Provides the latest RSS feeds for Software News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Sydney Sun.com http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/cat/68c99963de9a9573/ en-us Sat, 18 May 2013 06:00:07 -0400 Sat, 18 May 2013 06:00:07 -0400 30 Indian American software magnate Vivek Ranadive, who has become the first person of Indian descent to become the owner of a major US basketball team, plans to build the Sacramento Kings into a global brand. "It's going to be exciting," he told the USA Today after securing an agreement to buy 65 percent of the Kings from the Maloof family for a National Basketball Association (NBA) ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214584432/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:10:01 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214584432/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Two hedge fund tycoons whose marriage "turned toxic" were accused by a judge yesterday of giving "tainted" evidence in their battle over the spoils of their failed ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214594832/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 21:37:03 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214594832/scat/68c99963de9a9573 An image from one of Nintendo's upcoming "Sonic the Hedgehog" games for the Wii U. Will the struggling console developer be able to snag any more partnerships like this in the future? Friday, Nintendo took to its ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214593807/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:35:38 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214593807/scat/68c99963de9a9573 The owners of the Sacramento Kings have reached an agreement to sell the NBA team to a group led by software magnate Vivek Ranadive. USA Today reported the Maloof family, which currently owns the Kings, reached a deal with Ranadive's group to keep the team in Sacramento under the new owners, who have agreed to pay $535 million to the Maloofs. "It won't be final, final until ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214593475/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:04:40 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214593475/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Airbus rolled out the first fully painted A350 Monday. With the Paris Air Show just a month away, Airbus may be preparing to try to take the wind away from Boeings resurgent 787 Dreamliner. Airbus rolled out its fully painted and flyable A350 Monday, with engines installed, and this week was starting to run that aircraft through electrical testing. That gives rise to speculation that Airbus will ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214591668/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:46:36 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214591668/scat/68c99963de9a9573 IBM ) today announced new software to help organizations extend crucial business applications running on System z mainframes to web, cloud and mobile environments. The software's performance improvements will enable companies to significantly reduce operating costs while helping businesses seamlessly and efficiently extend services for support of modern infrastructures. ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214591554/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:12:33 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214591554/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Tableau Software shares soared in their trading debut Friday after the company and some of its investors raised about $254.2 million in its initial public ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214591560/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:10:50 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214591560/scat/68c99963de9a9573 May 17, 2013 /CNW/ - Solium Capital Inc. ("Solium") (TSX: SUM), the leading global provider of software-as-service for equity administration, financial reporting and compliance, today announced that the nominees listed in the Management Proxy Circular for the 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting"), which was held ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214591561/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:04:39 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214591561/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Tableau CEO Christian Chabot stands next to one of the many "kraken" designs throughout his company's Seattle headquarters in Seattle."The Kraken" octopus is a reference to the code name Tableau uses for its Tableau version 8.0 application. Tableau Software CEO Christian Chabot may have made more than $12 million this morning when his company made its initial public offering ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214591340/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:56:23 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214591340/scat/68c99963de9a9573 SURF Incubator startup founders talk about what they've neglected since starting their companies. In light of SURF (Start Up Really Fast) Incubators one-year anniversary in its downtown Seattle space, I spoke to a group of entrepreneurs whose companies are incubating there. I asked them what their companies needed most, what the Seattle startup community needs, and what they wished theyd ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214591339/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:52:18 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214591339/scat/68c99963de9a9573 OwlSpark, Rice University's three-month startup accelerator, is supported by 60 mentors who will help companies improve their business plans and find investors. OwlSpark, Rice Universitys startup accelerator, began its first class May 16 and has high hopes of launching eight game-changing technology companies. OwlSpark is one of Houston's many new accelerators, which are essentially boot ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214591338/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:54:42 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214591338/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Online technology community operator Wisegate Inc. raised $2.8 million of a planned $3.4 million financing. The Austin-based company collected the capital from 23 investors, according to a Friday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Wisegate, which was founded in 2007 as CDG Software Inc., operates an online community designed to enable IT professionals to exchange ideas and ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214590943/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:53:13 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214590943/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Vijay Goradia, founder and chairman of Vinmar International Ltd., won the Houston Technology Center's 2013 top lifetime achievement award for entrepreneurship. Click through the slideshow to see the other winners. There seemed to be one common theme that ran through the winners' acceptance speeches at the Houston Technology Centers lifetime achievement awards: Houstons entrepreneurial and ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214589070/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:15:57 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214589070/scat/68c99963de9a9573 TriMet launched beta testing of a mobile ticketing service from GlobeSherpa on May 16. You know that TriMet ticket scramble? The one where your bus is minutes away and you don't have cash or a bus ticket? It could soon be a thing of the past. TriMet today launched beta testing of a mobile ticketing system from Portland-startup GlobeSherpa that allows riders to pay fares using a smartphone. ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214590253/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:12:38 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214590253/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Pixelspoke's Cameron Madill's company helped design the State of the Business Owner 2013 survey's methodology. A new small business study, engineered by two Oregon firms, suggests that entrepreneurs are more driven by the potential for freedom and the chance to work at a job they love than they are by money. The 2013 State Of The Business Owner Report, released by Ashland-based ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214589130/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:10:59 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214589130/scat/68c99963de9a9573 The larger 787-9, first ordered by Air New Zealand, captured 74 percent of orders in the last three years. Boeing in June is expected to start assembling the larger 787-9 Dreamliner a model that has rapidly outsold the current 787-8 model in recent years. Earlier this month the first 787-9 horizontal stabilizer arrived at Boeings Everett factory from the companys composites center in Tukwila. ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214589069/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:00:42 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214589069/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Cardio3 BioSciences, a regenerative medicine startup licensing technology from Mayo Clinic, has raised $24 million in capital through a private placement. The Belgium-based company, which maintains offices in Rochester, Minn., will put the funding toward clinical trials. Cardio3 is developing a technology that can reprogram bone marrow cells to grow heart tissue. The new cells can then treat ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214589350/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:58:56 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214589350/scat/68c99963de9a9573 has received a ';Strong Positive'; rating – the highest possible given – in Gartner’s newly issued report titled MarketScope for IT Project and Portfolio Management Software Applications. The report analyzes project and portfolio management (PPM) vendors who offer on-premises and/or cloud-hosted deployments of their applications, which are designed to help ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214588941/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:48:25 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214588941/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri May 17, 2013 2:14pm EDT By Sarah McBride and Olivia Oran SAN FRANCISCO May 17 (Reuters) - Strong debuts in the initial public offerings of two business software companies on Friday underscored a pattern in the market: While consumer companies like Facebook Inc get the buzz, enterprise companies are racking up most of the market gains. IPOs Tableau Software Inc and Marketo Inc both soared ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214588803/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:14:56 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214588803/scat/68c99963de9a9573 View Photo Tableau Software CEO and Co-founder Christian Chabot, joined by members of the company's leadership team, rings the NYSE Opening Bell(R) to celebrate Tableau Software's IPO and first day of trading on the NYSE. (Photo: Business ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214588792/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:13:40 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214588792/scat/68c99963de9a9573 The Conrad Hotel, Miami, Florida We here at Oyster love staying on the cutting edge, be it with hotel trends or technology . We also love taking full advantage of everything there is to experience with hotels, and there is often no better way to do that than with some handy hotel apps . Weve loaded up our iPhones and Androids in search of the best hotel apps around, and found these great, ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214587774/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:08:55 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214587774/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine star as Spock and Kirk in Paramount Pictures' "Star Trek Into Darkness." Gene Roddenberry, the creator of "Star Trek," knew something about organizational structure. His father was a police officer and Roddenberry was trained as a policeman himself. He was a bomber pilot in the Army Air Corps in World War II. And he was a commercial pilot who ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214587722/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:59:06 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214587722/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Glue Networks has gained recognition for its remote network technology as a Cisco Validated Design. That means their products are listed on Cisco's website for remote and branch connectivity. Cisco Systems Inc. named Glue Networks Inc.s remote network technology as a Cisco Validated Design. That means Glue products are listed on Ciscos (NASDAQ: CSCO) website as solutions for remote and branch ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214588594/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:52:30 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214588594/scat/68c99963de9a9573 May 17 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu, Sara Eisen and Tom Keene highlight the news you need to follow for today's trading. They speak on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg Surveillance." Steven Miller, who was forced out as acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), right, pauses while speaking during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing with J. ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214587721/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:48:03 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214587721/scat/68c99963de9a9573 AT&T launched its subsidiary Aio Wireless in Houston. AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has launched a prepaid, no-contract wireless service called Aio Wireless in Houston. Dallas-based AT&T chose to launch its Aio Wirless subsidiary at select stores first in Houston, Orlando and Tampa. In the coming weeks, Aio plans to open multiple Houston stores that will directly compete with other prepaid service ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214588770/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:44:59 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214588770/scat/68c99963de9a9573 A majority of employees at Austin-based Whole Foods Market Inc. have a positive outlook on the future of their company, according to a survey by Glassdoor. Job search and review site Glassdoor asked companies employees the following question: Do you believe your companys business outlook will get better, stay the same, or worsen in the next six months? Some 62 percent of Whole Foods employees ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214587828/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:34:46 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214587828/scat/68c99963de9a9573 IDG News Service - Google did its best to court developers at this year's I/O conference with a much-needed integrated developer environment, API for better games and the ability to more easily translate apps. Their allegiance will become increasingly important as smartphone and tablet hardware sees fewer dramatic improvements. "You guys, Android developers, are really the heart of this ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214587346/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:27:49 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214587346/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Herndon-based Guident Technologies Inc. won a $6 million blanket purchase agreement from the Social Security Administration, WashingtonExec reports. The company will provide business intelligence analytics services, including evaluation of current tools and strategic planning for future analytics initiatives. Reston-based CRGT Inc. acquired Guident Technologies in ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214586195/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:27:28 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214586195/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Dell Inc. CFO Brian Gladden Dell Inc.s worker retention hasnt been affected by the shareholder buyout negotiations, a company executive said. During Thursdays quarterly earnings conference call with analysts, Chief Financial Officer Brian Gladden was asked about the implications of the proposed buyout by an investor group led by CEO Michael Dell on future acquisitions and workers. Investor ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214586971/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:13:14 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214586971/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Jonathan Young This week's edition of "In the Spotlight" features Jonathan Young, chief technology officer of the National Geographic Society in D.C. Young previously was senior vice president of technology operations at Ancestry.com. Want to be considered for a future "In the Spotlight" feature? Submit your announcements here or email nduhring@bizjournals.com. And be sure to ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214586459/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:09:34 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214586459/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Jung-Tsung Shen, one of five Washington University scientists to receive Bear Cub grants, is developing a high-speed networking switch. Washington University in St. Louis announced Thursday it was awarding $204,000 to five scientists with innovative ideas that need some more help before they can attract government grant money. The universitys Bear Cub grant program was designed to help move ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214584872/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:59:54 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214584872/scat/68c99963de9a9573 +55.19% shares surged 58%, to $48.99, Friday as the business-analytics software company made is public debut. Before the market opened, Tableau priced 8.2 million shares at $31 each. The original price range for the stock was between $28 and $30 a ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214586048/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:53:31 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214586048/scat/68c99963de9a9573 The U.S. tech industry added nearly 64,000 software related jobs last year, but as the workforce expanded, the average size of workers' pay checks declined by nearly 2 percent. There are multiple theories for the decline in pay, but a common one cited by analysts is simply that the new people being hired are paid less than those already on the ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214586014/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:52:45 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214586014/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Colleen Costello is closing in on the $1.25 million she needs to take her Troy, N.Y., startup, Vital Vio, to full commercialization in 2014. Costello tells me that two as yet unnamed investment groups will fund a total of $350,000 to move the company forward. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority is also supplying a grant, the amount of which it has not released yet. ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214585762/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:46:53 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214585762/scat/68c99963de9a9573 The Linux Mint project yesterday unveiled version 15 of the increasingly popular desktop operating system, with upgrades to the MATE and Cinnamon desktop environments as well as new applications for managing software and drivers. Code-named ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214586049/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:46:41 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214586049/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Comcast plans to eliminate jobs in Prince George's County. Comcast Corp. plans to lay off 145 employees in Largo this summer, the cable giant told the states labor department Friday. Comcast will eliminate the care account executive positions at the companys office at 1301 McCormick Drive in Prince Georges County. The layoffs are part of an effort to combine the companys Largo customer care ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214585374/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:09:47 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214585374/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Nucleik, a company located at the Harvard Innovation Lab, has developed smartphone-based technology to help disrupt gang activity. A team of engineers at a resident startup located in the Harvard Innovation Lab, home to many startups each semester, has developed software to map gang hierarchy. Their app will aid in the police effort to disrupt gang activity. Nucleik has developed what they call ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214584679/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:58:20 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214584679/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Ultimate Software (Nasdaq:ULTI), a leading cloud provider of people management solutions, announced today that Rosen’s Diversified Inc. (RDI), a provider of quality agriculture products and the operator of the fifth largest beef processing company in the U.S., is using ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214584345/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:53:51 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214584345/scat/68c99963de9a9573 