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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ReQuest tells media outlets it owns syncing patent]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=request-tells-media-outlets-it-owns-syncing-patent</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A small firm that manufactures high-tech media servers and other electronic gear is notifying online-entertainment companies that it owns the patent on multimedia syncing. ReQuest, based in Ballston Spa, N.Y., has sent letters recently to an undisclosed number of companies, some of them involved in distributing digital media. The claims in the letter have raised eyebrows with some of recipients. One company that received a letter, which wished to remain anonymous, forwarded a copy to CNET.In the letters distributed by ReQuest, the company's CEO Peter Cholnoky wrote that his company's patents (No. 7,577,757 and 7,136,934) cover &quot;a system for synchronizing devices in a multimedia environmental&quot; for photos, audio, and video media. The company calls this technology NetSync. In a press release issued by ReQuest in 2007, the company claimed the patents cover &quot;automatically synchroniz(ing) entire media collections between different devices, whether in different rooms via the home's local network...or even on different continents over the Internet.&quot; In the same press release, the company wrote: &quot;The patent was filed on June 19th, 2001, which predates by several months Apple Computer's original introduction of its populariPod.&quot;Not everybody believes that ReQuest can defend such a patent. &quot;It's preposterous,&quot; said the source who forwarded the letter to CNET. &quot;Syncing is just about making copies and this has been a core function ever since the first computer rolled out.&quot;The source also said the language in Cholnoky's letter made it obvious that ReQuest was making veiled threats about litigation. In the letter there is a mention of patent attorneys and an offer to license the company's technology. In a phone interview today, Cholnoky told CNET he doesn't understand what the fuss is about. He noted that he took a very non-combative tone in his letter and never threatened litigation against any of the recipients. He declined to provide details about which companies received the letter or even to disclose how many he contacted. Cholnoky wrote in the letter that his company has received offers to buy the patents from &quot;law firms specializing in patent litigation.&quot; In the phone interview, he asked CNET, &quot;What do you think they will do with them&quot; &quot;We just wanted to open up the patents to the market, especially as the patent market has heated up,&quot; Cholnoky said in the phone interview. &quot;Google just offered to pay $900 million for (6,000 patents belonging to Nortel, the bankrupt Canadian telecom-equipment company). Nortel is auctioning them off. So, companies like Google are interested in acquiring patents and I sent the letters to people who might have some interest...we've received lots of calls.&quot; <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cheezburger Network buys Know Your Meme]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 07:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>XemmelNools</dc:creator>
<category>Gaming</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The Cheezburger Network has bought Know Your Meme(Credit:Know Your Meme)There's money in them thar cheezburgers. At least, there's money for buying other Internet meme sites.The Cheezburger Network, home to hit sites like I can has Cheezburger, the Fail Blog, the Daily What, and many others, has bought the popular meme etymology site Know Your Meme. The deal closed last Monday, Cheezburger CEO Ben Huh told CNET.The deal was first reported by Tubefilter, which said that Know Your Meme, which was a spin-off from Rocketboom, is getting a low seven-figure payday. Huh would not discuss the financials of the deal.Know Your Meme has become famous as a place where people can go to learn about the origins of some of the Internet's most beloved time-wasters. And that's precisely why Cheezburger bought it. &quot;Right now, we're an entertainment destination,&quot; Huh said of the network's many sites. &quot;A lot of the stuff we show doesn't have a lot of content...People require context, history, and origins [which] helps them understand why this is funny or why this isn't funny. And Know Your Meme was probably doing the best job of that out there.&quot;Related links &amp;149' Cheezburger Network to Whitman Campaign: Fail! &amp;149' Cheezburger's Ben Huh: I can has Q&amp;A &amp;149' Ben Huh can has successful business model &amp;149' Timeline tracks history of Internet fads and trendsThe Cheezburger Network has grown rapidly in the last couple of years, and scored a $30 million round of funding in January that Huh said is intended to be used to &quot;figure out how to grow the business.&quot; And while he doesn't know yet precisely what that means, it's actually the point. &quot;A lot of it is going to be wasted on failures,&quot; he said, but &quot;that's what's fun and great about this company, is that we can test&quot; ideas.Huh said that the Know Your Meme acquisition began to percolate in January, right around the time of the $30 million funding. And while the company has a reputation for buying established sites when it can, rather than building them from the ground up, he added that there are no additional acquisitions on the horizon. But Cheezburger is always looking to create new sites, Huh added.Know Your Meme brings four employees to the Cheezburger stable, all of whom are in New York. That means, Huh said, that Cheezburger now has Cheezburger West--Seattle, where the company is based--and Cheezburger East. He also said that he intends to use some of the recent funding money to staff up the larger company in New York.Still, while Cheezburger is intending on adding employees on both coasts, Huh said the Know Your Meme purchase was not directly related to the company's desire to grow its staff. Rather, it was about bolstering the network's ability to do what Know Your Meme does &quot;best, which is to research and document memes and viral phenomena.&quot;<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Midsize firms easing through economic downturn]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=midsize-firms-easing-through-economic-downturn</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 08:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Business &amp; Finance</category>
