Thursday, December 31, 2009Rotohog Powers ABC's The BachelorLos Angeles-based Rotohog, the online fantasy sports games firm headed by Kelly Perdew, launched a new online game for ABC's "The Bachelor" this week. The firm, which runs online fantasy games, is powering the "Rose Ceremony Game", an online promotion by ABC which pits viewers against each other in predicting who will receive a rose from The Bachelor in the show. Financial details of the win were not disclosed.
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Geodelic Updates Mobile AppSanta Monica-based Geodelic, a developer of location-based mobile networking software, told its users Wednesday that it has released version 2.0 of its Sherpa mobile software. Geodelic, which is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners and Shasta Ventures, said that the new software improves usability, and adds links to OpenTable reservations and Twitter data feeds, among other features. Geodelic's software allows mobile phone users to get more information about locations, including stores (More info...)
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DDi Completes Coretec BuyAnaheim-based DDi Corp., a provider of printed circuit board engineering and manufacturing, said Thursday that it has completed its acquisition of fellow PCB manufacturing firm Coretec. The deal was worth CDN $25.2M, made up of $7.4M CDN in cash plus assumption of CDN $17.8M of Coretec's debt. DDi said it would buy Coretec in October.
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