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Grado Hemp Limited Edition Headphones
Stephen Dawson Mar 16, 2021
Actually, the proper name is simply "The Hemp Headphone Limited Edition", but that would not be very clear as a heading. We want people to know that these are Grado headphones. That name carries its own rather prestigious reputation. Either way, it does make you wonder: how is hemp used in headphones? What does it do? Read on as we try to work that out.
On ear, open-backed headphones
Dynamic drivers – size not stated – matched to within 0.05dB
Nominal impedance: 38 ohms
Sensitivity: 98dB for 1mW input
Frequency response: 13 to 28,000 hertz.
Replaceable foam ear pads
Fold flat for transport – no case included
Hand-built by Grado in Brooklyn, New York.
Hemp and maple body
Fixed 8-conductor cable terminated by gold-plated 3.5mm plug
Gold-plated 3.5mm to 6.35mm adaptor included
Summary: Is it the hemp in the construction that delivers nicely balanced, dynamic headphones? These are for those who prefer on-ear to than over-ear. And they deliver a solid bass, that is actually enhanced when using second-rate headphone amplifiers. Good trick Grado!
Available at fine high fidelity retail outlets, and direct from distributor's retail division here.
So, it seems that Grado has been keen to use hemp material in its headphones for quite a while. Grado has long been an advocate of using various kinds of wood as bodies for its headphones and for its premium phono cartridges. Apparently, the opportunity to try out hemp came to Grado, rather than it actively seeking out the material.
The idea of using unusual materials is that their natural physical characteristics shape the sound in a pleasing way.
Hemp is normally used as a fibre. Where a solid application is required, it's typically mixed in with some kind of binding agent. Grado felt the need to include maple in the construction of the bodies of each side. The result is certainly visually striking. Without A/B checking against an otherwise identical design in plastic and metal, I wouldn't be prepared to comment on what it might add to the sound.
Now it's likely that the hemp used in the manufacture of these headphones is industrial hemp, with far lower levels of the stuff that makes the other type of hemp so popular. That hasn't stopped Grado playing with the association, with the distinctive cannabis leaf silhouetted on the headphones, and an animated photo on its website that has the headphones woozily warping as a smoke wafts in front of them.
The headphones felt light on my head. As you can see from the pictures, the headband is leather covered and the height of the earpieces are adjustable by sliding their metal rods though plastic clamps at the ends of the headband. While comfortable overall, I will confess I'm not a fan of the feel of on-ear headphones, and I found the foam surface just a touch rough on my ears. I feel kind of wimpy writing that. Perhaps I've just been spoiled lately with soft velvety finishes on over-ear earcups.
I happened to have an ancient best-of LP on the turntable when I unpacked these headphones. This is entitled Karajan: Festival of Hits from Deutsche Grammophon, a nice sampler I've had since I was a kid. I went off it for a while because the 1980s hifi sensibility leant rather too heavily into treble prominence, making a lot of Deutsche Grammophon recordings sound peaky in the treble. Naturally the LP has some surface noise, but the Hemp headphones didn't particularly emphasise it, nor did they hide it. Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 was delivered with a nice dynamism, and a good, solid bass.
Happily we're not in the 1980s any more.
The grouped violins in the Act III Prelude to Verdi's La Traviata were sweet, not steely. That's always a good sign. The side ended up with a massive choir singing the conclusion of Haydn's The Creation. The headphones kept things under control, and allowed me to pick out the parts quite easily.
Moving over to digital music, I listened to Genesis' second album, Trespass, streaming from TIDAL. Tonal balance was excellent, with good mid-bass balance (no deep bass on this album to judge from). The headphones were very revealing. The electronic processing on Peter Gabriel's voice on "Visions of Angels" was rather obvious, speaking to the transparency of these headphones. The drums – even though this is pre-Collins – were delivered with authority. I've heard some commentary to the effect that the drumming doesn't measure up to what was to come. Perhaps. I like it nonetheless.
On "Maybe" by Janice Joplin, a nice recording from those pre-compression days, the Hemp headphones delivered the drums with no significant dynamic compression, and plenty of detail so that I could hear the individual character of each. The unfortunate deep bass noise that somehow made it into the recording was certainly hinted at, with the 26 hertz fundamental a little recessed. But the bass guitar line was at just the right level, rich and full.
Sticking with the blues, but from half a century later, Harry Styles' "She" from Fine Line was delivered with a good, strong bass guitar performance, and a rather delicious clarity on all the swirly little ornaments scattered throughout the song.
Amplifier suitability
Now, an interesting thing happened after I checked the impedance of these headphones. With the headphones on a cardboard box acting as a proxy head – this traps air in front of the drivers, changing their acoustical characteristics and therefore their electrical characteristics – the headphones appear to exhibit a continually rising impedance the deeper you go into the bass. It rises, with some bumps, significantly from somewhere below 200 hertz such that by 20 hertz, a headphone amplifier with a high inline resistance will be boosting the bass by around nine decibels.
Here's the graph showing this (the white line is with the headphones sitting on my desk, but this doesn't represent real-world performance):
That isn't the usual pattern. Often headphones exhibit a significant bump in the middle to upper bass, which fades off again into the deeper bass. So I wondered: how would these headphones sound driven by headphone amplifier with a high output impedance? Not theoretically, but actually?
Well, I have a home theatre receiver here with a high output impedance – 470 ohms, more or less – and I have to say that they sounded really, really nice. Especially with music with a fulsome bass, such as "Wrapped Around Your Finger" by The Police. I think there is a deeper bass rolloff in these headphones, and it's nicely counteracted by the boost provided by high-impedance output sources.
So I went back to my iFi ZEN CAN headphone amplifier – which has an output impedance of around half an ohm. And the sound was identical. How could that be? Surely the difference in bass boost would be obvious. What was going on?
Around then I realised that the "XBass" switch on the iFi ZEN CAN headphone amplifier was switched on. As the name suggests, this also boosts bass. Indeed, it is remarkably similar in effect to a high output impedance amplifier driving these headphones. Compare this frequency response graph with the one above.
This bass boost wasn't always entirely welcome. With some of the rather bass-forward Billie Eilish tracks, the bass was overdone. With those I preferred the iFi ZEN CAN, XBass definitely switched off.
(A full explanation of the significance of high output impedances is here.)
Normally, I'd write that the headphones are not suitable for use with high-output-impedance amplifiers. But since the curve keeps on going up into the deep bass, and the headphones clearly have the capacity to handle the louder deeper bass signal, I think many owners of such sources will actually get a lot of pleasure from these headphones.
So, if you want very nice sounding, on-ear headphones, you ought to check out the Grado Hemp Limited Edition headphones. Especially if you want headphones that look way, way better than most other brands. Find a store than handles them and go listen.
Note: the Grado Hemp headphones are one of the company's limited editions. That means they won't be around forever. So if you're interested, it's probably not a good idea to wait around until there's a Version 2.
Tags: Grado, On-ear headphones, Open-back headphones


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After a difficult year, Ithaca Festival looks to build on successes
Thomas Giery Pudney
ithacajournal.com
After a year marked with financial turmoil, Ithaca's flagship festival finds itself in strong financial standing as it looks toward future festivals.
Declining merchandise sales and rising costs left the festival in a financial hole. After the 2018 installment, the Ithaca Festival found itself more than $30,000 behind as the board began to prepare for the 2019 event.
After the Downtown Ithaca Alliance stepped in to offer some guidance to the board, things seem to have turned around. A GoFundMe page, as well as seeking larger sponsors, helped get the summer kickoff celebration back on the right path.
The festival was able to clear existing debt from the 2018 event and raise enough money to approach the 2019 installment.
As the dust settles, organizers are pleased with the result and ready to turn to next year.
'A smashing success'
Organizers estimate about 45,000 people attended this year's festival, which ran from Thursday, May 30 to Sunday, June 2 — on par with previous years — and the board expects the festival turned a profit.
"I think overall, it was a smashing success. There were very few hitches we had to deal with," said Ithaca Festival Director Josh Dolan. "We had everything really planned out, proper staff that knew what their jobs were, and when something came up, we were prepared. Overall, it went really smoothly."
More:Financial woes put 2019 Ithaca Festival at risk
Dolan said money is still coming in from button and merchandise sales at local businesses, and expects between $10,000 and $20,000 more in revenue to roll in before all is said and done.
"I just want to say a big thank you to everyone that came out and supported the festival," Dolan said. "There is way too many staff and vendors to thank, but everyone played their part and contributed to the whole, and made this the best Ithaca Festival that we could have hoped for."
A few small tweaks
Dolan attributed this year's success, in part, to moving the parade that opens the event to Thursday evening. He said people being aware early in the event that things are going on helps drive foot traffic for the rest of the festival.