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<description><![CDATA[A recently released report from IBM (PDF) shows that midsize businesses (100-1,000 employees) are taking advantage of technology better than both their larger and smaller peers to grow during lean economic times.According to the report, as economies around the world continue their recovery, midsize companies have been the engines driving economic growth--reacting to a &quot;new normal&quot; in terms of spending and growth. In previous periods of global economic difficulty midsize companies have struggled, often because they have had less capital available to invest in new products and also because big businesses have tended to exploit their dominant position, pushing midsize firms to compete on an uneven playing field. And yet, the report shows it's the midsize companies that appear to have figured out how to weather the storm and take advantage of technology to grow during the downturn. While more than three-quarters of respondents said cost-reduction and improved efficiency were their top priorities, nearly two-thirds said improving insights for better decision making was a top priority.2011 critical business priorities(Credit:IBM)More than half are planning to increase their IT budgets over the next 12 months, versus only 20 percent in 2009,70 percent are planning or currently implementing a business analytics solution,66 percent of midsize companies surveyed have cloud computing projects in progress or in the planning stage (some 76 percent are either currently using or planning to use a private cloud approach), andmore than 70 percent of midsize firms are seeking a consultative, versus purely transactional, relationship with their primary IT provider.In terms of technology specifics, survey respondents listed IT infrastructure improvement as their topmost project, with collaboration, business intelligence (BI), and business process management (BPM) all following closely behind. As a corollary to the importance of both increasing efficiency and improving infrastructure, respondents said the top two benefits of cloud computing were cost reduction and the manageability of compute costs in a cloud environment.Overall, respondents noted that cost was the No. 1 barrier to addressing their IT priorities. This, of course, comes as no surprise, but it helps make the case for open-source and cloud-based solutions, which tend to have lower initial implementation costs.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mobile banking firm Obopay promotes its president to CEO]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Mobile banking company Obopay is announcing today it has promoted Deepak Chandnani from president to chief executive. He replaces Carol Realini, who will become executive chairman.The move reflects the growing importance of international markets to Obopay, which lets users send money to relatives around the world from your mobile phone. Obopay creates a mobile banking platform that banks use to create services for customers. Chandnani will run the company from Mumbai, India. The company also has corporate offices in Redwood City, Calif., and operates in the U.S., India, Senegal, and Kenya.Obopay&amp;'s service targets the global work force of immigrants who send money across borders or to places where it isn&amp;'t safe to carry cash. The company also targets places that don&amp;'t have traditional banks with paper money. The service&amp;'s rapid growth reflects the mobility of the world&amp;'s workers.In an interview, Chandnani said that he will focus on the company&amp;'s growth and geographic expansion, while Realini will focus on corporate strategy and vision. She will be the evangelist for mobile money and its adoption throughout the world. Having the dual headquarters reflects the company&amp;'s global business operations.Realini said that Obopay&amp;'s revenue has doubled over the last year and is expected to do the same in 2011. The company&amp;'s employee count has grown from 200 to 350. Chandnani was appointed president in May, 2010. He led the company&amp;'s expansion into Africa and is now pushing the service into parts of Europe.Partners include Nokia, which is an investor, as well as Union Bank of India, Yes Bank, Societe General, Essar, MasterCard, FIS Global and the STAR Network. Chandnani (pictured) said the company has completed a number of pilot tests and has a number of deployments lined up for 2011.The company was founded in 2005 and has raised $140 million to date. Chandnani was previously CEO of Wire and Wireless in India and was managing director in India for NCR.With the STAR Network, Obopay kicked off a big service. It uses the expedited transfer service of STAR, which enables real-time transfers  between STAR accounts, as part of Obopaya4a4s Mobile Money for Banks  offering. STAR, a division of First Data, created the transfer service  for the instantaneous transfer of money via automated teller machines.  If you look on the back of your ATM card, youa4a4ll likely see the STAR  logo, which means that the card can be used in most ATMs across the  country. STAR reaches 80 million users in the U.S.In May, Obopay debuted Mobile Money for Banks,  with a variety of banks ranging from Citibank to Societe Generale  participating. In the past, mobile transactions were subject to  waiting periods that  were similar to the time it takes to clear a paper  check. Now, the customers of those banks will be able to  transfer money to a relative in real time, similar to how relatives  often transfer money via Western Union. But this process takes place  entirely on a mobile phone.Next Story: New Verizon model could boost iPhone shipments by 12M in 2011 Previous Story: Verizon one-ups AT&amp;038'T, turns your iPhone into a WiFi hotspotPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: mobile banking, mobile paymentsCompanies: ObopayPeople: Carol Realini, Deepak Chandnani          Tags: mobile banking, mobile paymentsCompanies: ObopayPeople: Carol Realini, Deepak ChandnaniDean is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He covers video games, security, chips and a variety of other subjects. Dean previously worked at the San Jose Mercury News, the Wall Street Journal, the Red Herring, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register and the Dallas Times Herald. He is the author of two books, Opening the Xbox and the Xbox 360 Uncloaked. Follow him on Twitter at @deantak, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat.VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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