Tuesday, May 1, 2012Boingo In Deal With Deutsche Telekom For In-Flight Wi-FiAre you a Boingo customer, planning a long flight to Germany anytime soon? Wish you could keep connected to the Internet? Customers of Los Angeles-based Boingo Wireless can now do that--and bill it to their Boingo account--if they're booked on Lufthansa. Boingo said Tueday that it has inked a deal with Deutsche Telecom, which will give Boingo customers access to in-flight Wi-Fi services on international flights through DT's on-board communications services. The access will be through Boingo's in (More info...)
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RingRevenue In Growth SurgeSanta Barbara-based RingRevenue, the provider of pay-per-call technology used by affiliate marketers to track conversions, looks to be in growth mode, with the firm nearly doubling its staff over the last four months. The firm, which is led by Jason Spievak, apparently now has 28 full time employees, up significantly from only 16 in January, according to Spievak. Spievak said that the firm is growing primarily in business development and account management, but also has been growing its developm (More info...)
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YouMail's New Calling Feature: Voicemail ReceiptsEver wonder if someone actually got your voicemail? Irvine-based YouMail has a neat new feature to provide "voicemail receipts" to callers who leave you a message on the voicemail service, allowing callers to get a text, view and hear the message they left, and also add themselves to your caller ID list. YouMail, which said it started testing the feature in January, said the new feature has been so popular with testers that the service will be provided as a default on the service. YouMail's add (More info...)
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Paul Bricault Backs Phone Security FirmPaul Bricault, the head of local Los Angeles business accelerator Amplify, is one of the backers of a phone security firm which is looking to reduce phone-based fraud. According to Atlanta-based Pindrop Security, it raised $1M in a seed funding round from Andreessen Horowitz, GRA Venture Fund, New World Ventures, Sigma Partners, and Webb Investment Network, along with angels Paul Bricault, Kevin Donahue, and Ben Ling. Pindrop Security uses acoustical fingerprinting technology to detect and block (More info...)
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Mobile Roadie Hits The iPadBeverly Hills-based Mobile Roadie, the developer of tools which make it easy for artists and brands to create their own mobile apps, said today that it has launched a new native iPad app platform, along with a self-service mobile website product. Mobile Roadie, which is headed by Michael Schneider, develops software has been popular with both brands and celebrities for powering their mobile apps on iPhone and Android. The company said its new iPad app platform allows users to create their own ap (More info...)
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EcoATM Raises $17MSan Diego-based EcoATM, the developer of kiosks to help people trade in their old mobile phones and devices for cash, store credit, or gift cards, has raised $17M in a Series B funding round. The round came from Coinstar, PI Holdings, Moore Venture Partners, AKS Capital, Koh Boon Hwee, along with Claremont Creek Ventures and TAO Ventures. The new round brings the company's total raised to $31.40M.
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Ortiva Wireless Acquired By Allot CommunicationsLa Jolla-based Ortiva Wireless, a developer of wireless video optimization and streaming hardware and software, has been acquired by Allot Communications Ltd., a provider of products for the fixed and mobile data network market, Allot announced this morning. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Allot said it will integrate Ortiva's technology into its Allot Service Gateway product. The company said that the acquisition will be accretive on a quarterly basis by the end of 2012, contribu (More info...)
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Goodreads Enhances GroupsLos Angeles-based Goodreads, the online networking site focused on book readers which is led by Otis Chandler, said this morning that it has enhanced its book group functions, Goodreads Groups. The site, which lets people rate, discuss, and share information on their favorite books, said that it has now added the ability to feature videos on home pages of groups, as well as to customize the design of group home pages with logos and images. The company said the enhancements will allow groups to p (More info...)
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Acacia Targets Digital Imaging With Patent BuyNewport Beach-based Acacia Research, the patent licensing outfit which acquires and aggressively licenses patents, is eyeing the digital imaging market, saying this morning that one of its subsidiaries has acquired a number of patents originally issued to Polaroid. The firm said those patents cover digital imaging and related technologies, used in digital cameras and camera phones. Details on the number of patents, specific patents involved, or financial terms were not announced.
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Novatel Wireless Wins Scandinavian GPS Tracking FirmSan Diego-based Novatel Wireless, which develops wireless modules used to connect equipment into mobile data networks, announced a win today with Scandanavian GPS tracking and vehicle management firm Tripple Track. Financial terms of the win were not announced. Novatel Wireless said it will provide its Enfora asset tags and mobile dtracking devices to Tripple Track. Novatel's products are used in the M2M market for tracking assets via wireless networks.
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