iPhone and Android smartphones, has received $15 million in Series A funding from Charles River Ventures. The funding will be used to grow the software engineering team, expand Pebble’s open development platform and…
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Former IBM CEO To Head Bloomberg Data Privacy Review

admin — Sun, 19 May 2013 07:41:58 +0000

Bloomberg has appointed Samuel J. Palmisano, the former chairman and CEO of IBM, to serve as an independent adviser regarding the company’s privacy and data standards. Mr. Palmisano will undertake a review of the company’s current practices and policies for…
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Newegg Wins Alcatel-Lucent Patent Appeal

admin — Sun, 19 May 2013 05:24:15 +0000

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed online electronics retailer Newegg’s 2011 victory against Alcatel-Lucent, in a patent infringement lawsuit, says Newegg. Lee Cheng (Chief legal officer, Newegg): To date, we have invalidated four e-commerce patents that…
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IBM To Update Enterprise COBOL Software This Quarter

admin — Sun, 19 May 2013 01:51:07 +0000

IBM is working on updates for IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS. IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS, version 5.1, works with the latest versions of IBM Customer Information Control System (CICS), Information Management System (IMS) and DB2 software. The software is expected to be available…
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Hearst Brings Magazines To Google Glass

admin — Sun, 19 May 2013 00:24:59 +0000

Hearst has launched magazine content exclusively for Google Glass. The company launched Elle Glassware at the just-concluded Google I/O. Teams from Hearst, ELLE and Google worked together on the launch. Hearst is the first magazine media company to develop and launch Glassware (yes, thats…
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NYT Digital Content Head Joins EA Board

admin — Sat, 18 May 2013 19:51:14 +0000

Denise F. Warren, head of digital content and subscriptions at the New York Times, has been appointed to the Electronic Arts (EA) board of directors. Ms. Warren has also been appointed to EA’s Audit Committee. Ms. Warren is replacing Gregory Maffei, a director…
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Facebook Reveals Daily Visitors And Other Stats

admin — Sat, 18 May 2013 19:22:45 +0000

Its been a year since Facebook’s IPO. What a long strange trip its been. The user-base is growing, people are sharing more, Instagram is doing well, revenues are up. On the other hand, Facebook’s stock has flatlined; the company’s shares…
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Bill Gates Once Again Richest Man On Earth

admin — Fri, 17 May 2013 22:42:52 +0000

Bill Gates is back to being the richest man, at least on planet earth. The 57-year old Microsoft co-founder ousted Mexican investor Carlos Slim to get back on the top slot, says Bloomberg. The net worth of Mr. Gates is…
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Next Three Sonic The Hedgehog Titles To Be Available On Nintendo

admin — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:11:10 +0000

Sega has signed an exclusive partnership with Nintendo for the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. The company will release the next three games starring the hedgehog on Nintendo platforms exclusively. John Cheng, President & COO (SEGA, America): Sonic the Hedgehog has proven incredibly…
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Autonomous Car, Battery Charger, Galaxy Simulations Win Intel Science Fair Prize

admin — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:01:39 +0000

Ionut Budisteanu, 19, of Romania was awarded first place for using artificial intelligence to create a viable model for a low-cost, self-driving car at this year’s Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, a program of Society for Science & the…
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Google Maps Get Personalization Options

admin — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:15:48 +0000

Google announced a new version of Google Maps at the Google I/O conference on Wednesday. The new avatar lets users personalize their maps, and enables 3D rendering of buildings during a search, among other things. The new Google Maps instantly…
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Skyword Raises $6.7M

admin — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:57:49 +0000

Web content marketing company Skyword, has closed $6.7 million in growth financing, led by Cox Media Group. The investment will be used to expand the team and help scale the company, says Skyword. [Image courtesy: Skyword]

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50 Billion App Store Apps Downloaded

admin — Fri, 17 May 2013 07:45:19 +0000

Users have downloaded over 50 billion apps from the App Store, says Apple. Compared to that number, the population of the world is a mere 7.08 billion. People are downloading more than 800 apps per second at a rate of over…
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This Is What The Xenium W8510 Looks Like

admin — Fri, 17 May 2013 03:15:50 +0000

The first-ever mobile phone supported by a quad core processor in the brand’s history, is coming from Philips, in June. Here is a sneak peak of what the phone looks like. The Philips Xenium W8510 combines a 1.2GHz quad core processor…
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Google Launches Monthly Subscription Music Service

admin — Thu, 16 May 2013 22:26:45 +0000

Google gets into the music business, with the launch of a music service over the cloud. The service, with a rather elaborate name - Google Play Music All Access, is a monthly music subscription service that lets users listen to songs across…
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Google CEO Larry Page Speaks Up About His Vocal Cord Condition

admin — Wed, 15 May 2013 07:35:39 +0000

Google CEO Larry Page has a rare medical condition, where his vocal chords have limited movement. The cause of the paralysis could not be determined. It is quite common in cases like these, that a definitive cause is not found,…
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Nokia Siemens, Ericsson, Huawei Start OSS Interoperability Initiative

admin — Mon, 13 May 2013 23:31:09 +0000

Nokia Siemens Networks, Ericsson and Huawei have initiated and signed a MoU for an Operations Support System Interoperability Initiative (OSSii). The OSSii aims to simplify interoperability between OSS systems in a multi-vendor environment. The initiative is expected to provide easy access…
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Google Givings Users 15GB Unified Storage; Can Be Used For Gmail

admin — Mon, 13 May 2013 23:00:23 +0000

Google users get 10GB free storage on Gmail, and 5GB for Google Drive and Google+ photos. If you needed more storage, you had to sign up for a 25GB or 100GB or 200GB monthly plan, for $2.49 or $4.99 or…
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Northrop Grumman Signs Critical Assets Cyber Security MoU

admin — Mon, 13 May 2013 21:50:39 +0000

Northrop Grumman has signed a memorandum of agreement with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to enable the expansion of cyber security protections for critical infrastructure. Northrop Grumman is now starting the security accreditation process which is required before approval…
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Twitter Acquires Big Data Analysis Company

admin — Mon, 13 May 2013 20:33:30 +0000

Twitter has acquired big data analysis company Lucky Sort, for an undisclosed sum. Lucky Sort is based in Portland, Oregon; and several employees will be moving to San Francisco to join Twitter’s revenue engineering department. Lucky Sort will be shutting down its…
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Icahn, Southeastern Present New Dell Bid

admin — Fri, 10 May 2013 23:57:03 +0000

Investor Carl Icahn, together with Southeastern Asset Management, has proposed a deal to Dell that would give the company’s shareholders the option to either receive $12 per share in cash, or $12 in additional shares valued at $1.65 per share.…
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Philips To Launch Quad Core Mobile Phones

admin — Fri, 10 May 2013 23:34:00 +0000

Philips will launch the first-ever mobile phone supported by a quad core processor in the brand’s history, in June. The Philips Xenium W8510 combines a 1.2GHz quad core processor with Philips’ traditional Xenium battery performance, and could be the quad core mobile…
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Netflix, Disney Sign Multi-Year Kids’ Content Deal

admin — Fri, 10 May 2013 20:11:45 +0000

Netflix and Disney have signed a multi-year licensing agreement that will make Netflix the exclusive U.S. subscription television service for Jake and the Never Land Pirates, as well as Tron: Uprising. In addition, Handy Manny, Special Agent Oso and JoJo’s…
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Facebook Product Head For Android Joins Draper Fisher Jurvetson

admin — Fri, 10 May 2013 03:35:34 +0000

Head of product for Facebook for Android, Bubba Murarka, has joined Draper Fisher Jurvetson, as general partner and managing director. Since 2008, Mr. Murarka has held positions at Facebook, as business development leads. Most recently he was head of product for Facebook…
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Yahoo Acquires GoPollGo

admin — Thu, 09 May 2013 23:38:53 +0000

Yahoo has acquired mobile polling tool GoPollGo for an undisclosed sum. GoPollGo will be closing shop, and the team will be joining Yahoo Mobile. GoPollGo investors and advisors include Ram Srinivasan, Phil Schaechter, CrunchFund, Chris Eppstein and Idealab. [Image courtesy: GoPollGo]

