| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Oct. 22, 2013 ============================================ Digital Entertainment World: Register Now and Save $200 http://www.dewexpo.com o S.F.-Based Prism Skylabs Raises $15 Million in Second Round o Cupertino-Based Apple Unveils Lighter, Thinner iPad Air o San Mateo-Based NetSuite to Acquire TribeHR o Several Local Tech Firms Make Forbes "Best Small Companies" List o San Francisco-Based YouNoodle Promotes Torsten Kolind to CEO o Confidence of Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists Reaches Six-Year High > Digital Entertainment World: Register Now and Save $200 o Briefly Noted: GoPro - General Things, Achievers, Clinkle _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Patent Applications Drafted --Digital Entertainment World: Register Now and Save $200 --Free Whitepaper: TechRadar for Digital Customer Experience Technologies --Search Services Without a Fee --Service Co-ordinator/Customer Service Representative --TelcoVision Conference - Las Vegas --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 S.F.-Based Prism Skylabs Raises $15 Million in Second Round San Francisco -- Prism Skylabs, the San Francisco-based developer of a cloud-based service designed to bring web-style analytics to brick-and-mortar stores, said on Tuesday it has raised $15 million in its second round of funding, led by Intel Capital. Presidio Ventures, Triangle Peak, Data Collective and Expa also participated. "This round will allow us to expand on our early success and drive continued adoption," said CEO Steve Russell. Launched in 2011, Prism Skylabs offers a service designed to transform any in-store video camera into a visual merchandising, auditing and business intelligence tool that can be accessed from any device. The company now claims more than 80 customers. https://www.prismskylabs.com/ http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20131022006767/en/Prism-Skylabs-Announces-15M-Series-Led-Intel _____________________________________________ o Cupertino-Based Apple Unveils Lighter, Thinner iPad Air San Francisco -- Apple on Tuesday a new version of its popular iPad tablet with a better display in a thinner and lighter design. The iPad Air features a 9.7-inch retina display in a unit that is 20% thinner and 28% lighter than the fourth generation iPad. The Cupertino-based company also announced a second-generation iPad mini, which also introduces a retina display to the 7.9-inch device. Both devices will feature the Apple-designed A7 chip with 64-bit desktop-class architecture, with faster built-in Wi-Fi and expanded LTE cellular connectivity. The iPad Air, available on Nov. 1, will run from $499 for a 16GB Wi-Fi model to $929 for a 128GB Wi-Fi and cellular model. The new iPad mini will run from $399-$829. http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2013/10/23Apple-Announces-iPad-Air-Dramatically-Thinner-Lighter-More-Powerful-iPad.html _____________________________________________ o San Mateo-Based NetSuite to Acquire TribeHR San Mateo, Calif. -- NetSuite, a San Mateo-based developer of cloud-based financial and ERP software, said on Tuesday it will acquire Canada's TribeHR, a provider of human capital management (HCM) tools. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. NetSuite said the acquisition will allow it to create the first integrated cloud ERP and HCM software suite for small and mid-sized businesses. The two companies already have been working closely together for the past several months. Earlier this year, TribeHR joined NetSuite's SuiteCloud Developer Network (SDN), and now has nearly 30 joint customers with NetSuite. http://www.netsuite.com/ http://www.netsuite.com/portal/press/releases/nlpr10-22-13.shtml _____________________________________________ o Several Local Tech Firms Make Forbes "Best Small Companies" List San Jose, Calif. -- InvenSense, a San Jose-based developer of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) technologies, is the highest-ranked local company on Forbes' newly released list of the "100 Best Small Companies in America." The list included companies that have been publicly traded for at least a year, generate annual revenue between $5 million-$1 billion and boast a stock price no lower than $5 a share. Rankings were based on earnings growth, sales growth and return on equity, both over the past 12 months and past five years. InvenSense came in at No. 4, overall. Other local tech firms near the top were San Jose-based Synaptics (No. 19), San Jose-based 8x8 (No. 23), Sunnyvale-based Fortinet (No. 26), San Francisco-based OpenTable (No. 29), Sunnyvale-based Alliance Fiber Optic Products (No. 30), Redwood City-based Shutterfly (No. 31) and Pleasanton-based Ellie Mae (No. 34). The complete list is available at the link below. http://www.forbes.com/best-small-companies/list/#page:1_sort:0_direction:asc_search:_filter:All%20industries_filter:All%20states _____________________________________________ o San Francisco-Based YouNoodle Promotes Torsten Kolind to CEO San Francisco -- YouNoodle, the San Francisco-based developer of a recruitment engine and platform for the creation, management and judging of startup competitions, said on Tuesday it has promoted co-founder Torsten Kolind to the role of CEO. Kolind, the company's former CTO, and former CEO of WorldWeb and Venture Cup, succeeds Rebeca Hwang, who is departing to launch a venture fund that backs early-stage startups serving the needs of women. She will remain on the company's board of directors. "With YouNoodle growing and with the pivot to more technology driven clients, Torsten’s expertise makes him the logical choice to represent YouNoodle as the CEO and present the company and its technological profile to the public and potential partners," said Hwang. YouNoodle's platform has facilitated more than 400 international competitions across 100 countries. http://www.younoodle.com _____________________________________________ o Confidence of Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists Reaches Six-Year High San Francisco -- The confidence of Bay Area venture capitalists is now at a six-year high, according to the nearly released third quarter Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index. The index, produced by University of San Francisco professor Mark Cannice, registered a 3.02 out of 5, based on surveys of 36 San Francisco-area venture capitalists. The figure rose significantly from last quarter's 3.78, marking the fifth straight quarterly increase and the highest measure of confidence since the third quarter of 2007. "Momentum in innovation in growing market opportunities coupled with a better exit environment is supporting the venture business model and bolstering sentiment," wrote Cannice. The complete report is available at the link below. https://www.usfca.edu/management/news/Silicon_Valley_Venture_Capitalist _Confidence_Index_Q3_2013/ _____________________________________________ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Digital Entertainment World: Register Now and Save $200 Digital Entertainment World (DEW) is the best place to connect with content creators and owners, enabling technology providers, digital distributors and device manufacturers to create the infrastructure and technology partnerships necessary to monetize digital content. 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The companies have partnered since 2010, with General Things helping GoPro advance its business backend and consumer-facing web development. http://gopro.com/news/gopro-acquires-award-winning-digital-design-and-software-studio-general-things-inc (San Francisco) San Francisco-based Achievers, a developer of employee engagement and recognition platforms, on Tuesday named Paul Pedrazzi as its senior vice president of product. Pedrazzi previously served as the vice president of product strategy at Oracle. http://www.achievers.com http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/achievers-appoints-paul-pedrazzi-senior-120000871.html (San Francisco) San Francisco-based Clinkle, a stealthy startup that plans to introduce its new payment platform next year, on Tuesday named Barry McCarthy as COO. McCarthy previously spent 12 years as the CFO of Netflix. 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