Tuesday, August 11, 2009Whyville Gets Links On New Dell LaptopPasadena-based Whyville, the kids educational virtual world, has scored a deal to be included as a featured desktop icon on a new Dell laptop, Dell disclosed Tuesday afternoon. Dell said it is launching a new laptop along with children's cable network Nickelodeon, called the Dell Inspiron Mini Nickelodeon Edition. Among other kid-friendly features of the new laptop, Dell said it will include a desktop "animaticon" which links to educational content from Whyville.net. Whyville features an online (More info...)
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Covario Launches Services ArmSan Diego-based Covario, a provider of search engine marketing and SEO automation software, said Tuesday that the firm has launched a new services arm, focused on agency services. The firm said that it has created its own, SEO delivery team to compliment the firm's technology offerings. Covario's software automates much of the SEO work that traditional agencies have provided. The company said that its new services delivery team is headed by Mike Gullaksen, who the firm said has led projects at a (More info...)
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DriveCam Raises $19M MoreSan Diego-based DriveCam, a developer of systems for monitoring driver behavior, said Tuesday that it has raised $19M in a Series D funding. The round was led by Triangle Peak Partners and also included prior investors Menlo Ventures, JMI Equity, Insight Venture Partners and Integral Capital Partners. The firm said the funding will go towards accelerating growth at the firm, and for investments in its technology and solutions. The funding brings the company's total raised to around $67.6M.
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Patent Suit Spawned By NTI Group Buy SettledA patent lawsuit against educational software provider Blackboard, which was spawned by the acquisition of Sherman Oaks-based NTI Group last year, has been settled, according to Texas-based TechRadium. TechRadium, which had sued Blackboard in May after it acquired emergency messaging provider NTI Group for $182M, said that the two firms have agreed to cross-license several patents and patent applications. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. TechRadium said the move would allow e (More info...)
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Loudvine Goes LiveLos Angeles-based Loudvine.com, a new, Web 2.0-style, online community site focused on music fans, said today that it is now live in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Orange County, and San Diego. The online site allows music fans to find bands, gigs, venues, and other information about local artists; the site also helps artists to promote their bands and events.
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Emergent Ties With 3D Animation FirmCalabasas-based Emergent Game Technologies, a provider of video game development tools, said this morning that it has integrated its Gamebryo LightSpeed product with 3D game animation firm Mixamo. The two firms said that LightSpeed developers will have access to Mixamo's new animation services through its products. The integration comes through LightSpeed's partner program. Mixamo maintains a collection of 3D motion animation, derived from motion capture. Emergent develops the Gamebryo LightSpee (More info...)
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MaMoCa Acquired By Motion Analysis CorporationSan Clemente-based MaMoCa, which develops motion capture technology for the animation and video game market, has been acquired by Motion Analysis Corporation, the firm's CEO, Gene Alexander, told socalTECH today. Alexander said that the all-stock acquisition will also make him a VP and General Manager at Motion Analysis, which is looking to integrate MaMoCa's markerless capture technology into its existing line of real-time marker system. The acquisition closed August 1st, and the firms had been (More info...)
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SpotRunner Shifts Local Ad Efforts To YodleLos Angeles-based Spot Runner announced today that the firm has partnered with Yodle, an online advertising network, where Yodle will handle local online advertising services for Spot Runner's clients. According to the firms, Spot Runner said it is shifting the local advertising operations to Yodle to focus on its Malibu Media Platform. Spot Runner's Malibu Media Platform automates buying and selling TV and video advertising. The companies did not detail the financial arrangements between the tw (More info...)
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Qualcomm: Class Action Suit DismissedSan Diego-based Qualcomm said this morning that the firm has been granted a motion to dismiss a consumer, class action lawsuit against the firm. The company said the United States District Court for the Southern District of California has granted the firm's motion to dismiss a class action lawsuit from Christopher Lorenzo, which had claimed antitrust violations and unfair competition by the company. According to Qualcomm, the judge found that the allegations in the compliant did not give Lorenzo (More info...)
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ExpenseBay Gets Win With TripItSanta Monica-based ExpenseBay, the online, expense report automation startup founded by Eric Sikola, is announcing today that it has integrated with web site TripIt. ExpenseBay said that its software-as-a-service product now allows users to import TripIt travel plans, and will automatically create expense reports based on trips and financial data that the service has downloaded from a user's credit card data and other expense information. ExpenseBay's software--targeted at business professional (More info...)
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Xirrus Adds Australian CollegeThousand Oaks-based Xirrus said today that it has deployed the firm's wireless arrays at Galen Catholic College, a school located in Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia. Financial impact of the sale was not disclosed. Xirrus, which manufactures hardware which combines multiple wireless access points and switching in a single device, said the college is replacing an existing Wi-Fi network with its hardware.
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