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Nokia Focusing On $100 Smartphones With Asha

admin — Thu, 09 May 2013 23:25:59 +0000

Nokia says it is working on smartphones that cost less than $100. The company released its Nokia Asha platform, and launched the Nokia Asha 501, the first smartphone built for the new platform. The Nokia Asha 501 is expected to…
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CEA Launches Standards Group For Connected Home And Smart Energy

admin — Thu, 09 May 2013 23:10:23 +0000

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is forming the R7.8 Working Group 2 to develop a new standard to enable home electronics to communicate energy use data to smart energy management systems and apps. The new standard will be called CE-Energy…
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Huawei’s First Windows Phone 8 Phones Coming To Walmart This May

admin — Thu, 09 May 2013 22:57:59 +0000

Huawei’s first Windows Phone 8 smartphone, the Huawei W1, is coming to Walmart this month. The Huawei W1 features a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, a 4” IPS LCD touch screen, and 5MP camera (with 0.3MP front-facing camera), LED flash, 4X digital…
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YouTube Launches Pilot For Paid Channels

admin — Thu, 09 May 2013 22:35:54 +0000

YouTube is launching a pilot program for paid channels on the video network, with subscription fees starting at 99 cents per month.The channels will have a 14-day free trial, and discounted yearly rates. Once you subscribe from a computer, you’ll…
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Box Acquires Crocodoc

admin — Thu, 09 May 2013 21:12:12 +0000

Box has acquired Crocodoc, a HTML5 document rendering and viewing solution. The seven-member Crocodoc team will join Box, with Crocodoc co-founder and CEO Ryan Damico serving as Box’s director of Platform. Crocodoc’s technology will be deeply integrated into the Box…
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Disney Launches Storytelling App For IOS

admin — Thu, 09 May 2013 20:22:56 +0000

Disney Interactive has launched Story, a digital storytelling app for iPhone and iPod touch. Story turns pictures and video into shareable personal narratives. Brooke Chaffin (Senior vice president, Disney Interactive Family): When we become moms, our iPhone instantly becomes the…
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Ariba, Discover To Launch AribaPay Payment Services

admin — Thu, 09 May 2013 07:38:26 +0000

Ariba, an SAP Company, and Discover Financial Services, are launching AribaPay, a new service to be offered by Ariba. The cloud-based service will combine the applications and insights embedded in the Ariba Network and deliver them through Discover’s global payments…
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World Of Warcraft Lost 1.3 Million Subscribers In Just Three Months

admin — Thu, 09 May 2013 06:00:44 +0000

The population of Azeroth is facing a sharp decline. World of Warcraft lost roughly 1.3 million subscribers in the last three months, mainly from the East, but in the West as well, according to Activision Blizzard’s earnings report for the first…
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TechCrunch Gets Into Online Education

admin — Thu, 09 May 2013 05:08:07 +0000

TechCrunch, a media property devoted to startups and tech, have entered the online education space with CrunchU, developed in partnership with online learning marketplace Udemy. Most courses retail between $19 – $99. Ned Desmond (COO, TechCrunch): Learning never stops, especially in the…
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Scott Wagner Joins GoDaddy As COO, CFO

admin — Wed, 08 May 2013 23:10:56 +0000

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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Nigeria Rolling Out MasterCard IDs To Millions of Citizens

admin — Wed, 08 May 2013 22:56:25 +0000

The Nigerian National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and MasterCard are rolling out 13 million MasterCard-branded National Identity Smart Cards with electronic payment capability as a pilot program. As part of the program, in its first phase, Nigerians 16 years and…
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Pennsylvania Parole Board To Remotely Monitor Home Computer Use

admin — Wed, 08 May 2013 21:22:16 +0000

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

admin — Wed, 08 May 2013 21:09:29 +0000

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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Microsoft Promotes Amy Hood To CFO

admin — Wed, 08 May 2013 20:47:58 +0000

Amy Hood was named Microsoft chief financial officer, succeeding outgoing CFO Peter Klein. Ms. Hood, 41, joined Microsoft in December 2002 and currently serves as CFO of the Microsoft Business Division (MBD), overseeing financial strategy, management, and reporting for the $24.1…
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Electronic Arts, FIFA Extend Licensing Agreement Until 2022

admin — Wed, 08 May 2013 19:52:00 +0000

Electronic Arts and the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) have extended their existing licensing agreement until December 31, 2022. Under the terms of the agreement, EA Sports, a division of Electronic Arts, maintains exclusive rights to release FIFA-branded action…
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Users Played IOS Game Dots 25 Million Times

admin — Wed, 08 May 2013 05:47:04 +0000

25 million games of Dots have been played in just a week, says betaworks. Dots has been downloaded a million times. Dots is also in the top five free iPhone apps, and is the numero uno game in eight countries.…
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Polaris Wireless Closes $10M Series C Round

admin — Wed, 08 May 2013 03:49:46 +0000

Polaris Wireless has closed on a recapitalization of existing equity interests on April 25, 2013. As part of the recapitalization, Polaris Wireless completed a Series C financing with $10 million from Industry Ventures. The investment by Industry Ventures also returned…
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Syria Completely Cut Off From The Internet

admin — Tue, 07 May 2013 22:33:15 +0000

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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Carnegie Mellon Robot Uses Non-Visual Data To Identify Objects

admin — Tue, 07 May 2013 22:12:25 +0000

A robot can struggle to discover objects in its surroundings when it relies on computer vision alone; but by taking advantage of all of the information available to it – an object’s location, size, shape and even whether it can…
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Sony Launches VAIO Fit Line Of Laptops

admin — Tue, 07 May 2013 19:51:38 +0000

Sony has launched a new line of VAIO Fit laptops, running Windows 8. The VAIO Fit models include standard Sony features such as a full-size backlit keyboard with integrated number pad (Fit 15 model only), large touch pad, quick charge…
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Audi Commercial Pits Spock Versus Spock

admin — Tue, 07 May 2013 18:44:21 +0000

How do you get the better of Spock? Get another Spock, of course. In a cleverly crafted commercial, vehicle-maker Audi has Leonard Nemoy and Zachary Quinto fighting it out in a battle of smarts. The battle between Mercedes Benz and Audi…
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Kinetic Social Raises $8M Series A Round

admin — Tue, 07 May 2013 17:59:56 +0000

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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AT&T, Wipro To Deliver M2M Solutions

admin — Tue, 07 May 2013 17:50:16 +0000

AT&T and Wipro have come together to provide machine-to-machine (M2M) development services and systems integration across all major industries. The two companies will provide customers with the expertise and technical support they need to get machines ‘talking,’ using the AT&T…
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Sprint, Ruckus To Provide In-Building Wireless Data Solutions

admin — Tue, 07 May 2013 17:39:41 +0000

Sprint and Ruckus Wireless are teaming up to deliver smart Wi-Fi products and services as part of Sprint’s in-building wireless data solutions portfolio. Selina Lo (President and CEO, Ruckus Wireless): Like Sprint, we see carrier-grade Smart Wi-Fi as an essential tool…
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Sprint, Time Sign Advertising Deal

admin — Tue, 07 May 2013 06:08:38 +0000

Sprint and Time have signed a mobile content, advertising and retail alliance. As part of the arrangement, Time will deliver its branded content within a customizable section of the SprintZone application on select Sprint devices. The content experience within SprintZone…
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Intel Unveils Low Power Silvermont Chip Design

