Thursday, January 31, 2008Make It Work In Territory ExpansionSanta Barbara-based Make It Work, which provides at-home technology support services, said Thursday that the firm has expanded its services into the Palm Springs area. The expansion comes as part of a partnership with Verizon, where Make It Work provides additional support services for Verizon customers. Financial terms of the partnership were not disclosed. The deal is an expansion of the firm's marketing partnership with Verizon, which Verizon announced in March. Make It Work offers home appoi (More info...)
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Teledyne Buys TSS InternationalThousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies said Thursday afternoon that it has acquired S G Brown Limited and its wholly owned subsidiary, TSS(International) Limited. The deal was worth approximately $57.7M. TSS International, which is based in Watford, United Kingdom, designs and manufactures inertial sensing and other systems for the offshore energy, oceanographic, and military market. TSS International's products are used for detailed positioning in hydrographic surveys, used for controlling f (More info...)
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Axiom Microdevices Releases Shipment NumbersIrvine-based Axiom Microdevice announced Thursday that the firm has shipped more than 10 million units of its quad-band GPRS CMOS power amplifier to handset manufacturers in 2007. The chips are a critical part used in cellular phones. Axiom did not disclose what the financial impact of the shipments were. Axiom is venture backed by Tallwood Venture Capital, U.S. Venture Partners, Anthem Venture Partners, and VentureTech Alliance; the firm's technology stems from research from the California Inst (More info...)
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Gumiyo Inks Deals With JobCentral, CarfaxWoodland Hills-based Gumiyo, a startup which delivers classifieds to mobile phones, said this week that it has inked two separate partnerships. Gumiyo said Thursday that it has partnered with the DirectEmployers Association to provide job listings through Gumiyo's platform, and earlier this week it said it has started providing vehicle history reports from Carfax through its platform. Financial terms of both deals were not disclosed. The DirectEmployers Association runs JobCentral, an online job (More info...)
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Gizmo5 Links Into MySpace IMSan Diego-based, voice-over-IP software firm Gizmo5 said Thursday that the firm has linked its software to the MySpace instant messaging network. According to the firm, the integration means that users of MySpace can use the firm's software to see who is online on MySpace, receive alerts, and send/receive messages. Gizmo5 said the new features are available as a free feature. Gizmo5 was formerly known as SIPphone, and renamed itself in December. Michael Robertson, founder of MP3.com, is CEO of G (More info...)
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Linspire Rolls Custom Linux InitiativeSan Diego-based Linspire said today the firm has rolled out a new service which will offer custom, Linux desktop operating systems to its partners. Linspire, which develops several versions of desktop Linux operating systems, said the new service is targeted at cutting the expense of building their own Linux desktop operating systems. The new service will support both the Debian and Ubuntu Linux distributions, and is part of the firm's Linspire Partner Program, which is targeted at white box and (More info...)
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CSC Moves To VirginiaComputer Sciences Corporation, the giant El Segundo-based defense contractor, said Wednesday that the firm is relocating its corporate headquarters from El Segundo. CSC has been headquartered in Los Angeles since 1959, where it was founded. According to CSC, the company will relocate its headquarters to Falls Church, Virginia. CSC said the move would reduce travel for its executives; the firm employs approximately 11,000 of its 92,000 employees in the Washington, D.C. area. CSC did not disclose (More info...)
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Boingo Wireless Adds Zinser As CFOLos Angeles-based Boingo Wireless, which operates a network of Wi-Fi access points, said Wednesday that it has hired on Edward Zinser as the firm's new Chief Financial Officer. Zinser joins the firm from THQ, where he was EVP and CFO. Zinser has also served at Vivendi Universal, USA Networks, and the Walt Disney Company, among other companies. Boingo Wireless said that Zinser is the firm's first CFO, and will be responsible for the planning, legal, finance and corporate development functions of (More info...)
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Low.com Launches New Lead ProgramLos Angeles-based Low.com, the mortgage lead business of Oversee.net, said Wednesday that it has launched a new mortgage lead program for mortgage lenders. According to Low.com, the new program, called the Warm Transfers program, provides immediate contact with consumers via phone. The firm said the program phone-verifies mortgage leads before passing them on to lenders. Low.com is Oversee.net's lead generation portal for mortgage loans. Oversee operates both marketing and lead generation servic (More info...)
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Media Services Acquires Software TitleLos Angeles-based Media Services, a provider of accounting and payroll software for the entertainment industry, said Wednesday that it has acquired CompanyMOVE ShowPlanner. CompanyMOVE ShowPlanner is software used for scheduling film, TV, and commercial productions. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to Media Services, it will relaunch the software as Showbiz Scheduling.
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