Aside from building on this year's success, there are no plans to make radical changes to the festival.
"In terms of what will change for next year, small tweaks: better signage and branding," Dolan said. "Finding a way to get people to our more out-of-the-way stages at Monks on the Commons and in Press Bay Alley."
The board, which is now fully staffed, is looking toward next year's festival, setting volunteer recruitment as the key priority. The volunteer portal where people signed up to work for the festival this year is still active, and organizers hope people will commit early and in numbers to help out next year.
"Having enough volunteers is going to be the big issue we are going to be focused on," Dolan said. "The volunteer link is still active, so if people want to get in early, they can sign up now for next year."
Buttons that sold at local businesses to help raise funds in the lead-up to the festival are still available for purchase and will help fund next year's edition. If you already did or plan to buy a button, the code on the back is still good to enter for a prize raffle until June 15.
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The long road to pursuing a career as a professional ballet dancer on the West Coast can be both rewarding and costly.
In order to purse their dreams, many aspiring dancers must put their education on hold and spend large amounts of money on auditions and programs in hopes of gaining a position that might not even be guaranteed. However, the numerous roadblocks do not deter the young ballerinas from wanting to become a soloist at a prestigious company.
Founded in 2004, Los Angeles Ballet brought professional ballet, a career that's normally pursued in New York, to the aspiring ballerinas in Southern California.
"Professional dancers in any company usually have been dancing since a very young age. Most since they were 7 or younger," said Dan Rib, the company and stage manager at LAB. Rib is in charge of all dancer relations and rehearsals for all the shows that the company produces.
Rib says that many of the hopefuls at the company often audition right after high school and begin training with a professional ballet company or school.
Once dancers complete the rigorous training process, they will then audition for companies all around the country.
LAB holds auditions for its company in Los Angeles, Seattle and New York. Not all trainees, however, all make it as professional dancers. In spring 2013, LAB had 30 dancers in the company.
"We currently have one dancer in our company that came up through our own school as a student, then a trainee, then an apprentice and now a company member. Companies like New York City Ballet hire almost exclusively out of their own school, as they are very particular about the training their company members receive," Rib said.
Melissa Briggs, a 21-year-old first-year trainee at LAB, started with the company after she left another trainee position at the Joffrey Ballet in Chicago. She was glad to be accepted in a company close to her home in Los Angeles. Briggs will be in the LAB training program for two years.
"Right now I work along side with LAB's company dancers to get the feel of how it would be in a company. The program basically is like going to school full-time," said Briggs. She must attend various rehearsals and practices during the week in order to fulfill her trainee position.
Of course, attending a rigorous program such as LAB's isn't free of charge. Briggs must pay $7,080 a year to be a trainee.
Briggs lives with her parents because living on her own or with roommates would be too costly. Since the program requires roughly 40 hours each week, Briggs is unable to work in order to support her dream financially.
"After I complete the program I would like to apply to UCI, Loyola Marymount and Cal State Long Beach. I want to major in dance, but I also want to audition for ballet companies around the U.S. and in Europe," Briggs said.
She would like to keep her options open since her trainee position still does not guarantee acceptance in a ballet company.
Briggs hopes that her hard work and dedication will pay off and she can one day dance professionally with Julliard in New York.
This entry was posted in Making It and tagged Dan Rib, Los Angeles Ballet, Melissa Briggs on April 29, 2013 by Arselia Gales.


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A manta ray glides through Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the Gulf of Mexico.
Oil spill remnants could clog gills of 20-foot fish and kill their prey, experts say.
The Gulf of Mexico's mysterious manta rays could face invisible and long-lasting threats from the BP oil spill, experts say.
Mantas are filter feeders that reach huge sizes in part by taking in seawater and ejecting it through their gills, retaining plankton or other tiny creatures, according to Rachel Graham, lead shark scientist with the Wildlife Conservation Society's Ocean Giants Program.
"Gill filaments, which enable mantas to extract oxygen from the water, are very vulnerable to any kind of toxin or oil coverage," Graham said. "If they are covered, they will likely die."
What's more, there's so little known about Gulf mantas that scientists aren't sure if the 20-foot-wide (6-meter-wide) fish belong to one of two known manta species—or if the Gulf mantas are their own species altogether.
After burning and sinking last April, the damaged Deepwater Horizon wellhead released nearly five million barrels of oil into the northern Gulf of Mexico (map). Each barrel equals 42 gallons, or 159 liters, of oil.
The oil could affect the "ways mantas live their day-to-day lives for years," said marine biologist Andrea Marshall of the Mozambique-based Foundation for the Protection of Marine Megafauna. "It won't clear up over a few months."
For instance, oil—and dispersants used to break it up—might hurt the rays' plankton food sources, as well as the "cleaning stations" where mantas go to have their parasites eaten by smaller fish.
Oil could also disrupt mantas' migrations throughout the Gulf, or even their reproduction—no one knows where the animals give birth, according to Mexican marine biologist Silvia Hinojosa Alvarez of the Mexican Caribbean Manta Project.
"The main problem is that we know [very little] about their biology," Alvarez said. "So how can we predict with accuracy what will happen?"
Complicating matters is the Gulf's role as a manta hot spot.
Fortunately, well-known Gulf manta haunts such as Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary were not in the direct path of the oil, said the Wildlife Conservation Society's Graham.
However, "we have this huge threat of a deepwater oil spill, but [we] don't know any population sizes, and we have no baseline," she added. "So it's very difficult to estimate the impact of something like this."
Gulf Mantas: Hybrids or Unique Species?
In 2008 the megafauna foundation's Marshall discovered that the manta ray is actually two separate species, and her work left the door open for the existence of a third species.
According to Marshall's work, the smaller, more familiar manta species, Manta alfredi, tends to stay near coasts as a year-round coral reef resident with a small home range.
The larger species, Manta birostris can top 4,400 pounds (2,000 kilograms) and tends to wander widely on deep-ocean migrations through a variety of marine habitats.
Scientists in the Gulf have been studying the region's mantas—informally called Yucatán mantas—to see where these stingray cousins fit on the family tree.
The Wildlife Conservation Society's Graham has studied Gulf mantas closely and conducted acoustic tagging research at Flower Garden. She said Gulf mantas share physical and behavioral elements of both confirmed species, including varied sizes, mixed markings, and colors. Also, the Gulf mantas' travel habits lie somewhere between the two extremes.
"It's almost like they are a hybrid," Graham said. "Interestingly, at Flower Garden Banks, [Gulf mantas] tend to be really small, while in the southern Gulf, the ones I recently tagged are really big, birostris-sized animals.
After diving with Gulf mantas recently, Marshall, who first indentified the two known manta species, said she thinks that they may represent a third species but might also be hybrids or even M. birostris with regional color variations.
At this stage there is "tempting evidence" for each of these hypotheses, she said.
The Mexican manta project's Alvarez and colleagues are also unsure what to make of the Gulf animals.
"When we saw all the differences between them, [including] color patterns, presence or absence of [tail] spines, behavior, habitat, [and] skin, we could not classify our Yucatán mantas" as either known manta species, Alvarez said.
"Our Yucatán mantas shared morphological [structural] characteristics with [each of] the two mantas previously [described] by Dr. Marshall."
American Samoa's Clark did some early genetic work on manta species nearly a decade ago and suspected that the animals in the Gulf could be a new species.
"The Gulf mantas are genetically distinct," he said. "If M. alfredi and M. birostris are [separate] species—which Andrea [Marshall's] morphological work shows is true—then there is strong genetic support for a third species in the Gulf of Mexico."
Alvarez and colleagues have also begun a genetic study of the Gulf species, though there are no results yet, she said.
"The main thing, and what is important, is that scientific knowledge of this species is poor and needs to be supported so [we] can continue research with this species.
Classifying the new manta species could also aid efforts to protect the fish by revealing more about how they use the Gulf and its resources, scientists say.
To this end, the Wildlife Conservation Society's Graham is working with the National Marine Sanctuary's Emma Hickerson on programs such as the Flower Garden Banks' Manta Catalog.
The site has solicited photos from divers, boaters, scientists, and others who have spotted animals on the site—and already identified more than 70 individual Gulf mantas.
"One of the things that we've found in the photo catalog—which is also supported by the acoustic tag work—is that a lot of mantas certainly ... [stick] to these coral-covered salt domes and seamounts on the edge of the continental shelf," Graham said.
Solving such mysteries will shed light on where and how the animals live and how best to protect them.
Graham believes that's an obvious goal for anyone who has ever encountered the graceful giants close-up.
"When you are swimming alongside one and look into its eyes, you can see that they are very cognizant."


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buyer: Automattic Inc.