admin — Tue, 07 May 2013 05:54:55 +0000

Intel has unveiled a low-power, high-performance microarchitecture named Silvermont, a new design in Intel’s 22nm Tri-Gate SoC process. Silvermont microarchitecture delivers three times more peak performance (or the same performance at five times lower power) over the current-generation Intel Atom processor…
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$5,000 To Have Lunch With Jack Dorsey

admin — Mon, 06 May 2013 23:41:47 +0000

Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter, and co-founder and CEO of Square, will have lunch with a winning bidder, in an auction handled by eBay, in support of Build. Bidding starts at $5000. Founded in 1999, Build’s mission is to prevent…
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EA, Disney Sign Deal For New Star Wars Games

admin — Mon, 06 May 2013 22:58:09 +0000

The Walt Disney Company and Electronic Arts have signed a multi-year exclusive licensing agreement to develop and publish new games based on Star Wars characters and story-lines. Under the terms of the agreement, EA will develop and publish new Star…
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Dell Acquires Enstratius

admin — Mon, 06 May 2013 22:35:25 +0000

Dell has acquired enterprise cloud-management software and services provider Enstratius. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Dell plans to keep Enstratius’s employees, and says will continue to invest in additional engineering and sales capabilities. Enstratius was founded in 2008, and…
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Former Palm CEO Joins Qualcomm Board

admin — Mon, 06 May 2013 22:27:41 +0000

Qualcomm has elected Jonathan Rubinstein to its board of directors. Mr. Rubinstein last served as senior vice president of Product Innovation for HP until January 2012. Prior to HP, Mr. Rubinstein joined Palm as executive chairman in 2007. He led Palm…
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From Now On You Can’t Buy, But Will Have To Rent Adobe Products

admin — Mon, 06 May 2013 22:09:29 +0000

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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VTech Launches InnoTab 2 Baby Tablet For Babies

admin — Mon, 06 May 2013 20:36:39 +0000

VTech has launched a tablet for babies. Yes, babies. The InnoTab 2 Baby is meant for children aged 12 months to 9 years. The multi-media InnoTab 2 Baby tablet comes with a 5 inch touch screen, and is equipped with a rotatable digital…
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BMC Software Sold In $6.9 Billion Deal

admin — Mon, 06 May 2013 20:11:02 +0000

BMC Software has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by a private investor group led by Bain Capital and Golden Gate Capital together with GIC Special Investments and Insight Venture Partners. Under the terms of the agreement, the equity…
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Staples Stocking $1299 3D Printers From June

admin — Mon, 06 May 2013 19:51:26 +0000

Staples is now stocking the Cube 3D Printer from 3D Systems. This is the first 3D printer to be available in the retail market, and costs $1299.99. You will have to wait till June to get your hands on one…
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Google Takes Minority Interest In Lending Club

admin — Sat, 04 May 2013 05:21:23 +0000

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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Neustar Launches $250 Million Share Repurchase Program

admin — Sat, 04 May 2013 04:51:33 +0000

Neustar is buying back shares through a repurchase program for up to $250 million of its Class A common shares beginning May 7, 2013 through December 31, 2013. Neustar has terminated its current share repurchase program which has remaining $51.7…
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Lucky Number 50 Billion For Apple, May Get You $10,000 In Apps

admin — Fri, 03 May 2013 22:29:36 +0000

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

admin — Fri, 03 May 2013 22:05:40 +0000

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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Acer Launches $199 Iconia A1 Tablets

admin — Fri, 03 May 2013 21:42:41 +0000

Acer has unveiled Iconia A1, the company’s first full-featured 7.9-inch tablet. The Iconia A1 weighs 0.90 pounds and is 0.44 inches thin, and comes with built-in GPS, 802.11b/g/n wireless technology, and Bluetooth 4.0. It is powered by a MediaTek Quad Core 1.2GHz processor. The LED-backlit…
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OAS, Trend Micro Report Examine Cyber Security Trends

admin — Fri, 03 May 2013 20:36:47 +0000

The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICITE) have released a report on Latin American and Caribbean Cybersecurity Trends and Government Responses, prepared in collaboration with Trend Micro. The report illustrates and analyzes cyber security and…
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Poppin Raises $11.1M

admin — Fri, 03 May 2013 06:52:09 +0000

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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Instagram Lets You Tag People, Add Accounts

admin — Fri, 03 May 2013 05:26:25 +0000

When you upload a photo, you’re now able to add people as easily as you add hashtags, says Instagram. It doesn’t stop at people—you can add any account on Instagram. Instagram has also launched a new ‘Photos of You’ section…
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Worldwide Tablet Market Surges Ahead

admin — Fri, 03 May 2013 04:49:24 +0000

Worldwide tablet shipments continue to surge, growing 142.4% year over year in the first quarter of 2013 (1Q13), according to preliminary data from IDC Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker. Tablet shipments totaled 49.2 million units in 1Q13, surpassing that of the…
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140M Bejeweled Blitz Games Played Everyday

admin — Fri, 03 May 2013 03:56:52 +0000

Bejeweled Blitz has been played literally billions of times since debuting on Facebook four years ago, says PopCap. Nearly 50 million players around the world have spent 3.5 billion hours matching and destroying more than 30 trillion gems. Over 140 million games…
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Twitter Hires Morgan Stanley MD To Head Corporate Development

admin — Fri, 03 May 2013 01:15:49 +0000

Twitter has hired Cynthia Gaylor, managing director at Morgan Stanley, to head corporate development. Ms. Gaylor has more than 17 years of technology investment banking experience. According to her LinkedIn profile, she has advised clients on over 150 transactions representing…
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Harvard Researchers Continue Work On Autonomous Robotic Insects

admin — Fri, 03 May 2013 00:54:53 +0000

Harvard University researchers are continuing work on autonomic robotic insects, says the university in a statement. Researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard, are currently working on dozens of…
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Outlook Migration Done; RIP, Hotmail

admin — Thu, 02 May 2013 23:36:14 +0000

Microsoft has completed migrating all Hotmail customers to Outlook. The upgrade involved migrating 150 petabytes of email; which the Redmond giant pulled off in six weeks. Just how much is 150 petabytes? To give you a perspective, it would take 20…
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FeedHenry Raises $9M

admin — Thu, 02 May 2013 23:07:06 +0000

FeedHenry, a provider of cloud- based mobile enterprise application solutions, has secured $9 million in a funding round led by Intel Capital. The funding also includes a seven figure investment from existing investor Kernel Capital. Other existing investors VMware, Enterprise…
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TripAdvisor Acquires CruiseWise

admin — Thu, 02 May 2013 22:40:16 +0000

Travel site TripAdvisor has acquired key technology and talent from CruiseWise, an online cruise booking agency. Terms of the acquisition are not being disclosed. The team and non-transactional functionality will be integrated into the online cruise guide, Cruise Critic. Cruise Critic is…
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Lex Machina Raises $8.4M Series A Funding

admin — Thu, 02 May 2013 22:31:02 +0000

Lex Machina has closed a $4.8 million Series A funding round, led by Boston-based Cue Ball Capital. Existing investors XSeed Capital, Costanoa Venture Capital, and Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang also participated in the round. Lex Machina says it will use…
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Procera Receives Multi-Million Dollar Big Data Project Contract

admin — Thu, 02 May 2013 22:13:35 +0000

Procera has received a multi-million dollar follow-on order from a top ten North American multiple-system operator (MSO), says the company. Paul Gracie (Senior vice president, Global Sales and Services, Procera): Big Data projects are increasingly driving investments inside of network operators.…
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Researchers Develop Text Entry System For Ultra-Small Computers

