Samsung has reportedly taken the first step to bring legal charges against fellow display maker LG, after it filed an injunction request against its rival, accusing it of engineering leaks to grab details of its display technology. Samsung is said to have taken its case and necessarily documentation to the Seoul Central District Court,...
Daily Archives: September 5, 2012
Good Technology buys secure mobile collaboration software firm Copiun; terms undisclosed
Enterprise mobility solutions provider Good Technology (Good) today announced that it has acquired privately-held mobile collaboration software company Copiun. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, but Copiun’s staff members will become full-time employees of Good, while co-founder and CEO Puneesh Chaudhry will join Good’s leadership team. Founded in 2008, Copiun delivers solutions...
Sources: Doctors Social Network Doximity Raises Another $17M Led By Morgenthaler Ventures
Doctors social network Doximity has raised another $17 million at a ballpark $80 million valuation led by Morgenthaler Ventures, TechCrunch understands from sources. We’ve reached out to the company for confirmation. That would make this Doximity’s Series B financing round. In March last year it launched with a Series A round of $10.8 million...
Is Microsoft Blocking Antivirus Apps from Windows RT?
If you’re looking to buy a Windows RT tablet, security vendors said, don’t expect to be able to protect it with third- party antivirus or other security software. In fact, it seems that Microsoft may block third-party antivirus vendors from developing security solutions for Windows RT. Microsoft won’t allow such software to be sold...
Kaltura Goes All Multiplatform, With Support For iOS, Android, Xbox, And Google TV Apps
Online video platform Kaltura has always been focused on getting videos in front of more viewers. Now, more than ever, that viewership isn’t happening in a web browser, but on a wide range of devices — from mobile phones and tablets to connected TVs. Which is why Kaltura has launched software development kits and...
Hotshot Nebula gets $25M for plug-and-play OpenStack clouds
Nebula, one of the OpenStack cloud crowd, has netted $25 million in Series B funding to build out what CEO Chris Kemp calls an easy-to-deploy but fully enterprise-class cloud. Comcast Ventures led the Series B round with contributions from Highland Capital Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers and Innovation Endeavors, as well as Andy Bechtolsheim,...
Does Windows 8 Need Add-On Security Protection? And What Are Your Choices?
Security vendors say add-on security products will be needed for Windows 8 – and they’re rolling out suites of solutions to enhance whatever Microsoft offers with its new operating system. According to Gerry Egan, a senior director of product management for the Security Technology and Response Group at security vendor Symantec, the new Windows...
YouTube: We didn’t block the Democratic National Convention’s live stream
The Democratic National Convention’s opening night live stream drew tens of thousands of simultaneous viewers to YouTube Tuesday night. But viewers who wanted to catch up on the speeches after the fact were left disappointed: The recording of the event was inaccessible, with an error message claiming that it was “blocked in your country...