Monday, February 13, 20178i Gets $27M For Photorealistic, Augmented Reality HumansLos Angeles- and New Zealand-based 8i, which has created technology which captures humans and creates photo-realistic, 3-D "holograms" which people can interact with in augmented reality from any angle, has raised $27M in a funding round, the company said on Monday. The funding was led by Time Warner, and also included Baidu, Hearst, Verizon, One Ventures, Seed & Speed, and existing investors. The company's technology uses multiple cameras to create a 3D model of human beings which appears withi (More info...)
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ProSites Buys PracticeMojoTemecula, California-based ProSites, which develops websites for dental and medical practices, has acquired Phoenix, Arizona-based PracticeMojo, the two said last week. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. ProSites says it offers up custom website design, search engine marketing, social media management, and pay-per-click services to over 14,000 dental, medical, and professional practices; the firm is led by Dr. Curt Hamann, and will remain headquartered in Temecula.
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Pharaoh Information Systems Acquired by Hyphen SolutionsIrvine-based Pharaoh Information Services, a developer of residential construction-related software, has been acquired by Hyphen Solutions, a developer of cloud-based construction management software. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Pharaoh had been a supplier of software used for sales tracking and reporting, options ordering and purchasing, subcontractor bidding and contract creation, customer service and warranty control, construction scheduling, and other related tools (More info...)
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Sonos Boosts UK Pricing By 25 Percent Due To BrexitSanta Barbara-based whole home music system developer Sonos is boosting its prices in the United Kingdom by 25 percent, due to "a significant change on the US Dollar to GBP exchange rate." the company said over the weekend. The company said that, starting on February 23rd, it will be boosting its prices in the UK, because its existing pricing has "become unsustainable". The drop in the pound has come as a result of currency rate changes due to Brexit.
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OpenX Wins Publishers Clearing HouseLos Angeles-based programmatic advertising marketplace operator OpenX has signed on Publishers Clearing House (PCH) as a customer, the company reported this morning. According to OpenX, Publishers Clearing House has implemented its OpenX Bidder and private marketplace products. Financial impact of the deal was not announced. The two said Publishers Clearing House saw a 26 percent lift in its revenue across desktop views on PCH.com, or nearly $10,000 per day, due to the adoption of the OpenX soft (More info...)
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Qualcomm Announces 802.11ax ChipsetsSan Diego-based wireless technology developer Qualcomm announced a set of new, systems-on-a-chip solutions for the 802.11ax protocol this morning, which the company says provides "end-to-end" solutions for the new protocol. Qualcomm said its now has a portfolio of products, including the IPQ8074 system-on-chip (SoC) for network infrastructure and QCA6290 solution for client devices, both of which it plans to sample in the first half of 2017. Qualcomm's 802.11ax products support 12-streams (eight (More info...)
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CrowdStrike Adds Endpoint Machine Learning FeaturesIrvine-based cybersecurity software developer CrowdStrike says it has added machine learning capabilities to its endpoint protection products, to help provide protection against malware and "malware-free" attacks. CrowdStrike said the new capabilities will augment its existing behavioral-based machine learning prevention in the cloud software, providing protection even if machines are disconnected from the cloud. CrowdStrike said its endpoint production tools provide stop malware without requiri (More info...)
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Ixia Links With RSA Threat Detection ProductCalabasas-based networking testing software and equipment developer Ixia has tied its Vision One "network product broker" product to the RSA NetWitness dvanced threat detection and response tool, the company said today. Ixia said its tools is now interoperable with RSA NetWitness, which helps enterprise customers implement advanced threat detection for their hybrid networks. Ixia's tools are used to monitor and redirect enterprise network traffic, as needed, to a company's security operations ce (More info...)
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