admin — Thu, 02 May 2013 22:05:43 +0000

Researchers at the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University have developed an iterative zooming technique that lets users input text into smartwatches or ultra-small computers. Users can enter about 10 words per minute at high accuracy on a keyboard…
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Intel Picks New CEO

admin — Thu, 02 May 2013 20:49:07 +0000

Intel has unanimously elected Brian Krzanich, the company’s chief operating officer since January 2012, as its next CEO. Mr. Krzanich will become the sixth CEO in Intel’s history, succeeding Paul Otellini. He will assume his new role at the company’s annual stockholders’ meeting…
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Renée James Elected As New Intel President

admin — Thu, 02 May 2013 20:42:52 +0000

Renée James has been elected as the president of Intel. She will assume her new role at the company’s annual stockholders’ meeting on May 16, joining the new CEO Brian Krzanich, in Intel’s executive office. Ms. James, 48, has held several leadership…
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New Yahoo Android App Shows Custom Stories

admin — Thu, 02 May 2013 05:31:09 +0000

Yahoo has launched a new app for Android, which showcases personalized stories. “It’s designed for those moments when you need short news summaries to help find what you’re looking for, or when you have more time to enjoy them,” says…
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Jas Athwal New Facebook Chief Accounting Officer

admin — Wed, 01 May 2013 22:30:09 +0000

David M. Spillane, the chief accounting officer of Facebook,resigned on April 25, according to a Form 8-K filed with the SEC by the company. Jas Athwal was appointed in his role. Mr. Athwal’s appointment will be effective May 10, 2013. Mr. Athwal…
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Instagram Reaches 100 Million Monthly Users

admin — Wed, 01 May 2013 22:13:23 +0000

Photo-sharing service Instagram reached 100 million monthly active users in the first quarter of 2013, says Facebook. Instagram was launched in October 2010 by co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger. When Facebook acquired the app in April 2012, Instagram had…
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Facebook Reports First Quarter 2013 Results

admin — Wed, 01 May 2013 21:55:02 +0000

Facebook reported financial results for the first quarter, which ended March 31, 2013. Revenues for the first quarter totaled $1.46 billion, an increase of 38%, compared with $1.06 billion in the first quarter of 2012. Facebook’s revenues from advertising was $1.25…
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Square Hires Alex Petrov From Paypal

admin — Wed, 01 May 2013 21:36:19 +0000

Square has hired Alex Petrov to be the company’s vice president of Partnerships. Mr. Petrov was previously the vice president of Consumer Brands at Safeway, where he led the marketing and growth of Safeway’s private brands portfolio, launching over 1,000…
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Fusion-io Appoints Pankaj Mehra CTO

admin — Wed, 01 May 2013 21:24:18 +0000

Fusion-io has appointed Dr. Pankaj Mehra as CTO and senior vice president. Mr. Mehra, who had been advising the Fusion-io office of the CTO in recent months, will oversee the research of core technology, and develop strategies for collaborating with…
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Maine Gives Windows PCs Contract To HP

admin — Wed, 01 May 2013 19:52:58 +0000

HP was awarded a four-year contract by the Maine Department of Education. As per the contract, the HP ProBook 4440, running Microsoft Windows software, will be available as the primary technology and learning solution for the Maine Learning Technology Initiative…
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IBM Researchers Move Atoms To Make ‘World’s Smallest Movie’

admin — Wed, 01 May 2013 18:41:00 +0000

Scientists from IBM unveiled the world’s smallest movie, made with atoms. Yes, actual atoms. A Boy and His Atom depicts a character named Atom who befriends a single atom. And exactly how small is an atom? To give you a perspective,…
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Yahoo CEO, Warner Music Group COO Joining Jawbone Board

admin — Wed, 01 May 2013 18:16:12 +0000

Marissa Mayer, chief executive officer of Yahoo, has joined Jawbone’s board of directors, says the company. Robert Wiesenthal, COO/Corporate of Warner Music Group, will be joining Jawbone’s board as well. Ms. Mayer also serves on the board of directors of…
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Apple Borrows $17B

admin — Wed, 01 May 2013 17:34:33 +0000

Apple borrowed $17 billion on Tuesday. This is the the first time in some two decades the company borrowed money. “Apple issued six different securities, with maturities ranging from a three-year note yielding 0.45 percent to a 30-year bond that…
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CERN Starting Project To Restore World’s First Website On Anniversary

admin — Wed, 01 May 2013 06:07:46 +0000

CERN is starting a project to restore the world’s first website, and to preserve the digital assets that are associated with the birth of the Web. Twenty years ago, this day, CERN published a statement that made the World Wide Web (‘W3′, or…
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Dwolla Raises $16.5M

admin — Wed, 01 May 2013 04:37:17 +0000

Online payment network Dwolla has raised a $16.5 million round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Union Square Ventures, Village Ventures, and Thrive Capital also participated in the round. Ben Milne (Founder and CEO, Dwolla): Why Dwolla chose Andreessen Horowitz? They are a little crazy and…
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General Dynamics Awarded $20M IT Support Contract

admin — Wed, 01 May 2013 03:59:51 +0000

General Dynamics has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to support the Beneficiary Eligibility Suite of Systems Transactions (BESST) program. The BESST systems maintain Medicare beneficiary…
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Leap2 Raises $1.6M

admin — Wed, 01 May 2013 03:34:12 +0000

Kansas City-based search platform provider Leap2 has received $1.6 million in financing from individual and institutional investors. The round was led by Dundee Venture Capital, with support from OpenAir Equity, Linseed Capital and Wichita Technology. Leap2 is a search application…
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Braintree Snags Google Wallet Co-Founder

admin — Wed, 01 May 2013 02:32:58 +0000

Braintree has hired Rob von Behren as lead engineer for its San Francisco office. Mr. Von Behren was co-founder of Google Wallet, and most recently an engineer at Square. In his new role, Mr. Von Behren will be working on…
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Best Buy Exits Europe In $775 Million Deal

admin — Wed, 01 May 2013 01:09:40 +0000

Best Buy has entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of its 50 per cent interest in Best Buy Europe, the joint venture it created in 2008 with Carphone Warehouse. The roughly $775 million cash-and-stock deal is expected to…
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Keynote Appoints Clearwire CEO To Board

admin — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:10:12 +0000

Mobile and Web cloud testing and monitoring company Keynote has appointed Erik Prusch, president, CEO, and director of Clearwire to its board of directors. Mr. Prusch has served as Clearwire’s CEO since August 2011, and has served as a director of Clearwire…
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Toshiba Offering IPedge Application Server For Strata CIX Systems

admin — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:59:27 +0000

Toshiba is offering the IPedge Application Server for users of Toshiba’s Strata CIX IP business telephone systems. Adding IPedge to the Strata CIX brings IPedge unified messaging, mobility, unified communications, and meeting collaboration applications to Strata CIX users. Applications include…
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Jawbone To Acquire BodyMedia

admin — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:48:24 +0000

Jawbone is acquiring wearable computing company BodyMedia. BodyMedia employees will join Jawbone’s existing team. The size of the deal was not shared. Hosain Rahman (CEO and founder, Jawbone): There’s an enormous appetite for personal data and self-discovery among consumers that will…
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Jim Meyer Appointed CEO Of SiriusXM

admin — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:33:41 +0000

James E. Meyer has been appointed CEO of SiriusXM. Mr. Meyer has been serving as the interim CEO since December. Mr. Meyer served as SiriusXM’s president of Sales and Operations from May 2004, until his appointment as our interim CEO…
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Oracle Releases Hyperion EPM System Release 11.1.2.3

admin — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:24:02 +0000

Oracle has released the Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) System Release 11.1.2.3. The latest release of Oracle’s enterprise planning, reporting and financial close applications, includes a new data relationship governance module for Oracle Data Relationship Management customers. Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost…
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The Difference Between Siri, Google Now?