Automattic wants to make the web a better place. They're the company behind products including WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Jetpack, Simplenote, and Longreads. Their common goal is to democratize publishing so that anyone with a story can tell it. "
target parent: Verizon Communications
target: Tumblr, Inc.
Tumblr is a microblogging and social networking website founded by David Karp in 2007. Tumblr is a free service that hosts millions of blogs where users can upload photos, music and art.
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Yahoo! Inc. is the premier digital media company, creating deeply personal digital experiences that keep more than half a billion people connected to what matters most to them, across devices and around the globe. "
Tumblr is a microblogging platform and social networking website, owned and operated by Tumblr, Inc. The service allows users to post multimedia and other content to a short-form blog. Tumblr hosts over 108 million blogs. Its headquarters is in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.
Twitter, Inc., acquired Bagcheck Inc.
synopsis: Twitter has acquired Bagcheck, an online service where people create lists of items that interest them, such as cameras they've used or their favorite cold remedies, and share the lists with others.
buyer: Twitter, Inc. (TWTR:$4,799.30)
Twitter is a real-time information network that connects users to the latest information about what they find interesting. Each Tweet is a rich details pane that provides additional information, deeper context and embedded media. "
target: Bagcheck Inc.
Bagcheck is a company that allows users to discuss and rate a variety of items and genre's such as photography gear, and phone app's and accessories.
WebMediaBrands, Inc., acquired RotorBlog.com
synopsis: WebMediaBrands Inc. announced that it has acquired the assets of Rotorblog.com. Rotorblog was created in 2006 to cover the social media space. It currently attracts approximately 200,000 unique visitors a month. Terms for the acquisition were not disclosed.
buyer: WebMediaBrands, Inc. (OTCPK:MECK:$3.22)
WebMediaBrands, is the leading global provider of events, education, jobs, and content for business, media, and creative professionals. The company consists of four distinct brands: mediabistro.com, LearnNetwork, Freelance Connect, and Semantic Web. Over 6 million users visit WebMediaBrands monthly."
target: RotorBlog.com
RotorBlog.com was founded by Maris Dagis in order to provide latest Web 2.0 news and startup reviews, later focusing on social networks and online communications. Reaching 250k readers monthly it has became one of the most popular sources of information for people using Internet to communicate.
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target: Social Times, Inc.
Social Times Incorporated owns and operates two social media blogs, AllFacebook.com and SocialTimes.com, a tradeshow (Social Ad Summit), and an online learning school (New Media School).
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synopsis: SUP, an international media company based in Moscow, today announced that it has acquired LiveJournal from Six Apart, Ltd. LiveJournal is one of the world's leading global online communities, with a monthly audience of more than 18m unique visitors in nearly every country in the world.
buyer: SUP
SUP is an international online media company with established partnerships with businesses across the globe. SUP set itself the goal of building a portfolio of high-traffic-generating projects based in Moscow from which to expand worldwide. "
target parent: Six Apart, Ltd.
target: LiveJournal, Inc.
LiveJournal is an online community, a social network, and a place for self-expression. We strive to create an environment where you can connect with others, share your thoughts, and be yourself. Our core values guide us to protect and cultivate that community.
closed 1/10/2007 via Forbes
Yahoo! Inc., acquired MyBlogLog.com
synopsis: Yahoo! has purchased Mybloglog.com, an Orlando, Fla.-based website that enables readers of web pages to leave information about themselves, building a social network among fans of such things as News Corp's MySpace pages, commercial web publications, or personal weblogs, or blogs.
Yahoo! Inc. is a leading global internet brand and one of the most trafficked Internet destinations worldwide. Yahoo!'s mission is to connect people to their passions, their communities and world's knowledge. Yahoo! is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. "
target: MyBlogLog.com
MyBlogLog enables you to take advantage of your existing presence on the Web and ties it into communities of like-minded readers and authors to add context to the conversations in which you take part.
Mediabistro.com, Inc., acquired Twittercism
synopsis: Mediabistro.com, a division of WebMediaBrands Inc., has announced that it has acquired the assets of the Twittercism.com blog from Shea Bennett. Twittercism.com provides Twitter users with tips, tricks, tweaks, tools and tutorials, as well as news, articles, opinions and rumours.
buyer parent: WebMediaBrands, Inc.
buyer: Mediabistro.com, Inc. (MBIS:$13.13)
mediabistro.com is dedicated to anyone who creates or works with content, or who is a non-creative professional working in a content/creative industry. The company's mission is to provide opportunities (both online and offline) for you to meet each other, share resources, and showcase your work. "
target: Twittercism
Twittercism.com is a blog source for Twitter tips, tricks, tweaks, tools and tutorials, as well as news, articles, opinion and rumours. All the articles and content on the site is written and edited by the founder, Shéa Bennett.
closed 1/14/2014 via Market Wire
Sway Group, acquired SITS Girls
synopsis: Sway Group, a management agency for bloggers and social media influencers, is excited to announce three corporate acquisitions that have greatly expanded their audience reach and engagement. The company now owns Massive Sway, SITS Girls, and the Bloggy Boot Camp conference series.
buyer: Sway Group
Sway Group is an exclusive agency that represents some of the most well-known and rising star bloggers across multiple categories. The 50,000 strong Massive Sway division of Sway Group is open to all bloggers, and offers brands a wide array of high-volume partnership options. "
target: SITS Girls
The SITS Girls is an on-line network for women and mom bloggers. With a loyal readership and 55,000 members, they act as a platform for bloggers to seek advice, share stories, and learn more about social media. Massive Sway and Bloggy Boot Camp are the extensions of The SITS Girls community.
closed 6/4/2009 via Market Wire
Cascadia Investments, Inc., acquired TinyTwirp.com
synopsis: Cascadia Investments, Inc. announced that it has acquired a 51% interest in the children's social-networking and micro-blogging site, www.TinyTwirp.com.
buyer: Cascadia Investments, Inc. (CDIV:$0.00)
Cascadia Investments, Inc. is a publicly traded, real estate development company operating in the Pacific Northwest. "
target: TinyTwirp.com
TinyTwirp.com is a social-networking and micro-blogging site that allows children less than 13 years of age to communicate online via a patent-pending process. With this process users can both send and receive each other's updates.
Heise Medien Gruppe, acquired BestBoyZ
synopsis: Heise Zeitschriften Verlag has bought the Mobile and Communications Blog BestBoyZ. BestBoyZ UG (haftungsbeschränkt) operates a blog for mobile communications. The company is based in Hamburg, Germany.
buyer: Heise Medien Gruppe
Heise Media Group is a group of companies in the field of media and publishing. The Heise Zeitschriften Verlag stands for high-quality, independent journalism. They publish c't and iX, two successful computer magazines, the Technology Review magazine as well as an online magazine Telepolis. "
target: BestBoyZ
BestBoyZ UG (haftungsbeschränkt) operates a blog for mobile communications. The company is based in Hamburg, Germany.
closed 5/8/2013 via Yahoo, Inc.
Mimvi Inc., acquired AndroidRays
synopsis: Mimvi, Inc., the leading mobile search and recommendation technology company, announced it has acquired AndroidRays, a popular Android community site reaching tens of thousands of monthly visitors.
buyer: Mimvi Inc. (OTCPK:ADTM:$4.82)
Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, MIMVI, Inc. is a pure-play search and recommendation technology company. Its proprietary search and "intelligent" recommendation algorithms enable the discovery of Mobile Apps, Mobile Content and Mobile Products across multiple devices and platforms. "
target: AndroidRays
AndroidRays is a popular Android blog which primarily focus on Android phones and tablets, Android apps, tutorials, custom ROMs, Firmware updates, JellyBean, and general news and information about the Android operating system.
Great Hill Partners LLC, acquired Gizmodo
synopsis: Great Hill Partners, a leading growth-oriented private equity firm, announced it has acquired the Gizmodo Media Group and The Onion, a collection of premium digital content producers, from Univision Communications Inc. The combined assets will form a new company named G/O Media Inc.
buyer: Great Hill Partners LLC
Great Hill Partners is a private equity that seeks to partner with rapidly growing middle market companies operating in the following sectors: business services, financial technology, healthcare technology, Internet, logistics, media/communications, software and transaction processing. "
target parent: Univision Communications Inc.
target: Gizmodo
Gizmodo is an online magazine that provides information and articles related to technology, design, and social trends. The acquisition also includes The Onion, an American satirical digital media company and newspaper organization that publishes articles on international, national, and local news.
