Over in the land of slightly crazy lawsuits, a man from Arizona filed a lawsuit Friday to make “Google” a generic word, Paid Content reports.
David Elliot filed the complaint in the United States District Court of Arizona. Elliot is …
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It’s fitness gadget maker against fitness gadget maker. In February 2012, BodyMedia, maker of the FIT armbands that promote weight loss and health, filed a patent infringement civil action against competing fitness gadget maker Basis. On Monday of this week, …
At an event at eBay’s headquarters Thursday, online and mobile payment company PayPal announced partnerships with several point of sale system companies to integrate mobile check ins, electronic receipts, and PayPal integrated cash registers.
“In-store payments are a natural extension …
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No — not that Kony. Enterprise-minded company Kony builds mobile apps for business and consumers and encourages the bring-your-own-device movement with an enterprise app store. Wednesday it announced a $15 million third round of funding.
Kony’s main platform, KonyOne, allows …
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Advanced positioning technology company Trimble has acquired mobile GPS company Spime, VentureBeat has learned.
Shankar Narayanan, chief executive of Spime, indicated on his LinkedIn page that Spime is now a Trimble company. A Wikipedia entry for him says that as …
The first quarter of 2012 was the best quarter in more than four years for software and Internet company IPOs, according to a new report.
But in the aftermath of Facebook’s much-hyped and problematic IPO, can the momentum continue?
Tech-focused …
Next month in June, Korean tech blog beSUCCESS is hosting the beLAUNCH conference to showcase the coolest and most disruptive startups from South Korea and other Asian countries. VentureBeat Founder & Editor-in-Chief Matt Marshall and writer Meghan Kelly are participating …
Weight loss gadgets have evolved far beyond simple pedometers. We now have Up bands, Fitbits, and FuelBands that track our fitness levels (and make us look like athletes even when we’re not). One of these devices is BodyMedia‘s FIT, a …
William Galvin, Secretary of Commonwealth for Massachusetts, is subpoenaing Facebook investor Morgan Stanley, Reuters reports.
“The Securities Division has put out a subpoena to Morgan Stanley in connection with the analyst’s discussion with certain institutional investors about the revenue prospects …
Website monitoring startup Yottaa has grabbed $9 million to keep tabs on your website load times.
Slow page loads are a drag and can even hurt your website’s SEO. Yottaa offers cloud-based optimization services to speed up websites and keep …
Buying a house involves a slow process of sharing a lot of physical documents between several different people. Frustrated by this process, Austin Allison founded DotLoop, a startup that invites people to digital documents instead of sending them via email …
Happy Monday funding news, aficionados! Check out who got funded today — and don’t forget to click the links in each paragraph for more details.
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Video serving company Avail-TVN just closed a $100 million funding round. The company offers digital video for cable TV networks.
Avail-TVN specializes in providing on-demand video for cable networks. It works with major TV networks to process and deliver content.…
Long-time venture capitalist Michael Moritz, a key partner in one of Silicon Valley’s biggest VC firms, Sequoia Capital, is stepping back from his management role because of an incurable, rare medical condition. He announced the news to fellow investors in …
One day after admitting it screwed up, Nasdaq is planning to make things right with investors who lost money over trading glitches during the Facebook IPO. Nasdaq is planning to spend $13 million to make amends for bad trades that …
Xfire, a social network for gamers, has raised $3 million in funding.
The company connects gamers together to share videos, screenshots, and gaming prowess. Gamers can post about the games they’re playing and the achievements they’ve received. Members can also …
Anyone who has wanted to point their finger at their computer to make something happen will appreciate the Leap, a new motion control peripheral from startup Leap Motion. The small aluminum device uses finger waves and hand gestures to interact …
The all-computer run NASDAQ could be to blame for a lack of a Facebook stock pop Friday, when the social network started its first day of trading. Orders flooded in for the stock, but overwhelmed computers and glitches slowed trading …