admin — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:10:10 +0000

Google’s personal assistant service Google Now is now available on iPhone and iPads. Should Siri be scared? Nah. The two services complement each other. A quick look. What can Google Now do? Like Siri, Google Now can process some amount…
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New Samsung Mobile DRAM Can Transmit 17Gb Per Second

admin — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 03:49:38 +0000

Samsung has unveiled an ultra-high-speed four gigabit (Gb) low power double data rate 3 (LPDDR3) mobile DRAM, which is being produced at a 20 nanometer (nm) class process node. The 4Gb LPDDR3 can transmit data at up to 2,133 megabits…
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MphasiS Wyde Appoint Philippe Payet Head Of Europe And Asia

admin — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 02:56:51 +0000

Philippe Payet has been appointed head of MphasiS Wyde in Europe and Asia. Mr. Payet will be based in London, UK, and his responsibilities will include the development of sales, management of projects, and customer relationships. Mr. Payet joined MphasiS Wyde when both entities…
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Engaging Online Crowds Important For Teaching Innovation, Finds Study

admin — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:02:18 +0000

Online crowds can be an important tool for teaching the ins and outs of innovation, educators at Carnegie Mellon University and Northwestern University say, even when the quality of the feedback provided by online sources doesn’t always match the quantity.…
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LivingSocial Hack Compromises 50M Users

admin — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:49:17 +0000

Daily deals site LivingSocial may have exposed customer data for some 50 million users, when it experienced a cyber-attack on its computer systems. The breach resulted in unauthorized access to names, email addresses, date of birth (for some users), and passwords. The…
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Rethink Robotics Launches $22,000 Humanoid Robots

admin — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 03:04:29 +0000

Rethink Robotics has launched Baxter Research Robot, a humanoid robot with two arms, for $22,000. The robot is powered by a Software Development Kit (SDK) that can allow researchers to create custom applications. Baxter Research Robots are designed and manufactured in America.…
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Tibco To Buy Back $300M In Stocks

admin — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 02:13:09 +0000

Tibco Software is buying back up to $300 million of its outstanding common stock, as part of a buy back program. The program refreshes the company’s previous $300 million share repurchase program, under which approximately $75.8 million is still remaining.…
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HP, Source Direct Resolve Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

admin — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 01:54:42 +0000

HP and Source Direct, a third-party maintainer based in Addison, Texas, have resolved HP’s copyright infringement lawsuit against Source Direct. The lawswuit related to HP’s proprietary software patches on the HP Support Center (HPSC) website. The settlement was reached after…
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AT&T Home Security Digital Life Launches

admin — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:32:37 +0000

AT&T has launched Digital Life, a home security and home automation system. Digital Life is a digital, wireless home management system, that lets users manage and monitor their homes from their smartphone, tablet or PC. The foundation of the system is…
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Sony Expanding Retail Footprint With Newly Remodeled Stores

admin — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 06:30:50 +0000

Sony is opening the doors to three newly remodeled Sony Stores, and several brand new Sony Gallery experiences in just a few months, says the company. The three new concept stores located in Miami, San Diego and Orlando will re-open…
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Microsoft Announces Debt Offerings

admin — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:51:24 +0000

Microsoft released the pricing of its offerings of €550 million of senior unsecured notes and $1.950 billion of senior unsecured notes. The notes consist of the following tranches: €550 million of 2.625 percent notes due May 2, 2033 $450 million…
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Ubuntu Server 13.04 Now Available

admin — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:35:35 +0000

Ubuntu Server 13.04 is available for download, says Canonical. Jane Silber (CEO, Canonical): Ubuntu is built for hyperscale and is the platform of choice for production OpenStack clouds. Ubuntu Server 13.04 is an OpenStack distribution that makes high-availability (HA) a standard…
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Fujitsu Ships More Than 2 Million Rugged Washable RFID Tags

admin — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:05:03 +0000

Fujitsu has shipped more than 2 million rugged washable RFID tags in the first quarter of 2013. Sales of its washable tag have been so robust that the company says it has doubled the production capacity at their manufacturing facility…
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Manchester United Gets First Official Social Gaming Partner

admin — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 04:38:49 +0000

Manchester United has inked a sponsorship agreement with Japanese social gaming company gloops. The new two year regional sponsorship will see gloops become Manchester United’s first official Social Gaming Partner, allowing them the right to create and distribute a statistics-based…
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Amazon Announces First Quarter Results

admin — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 04:09:24 +0000

Amazon released financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2013. Amazon’s operating income decreased 6% to $181 million in the first quarter, compared with $192 million in first quarter 2012. Net income decreased 37% to $82 million in the first quarter, or 18 cents per diluted share,…
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Israel’s Perion Renews Deal With Google

admin — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:32:05 +0000

Israel-based Perion Network has signed a two-year, non-exclusive, renewal with Google, extending the company’s eight-year relationship with the search provider. While the terms of the deal were not revealed, Josef Mandelbaum, Perion’s CEO, says the business terms are slightly better…
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Datalogix Raises $25M

admin — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:10:37 +0000

Datalogix has closed a $25 million Series B round of equity financing led by Institutional Venture Partners. IVP joins existing investors General Catalyst, Sequel Venture Partners and Costanoa Venture Capital. Sandy Miller and Paul Ostling is joining the Datalogix…
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Square Snags Francoise Brougher From Google As Business Lead

admin — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 01:40:07 +0000

Square has hired Francoise Brougher as business lead. Ms. Brougher will oversee the company’s growth operations including revenue products, international expansion, customer support, and partnerships. Ms. Brougher was most recently the vice president of SMB Global Sales and Operations at Google. Prior…
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Apple Submits Revised Campus 2 Project Plans

admin — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:59:04 +0000

Apple has submitted revised plans for the Apple Campus 2 project to the City of Cupertino. The last revision prior to this, was submitted by Apple in November, 2012. Apple had originally submitted a development proposal to replace existing office…
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Instapaper Sells Majority Stake To Betaworks

admin — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:15:56 +0000

Marco Arment, creator of Instapaper, has sold a majority stake in his company to Betaworks. “Instapaper is much bigger today than I could have predicted in 2008, and it has simply grown far beyond what one person can do,” says Mr. Arment…
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How I Got Bitcoins

admin — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:53:45 +0000

BY PRITHWIS MUKERJEE Bitcoin is a new ‘currency’ that has caught the imagination of the world, and I thought it may be worthwhile to step in and see what it looks like. What is Bitcoin ? A Google search on…
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Yahoo Chairman Resigns

admin — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:09:11 +0000

Yahoo chairman Fred Amoroso has decided not to seek reelection to the board of directors, says Yahoo. Mr. Amoroso will continue to serve on the board through the shareholders meeting on June 25, but has resigned as chairman. The board…
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LinkedIn Launches LinkedIn Contacts

admin — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:52:53 +0000

LinkedIn has launched LinkedIn Contacts, a new product that brings contacts from address books, email accounts, and calendars together with the LinkedIn network. LinkedIn Contacts sends you alerts on job changes and birthdays in your network. You can also set…
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Facebook Buys Cloud Apps Startup Parse

admin — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:25:48 +0000

Facebook has acquired Parse, a cloud app platform for iOS, Android, JavaScript, Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, and OS X. The transaction is expected to close shortly. “By making Parse a part of Facebook Platform, we want to enable developers to…
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New Xbox Coming Next Month, $402M Retail Spend On XBox 360

admin — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:10:15 +0000

Microsoft will unveil the next generation of its Xbox console on May 21 at the company’s Xbox campus in Richmond, Washington. March 2013 marked the 27th consecutive month of Xbox as the best-selling console, according to a Microsoft blog post, quoting…
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Database Vendor Actian Acquires ParAccel