Webedia SAS, acquired Weblogs SL
synopsis: Webedia, a global media and technology company, has acquired Weblogs SL, the leading online vertical media company in Spain, with over 30 specialized publications and 13 million monthly unique users in Spain alone.
buyer parent: Fimalac SA
buyer: Webedia SAS
Webedia is a global media and technology company, specialized in the recreation and entertainment industries. Webedia targets a passionate audience by building a global network of unique talents, media brands, events and services within the entertainment and recreation industries. "
target: Weblogs SL
Weblogs SL is the leading online vertical media company in Spain, with over 30 specialized publications and 13 million monthly unique users in Spain alone. It's flagship publications include Xataka.com, Motorpasion.com, Trendencias.com, Directoalpaladar.com and Bebesymas.com.
APN News & Media Limited, will acquire Conversant Media Pty Ltd
synopsis: APN News & Media announced that it is purchasing Conversant Media, which publishes websites including the renowned global culture website, Lost At E Minor, Australia's leading sports opinion website, The Roar, and the newly launched millennial-tech and lifestyle website, Techly. Conversant Media is a fast growing, independent digital media company.
buyer: APN News & Media Limited (ASX:APN:$649.74)
APN News & Media is a leading media and entertainment company with diverse assets in Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong. In Australia, APN operates assets across radio broadcasting, print publishing, and outdoor advertising. "
target: Conversant Media Pty Ltd
Conversant Media is a fast growing, independent digital media company that produces engaging premium websites for passionate, intelligent Australians with an interest in sports, culture and lifestyle technology. Their portfolio of sites include Lost At E Minor, The Roar, and Techly.
Conde Nast Publications Inc., acquired BackChannel
synopsis: Condé Nast announced the acquisition of Backchannel, the premier tech business brand from social publishing platform Medium. Backchannel will be the third brand, alongside WIRED and Ars Technica, in the newly formed Wired Media Group.
buyer parent: Advance Publications, Inc.
buyer: Conde Nast Publications Inc.
Condé Nast is a premier media company renowned for producing the highest quality content for the world's most influential audiences. Attracting 123 million consumers across its industry-leading print, digital and video brands. "
target parent: Medium
target: BackChannel
Backchannel is a premier tech business brand from a social publishing platform Medium. Backchannel dives deep into the culture and stories of the tech industry through in-depth and unique reporting, which provides a distinctive and authoritative point of view.
Synacor, Inc., will acquire Technorati
synopsis: Synacor, Inc., the trusted multiscreen technology and monetization partner for video, internet and communications providers, device manufacturers and enterprises, announced it has agreed to acquire digital advertising pioneer Technorati. Technorati is a company of experienced ad tech experts with a sell side technology platform called Contango.
buyer: Synacor, Inc. (SYNC:$84.09)
Synacor is the trusted technology development, multiplatform services and revenue partner for video, internet and communications providers, device manufacturers, and enterprises. "
target: Technorati (SYNC:$108.71)
Technorati is a company of highly experienced ad tech experts with a sell side technology platform called Contango. Contango enables publishers to support and scale a multi-marketplace programmatic strategy most notably in the header bidding space through its SmartWrapper product.
Tech in Asia, acquired SGEntrepreneurs
synopsis: Tech in Asia has acquired SGEntrepreneurs (SGE) for an undisclosed sum. SGE, which covers technology and entrepreneurship in South-East Asia, was founded in 2005 by Gwendolyn Regina Tan, Bernard Leong and Lai Wei Chang in 2005. Tan, also the editor-in-chief, and SGE editor Terence Lee will join the Tech in Asia team.
buyer: Tech in Asia
Tech in Asia is a digital media blog based in Singapore. Tech in Asia is also known for its Startup Asia conferences, which are held in Singapore and Jakarta. They also hosts frequent Meetups in cities across Asia where entrepreneurs can connect and learn from industry leaders. "
target: SGEntrepreneurs
Founded in 2005 with the goal of giving a voice to startups in Singapore, what was originally a side project has since grown to be one of Asia's most influential blogs on technology startups and entrepreneurship.
Andiamo Corporation, acquired Trust This App
synopsis: Andiamo Corporation announced that is has completed an acquisition of a website blog titled Trust This App. This site was started in 2008 and is based around business, computer, software, and smartphone interests with a large daily following of readers as well as a large inventory of advertisers.
buyer: Andiamo Corporation (ANDI:$0.00)
Andiamo Corporation is a publicly traded holding company and is traded under the symbol ANDI. Andiamo Corporation is a diversified holding company involved in Internet Technologies. Through its subsidiaries, the company seeks to grow through acquisitions, organic growth and economies of scale. "
target: Trust This App
Trust This App is a blog that was started in 2008 and is based around business, computer, software, and smartphone interests with a large daily following of readers as well as a large inventory of advertisers.
SAY Media, Inc., acquired ReadWriteWeb
synopsis: SAY Media has acquired ReadWriteWeb, one of the most popular and influential technology publications in the world, to anchor its growing Technology channel. ReadWriteWeb is read by a large number of executives, decision-makers and thought leaders in the Web and Media industry.
buyer: SAY Media, Inc.
SAY Media is a global media company that helps passionate, independent content creators publish, build an audience, and earn a living. The company delivers publishing technology and media services to influential creators and passion-based communities across key consumer interest areas. "
target: ReadWriteWeb
ReadWriteWeb is one of the most popular technology blogs in the world, known for offering insightful analysis about each day's Internet industry news. It was founded in April 2003 by Richard MacManus and is one of the most widely read and respected blogs in the world.
Jetpack, acquired WPScan
synopsis: Jetpack, the ultimate toolkit for WordPress, has acquired WPScan, a WordPress vulnerability database. WPScan enables site owners to find vulnerabilities affecting their website. Their database covers WordPress vulnerabilities, plugin vulnerabilities and theme vulnerabilities. They also offer plugins and APIs that detects vulnerabilities.
buyer parent: Automattic Inc.
buyer: Jetpack
Jetpack is the ultimate toolkit for WordPress. Jetpack provides everything developers need to secure, design, and grow their WordPress website. Their tools allows users to add secure logins, protect their site from brute force attacks, fully customize their site, and increase their traffic. "
target: WPScan
WPScan is a WordPress vulnerability database. WPScan enables site owners to find vulnerabilities affecting their website. Their database covers WordPress vulnerabilities, plugin vulnerabilities and theme vulnerabilities. They also offer plugins and APIs that detects vulnerabilities.
Automattic Inc., acquired Pocket Casts
synopsis: Automattic, which runs WordPress.com and recently purchased Tumblr, announced that it's acquired Pocket Casts, the well-regarded podcast app. Built by podcast listeners, for podcast listeners, Pocket Casts is a critically acclaimed, beautifully designed app that's on a mission to create the world's greatest podcasting experience.
target: Pocket Casts
Built by podcast listeners, for podcast listeners, Pocket Casts is a critically acclaimed, beautifully designed app that's on a mission to create the world's greatest podcasting experience through its free and Pocket Cast Plus tiers.
Automattic Inc., acquired Day One
synopsis: Automattic is expanding its lineup of online writing platforms with its acquisition of Day One, a popular journaling app for Mac and Apple mobile devices. The app has been downloaded more than 15 million times since its March 2011 launch on the Mac and iTunes App Store, offering users a private place to share their thoughts.
target: Day One
Day One is a journaling app for the iPhone, iPad and Mac. From once-in-a-lifetime events to everyday moments, Day One's elegant interface makes journaling life a simple pleasure. Day One offers end-to-end encryption for all journal entries, which can include text, media and even audio recordings.
WordPress VIP, acquired Parse.ly
synopsis: WordPress VIP (WPVIP), an enterprise-focused content management platform, has acquired Parse.ly, an engagement analytics platform for online publishers. Parse.ly provides creators with an easy way to visualize the performance of their content. Their platform offers content insights that help publishers to better engage with their audience.
buyer: WordPress VIP
WordPress VIP (WPVIP) is an enterprise-focused content management platform. WPVIP empowers marketers to create beautiful branded experiences. Their editorial and design tools make it easy to deliver a consistent customer experience across every channel. "
target: Parse.ly
Parse.ly is an engagement analytics platform for online publishers. Parse.ly provides creators with an easy way to visualize the performance of their content. Their platform offers content insights that help publishers to increase readership and better engage with their audience.
Automattic Inc., acquired MailPoet
synopsis: Automattic has acquired MailPoet, a popular email marketing solution for WordPress. The plugin is used by more than 300,000 websites for everything from building a mailing list to managing transaction and abandoned cart emails.
target: MailPoet
MailPoet is a popular email marketing solution for WordPress. The plugin is used by more than 300,000 websites for everything from building a mailing list to managing transaction and abandoned cart emails.
