Roundup: Former AOL execs face fraud charges, MetroFi throws in the towel, fingerprinters point fingers, and more
AOL execs add oddly, allege examiners — Eight AOL executives are facing fraud charges at the conclusion of a six-year long investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission into alleged revenue overstatement of $1 billion during the company’s merger with Time Warner. Four of the… Continue Reading
Roundup: MetroFi connects Foster City, GDrive leak, Cisco’s triple threat
Cisco’s triple threat — San Jose networking giant Cisco has won a patent #7075919, which states Cisco owns any “system and method for providing integrated voice, video and data to customer premises over a single network.”
Cisco picked up its intellectual property in a sale by Sandstream… Continue Reading
Silicon Valley-wide WiFi? Despite deal, long way to go
Silicon Valley leaders picked a consortium led by Cisco Systems and IBM to build and operate a free wireless network for up to 2.4 million across the region. But if you look at the details of the deal, it’s unclear how quickly this will come… Continue Reading
Roundup: 37Signals, MetroFi, CaliSolar & Duffield’s taxes…and more
37signals, the jazzy Web 2.0 company, takes funding from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos — See the company’s announcement here about why. We last mentioned the company here. The company boasts: Since we launched Basecamp we’ve been contacted by nearly 30 different VC firms. We’ve never been… Continue Reading