admin — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:53:27 +0000

Database vendor Actian has acquired ParAccel, an analytics company that has Amazon as both investor, and customer. The size of the transaction was not shared. Apart from Amazon, ParAccel is used by The Royal Bank of Scotland, OfficeMax and MicroStrategy, says its CEO, Chuck…
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Apple Worldwide Developers Conference To Kick Off June 10

admin — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:32:56 +0000

Apple will hold its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) from June 10 through June 14 at San Francisco’s Moscone West. Philip Schiller (Senior vice president, Worldwide Marketing, Apple): Our developers have had the most prolific and profitable year ever, and we’re…
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IBM To Harness Energy Of 2,000 Suns With Thermal System

admin — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:15:16 +0000

A three-year, $2.4 million grant from the Swiss Commission for Technology and Innovation has been awarded to scientists at IBM Research and ETH Zurich, among others, to harness the energy of 2,000 suns using a high concentration photovoltaic thermal system.…
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Samsung To Roll Out 1,400 Experience Shops Within Best Buy

admin — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:48:18 +0000

Samsung is rolling out Samsung Experience Shops, to be installed in more than 1,400 Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile specialty stores across the U.S. by early summer. The Samsung Experience Shops will provide personalized help to customers choosing Samsung products,…
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Sony, XPrize Launch Robotics Competition

admin — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:34:59 +0000

Sony Pictures Entertainment, Overbrook Entertainment, and Xprize will launch a robotics competition celebrating the release of After Earth, in theaters May 31. In Phase 1 of the challenge, teams will create a 2-3 minute video essay on space exploration, and…
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NEC Launches Desktop As A Service Offerings

admin — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:03:40 +0000

NEC has joined forces with Desktone to deliver cloud-hosted virtual desktops. NEC’s Desktops as a Service (DaaS) offerings will be available beginning in the third quarter of this calendar year. NEC can provision and deploy desktops from the cloud to…
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The Oakmark Funds Sells Its Stake In Dell

admin — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:04:24 +0000

The Oakmark Funds has sold its stake in Dell. The sell-off followed Blackstone withdrawing from the bidding process. Below is an excerpt from an official statement released by Oakmark: We believed Blackstone had an information advantage compared to other potential bidders…
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Google Acquires Wavii

admin — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:59:58 +0000

Google has reportedly acquired Wavii, a Seattle-based startup that is umm, ‘making Facebook out of Google’. Using big-data machine learning, Wavii pulls in everything being created across the Web in real-time (e.g., articles, blogs, tweets, pictures), analyzes the content, and…
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MuleSoft Acquires ProgrammableWeb

admin — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:14:22 +0000

Integration platform provider MuleSoft has acquired web mashups and APIs site ProgrammableWeb. Details of the transaction were not disclosed. MuleSoft will run ProgrammableWeb as a standalone business unit within MuleSoft. The company is also committed to investing in ProgrammableWeb. [Image courtesy: MuleSoft]…
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AT&T Donating $1M To One Fund Boston

admin — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:52:21 +0000

AT&T has made a $1 million donation to The One Fund Boston. The company has also created a toll-free number for One Fund, 855-617-FUND, so that people are able to make direct contact and learn how to request support. AT&T customers who…
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Hacked AP Twitter Account Sends Stocks Plunging Down Briefly

admin — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 07:58:08 +0000

The Associated Press (AP) Twitter account was compromised on Tuesday. A tweet was published from the @AP handle that said there were two bomb explosions at the White House, and the President injured. As a result of the tweet and…
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Bing Ads Joins Ads Integrity Alliance

admin — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 06:30:27 +0000

Microsoft’s Bing Ads has joined the Ads Integrity Alliance, a group of companies that work together against online ads that deliver malware, direct users to scams, or try to sell counterfeit goods. Launched in 2012 with AOL, Facebook, Google, Interactive Advertising…
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Riverbed Appoints David Wu CTO

admin — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 06:06:22 +0000

Riverbed has appointed David Wu as CTO. Mr. Wu will lead more than 800 engineers in his new role, among other things. As a member of Riverbed’s founding team in 2003, Mr. Wu was involved in the initial architecture of…
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Callaway, LinkedIn Partnering For Golf

admin — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:45:46 +0000

Callaway Golf Company has launched a social media networking campaign in partnership with LinkedIn. Within the app, golfers designate a foursome using their LinkedIn network of professional contacts, and submit the group for a chance to win a golf ‘business’…
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Adobe, SapientNitro Expand Partnership

admin — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:40:08 +0000

Adobe and SapientNitro, Sapient’s interactive marketing, creative design, and technology services agency, have signed an expansion of their global partnership. Alan Herrick (President and CEO, Sapient): In today’s always-on world, digital marketing platforms are a critical piece of our clients’…
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Small Businesses Losing Billions As Non-IT Managers Take IT Roles

admin — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:23:55 +0000

Small businesses are losing more than $24 billion in productivity each year when nontechnical employees, referred to as involuntary IT managers (IITMs), are tasked with managing their companies’ IT solutions. This loss is a direct result of IITMs taking time…
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VMware Reports First Quarter 2013 Results

admin — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 01:45:18 +0000

VMware announced financial results for the first quarter of 2013: Revenues for the first quarter were $1.19 billion, an increase of 13% from the first quarter of 2012. Operating income for the first quarter was $160 million, a decrease of 26%…
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Stanford University, ZSpace Collaborating On Virtual 3D Imagery

admin — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 01:32:27 +0000

The Stanford University School of Medicine’s Division of Clinical Anatomy has joined zSpace’s Academic Advisory Council, a network of universities focused on advancing innovation, design and research. Stanford joins Olin College, University of Southern California (USC) and the University of California…
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Former Intel, Avnet CEOs Get Elected To Tallwave Board

admin — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:32:51 +0000

Venture accelerator and management firm Tallwave has elected retired Intel chairman of the board and CEO Craig Barrett, and retired Avnet chairman of the board and CEO Roy Vallee, to the company’s board of directors. Both Mr. Barrett and Mr. Vallee previously…
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Apple Buying Back $60 Billion In Stock

admin — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:15:51 +0000

Apple is increasing its share repurchase authorization to $60 billion from $10 billion. This is the largest single share repurchase authorization in history and is expected to be executed by the end of calendar 2015. Tim Cook (CEO, Apple): We are…
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Nativo Receives $3.5M Series A Funding

admin — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:00:49 +0000

Advertising technology company Nativo (formerly PostRelease) has raised a $3.5 million Series A round of funding. The investment was led by Greycroft Partners, with participation from e.ventures and existing investor Signia Venture Partners. This new round of funding builds on…
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BeagleBoard Introduces $45 BeagleBone PC

admin — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:08:30 +0000

BeagleBoard, a volunteer forum started-up by a group of passionate hobbyists, including several employees of Texas Instruments, have introduced BeagleBone Black, a $45 PC. The BeagleBone Black uses a AM335x 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor from Texas Instruments. It comes with a…
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Apple Reports Second Quarter Results

admin — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:03:01 +0000

Apple posted quarterly revenues of $43.6 billion and quarterly net profit of $9.5 billion, or $10.09 per diluted share for its fiscal 2013 second quarter ended March 30, 2013. These results compare to revenue of $39.2 billion and net profit…
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Shapeways Raises $30M

admin — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:22:47 +0000

3D Printing marketplace and community Shapeways, has raised a $30 million Series C round of financing, led by Andreessen Horowitz. The current investors of Shapeways – Union Square Ventures, Index Ventures, and Lux Capital – also participated in the round.…
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Nanigans Raises $5.8M

admin — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:11:12 +0000

Advertising technology company Nanigans has closed $5.8 million in Series A.1 funding. The funding is led by Nanigans Series A lead investor, Avalon Ventures. With the latest round of funding, Nanigans says it will focus on three core growth areas…
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You Can Order Pizza Using Xbox Now

