Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Ignition Partners Gets Exit At Zenprise
Bellevue-based venture capital firm Ignition Partners has had an exit at one of the firm's portfolio companies, Zenprise. Citrix said Wednesday that it is buying Zenprise, and will make that firm's pr (More info...)
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Kindle Unlimited Kids Service Debuts
Amazon is looking to corner the market on Android games and apps for kids, with a new program it launched today, called Kindle FreeTime Unlimited. Amazon said it would offer up unlimited access to tho (More info...)
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Rallee Launches Push to Talk App With $1M In Funding
Seattle-based Radio Runt said today that it has official launched its "push-to-talk" group messaging app, Rallee for Android, and received $1M in a funding round. Radio Runt, which is led by Tony Bris (More info...)
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Kimera Systems Buys Smart Places
Portland-based artificial intelligence software developer Kimera Systems announced today that it has has acquired Smart Places, a developer of location and context-aware, mobile social networking apps (More info...)
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Azaleos Bolsters Microsoft Lync Support
Seattle-based Azaleos said today that it has bolstered its capabilities and support for Microsoft's Lync unified communications platform. Azaleos said it has added support for Lynx 2013, giving its cu (More info...)
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QThru Launches iOS, Android Apps
Seattle-based QThru, the developer of an in -store, mobile shopping and self checkout software, said today that it has launched iOS and Android apps. The firm said those apps allow users to use their (More info...)
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Kona Medical Adds $10M
Bellevue-based medical devices developer Kona Medical said yesterday that it has added $10M in equity and debt as part of its Series C financing round, bring its total raised in the round to $40M. The (More info...)
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National Federation of the Blind Takes On Amazon
An organization that supports the rights of blind Americans, the National Federation of the Blind, said Tuesday that it is protesting the push by Amazon.com to put its Kindle devices into schools. The (More info...)
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