Apple this morning announced that there are now over half a million applications available in the mobile applications-specific App Store, and that over 100 million of apps have been downloaded from the desktop software marketplace Mac App Store in less than a year after its debut. When the Mac App Store opened for business on […]
Posted on December 13th, 2011 by admin
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If you are a small or local business, managing your listings on the dozens of local listings sites on the Web is next to impossible. Yext, which started out as a pay-per-call advertising startup, shifted its focus earlier this year to create a one-stop dashboard for local businesses, called PowerListings. Just this year, PowerListings has […]
Posted on December 12th, 2011 by admin
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Cloud emailing service provider Mailjet has raised 180,000 euros from Brussels-based eFounders, an earlier backer. Obviously, that’s not an enormous fundraising round, but Mailjet is an interesting company solving a real problem and challenging more established, venture capital-backed rivals like SendGrid and Mailgun, so let’s take a closer look. Read more at TechCrunch Europe. Tweet […]
Posted on December 11th, 2011 by admin
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Two acquisitions today that were for the most part executed so Silicon Valley companies could buy their way into the UK (and Ireland) market. Freshly funded location-based mobile gaming company Red Robot Labs has acquired UK-based indie gaming company Supermono Studios. Cloud solutions company Appirio, which just raised funding from Salesforce.com and other strategic backers, […]
Posted on December 10th, 2011 by admin
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Blue Coat, which specializes in Web security and WAN optimization solutions, has agreed to be acquired by an investor group led by San Francisco-based PE firm Thoma Bravo in a transaction valued at roughly $1.3 billion. Shareholders stand to receive $25.81 per share per common stock, in cash, and Blue Coat’s board of directors has […]
Posted on December 10th, 2011 by admin
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Lattice Semiconductor this morning announced that it is to acquire SiliconBlue Technologies, which develops mobile device solutions for the consumer handheld market. Lattice Semi will pay approximately $62 million in cash for SiliconBlue and aims to close the deal before the end of the year. Under the terms of the agreement, SiliconBlue CEO Kapil Shankar […]
Posted on December 9th, 2011 by admin
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Silicon Valley company Bill.com, which offers Web-based bill payment, invoicing and cash management solutions for businesses, this morning announced that it has raised $15.5 million in Series D funding, bringing its total raised to over $40 million. The financing round was led by new investor Financial Partners Fund (a unit of Citi Capital Advisors), with […]
Posted on December 9th, 2011 by admin
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I’d never heard of FreedomPop until earlier this morning, when the company announced a partnership with U.S. wireless broadband network operator LightSquared. FreedomPop, according to the press release and the laughably amateurish landing website, aims to offer ‘free wireless broadband, voice and mobile services for all’. Allllllright! No word on whether butter cookies are also […]
Posted on December 8th, 2011 by admin
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Just as consumers are adopting smartphones (to the tune of 84 million in the U.S.) and tablets at a breakneck pace, an increasing number of clinicians, healthcare administrators and staff are using mobile devices to manage patient care, communicate within the workplace, and carry out their day to day work. Nearly 80 percent of physicians […]
Posted on December 8th, 2011 by admin
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uTest, which provides software developers with a variety of testing services for their Web, desktop and mobile applications, has raised $17 million in Series D funding in a round led by QuestMark Partners. The new capital will be used to launch new tools to aid developers, and to open more offices in the United States […]
Posted on December 7th, 2011 by admin
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