| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Nov. 5, 2012 ============================================ To Subscribe: www.bayareatechwire.com o San Francisco's Kenshoo Raises $12 Million in New Funding o Los Gatos-Based Netflix Adopts Plan to Prevent Hostile Takeover o Cupertino-Based Apple Sells 3 Million iPads in First Three Days o San Jose-Based INNOViON to Acquire Business from Core Systems o Smartphones Overtake Laptops as Most Popular Way to Connect to Wi-Fi o Briefly Noted: Bivio Networks, Silver Lake _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --GSA Schedule, Government Sales & Marketing Support --webMethods Consultants --Just Released! SaaS Entrepreneur: Your Guide to Cloud Apps Success! --Mobile Development, UX/Design and Marketing Conference --Marketing Events Coordinator --Senior Manager, eCommerce – Redwood City, CA --Account Manager --Sr. Financial Analyst --Advertise on Bay Area Tech Wire and Reach More than 6,000 Subscribers Ad Descriptions Below Briefly Noted Section Post Job/Event/Marketplace ad: http://www.bayareatechwire.com _____________________________________________ o San Francisco's Kenshoo Raises $12 Million in New Funding San Francisco -- Kenshoo, an Israeli developer of digital marketing software with North American headquarters in San Francisco, said on Monday it has raised $12 million in new round of late-stage funding, led by Tenaya Capital. Previous backers Sequoia Capital, Sequoia Growth Fund and Arts Alliance also participated in the round, which the company will use to further bolster its search marketing and social media units, as well as expand geographically. Kenshoo's tools for search marketing, social media and online advertising are used by clients such as CareerBuilder, Expedia, Facebook, KAYAK, LendingTree, Sears, Travelocity, Walgreens and Zappos. http://www.kenshoo.com _____________________________________________ o Los Gatos-Based Netflix Adopts Plan to Prevent Hostile Takeover Los Gatos, Calif. -- Responding to last week's news that billionaire Carl Icahn had acquired a nearly 10% stake in the company, Los Gatos-based online video service Netflix on Monday announced a new shareholder rights plan intended to protect the company against a hostile takeover. Under the plan, current shareholders would have the right to purchase additional shares if a person or group not supported by the board acquired a 10% stake in the company (or 20% in the case of institutional investors). According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Icahn believes Netflix's shares are "undervalued" due to the company's "dominant market position and international growth prospects," and is ripe for an acquisition. http://www.netflix.com http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/NFLX/2149705767x0x611335/d9f4b208-f199-4855-bfc7-190ae79580dd/Rights_Plan_Press_Release_110412_final.pdf (PDF) _____________________________________________ o Cupertino-Based Apple Sells 3 Million iPads in First Three Days Cupertino, Calif. -- Apple said on Monday it has sold 3 million iPads in the first three days since the launch of the iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad on Friday. That's double the company's first-weekend milestone of 1.5 million Wi-Fi only models sold for the third generation iPad in March. "We set a new launch weekend record and practically sold out of iPad minis," said CEO Tim Cook. The Wi-Fi and cellular versions of both tablets are set to ship in a few weeks. http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2012/11/05Apple-Sells-Three-Million-iPads-in-Three-Days.html _____________________________________________ o San Jose-Based INNOViON to Acquire Business from Core Systems San Jose, Calif. -- INNOViON, a San Jose-based provider of foundry ion implantation services to the microelectronic industry, said on Monday it will acquire the specialty and production ion implant service divisions of Sunnyvale-based Core Systems. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. INNOViON plans to transfer the implant service business to its San Jose facility. Core will maintain interests in its KingCore Technology joint venture in China. "In light of the global economy, the demand for outsourced ion implantation has not been sufficient to support two top-tier implant service foundries," said Core CEO Walter Wriggins. "This agreement is a positive move for both companies." http://www.innovioncorp.com http://www.coresystems.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20121105005283/en/INNOViON-Core-Announce-Business-Combination _____________________________________________ o Smartphones Overtake Laptops as Most Popular Way to Connect to Wi-Fi San Francisco -- Smartphones have now overtaken laptops as the most popular way to connect to Wi-Fi hotspots, according to a new report from the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) based on research from Informa Telecoms & Media. According to the survey, hotspot connections are now led by smartphones (40%), followed closely by laptops (39%) and then tablets (17%), which have seen rapid growth since their recent emergence. The organization said it only expects the trend to accelerate as the industry moves toward the deployment of Next Generation Hotspots (NGH), which are based on open industry standards. The survey found that 19% of operator respondents said they plan to deploy NGH -- which eliminates the need for usernames and passwords -- by the end of 2013. http://www.wballiance.com/resource-centre/global-developments-wifi-report.html _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (Pleasanton, Calif.) Pleasanton-based Bivio Networks, a provider of systems used to securing, monitor and control critical network infrastructure, on Monday named Leila Bristow as its vice president of worldwide sales. Bristow had previously served as the company's director of U.S. federal accounts since Feb. 2011 http://www.bivio.net/news/press_releases/2012/11052012-Bristow.php (Menlo Park, Calif.) Menlo Park-based technology investment firm Silver Lake on Monday named John Chen as a senior advisor. Chen previously had served as the chairman and CEO of Sybase since 1998. 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