Automattic Inc., acquired Zero BS CRM
synopsis: Automattic Inc., the company that wants to make the web a better place with products like WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Jetpack, Simplenote, and Longreads, has acquired Zero BS CRM, UK's WordPress–based CRM plugin that provides entrepreneurs and small businesses with a no-nonsense contact-management system delivered through the WordPress platform.
target: Zero BS CRM
Headquartered in London, Zero BS CRM is a WordPress–based CRM plugin. It provides entrepreneurs and small businesses with a no-nonsense contact-management system delivered through the WordPress platform.
Automattic Inc., acquired Prospress
synopsis: Automattic, the publishing parent company of WooCommerce and WordPress.com, has acquired Prospress, a company that builds flagship extensions and is behind WooCommerce Subscriptions, a recurring payment solution that was developed independently and listed on the official WooCommerce Marketplace.
target: Prospress
Prospress builds flagship extensions to help businesses sell subscriptions. Their extension WooCommerce Subscriptions helps companies sell their products and grow their sales, in any industry. In addition, they provide open-source software that helps businesses customize their websites.
Automattic Inc., acquired Atavist
synopsis: Automattic announced it has acquired Atavist, the groundbreaking publishing platform and magazine founded in 2011. Atavist will integrate its storytelling-focused features into WordPress and transition its customer base to the world's most popular web publishing platform.
target: Atavist
Atavist is the groundbreaking publishing platform and magazine. Atavist's proprietary content management system platform, with free and paid tiers, give independent publishers tools to create content and make money from it. The Atavist Magazine publishes long-form journalism every month.
Automattic Inc., acquired WooCommerce
synopsis: Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, has acquired WooCommerce, an e-commerce tools company. WooCommerce by WooThemes helps WordPress publishers sell products, via a software plugin that turns sites into online stores, and competes with the likes of Shopify and Bigcommerce.
Automattic Inc. provides blogging services for customers around the world. They are the company behind WordPress.com, the simplest, most secure way to start web-publishing immediately on the open source WordPress platform. "
target: WooCommerce
WooCommerce by WooThemes helps WordPress publishers sell products, via a software plugin that turns sites into online stores. WooThemes designs and develops cutting-edge commercial themes & plugins for WordPress.
Automattic Inc., acquired BruteProtect
synopsis: Automattic, the company behind both WordPress.com and the open-source WordPress project, announced that it has acquired BruteProtect, a security and management tool for WordPress. BruteProtect is a cloud-powered Brute Force attack prevention plugin.
Automattic is the company behind WordPress.com, the simplest, most secure way to start web-publishing immediately on the open source WordPress platform. They also make Jetpack for WordPress, which bundles a number of social improvements to the WordPress core software as a single plugin. "
target: BruteProtect
BruteProtect is a cloud-powered Brute Force attack prevention plugin. They leverage the millions of WordPress sites to identify and block malicious IPs. BruteProtect tracks failed login attempts across all installed users of the plugin.
Automattic Inc., acquired Longreads
synopsis: Longreads has announced that they have been acquired by Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, the simplest, most secure way to start web-publishing immediately on the open source WordPress platform. Longreads is dedicated to helping people find and share the best storytelling in the world, including both nonfiction and fiction.
target: Longreads
Longreads, founded in 2009, is dedicated to helping people find and share the best storytelling in the world, including both nonfiction and fiction. Longreads features stories from hundreds of the best writers and publishers on the web, as well as exclusive stories never before published online.
Automattic Inc., acquired Cloudup
synopsis: Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com, has acquired file-sharing service Cloudup, an offshoot of ed-tech company LearnBoost. Cloudup is a fast sharing platform that allows to drag and drop images easily, share to social media, auto-upload screenshots, and instantly share videos.
target: Cloudup
Cloudup, whose beta had come out in June 2013, is designed to make file sharing as simple as humans can imagine. Cloudup is a fast sharing platform that allows to drag and drop images easily, share to social media, auto-upload screenshots, and instantly share videos.
Automattic Inc., acquired Lean Domain Search
synopsis: Lean Domain Search announced that the tool was acquired by WordPress.com parent company Automattic. Lean Domain Search helps people find a domain name for their website by pairing their search term with thousands of other keywords commonly found in domain names and instantly showing them which are still available to register.
target: Lean Domain Search
Lean Domain Search helps people find a domain name for their website by pairing their search term with thousands of other keywords commonly found in domain names and instantly showing them which are still available to register.
Automattic Inc., acquired Simperium, Inc.
synopsis: WordPress.com parent company Automattic has acquired Simperium, the startup that runs a data syncing platform and is also well-known for Simplenote, the personal note-keeping app that's been described as "a lightweight version of Evernote."
Automattic, Inc. is a web development corporation founded in August 2005. It is most notable for WordPress (open source blogging software) and WordPress.com "
target: Simperium, Inc.
Simperium, Inc. provides a service for developers to move data across devices, people, and applications. Its hosted service manages persistence, security, conflicts, scaling, versioning, and backups. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in San Francisco, California.
Automattic Inc., acquired Code Garage
synopsis: CodeGarage has been acquired by Automattic. Code Garage is an online security company that provides wordpress backup service, and disaster recovery solutions.
target: Code Garage
Code Garage is an online security company that provides wordpress backup service, and disaster recovery solutions.
FullContact, acquired Brewster
synopsis: FullContact, provider of the most powerful contact management platform for professionals and enterprises, announced that it has acquired competitor Brewster, the contact management service launched with much fanfare in 2012.
buyer: FullContact
FullContact is the most powerful fully-connected contact management platform for professionals and enterprises who need to master their contacts. FullContact's cross-platform suite of Apps and APIs enhance contacts with insights, while keeping them organized, synchronized, up to date, and safe. "
target: Brewster
Brewster is a complete and always up-to-date address book that syncs all of a user's contacts from Facebook, LinkedIn, Gmail, and more so users have access to them anywhere: from their iPhone, Android, Mac, or the web.
Rock Content, acquired ScribbleLive
synopsis: Rock Content, a Brazilian company that developed the first content marketplace that provides innovative content marketing solutions, creative services, and on-demand talent, has acquired ScribbleLive, a Canadian content cloud provider that helps companies plan, create, distribute and measure their content.
buyer: Rock Content
Headquartered in Brazil, Rock Content developed the first content marketplace that provides innovative content marketing solutions, creative services, and on-demand talent. Rock maintains a talent network of creative professionals who create growth opportunities for its customers worldwide. "
target: ScribbleLive
Headquartered in Canada, ScribbleLive is the is the world's most comprehensive content cloud provider. ScribbleLive's cloud helps companies plan, create, distribute and measure their content, powered by data science to deliver highly effective content.
Webedia SAS, acquired OverBlog
synopsis: Long-standing blogging platform OverBlog has been acquired by Webedia, a French online media company. OverBlog gives bloggers a platform for their unique and wildly diverse blogs. The company offers bloggers the option to display ads on their blogs. They then share any revenues from these ads with the bloggers.
Webedia SAS operates as a website publisher. It is the 10th largest French media company on the internet. It hosts a number of websites such as PurePeople, PureTrend, Purefans, Shopoon, Dailyconso, and Onlydesign. "
target: OverBlog
OverBlog gives bloggers a platform for their unique and wildly diverse blogs. OverBlog offers bloggers the option to display ads on their blogs. They then share any revenues from these ads with the bloggers.
Benchmark Email, acquired Contacts+
synopsis: Benchmark Email, a leading software as a service provider of sales and marketing solutions for SMBs, announces that it acquired Contacts+, a subsidiary of Denver-based FullContact. Contacts+ is a leading contact management app with millions of users located around the world.
buyer: Benchmark Email
Benchmark Email is a sales and marketing platform on a global mission to help businesses everywhere ignite relationships with their customers. Grow subscriber lists and send compelling emails with easy-to-use email marketing software, including forms and landing pages. "
target parent: FullContact
target: Contacts+
Contacts+ is a leading contact management app with millions of users located around the world. Contacts+ has apps for desktop and mobile that allows professionals, teams and small businesses to store and sync contacts across devices, scan business cards and clean contact data.
FullContact, acquired Contacts+
synopsis: Contact management industry leader FullContact announced the acquisition of Contacts+, a leading contact management app with millions of users located around the world. Contacts+ is an all-in-one contacts, dialer, sms and call log app that makes it easy to connect with friends and block unwanted people, telemarketers and spam via caller ID & block.
FullContact is the most powerful fully-connected contact management platform for professionals and enterprises who need to master their contacts. FullContact's cross-platform suite of Apps and APIs enhance contacts with 360° insights, while keeping them organized, in-sync, up-to-date, and safe. "
Contacts+ is a leading contact management app with millions of users located around the world. Contacts+ is a true all-in-one contacts, dialer, sms and call log app that makes it easy to connect with friends and block unwanted people, telemarketers and spam via caller ID & block.
