Monday, December 22, 2008Robertson Launches Mobile Music Search SiteFormer MP3.com founder Michael Robertson has launched a new, mobile music web site called TuneRoom, Robertson announced Monday, which will help mobile phone users search and find MP files for their cell phones. The new WAP site allows users to search for music tracks, and can automatically send MP3 tracks wirelessly to a cell phone. According to Robertson, you can brose TuneRoom from a PC or mobile phone, and select songs which will be sent wireless to your mobile phone; the site lists more than (More info...)
posted on Monday, December 22, 2008(Full story)
Geni Rolls New Holiday Calendar, Pro FeaturesLos Angeles-based Geni, the online genealogy and social networking site run by ex-PayPal cofounder David Sacks, has rolled out two new features. According to the firm in an announcement to users Friday, it has added popular holidays to its calendar, and also added new virtual gifts for those holidays which can be sent to family. In addition, the company said it has enhanced its Geni Pro service, the firm's subscription version of its service, to provide better information about blood relations; (More info...)
posted on Monday, December 22, 2008(Full story)
Skweezer Signs JumpTapIrvine-based Skweezer, which provides services for translating web sites to mobile phone formats, along with an advertising network, said Monday that it has partnered with JumpTap. According to the firms, Skweezer's mobile content optimization technology is available on JumpTap's mobile search applications. Skweezer's technology converts any web site into a mobile-optimized format. Financial impact of the deal was not disclosed. Skweezer said that JumpTap is using the firm's white-label offering (More info...)
posted on Monday, December 22, 2008(Full story)
Specific Media Bolsters Sales TeamIrvine-based Specific Media, which operates an online advertising network, said Monday that it has hired four for the firm's sales and client relations teams. According to Specific Media, it has hired Kathy Benigo, Jolene Ortiz, Ray Duncan, and Matthew Donner for the firm's sales team. Benigo joins from Disney Online, Ortiz from Yahoo!, Duncan from Autobytel, and Donner from Yahoo!.
posted on Monday, December 22, 2008(Full story)
Mogreet Links Deal With Fox SearchlightVenice Beach-based Mogreet, a provider of mobile video greeting cards, said today that it has inked a deal with Fox Mobile Entertainment to provide greetings based on Fox Searchlight movies. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Mogreet--which is venture backed by Ascend Venture Group, Black Diamond Ventures, DFJ Frontier, and Spyglass Ventures--provides a service which sends video greetings via MMS, SMS and mobile phones. The Fox Searchlight deal will include clips from films such as (More info...)
posted on Monday, December 22, 2008(Full story)
Solarflare Pulls In $44M MoreIrvine-based Solarflare Communications, a manufacturer of 10 Gigabit Ethernet semiconductors, announced today that it has raised $44M in a combination of debt and equity funding. Solarflare said it has raised $32M in equity financing along with $12M in venture debt. The equity came from Oak Investment Partners, Acacia Capital, and Anthem Venture Partners; source of the debt financing was not disclosed. Solarflare said the new funding will go towards ramping manufacturing of its 10GBASE-T PHY pro (More info...)
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Teledyne Buys Instrumentation FirmThousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies said today that it has acquired Odom Hydrographic Systems, a Louisiana-based firm developing hydrographic survey instrumentation. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Teledyne said that Baton Rouge-based Odom has designs and manufactures equipment for port survey, dredging, offshore energy and other applications. Odom had sales of roughly $10.9M for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2008. Odom Hydrographic will become Teledyne Odom Hydrograp (More info...)
posted on Monday, December 22, 2008(Full story)
Veoh In International PartnershipLos Angeles- and San Diego-based Veoh Networks, a provider of Internet video sharing services, said today that it has entered into a partnership with Axel Springer Digital TV Guide GmbH. According to Veoh, Axel Springer is in a strategic international partnership with the firjm, specifically in Germany. The deal includes both Axel Springer Media Impact, an advertising sales division of Axel Springer, as well as links to Axel Springer's electronic program guides and a service called "My Personal (More info...)
posted on Monday, December 22, 2008(Full story)
AWR Links With Test Equipment FirmEl Segundo-based AWR, a developer of high frequency design software for the EDA market, said today that it has linked with Rohde & Schwarz, a manufacturer of test equipment. AWR said that it has entered into a sales distribution partnership with Rohde & Schwarz in China, Taiwan, Singapore, and Malaysia. The agreement follows a recent, similar agreement between the two firms in Japan. AWR said the move will boost use of its software in the Asia Pacific region.
posted on Monday, December 22, 2008(Full story)