Logitech snaps up Slim Devices for $20M, plus performance multiple

Logitech snaps up Slim Devices for $20M, plus performance multiple

Logitech has acquired Slim Devices, the Mountain View maker of open source home networked music systems, for $20 million in cash plus a performance-based payment that will amount to “several multiples” of that.

This is a hit for the 20-something founder Sean Adams. He founded the… Continue Reading

Roundup: Slim Devices, ChaCha, Digg, eBay ibank of Web 2.0, more

Roundup: Slim Devices, ChaCha, Digg, eBay ibank of Web 2.0, more

SlimDevices to release latest Squeezebox — The come-out-of-nowhere Mountain View start-up sells a device that lets you play your music anywhere in the house, and hooks up with all kinds of services, from Pandora to Rhapsody. Its latest one will sell for $2,000 device; the NYT… Continue Reading

Slim Devices, a come-out-of-nowhere hit

Slim Devices, a come-out-of-nowhere hit

The NYTs’ Pogue runs a story singing the high praises of the Squeezebox, a product from Slim Devices which lets you play your computer’s music anywhere in the house.

This is an intriguing company, based in Mountain View.

Beginning next week, the Squeezebox will do something no… Continue Reading