| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Oct. 26, 2012 ============================================ To Subscribe: www.bayareatechwire.com o San Francisco-Based WalkMe Raises $5.5 Million in Second Round o DeNA Names Clive Downie New CEO of S.F.-Based ngmoco o TechCrunch Launches Tech Policy Site CrunchGov o Amazon Takes Massive Charge on LivingSocial Stake, Posts Loss o San Francisco Chamber Names Winners of Ebbie Awards o Briefly Noted: Monolithic Power Systems, Integrated Device Technology _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --GSA Schedule, Government Sales & Marketing Support --webMethods Consultants --Just Released! 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The company will use the proceeds to support growth and accelerate its sales and marketing activities. WalkMe's technology allows online services, websites and software vendors to create interactive on-screen Walk-Thrus that help users complete tasks. Users receive on-screen instructions, displayed as sequential balloon hints, while they perform the actual process. http://www.walkme.com http://money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=PR&Date=20121026&ID=15721987&topic=TOPIC_FINANCING&isub=1 _____________________________________________ o DeNA Names Clive Downie New CEO of S.F.-Based ngmoco San Francisco -- DeNA, a Japanese mobile content company, on Friday named Clive Downie as the new CEO of San Francisco-based ngmoco, a developer of mobile games it acquired in 2010. Downie, most recently the unit's head of studios, succeeds co-founder Neil Young, who will be departing the company along with fellow co-founder Bob Stevenson. Downie earlier spent more than 15 years at Electronic Arts (EA), serving as vice president of marketing. deNA acquired ngmoco for $400 million in cash and stock in Oct. 2010. http://blog.ngmoco.com http://www.dena.jp/intl http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20121025007023/en/Clive-Downie-Named-Chief-Executive-ngmoco _____________________________________________ o TechCrunch Launches Tech Policy Site CrunchGov San Francisco -- TechCrunch, the popular technology blog owned by AOL, said on Friday it has launched CrunchGov, a new online hub for information on tech policy. the site, which the San Francisco-based company said falls at the "intersection of technology and politics," features a report card grading members of Congress on tech policy issues, a crowdsourcing tool soliciting public feedback on topics facing Congress and a legislative database of bills currently under review. "At the most basic level, it's a resource for curious wonks and conscientious journalists," said Greg Ferenstein, CrunchGov creator and a writer at TechCrunch. "But more than that, we've seen technology democratize all kinds of industries, so why not use it to democratize democracy itself?" http://techcrunch.com/policy/ http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20121026005622/en/TechCrunch-Launches-CrunchGov-Moving-Masses-Readership-Citizenship _____________________________________________ o Amazon Takes Massive Charge on LivingSocial Stake, Posts Loss Seattle, Wash. -- Less than two years after making a major investment in LivingSocial, online retail giant Amazon on Thursday posted its first quarterly net loss in more than five years, due in part to a $169 million impairment charge from its stake in the daily deals company. Amazon invested $175 million in LivingSocial in late 2010, and currently holds a 29% stake. LivingSocial CEO Tim O'Shaughnessy addressed the issue in a memo to employees, published by Reuters. "You're likely to see news articles saying that we hurt Amazon's earnings and lost a ton of money," wrote O'Shaughnessy. "That doesn't tell the full story." He said that about 95% of LivingSocial's $566 million net loss in the quarter came from non-cash items, including a $496 million charge to write down the value of acquired companies. "Those changes in valuation showed up as an 'impairment' in our financial statements, but they do not affect the day-in, day-out operations of the business." http://www.livingsocial.com http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1750247&highlight= http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/26/us-amazon-livingsocial-idUSBRE89P01C20121026 _____________________________________________ o San Francisco Chamber Names Winners of Ebbie Awards San Francisco -- The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce on Thursday night announced the winners of its annual Excellence in Business (Ebbie) Awards during a gala in San Francisco. The competition's most prestigious award -- the United Airlines Excellence in Business award -- went to asset manager BlackRock. A complete list of the winners, in eight categories, is available at the link below. http://www.sfchamber.com/eventsprogs/events/ebbies/halloffame.html#winners_2012 _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (San Jose, Calif.) San Jose-based Monolithic Power Systems (MPS), a manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, has named Eugen Elmiger to its board of directors. Elmiger, the CEO of Maxon group, also will serve as a member of the board's nominating and governance committee. http://ir.monolithicpower.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=716486 (San Jose, Calif.) San Jose-based Integrated Device Technology (IDT), a developer of mixed-signal chips, on Friday named Norm Taffe to its board of directors. 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