The nominating period ended at 11:59 p.m. on May 15, and some local companies got in just under the wire, bringing the total number of competitors in Tampa Bay to 93. The new companies are: Social Madness is a one-of-a-kind competition that measures a companys social media engagement. Nominations are now closed. The competition will kick off on June 3, and if your company wins the local ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214584526/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:49:19 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214584526/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Perficient president and CEO Jeffrey Davis Perficient Inc., a St. Louis-based IT consulting firm, has acquired Clear Task Inc., an $8 million consulting firm for about $7.9 million. The deal will be funded with $6.3 million in cash and about $1.6 million worth of Perficient common stock. With the acquisition, Perficient is raising its full year 2013 revenue guidance to a range of $362 million to ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214585618/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:36:51 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214585618/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Apple's major supplier Foxconn is improving worker conditions - but still has some major issues to address. Apple's major supplier Foxconn is improving worker conditions - but still has some major issues to address. An audit supervised by the Fair Labor Association said that Foxconn still needed work to get down to the 49-hour a week work limit that is Chinese law, according to the New ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214583028/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:25:06 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214583028/scat/68c99963de9a9573 The former CEO of Groupon, Andrew Mason, is joining Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y Combinator as a part-time partner. There's a roster change at Y Combinator that includes former Groupon CEO Andrew Mason joining as a part-time partner. Co-founder Paul Graham blogged about the partner shifts on Thursday, saying that longtime partner Harj Taggar is stepping down to part-time status. ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214584112/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:24:34 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214584112/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Arbella Insurance Foundation announced today it will offer a discount on the text-blocking technology, Trigger, made by Baton Rouge, La.-based Cellcontrol. Arbella Insurance Foundation in Quincy, Mass. plans to fight texting while driving by offering a discount on a text-blocking technology, Trigger. Trigger is made by Baton Rouge, La.-based Cellcontrol, which describes it as a patented, ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214584111/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:23:06 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214584111/scat/68c99963de9a9573 For the last several years Alcoa Chairman and CEO Klaus Kleinfeld has highlighted aluminum as a metal of choice for high-end consumer electronics. Some examples of products where on display at the company's annual meeting. Aluminum maker Alcoa (NYSE: AA) is not one to talk about its customers, so naturally when I asked if the company played a role in Nokias new aluminum clad Lumia 925, the ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214584367/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:21:55 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214584367/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Marissa Mayer, chief executive officer of Yahoo Inc. Reports say Yahoo Inc. is in talks to acquire the social blogging website Tumblr for as much as $1 billion. All Things D first reported rumors of Yahoo's interest in investing in Tumblr. Adweek followed up late Thursday with a report that Yahoo was interested in an outright acquisition, according to several sources. Tumblr to date has ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214584109/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:20:48 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214584109/scat/68c99963de9a9573 The competition dubbed Hackathon engages students from universities, and colleges in software development, it is also aplatform for networking among the students. "Apart from the competition, this will be a brilliant learning opportunity for the participants, since it will incorporate a panel of re-known entrepreneurs who will talk of their failure stories and lessons learnt," ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214582711/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:45:57 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214582711/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Andrew Mason, former CEO of Groupon, announced via his blog Thursday that he's moving to San Francisco to start a new company and is releasing an album of motivational business music. He also is one of five new partners joining Y Combinator. Tableau Software, a data visualization software company, is going public through a $254 million IPO and begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214582614/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:24:40 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214582614/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Tableau Software, led by CEO Chris Chabot, raised $254.2 million this week with the biggest tech IPO so far this year. Shares of Stanford-hatched digital charting software company Tableau Software Inc. surged by as much as 60 percent on Friday after it raised $254.2 million in an initial public offering. The Seattle-based company led by CEO Christian Chabot sold 8.2 million shares at $31 each, ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214585597/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:17:16 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214585597/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Autumn MorningSky | KCBJ Snow and Co. is in the Crossroads Arts District area at 1815 Wyandotte St. Tucked into a venue in the Crossroads Arts District is a bar that's gaining popularity with the technology gurus and entrepreneurs of Kansas City. Snow and Co., at 18th and Wyandotte streets, is one of the only frozen specialty cocktail spots in the area. Its drinks are made with fresh-squeezed ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214581717/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:06:09 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214581717/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Bill Gates, left, has overtaken Carlos Slim, right, to become the world's richest person. Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates, thanks to a surge in the company's stock price, has overtaken Carlos Slim to again become the world's most richest person. According to Bloomberg's Billionaire Index, Slim has been hurt by a 14 percent drop in the value of his SAB, the largest ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214581527/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 08:37:29 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214581527/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Marketing automation software developer Marketo Inc. was poised to debut on Wall Street Friday after raising $79 million in its initial public offering. The San Mateo company led by CEO Phil Fernandez sold 6.1 million shares at $13, which was the high end of its target range of between $11 and $13. In addition, the company's underwriters have an option to buy up to 908,926 shares within the ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214582450/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 08:29:21 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214582450/scat/68c99963de9a9573 That's 4K, meaning a high-definition TV with 8.3 million pixels (which is 4X as many as regular HDTV, so they call it 4K.) And it's selling for $5K. And people get confused about television standards, for some reason. Anyway, the $5,000 price tag is a pretty new thing for the latest-generation TVs, which debuted earlier this year at much higher prices. The Associated Press reports that ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214581235/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 08:07:41 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214581235/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is warning customers of phishing emails that may seek personal and credit card information Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is warning customers of phishing emails that may seek personal and credit information. There was a false email sent to a number of people this morning claiming to be from Walmart.com. This email looks like a confirmation of a purchase made on Walmart.com, but is ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214580339/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 07:54:24 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214580339/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Yahoo Inc. may be looking to make a deal to either buy or invest in Tumblr. Yahoo Inc. may be looking to make a deal to either buy or invest in Tumblr. Yahoo is reportedly considering a "strategic alliance and investment in or outright buy" of the blogging service, according to AllThingsD. The move would go along with Yahoo's goal to be "cool" again, according to the ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214581121/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 07:47:09 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214581121/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Is Apple losing its innovation? Sunny and warm Friday. But possible storms throughout the weekend. See more weather at Action News Jax. Regulators target exchanges as they ready record fine (WSJ) Apple seen losing innovation magic by 71% in global poll (Bloomberg) Shares fall as Fed officials talk of QE exit (Reuters) JC Penneys new plan is to reuse its old plans ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214580429/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 07:29:23 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214580429/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Computerworld - A software engineer for Comcast got his early version of Google Glass last weekend, grabbed his bike and shot video of his ride across the Golden Gate Bridge. "I got a 10-minute video riding across," said Eric Schrag, a senior Android engineer for Comcast. "It was cool. I'll be able to share this with my family that's never been here." (See image, ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214580063/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 07:13:11 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214580063/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Nasir Ali, executive director of the SEED Capital Fund of Central, NY during the SmartStart Venture Forum in Albany, NY Venture capitalist Nasir Ali does not part with money easily. Ali is executive director of the Syracuse-based Seed Capital Fund of Central New York and managing director of StartFast Venture Accelerator. Together, the funds total $5 million. I ran into Ali at the SmartStart ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214579355/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 06:37:40 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214579355/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Bethesda-based mobile security startup KoolSpan Inc. notched a big customer win this week: Samsung's S-1 Corp, the Washington Business Journal reported. KoolSpan announced that S-1, the security arm of the Korean corporate behemoth, will use the Maryland company's voice/text/data-encryption chip dubbed TrustChip as the backbone to S-1's "SafeTalk" smartphone security ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214579872/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 06:36:31 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214579872/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Consistency and great execution are the keys, says Eventbrite CEO Kevin Hartz. Kevin Hartz has learned from years of investing in startups and running companies both how to move quickly to capitalize on changing circumstances and the importance of being patient. Hartzs latest company is Eventbrite, the self-service online ticketing platform that built a booming business around smaller events and ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214580058/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 06:00:00 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214580058/scat/68c99963de9a9573 We have worked to make our money last, says Abernethy of the $251 million raised. Former McKinsey and Co. consultants Steve Abernethy and Ahmed Kaishgi founded SquareTrade Inc. in 1999, during the height of the dot-com boom to help online marketplaces such as eBay resolve disputes between sellers and customers. By 2006, the pair realized the company needed to pivot. Its new mission: transform the ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214580057/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 06:00:00 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214580057/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Tech companies survive by building great products, says CEO Godfrey Sullivan. When Godfrey Sullivan took over Splunk as president and CEO in 2008, the company had a single product for information technology professionals that was based on powerful software for collecting and analyzing machine data. And the 5-year-old company was running out of money. So after about 90 days, Sullivan who had ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214580059/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 06:00:00 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214580059/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Pads4Girls program , the Vancouver-based social business, which produces reusable feminine hygiene products, was donating its products to girls in developing countries. But this was a pricey and time-consuming undertaking, costing nearly $80,000 annually and reaching only 300 girls each ... http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214577601/scat/68c99963de9a9573 Fri, 17 May 2013 05:07:57 -0400 http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/sid/214577601/scat/68c99963de9a9573