Open Text Corporation, acquired Hightail Inc.
synopsis: OpenText, a global leader in Enterprise Information Management, announced that it has acquired Hightail, Inc., formerly known as YouSendIt, a leading cloud service for file sharing and creative collaboration with approximately 5.5 million customers globally spanning enterprise accounts, paid subscribers, and individual consumers.
buyer: Open Text Corporation (OTEX:$3,414.41)
OpenText enables organizations to gain insight through market leading information management solutions, on-premises or in the cloud. They are committed to delivering differentiated content solutions in the cloud that enable marketers to produce and securely collaborate on digital content. "
target: Hightail Inc.
Hightail is a leading cloud service for file sharing and creative collaboration with approximately 5.5 million customers globally spanning enterprise accounts, paid subscribers, and individual consumers. Hightail has made the cloud a workspace that enables seamless collaboration on visual projects.
VideoEgg, Inc., will acquire Six Apart, Ltd.
synopsis: VideoEgg, the brand engagement pioneer, announced it has agreed to acquire Six Apart, the leader in conversational media, to form SAY Media, a modern media company. SAY Media brings together influential voices and their communities to enable advertisers to reach a global audience of 345 million.
buyer: VideoEgg, Inc.
VideoEgg offers web-based video publishing solutions which make it easy to for internet users to encode, upload, host and watch video. Its flagship product, the VideoEgg Publisher, is a small website plug-in that makes it easy for end-users to capture, edit, encode, and post digital video online. "
target: Six Apart, Ltd.
Six Apart has been at the heart of the blogging and social media revolution since 2001, powering many of the world's most influential websites and communities with its world renowned blogging services TypePad and Movable Type.
LivePerson, Inc., will acquire synchronite GmbH
synopsis: LivePerson, Inc., a leading provider of live digital engagement solutions, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Germany-based startup, Synchronite LLC, a leading provider of co-browsing technology. With synchronite users can share what they currently see in the browser with their peers.
buyer: LivePerson, Inc. (LPSN:$424.43)
LivePerson offers a cloud-based platform that enables businesses to proactively connect in real-time with their customers via chat, voice, and content delivery at the right time, through the right channel, including websites, social media, and mobile devices. "
target: synchronite GmbH
synchronite is a new software application that revolutionizes the way users interact on the Web every day. With synchronite users can share what they currently see in the browser with their peers. All user actions are displayed in the other linked browsers—instantly and in real-time.
Mozilla Corporation, acquired Pocket
synopsis: The Mozilla Corporation has completed the acquisition of Read It Later, Inc. the developers of Pocket. Pocket is the world's leading save-for-later service, helping people save interesting articles, videos and more from the web for later enjoyment.
buyer: Mozilla Corporation
Mozilla has been a pioneer and advocate for the open web for more than 15 years. They promote open standards that enable innovation and advance the Web as a platform for all. Hundreds of millions of people worldwide use Mozilla Firefox to experience the Web on computers, tablets and mobile devices. "
target: Pocket
Pocket, made by Read It Later, Inc., is the world's leading save-for-later service. Pocket helps people save interesting articles, videos and more from the web for later enjoyment. Once saved to Pocket, content is visible on any device.
Kindful, acquired Populr
synopsis: Kindful, a cloud-based donor management and fundraising solution, has acquired Populr. Populr is the easiest way to create and share single web pages that are richer than an email, but faster than a website. From sales proposals to internal memos, it can be used to communicate more effectively within organizations.
buyer: Kindful
Kindful is a cloud-based donor management and fundraising solution designed to help nonprofit organizations maximize their potential. Kindful helps organizations increase fundraising effectiveness through an intuitive CRM system, integrated online fundraising tools and in-depth donor analytics. "
target: Populr
Populr is the easiest way to create and share single web pages that are richer than an email, but faster than a website. From sales proposals to internal memos, Populr can be used to communicate more effectively within organizations.
Influitive, acquired Engagio
synopsis: Influitive, the advocate marketing experts, announced that it has acquired Engagio – a social web platform for searching, discovering and following social conversations. Influitive will integrate Engagio's innovative suite of social technologies into AdvocateHub, its popular advocate marketing platform.
buyer: Influitive
Influitive helps companies manage and mobilize their advocates, fans and evangelists, driving more of the references, referral leads, success stories and social media interaction that is so crucial in today's social buying era. "
target: Engagio
Engagio's platform allows users to manage, follow, search and discover Web conversations on the most popular social networks and online commenting platforms from standards like LinkedIn, Facebook, Google+ and Twitter to Disqus, Foursquare, YouTube, Wordpress, StackExchange, AngelList and StockTwits.
Viadeo S.A., acquired UNYK, Inc.
synopsis: Viadeo, one of the world's largest business social networks, announced that it has acquired Canadian-based UNYK, Inc. The acquisition includes UNYK's membership of 16 million users, which is growing at a rate of 600,000 new members each month, a smart address book product and industry leading contact synchronization technology.
buyer: Viadeo S.A. (ENXTPA:VIAD:$21.35)
Viadeo is an essential tool used by those who want to increase their business opportunities (to discover new clients, staff and business partners), enhance their visibility and their online reputation, and manage and develop their network of professional contacts. "
target: UNYK, Inc.
Launched in September 2005, UNYK is a free online contact management service available in six different languages, and with more than 16 million members. With over ten years of experience on the Web, the UNYK team has acquired substantial expertise in the virtual community and social network sector.
Return Path, Inc., acquired Motley Bunch Inc
synopsis: Return Path announced the acquisition of Motley Bunch Inc., developer of technology to parse unstructured email data, to support the company's continued investment in its capacity to analyze consumer shopping behavior and commercial relationships. Motley Bunch transforms anonymized transactional email data into behavioral and trend insight.
buyer: Return Path, Inc.
Return Path analyzes data about email and uses that data to power products that ensure that only emails people want and expect reach the inbox. They help businesses build better relationships with their customers and improve their email ROI. "
target: Motley Bunch Inc
Motley*bunch utilizes and develops technology to extract all shopping related information (product purchases, services, airline tickets, hotels, event tickets, payments) from email inboxes at scale. Users are able to organize, view and share purchases.
Interactive Intelligence Group, Inc., will acquire OrgSpan
synopsis: Interactive Intelligence Group Inc., a global provider of software and services designed to improve the customer experience, has entered into a letter of intent to acquire OrgSpan Inc., a privately held company that offers cloud-based enterprise social communications solutions.
buyer: Interactive Intelligence Group, Inc. (ININ:$426.17)
Interactive Intelligence Group Inc. is a global provider of software and services designed to improve the customer experience.The company's customers worldwide have benefited from its cloud and on-premises solutions for contact center, unified communications, and business process automation. "
target: OrgSpan
OrgSpan Inc. develops cloud-based enterprise social communications solutions. Its solutions include OrgSpan Select, which enables customers to search and view agent social profiles by skill-set, years of experience, wait time, etc.
Autodesk, Inc., acquired Pixlr
synopsis: Autodesk, Inc. has completed the acquisition of Pixlr, a popular free online and social image creating, collecting, editing and sharing service. The Pixlr service provides accessible tools for non-professionals to create, edit, and share images online and socially via platforms like Facebook.
Autodesk, Inc., is a leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software. Customers across the manufacturing, architecture, building, construction, and media and entertainment industries use Autodesk software to design, visualize and simulate their ideas. "
Pixlr is a popular free online and social image creating, collecting, editing and sharing service.
closed 3/11/2015 via PR Web
Start.me, acquired Favoor.com
synopsis: Start.me, a web-based personalizable start page, announced it has acquired Favoor.com, a cloud-based bookmarking website with over 160,000 registered users. Favoor.com provides an integrated bookmark manager, support for RSS feeds and note taking capabilities.
buyer: Start.me
Start.me has developed a web-based personalizable start page. Since its launch in 2014, start.me has attracted over 125,000 registered users, including a large number of former iGoogle users. start.me also provides dedicated solutions to educational organizations and businesses. "
target: Favoor.com
Favoor was released in 2005 by Cem Bozok and Murat Polat. The personal start page service, with over 160,000 registered users, provides an integrated bookmark manager, support for RSS feeds and note taking capabilities.
Inmedius Inc., acquired LogPerspective Inc.
synopsis: Inmedius, Inc. is pleased to announce the acquisition of LogPerspective's DITA Storm, a full-featured DITA editing tool that enables authors to easily create DITA-compliant content in WYSIWYG mode regardless of their DITA XML knowledge. The editing environment is 100% browser-based, requiring no timely or costly client installations.
buyer: Inmedius Inc.
Inmedius is a global leader in delivering performance-oriented applications that capture, create, manage, and deploy technical information assets. Integrating those information assets within business processes, using state-of-the-art workflow and collaborative techniques, is an Inmedius hallmark. "
target: LogPerspective Inc.
