Wednesday, May 22, 2013LifeProof Acquired By OtterboxSan Diego-based electronics protective case and accessory maker LifeProof (TreeFrog Development Inc.) has been acquired by protective case maker Otterbox, the two companies announced late Wednesday. Financial terms of the buy were not announced by the companies. According to the two companies, OtterBox will incorporate LifeProof's brand into OtterBox's family of products, and will also add the approximately 250 employees of LifeProof to the company. OtterBox said that LifeProof's employes will r (More info...)
posted on Wednesday, May 22, 2013(Full story)
Fullscreen Bolsters Media Cred With New Engineering VPLos Angeles-based YouTube network Fullscreen has bolstered its team--and media credibility--with a new hire, the company said Wednesday. Fullscreen said it has hired Tim Mohn, the co-creator of the HBO GO app, and former Vice President of Technology for NBCUniversal/Comcast as its new Senior Vice President of Engineering. Fullscreen, which is headed by George Strompolos, said that the move will help it push Fullscreen's technological innovation to the "next level". Fullscreen's Strompolos has be (More info...)
posted on Wednesday, May 22, 2013(Full story)
SRCH2 Bolsters Enterprise Search With Broad Language SupportSearch engine technology provider SRCH2 has bolstered its enterprise search tools with the addition support for 40 languages, the company said today. The company, which is headed by Dev Bhatia and backed by such investors as TenOneTen Ventures, Data Collective, and others, said its latest release even supports both simplified and traditional Chinese.
SRCH2 is looking to bring much of the search sophistication and features of Google to enterprise users, particularly in the area of "instant sea (More info...)
posted on Wednesday, May 22, 2013(Full story)
Qualaroo Launches New Product, Helps Convert Web VisitorsQualaroo, a developer of website conversion and analytics software which helps web businesses improve the experience and conversion of their visitors, has launched a new product. The company--founded by Sean Ellis, Eugene Mandel, Alex Sherstinsky, and Jason Meresman--said today that it has launched a new "Convert" product which helps website owners convert a higher percentage of their website visitors to customers. The company--which is backed by $5.5M in funding from Polaris Ventures, True Ven (More info...)
posted on Wednesday, May 22, 2013(Full story)
Nimble Makes Major Updates To CRM SoftwareLos Angeles-based Nimble has made a major update to its social, customer relationship management software, adding a pile of new features and enhancements to the software. The startup--headed by Jon Ferrara, who also founded one of the original leaders in the CRM software space, Goldmine--said that its new Nimble 3.0 release includes a new dashboard feature called the "Today Page" with key dates and milestones (birthdays, job changes) with contacts; better search tools; automated contact reminder (More info...)
posted on Wednesday, May 22, 2013(Full story)
Docstoc's ExpertCircle Looks To Become The Yelp For Business ServicesOnline business resource site Docstoc is in a big expansion of its services today, with the launch of a brand new service to help businesses connect with products and vendors. The Santa Monica site, which is led by Jason Nazar, said it has launched ExpertCircle, an online platform which lets businesses find recommended products and vendors, based on endorsements, critiques, and reviews around everything from business insurance to productivity software.
The new service is a big expansion for D (More info...)
posted on Wednesday, May 22, 2013(Full story)
Insights: Will Bitcoin Spark a Wave as Big as the Internet?For today's Insights and Opinions section this morning, we have an interesting piece from Michael Terpin, who asks--is Bitcoin the next wave?
It's
not often that you run across something that Bill Gates calls "a
techno tour de force" and Warren Buffet's partner Charley
Munger calls "rat poison" -- in the same interview.
Imagine a financial service that blows away Paypal for speed and
efficiency in transferring funds (at a third of the fees if exchanged
into dollars -- and generall (More info...)
posted on Wednesday, May 22, 2013(Full story)
EdgeCast Courts ECommerce Companies With Dedicated CDN ServiceIn a move to attract e-commerce companies to its content delivery network, Santa Monica-based EdgeCast announced today that it has launched a new, PCI-compliant product specifically aimed at online retailers. EdgeCast said its new, Commerce Acceleration Network, EdgeCast Transact, is specifically designed for e-commerce sites, and is a separate network based on its existing CDN technology. Among special features of the CDN include secure session establishment; PCI compliance; redundancy and fail (More info...)
posted on Wednesday, May 22, 2013(Full story)
Xirrus Wins Healthcare ProviderThousand Oaks-based wireless equipment provider Xirrus said Tuesday that it has scored a win with American Addition Centers, a provider of a national network of treatment centers. Xirrus said the treatment center has equipped its 70,000 square foot facility in Las Vegas with its Wi-Fi arrays. Xirrus said its products are being used to provide wireless Internet service to patients, as well as access to electronic medical records for its clinical staff. Financial impact of the win was not announce (More info...)
posted on Wednesday, May 22, 2013(Full story)