admin — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:52:43 +0000

Pizza Hut has released an ordering app that allows users to purchase pizza (and wings and pasta) from their Xbox. Through the downloadable app, Pizza Hut for Xbox 360 enables Xbox Live subscribers in the U.S. to order from the full menu,…
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Facebook’s New Data Center To Be Best-In-Class, Coming In 2014

admin — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:49:21 +0000

Facebook is opening its newest data center in Altoona, Iowa. When complete, Altoona will be among the most advanced and energy efficient facilities of its kind, says the company. Facebook plans to break ground this summer, and expects to begin…
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Eventbrite Raises $60 Million In Growth Capital Financing

admin — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:34:54 +0000

Ticketing company Eventbrite, has raised $60 million in financing, led by Tiger Global Management, and including a new investment partner, T. Rowe Price. This brings the company’s total funding to $140 million. In addition to Tiger Global and accounts managed…
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Predictive Analytics Firm MarketShare Raises $38 Million

admin — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:09:58 +0000

Cross-media predictive analytics firm MarketShare has raised $38 million. The investment was led by FTV Capital. Existing investor Elevation Partners and other investors also participated in the round. The financing will be used to enhance the company’s technology platform as well as…
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Sprint Rolls Out Consultation Centers For Business Users

admin — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:01:46 +0000

Sprint is rolling out consultation centers for small businesses. The consultation will simplify the wireless buying process, says the company. The Sprint Consultation Centers can conduct an initial assessment, and develop customized proposals for customers, with multiple solution options at various price…
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Swipp Raises $2M

admin — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:41:00 +0000

Social intelligence platform provider Swipp has received a $2 million institutional investment. Swipp has also launched Swipp Plus, a social intelligence suite for businesses. [Image courtesy: Swipp]

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T-Mobile Appoints Drew Kelton B2B EVP

admin — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:27:20 +0000

T-Mobile has appointed Drew Kelton to the newly created role of executive vice president of B2B. Mr. Kelton will be reporting to president and CEO John Legere. Frank Sickinger, senior vice president of B2B, will continue in his role, reporting to…
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Qualcomm Co-Founder Gives $133M To Technion, Cornell University

admin — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:04:07 +0000

Dr. Irwin Mark Jacobs, founding chairman and CEO Emeritus of Qualcomm, and his wife Joan Klein Jacobs, have made a $133-million gift to Cornell University and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology to create the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Technion-Cornell Innovation…
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CA Technologies To Acquire Layer 7 Technologies

admin — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:38:56 +0000

CA Technologies has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Layer 7 Technologies, a provider of Application Programming Interface (API) management and security. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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IBM Acquires UrbanCode

admin — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:08:55 +0000

IBM has acquired enterprise software company UrbanCode for an undisclosed sum. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, UrbanCode automates the delivery of software, helping businesses quickly release and update mobile, social, big data, cloud applications. IBM plans to continue to support UrbanCode…
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Google Expanding N.C Data Center, Planning To Buy Power From Duke Energy

admin — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 06:17:14 +0000

Google is expanding the company’s Lenoir, N.C. data center. Google’s local electricity provider, Duke Energy, has pledged to develop a new program for large companies, who want to buy renewable power for their operations, says Google in a blog post. . Duke is…
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Lookout Finds BadNews Malware In Android

admin — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 03:57:27 +0000

San Francisco-based mobile security company Lookout has discovered a new malware family, BadNews, in 32 apps across four different developer accounts in Google Play. Affected applications have been downloaded between 2 million to 9 million times, says Lookout. BadNews masquerades…
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Blackstone Withdraws From Dell Bidding

admin — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 22:58:10 +0000

The Blackstone group has withdrawn from the Dell bidding war. In a letter to the Dell special committee, the investment group says that ’significant adverse issues’ since the proposal was submitted on March 22nd have led them to reconsider their…
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Amazon Apps Go To South Korea, Vatican, Papua New Guinea

admin — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 06:30:14 +0000

Developers can now submit their apps for distribution in nearly 200 countries in the Amazon Appstore, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, India, South Africa, South Korea, Papua New Guinea and Vatican City. The apps will be made available in the coming…
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Yahoo Shutting Down Additional Products

admin — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 05:54:12 +0000

Yahoo is shutting down Upcoming, Yahoo Deals, SMS Alerts, Yahoo Kids, Yahoo Mail and Messenger feature phone apps, and older versions of Yahoo Mail. This is the second time in as many months, the company is streamlining its products portfolio.…
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Canadian Tire Deploying Several Thousand BlackBerry Phones

admin — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 03:52:12 +0000

Canadian Tire has selected BlackBerry as its official smartphone for its corporate team across Canada. Employees from across the Canadian Tire family of companies, including Canadian Tire Retail, Canadian Tire Financial Services, Mark’s and FGL Sports (Sport Chek, Sports Experts,…
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SAP Announces First Quarter 2013 Results

admin — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 03:38:33 +0000

SAP announced first quarter 2013 results. The company had a 23% (25% at constant currencies) growth in non-IFRS software and cloud subscription revenue. SAP achieved €824 million in non-IFRS software and cloud subscription revenue in the first quarter. SAP – Geographies…
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Ionic Security Closes $9.4M Series A-1 Round

admin — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 03:02:53 +0000

Ionic Security has closed a $9.4 million Series A-1 financing round. The investment was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), and included TechOperators. Early investors Ken Levine and Paul Judge also participated. The capital will be used to expand…
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2.5 Out Of 10 Computers Do Not Use Protection

admin — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 02:19:02 +0000

According to the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report volume 14, computers are 5.5 times more likely to be infected with malware without an antivirus software. The study finds that 2.5 out of 10 computers on average do not use up-to-date Antivirus; and…
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AMD Reports 2013 First Quarter Results

admin — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 04:28:00 +0000

AMD revenues for the first quarter of 2013 of $1.09 billion, an operating loss of $98 million and a net loss of $146 million, or 19 cents per share. Rory Read (President and CEO, AMD): Our first quarter results reflect our…
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Yahoo Launches Weather App, Lets You Share Your Photos

admin — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 02:02:47 +0000

Yahoo has launched a Yahoo Weather App for iPhone, iPod and iPod touch. The app brings together images from the Flickr community to show users current local conditions. If you want your pictures to be featured in the Yahoo Weather app,…
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LSN Mobile Raises $5M

admin — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 01:41:20 +0000

LSN Mobile, a mobile media and advertising company that connects local mobile media with consumers and advertisers, has raised $5 million in growth capital from Atlanta-based Fulcrum Equity Partners. The financing will be invested in enhancing its advertising and product…
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Over 900 Makers Exhibiting In Maker Faire Bay Area

admin — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:53:11 +0000

Some 900 makers will be exhibiting their projects, hobbies, innovations, products, and creativity at the Maker Faire Bay Area to be held on May 18 and 19 at the San Mateo County Event Center. Makers will demonstrate drones, robots, 3D…
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AOL Public Policy Head Joins Yahoo D.C. Team

admin — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:30:03 +0000

Tekedra N. Mawakana is joining Yahoo’s team in Washington, D.C., as deputy general counsel and vice president, Global Public Policy. Ms. Mawakana and her team will work with lawmakers and regulators around the world on key issues including privacy, intellectual property,…
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Box Hires Chief Trust Officer, Senior Execs

admin — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:11:41 +0000

Box has hired a Chief Trust Officer. The company has also hired senior executives for various management roles, and has a new global business development head. Justin Somaini, formerly Chief Information Security Officer for Yahoo and Symantec, has joined Box…
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Microsoft Reports Third-Quarter Results