LogPerspective is the producer of DITA Storm, a web-based editor for DITA XML format. It is entirely implemented in JavaScript making it easily embeddable in any web application. No browser plugin installation or server side script deployment is required.
Google Inc., acquired Upstartle
synopsis: Google Inc. has bought Upstartle, the maker of Writely, an online word processing program that gives the online search engine leader another potential weapon in its escalating battle with Microsoft Corp.
buyer: Google Inc. (GOOGL:$239,210.00)
Google's innovative search technologies connect millions of people with information every day. Google is a top web property in all major global markets. Google's targeted advertising program provides businesses with measurable results, while enhancing the overall web experience for users. "
target: Upstartle
Upstartle is the maker of Writely, The Web Word Processor, that allows users to store, edit and publish documents online -- privately, in collaboration with specific people, or publicly on the Internet.
Meetup Inc., acquired Dispatch
synopsis: New York-based Meetup, an online platform for organizing real world get-togethers, announced its first acquisition since its founding back in early 2002. The company is acquiring Dispatch, a company focused on email-based collaboration, which got its start as a TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2011 hackathon participant.
buyer: Meetup Inc.
Meetup.com helps people find others who share their interest or cause, and form lasting, influential, local community groups that regularly meet face-to-face. "
target: Dispatch
Dispatch focuses on intelligent group email addresses for one's projects. Dispatch goes beyond basic messaging. One can create notes, post links, and even share their work from Dropbox, Evernote, Google Drive, or Box.
Ticker: FB
Facebook is a social utility that helps people better understand the world around them. Facebook develops technologies that facilitate the spread of information through social networks allowing people to share information online the same way they do in the real world.
Ticker: SEHK:700
Tencent Holdings Ltd.
Tencent Holdings Limited is an investment holding company involved in providing internet and mobile value-added services (VAS), online advertising services and e-commerce transactions services
Ticker: LSE:MAIL
Mail.Ru LLC
Mail.Ru Group develops Internet communications and entertainment services in Russia and globally. Today, the company operates Russian language social networks Vkontakte (VK), Odnoklassniki (OK) and Moi Mir (My World), instant messenger services in Russia — Agent Mail.Ru and ICQ and more.
Mixi, Inc.
mixi, Inc. is an information technology (IT) company that has two business segments. The Social Net segment operates a Website for social networking services (SNSs) under the site name mixi. The Find Job! segment operates a job advertising site under the name Find Job!
Gree, Inc.
GREE develops games at its studios in Japan, North America, and South Korea, producing high-ranking titles in the app markets of each region. The company was founded in 2004.
Ticker: RENN
Renren Inc.
Renren Inc. operates a leading real-name social networking internet platform in China. Renren enables users to connect and communicate with each other, share information, create user generated content, play online games, watch videos and enjoy a wide range of other features and services.
Ticker: OTCBB: MMEGD
Momentous Entertainment Group, Inc.
Momentous Entertainment Group, Inc. (MMEG) is a social platform gaming, ecommerce and digital media company focused on providing unique and entertaining experiences for its subscribers and members on a global scale.
Ticker: EDWY
eDoorways International Corporation
eDoorways International Corp engages in the creation of a lifestyle information/entertainment platform. It provides eDOORWAYS platform, a Web-based personal lifestyle information enhancement and problem solving gateway, lifestyle information source, and business-to-consumer marketplace.
Ticker: MOMO
Momo Inc.
Momo is a leading mobile social networking platform in China. Momo enables users to connect with each other and expand relationships from online to offline. Users can maintain and strengthen their relationships through private and group communication tools, content creation and sharing functions.
Ticker: ASX:ISU
iSelect Ltd
iSelect is an Australian comparison website. It aims to save its customers money, time and effort by making available product information and advice for comparison purposes across the widest range of Australian insurers. iSelect allows users to compare insurance, utilities, credit cards, and loans.
Aucfan Co., Ltd.
Aucfan Co. Ltd. is Japan's largest online auction price comparison and search website. aucfan.com allows users to compare, search, and analyze online auction and ecommerce product and price information, as well as to see the prices and numbers of transactions for products traded in the past.
Ticker: QPSA
Quepasa Corporation
Quepasa Corp is a social media technology company which owns Quepasa.com, the leading online social network and game platform for the Latino community, Quepasa Games, a cross platform social game development studio, and Quepasa DSM, a cross platform social advertising and contest platform.
Ticker: OTCPK:GRMM
Grom Social
Grom Social is a safe social media platform for kids between the ages of five and 16. Grom allows kids to have the opportunity to create a profile, make friends, chat and share content. Grom offers videos, games, photos and Fan Pages that range from good digital citizenship to DIY projects and more.
Ticker: KIWB
Kiwibox.com, Inc.
Kiwibox.com, Inc. engages in the ownership and operation of a social networking Web site, Kiwibox.com, for old teens and young adults. 100% of the site's editorial content is written and contributed by high school and college students.
Ticker: KOSE:A0354
Naver {duplicate}
NAVER Corporation is Korea's premier Internet company, operating the nation's top search portal "Naver", Korea's first online children's portal "Jr. Naver", and the nation's first online donation portal "Happybean".
Ticker: COIN
Coinbase is a digital currency wallet and platform where merchants and consumers can transact with new digital currencies like bitcoin, ethereum, and litecoin. It allows its users to create their own bitcoin wallets and start buying or selling bitcoins by connecting with their bank accounts.
Ticker: DGLP
DigitalPost Interactive, Inc.
DigitalPost Interactive is a SaaS (Software as a Service) and application provider that delivers B2B and B2C digital media-sharing solutions that are both easy to offer and easy to use.
Ticker: WIX
Wix.com Ltd
Wix.com is a leading cloud-based web development platform with more than 98 million registered users worldwide. Wix was founded on the belief that the Internet should be accessible to everyone to develop, create and contribute.
Ticker: OTCPK:CLWA
Fuze is a global cloud communications and collaboration software platform for the enterprise. Through an innovative and consumer-inspired unified experience, Fuze enables seamless transition between voice, video, messaging, and content sharing.
Ticker: ATVE
ActiveCore Technologies,Inc.
ActiveCore Technologies, Inc., operates a group of subsidiaries and divisions in the U.S., and Canada that offer a Smart Enterprise Suite of products and services. Our products encompass web portals, enterprise middleware, mobile data access, data management and system migration applications.
Ticker: LLNW
Limelight Networks, Inc. provides solutions that enable business and technology decision makers to profit from the shift of content and advertising to the online world, the explosive growth of mobile and connected devices, and the migration of IT applications and services into the cloud.
Ticker: ACTA
Actua Corporation
Actua Corporation, the multi-vertical cloud company, brings the power of the cloud to vertical markets and processes. Actua is pioneering the second wave of the SaaS revolution – the vertical wave – by growing cloud businesses that are transforming their markets.
Ticker: SPDC
Speed Commerce, Inc.
Speed Commerce, Inc. is a single-source provider of e-commerce service solutions to leading retailers and manufacturers. The company's omni-channel capabilities unite a digital commerce strategy with traditional retail channels, creating the ultimate branded shopping experience.
Ticker: LTRX
Lantronix Inc. is a global provider of secure turnkey solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT) and Remote Environment Management (REM), offering Software as a Service (SaaS), connectivity services, engineering services and intelligent hardware.
Ticker: TSX:MDF
Mediagrif Interactive Technologies Inc.
Mediagrif Interactive Technologies Inc. delivers innovative e-commerce solutions to businesses. Its web platforms enable clients to find, purchase and sell products, exchange information, gain access to business opportunities and manage supply chain collaboration with greater speed and efficiency.
Ticker: TSXV:FSW
Fireswirl Technologies Inc.
Fireswirl helps major international and local Chinese companies to strategically expand their market and provides an integrated technology and service platform for their e-commerce sales in China.
Ticker: OTCPK:LFER
Life on Earth, Inc.
Life on Earth is a cloud enterprise software developer. Life on Earth's mission is to rapidly grow their cloud based software and technology solutions to enable secure, smart, compliant and maintainable enterprise business solutions. The company focuses on fast emerging technologies.
Ticker: IRYS
iTrackr Systems, Inc.
iTrackr Systems, Inc. is an e-commerce software and services company that engages in the development, marketing, and commercialization of an online product and inventory search application for retailers and consumers.
Ticker: ASX:MTL
Manalto Limited
Manalto is a cloud-based social media management software that enables enterprises to efficiently manage their social media presence across multiple social platforms, at scale, with alignment to their structure. It delivers controls to support brand and risk management across social media.
Ticker: SEMR
Semrush is a leading online visibility management SaaS platform that enables businesses globally to run search engine optimization, pay-per-click, content, social media and competitive research campaigns and get measurable results from online marketing.
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Three hikers who became trapped by a rapidly rising creek near Pitt Lake were well prepared, but no match for Mother Nature, say the rescuers who saved them.
Search and rescue crews rushed to the area Monday after the men, all described as experienced hikers, activated an emergency beacon – four days after setting off on a difficult journey between Squamish and Port Coquitlam.
The men were spotted in rugged terrain by a helicopter crew 18 kilometres north of Pitt Lake on Tuesday morning. They were lifted out of the area by a chopper long-line several hours later.
Coquitlam Search and Rescue says the hikers did everything right by staying where they were and using both an electronic beacon and smoke signals.
A spokesperson said the men had the best itinerary they'd ever seen, but became trapped when the water levels at a nearby creek rose rapidly.
Rain and low cloud conditions forced the cancellation of an air search on Monday.
Coquitlam Search and Rescue members used a helicopter long line to rescue three stranded hikers near Pitt Lake, B.C., on Aug. 23, 2011.


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Behavioral Traits of American Smartphone Owners
Using their new and powerful mobile smartphones, an expanding class of American consumers -- 100 million strong and growing -- is helping to redefine the cultural norms in the U.S. marketplace.
According to the latest market study by eMarketer, members of the "smartphone class" stand apart from other Americans in the way they shop, communicate, consume media -- even how they use their spare time.
This class of smartphone-enabled people can be defined by their connectedness and their sense of empowerment that's attained through unfettered access to real-time online information.
"What others do with a PC, they do with their smartphones," said Catherine Boyle, eMarketer senior analyst.
Their phone is their workplace, entertainment center and their marketplace. They watch videos in coffee shops, social network at concerts, play games in waiting rooms, scan barcodes in stores and shop with their smartphone from anywhere at any time.
Moreover, their mobile online behaviors are rerouting the traditional path to purchase and they are proving to the rest of America that spare moments can be productive ones, too.
eMarketer estimates nearly 116 million Americans will use a smartphone at least monthly by the end of 2012, up from 93.1 million in 2011. By 2013, they will represent over half of all mobile phone users, and by 2016, nearly three in five consumers will have a smartphone.
The U.S. smartphone class is not defined by age, gender, income or race. Instead, it's defined by shared behaviors. Understanding the common behavioral traits that unite the class makes members easy to recognize and underscores the influence this class of consumers is having on how Americans communicate, consume media and shop.
One of those behaviors is to always be snacking content. The smartphone class doesn't tolerate dull moments; members turn to their phones for instant gratification. Depending on their mood in the moment, gratification might mean completing a quick task or finding a fun distraction.
For marketers, this rising content consumption means an increasing number of touch-points where they can reach consumers. eMarketer forecasts double-digit growth in mobile gaming as well as music and video consumption among the smartphone class through 2015.
"Snacking on mobile in small amounts throughout the day can be as lucrative to brands as it is gratifying to members of the smartphone class," said Boyle. "The five minutes grazing on news in the morning, the 15 minutes playing a game at lunch and the two minutes watching a video at the grocery store are all opportunities for marketers to get a message across or close a sale."
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Lord of the Rings Online dev looking at console MMOs?
Turbine Studios, the team behind Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar,is advertising for a new senior console engineer for either theXbox 360 or PS3.
No specific games are mentioned in the vacancyfeatured on the company's own website, but it does call for the applicant to be involved with updating Turbine's own MMO engine and tools to consoles.
The enginecurrently supports both Dungeons and Dragons: Stormreach and Lord of the Rings Online.
Turbine has also recently received a cash injection of $40 million to develop new properties and foster development. Is the timing of these two occurencespurely a coincidence?
We certainly imagine $40m could go some way toward solving the problems LotRO executive producer told us about when he discussedbringing the game to consoles last month.


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My little brother (9 years old) is very much into Beyblades and found out about this tournament. I am a little clueless to Beyblades but he can spit off all of the specs and names of Bey's. Anywho, is this a tournament that a nine-year old could attend? He's never attended one so I wanted to reach out to see if it was possible for him and if you could provide any necessary information. He has plenty of Beyblades and rippers, etc.
(Mar. 27, 2018 5:07 PM)Desiree Wrote: Hello all!
Be aware that this tournament is Burst Beyblades only.
Hey...Where do I register and pay for my ticket?I am new to beyblade tournaments so,sorry about that!
Hey...Where do I register and pay for my ticket? Also, is left spin leagal?
Hey...Can I use the same bey over and over again?
(Mar. 27, 2018 7:19 PM)AADITURBO700 Wrote: Hey...Where do I register and pay for my ticket?I am new to beyblade tournaments so,sorry about that!
You register and pay any fees at the event itself, pretty much all beys are legal unless it's counterfieted or modded in a way that was unintended (ie, pieces of parts intentionally worn down, broken or removed). You can use one bey over and over if you wish to.
Hey...Can I use a fancy launch?
How many stadiums will there be?
Hey so me and SYTHEfireWOLF, my little bro, have a 50/50% chance of going.
If you could, can you host another one in April or May?
I will go tomorrow!! This is my first time!! So exciting!!
Hey guys! Just a reminder that if you want to play in the tournament you need to make it there between 12:00am and 12:35 if you want to play in the main tournament, as that is the registration period. Anyone is free to spectate and play in the Free Play area, though!
As for prizes, we have 3 of the new Hasbro Burst Evolution standard Starters (A2, P2, and M2) for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place to chose from, as well as an Apex Attack Pack for a special raffle for those who didn't place that high.
If you have any more questions, you can ask them at the event itself. See y'all then!
We hit a snag on our way to the event, so we may end up starting a bit late. Our registation start time is tentativly shifted to 12:25, and the tournament start time is now 12:55.
Alright, we jumped the gun a bit, haha. We're approaching Dragon's Lair now, so we should be able to start registration around 12:10, and start the tournament at 12:40.
Can we use Galaxy Zeus tt God beyblade?
I want to thank everyone for making my first tournament one of the most exciting days of my life! I cannot believe I'm about to say this, but I WON FIRST PLACE! I want to especially thank the judges! They were very helpful and supportive and I can't wait to see you guys again! My family and I are still on cloud nine. Now, I REALLY can't wait for the next tournament 😊 Congratulations to everyone who came out to play...you all were awesome.
(Mar. 31, 2018 11:38 PM)Twin Destroyer Wrote: I want to thank everyone for making my first tournament one of the most exciting days of my life! I cannot believe I'm about to say this, but I WON FIRST PLACE! I want to especially thank the judges! They were very helpful and supportive and I can't wait to see you guys again! My family and I are still on cloud nine. Now, I REALLY can't wait for the next tournament 😊 Congratulations to everyone who came out to play...you all were awesome.
what were your winning combos?
Thank you to all who made it out to Dragon's Lair today! It was a bit hectic at the start, since we had 47 players total, but by the end the tournament had gone pretty smoothly. I'd say more but I'm insanely tired after today, haha.
I'll post winning combinations and whatnot as I continue to process stuff.
Probably no tournament report this time around since there was not much high-level strategizing going on apart from one or two players. (There was only two people who came to the event with any of the new ChoZ beys, which was surprising considering how hyped up they were...) Not to mention my phone's camera decided out of the blue to not work that day, so it would be a visually bland thread, haha.
If y'all would like to make my life easier, please direct all "when is the next tournament" questions and other questions in that vein to the Austin, Texas tournaments thread and not here. It makes discussion on the website run smoother by putting discussion on the actual region thread and not an old tournament thread. Thanks!
since you are reluctant to write a report due to a what you described as a lack of enough high-level strategizing, could you please describe what amount of high-level strategizing would be worthy of a report for you?
also could you please describe what high-level strategizing exactly means to you?
it's certainly your choice to write a report or not, i'm just curious.
Hey! Just a reminder to everyone that attended that if you didn't have a WBO account at the time of the event, we've set up accounts for you now. If you didn't have an account, just email me and we can get you set up!


Prior to joining Hand Construction as CFO, Adam spent 10-years in the banking industry serving in various roles of commercial lending. During this time he participated in the formation of a bank as well as the successful merger and re-branding of another institution.
Adam holds a Master of Business Administration degree, a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and multiple professional designations and licenses in the banking and investment fields. He has been actively involved with multiple nonprofit and charity organizations over the years and currently enjoys the opportunity of serving on the VOA's finance committee.
Adam attended high school at Mandeville High in Mandeville, LA. Prior to attending college in Baton Rouge, he served in the United States Marine Corps at duty stations in San Diego, CA and Pensacola, FL. Adam returned to Shreveport in 2003 where he currently lives with his wife and two children.