admin — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:19:38 +0000

Microsoft announced quarterly revenues of $20.49 billion for the quarter ended March 31, 2013. Operating income, net income, and diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $7.61 billion, $6.06 billion, and 72 cents per share. Steve Ballmer (CEO, Microsoft): The…
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OpenDNS Opens Six European Datacenters

admin — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:06:52 +0000

Cloud security company OpenDNS has opened six new datacenters in Europe. The new datacenters are located in Prague, Copenhagen, Paris, Berlin, Warsaw, Poland and Bucharest, Romania. The company says it plans to continue its global expansion strategy throughout 2013. Upload:…
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MuleSoft Snags Nook Cloud VP As CTO

admin — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:25:36 +0000

MuleSoft has appointed Uri Sarid as chief technology officer. Mr. Sarid will focus on MuleSoft’s technology strategy across its products and will report directly to CEO Greg Schott. MuleSoft founder Ross Mason will now be dedicated full time to the…
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Crowdtilt Closes $12 Million Series A Funding

admin — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:15:29 +0000

Crowdtilt has closed a $12 million Series A funding round. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Sean Parker, SV Angel, DCM, as well as CrunchFund, Alexis Ohanian, Elad Gil, Naval Ravikant, Sam Altman, Matt Mullenweg, Dave…
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HTC, LG, Samsung Join Power Matters Alliance

admin — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 07:38:05 +0000

HTC, LG and Samsung have joined the Power Matters Alliance (PMA). The Power Matters Alliance (PMA), associated with a program of the IEEE Standards Association called Industry Connections, is dedicated to creating an ecosystem and open standard for smart wireless…
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Kaazing Raises $15M

admin — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 07:15:50 +0000

Kaazing, a provider of live Web and mobile communication and authors of HTML5 WebSocket, has closed a $15 million funding round. The capital was raised through new investors New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Columbus Nova Technology Partners (CNTP), as well…
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IBM Reports 2013 First-Quarter Results

admin — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 06:53:00 +0000

IBM announced first-quarter 2013 diluted earnings of $2.70 per share, a year-to-year increase of 3 percent. First-quarter net income was $3.0 billion, down 1 percent year-to-year. Total revenues for the first quarter of 2013 of $23.4 billion were down 5…
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Arrow Designated Asset Retirement Provider For Lenovo In US, Canada

admin — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 06:03:54 +0000

Arrow Electronics have inked an agreement with Lenovo designating Arrow as its ‘partner of choice’ for a new asset retirement service offered at the point of sale. Through the agreement, Arrow’s recovery and recycling offerings can be bundled with new…
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Twitter Releases Music Discovery Service

admin — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:15:23 +0000

Twitter has released Twitter #music, a music discovery service that also lets users listen to songs, and of course, tweet songs, to their followers, right from the app. Twitter Music uses Twitter activity, including Tweets and engagement, to detect and surface…
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Dell Piloting Sustainable Living Facility On Its Texas Headquarters

admin — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:04:26 +0000

Dell is piloting a team member garden and sustainable living facility on its global headquarters campus. The Dell Eco-Learning Center, launched in conjunction with Earth Day 2013, will highlight sustainable landscaping and food cultivation, and serve as a gathering place…
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Silver Lake Completes $10.3 Billion Fundraise

admin — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:41:23 +0000

Silver Lake has closed Silver Lake Partners IV, its latest large-cap technology investment fund. In aggregate with the general partner and affiliates, the $10.3 billion in total commitments for Silver Lake Partners IV is the largest amount ever raised for…
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Samsung Unveils Galaxy S 4

admin — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:23:11 +0000

Samsung has unveiled the next generation of the Galaxy smartphones, the Galaxy S 4, with touch-less features, no less. The Galaxy S 4 lets users control the device, including scrolling or turning a page, and viewing documents, without touching. A…
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Microsoft CFO Peter Klein To Step Down

admin — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:54:55 +0000

Microsoft CFO Peter Klein will leave the company at the end of the current fiscal year. The company says it will be naming a new CFO from its finance leadership team in the next several weeks. Mr. Klein was in…
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Archos Launches Cheap Unlocked Android Smartphones Lineup

admin — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:41:45 +0000

Archos has launched a line of unlocked, affordable Android smartphones. The smartphones come with a Qualcomm CPU and dual SIM cards, which allow users to manage two providers simultaneously. The line includes the Archos 35 Carbon ($99.99), Archos 53 Platinum ($249.99), and the…
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Lockheed Martin To Pilot Cloud-Based STEM Capability For Schools

admin — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:14:25 +0000

Maryland’s Prince George’s county’s Division of Academics and Office of Information Technology have partnered with Lockheed Martin to pilot a Solutions as a Service (SolaS) secure cloud delivery of STEM solutions for select students and teachers at Fairmont Heights, Suitland and…
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Microsoft, Hon Hai Ink Android And Chrome Devices Patent Deal

admin — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 03:21:57 +0000

Microsoft and Hon Hai (the parent company of Foxconn) signed a worldwide patent licensing agreement that provides broad coverage under Microsoft’s patent portfolio. The deal covers devices running the Android and Chrome OS, including smartphones, tablets and televisions. While the…
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WordPress For Android Gets A Makeover

admin — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:23:54 +0000

WordPress has released version 2.3 of WordPress for Android. The update gives a facelift to the interface, with a redesigned dashboard, Menu Drawer, and new features. To begin with, the older-style dashboard interface has been replaced with a Menu Drawer…
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Intel Releases Three Reference Architectures For SDN, NFV

admin — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:13:41 +0000

Intel has released three reference architectures for software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) for the IT and telecom industries. These reference architectures, aimed for the telecommunications, cloud data center and enterprise data center infrastructure market segments, combine open…
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Bitium Raises $2.4M

admin — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:31:56 +0000

Identity access management and cloud software startup Bitium has raised a $2.4 million seed round. The round was led by Mike Hirshland of Resolute VC, and investors including Alex Bard (Desk.com); Michael Lazerow (Buddy Media); former SVP of Strategy for Microsoft,…
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OpenTable CEO Joins Quantcast Board

admin — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:14:43 +0000

Matthew Roberts , CEO of OpenTable, has joined the Quantcast board of directors. Mr. Roberts joined OpenTable in June 2005 as chief financial officer, led the company through its initial public offering in 2009 and was appointed to the role…
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Lenovo Launches The IdeaCentre ‘Table PC’

admin — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:56:24 +0000

Lenovo’s IdeaCentre Horizon Table PC, winner of more than 14 awards at the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show, is now available for the mass market. The Horizon Windows 8 Table PC doubles up as a 27-inch desktop, and includes Intel…
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Acer, Paramount Co-Marketing Star Trek

admin — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:52:00 +0000

Acer America and Paramount Pictures have inked a co-marketing partnership to promote Acer’s touch-optimized mobile product line and Paramount’s Star Trek Into Darkness film coming this May. The campaign will cross-promote Star Trek Into Darkness along with several of Acer’s touch-optimized…
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ABB Deploying Yammer To Employees Globally

admin — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:15:27 +0000

Power and automation technology company ABB will deploy Microsoft Office 365 and Yammer to its employees worldwide, says Microsoft. With about 145,000 employees in 100 countries, ABB is transitioning from multiple IT collaboration and messaging solutions to the Office 365…
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Riverbed CEO Joins Nimble Storage Board

admin — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:28:42 +0000

Jerry Kennelly, chairman of the board of directors and CEO of Riverbed, has joined the Nimble Storage board. Mr. Kennelly co-founded Riverbed in May 2002 and currently serves as chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer. He…
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Facebook Chat Heads, Stickers Come To IPhone

admin — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:59:11 +0000

Facebook for iOS is getting chat heads and stickers. Chat heads was launched recently as part of the Facebook Home experience for Android devices, and lets you chat on Facebook even when you are not using the Facebook or Facebook…
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