| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Nov. 8, 2013 ============================================ To Subscribe: www.bayareatechwire.com o San Francisco-Based Jut Raises $20 Million in Second Round o San Jose-Synaptics Completes Deal for Validity Sensors o Google Barge in San Francisco to be "Temporary Technology Exhibit Space" o SIA Bestows Highest Honor on Applied Materials Chairman Mike Splinter o LivjngSocial to Sell Korea's Ticket Monster to Rival Groupon o Briefly Noted: Suitable Technologies, Silicon360 _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Keys to a Successful Responsive Website Redesign: A Guidebook for Marketers --ModevEast Dec 12-13 - 100+ Speakers - Mobile Conference --Investment Adviser Executive --Digital Entertainment World: Register Now and Save $200 --Free Whitepaper: TechRadar for Digital Customer Experience Technologies --Search Services Without a Fee --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 San Francisco-Based Jut Raises $20 Million in Second Round San Francisco -- Jut, a stealthy San Francisco-based big data application startup, said it has raised $20 million in its second round of funding, led by Accel Partners. LightSpeed Venture Partners and Wing also participated. "It's now clear that open source big data is radically changing the way information infrastructure is architected for scale and cost," said Steve McCanne, the company's founder and CEO, "but the real opportunity lies in rethinking how enterprise applications are architected so they can make sense out of the massive volumes of big data." McCanne, the former co-founder and CTO of Riverbed Technology, launched his latest company in February. Jut said it will use the capital to expand its engineering team and bring the first version of its product to market. http://www.jut.io http://www.jut.io/#blog http://www.prweb.com/releases/jut/2013/prweb11307004.htm _____________________________________________ o San Jose-Synaptics Completes Deal for Validity Sensors San Jose -- Synaptics, a San Jose-based developer of human interface technologies, said on Friday it has completed its acquisition of San Jose-based Validity Sensors, a provider of biometric fingerprint authentication technology. Under the deal, the company paid $92.5 million in cash and stock at closing, through the value could eventually grow to as much as $255 million, based on potential performance payments. Synaptics said it is hoping to capitalize on the growing fingerprint identification market. Validity's technology is used on smartphones, tablets and notebooks. http://www.synaptics.com http://finance.yahoo.com/news/synaptics-closes-acquisition-validity-sensors-135000810.html _____________________________________________ o Google Barge in San Francisco to be "Temporary Technology Exhibit Space" San Francisco -- The picture is becoming clearer on how Mountain View-based Google plans to use a mysterious barge currently floating in the San Francisco Bay. Citing documents submitted to the Port of San Francisco, The San Francisco Chronicle reported Friday that the 50-foot-tall, 250-foot-long structure will serve as a "temporary technology exhibit space," with a goal to "drive visitation to the waterfront." When completed, the barge will be topped by about a dozen large sails, and spend a month at a time at different spots around the Bay. Attempting to quiet a whirlwind of rumors about its plans for the vessel, Google on Wednesday issued a statement calling it an "interactive space where people can learn about new technology." http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/Google-barge-mystery-unfurled-4966375.php _____________________________________________ o SIA Bestows Highest Honor on Applied Materials Chairman Mike Splinter San Jose, Calif. -- The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) has named Mike Splinter, the former CEO and current executive chairman of Santa Clara-based Applied Materials, as the 2013 recipient of its highest honor, the Robert N. Noyce Award. The organization annually presents the award annually to someone who has made "significant contributions to the U.S. semiconductor industry in technology or public policy." Splinter, a 40-year veteran of the semiconductor industry, was named the president and CEO of Applied Materials in 2003, and became chairman of the board in 2009. The former senior executive at Intel also is a strong advocate for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education, and serves on a number of national and international public policy bodies. The Noyce Award is named in honor of semiconductor industry pioneer Robert N. Noyce, co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel. http://www.semiconductors.org/news/2013/11/07/news_2013/applied_ materials_chairman_mike_splinter_awarded_semiconductor_industry_s_highest_honor/ http://blog.appliedmaterials.com/mrs-sia-award _____________________________________________ o LivjngSocial to Sell Korea's Ticket Monster to Rival Groupon Washington, DC -- Two years after acquiring the company, LivingSocial said it will sell Korea-based Ticket Monster (TMON) to arch-rival Groupon for $260 million in cash and stock. The deal, which will include at least $100 million in cash, is expected to close in early 2014. LivingSocial said it received several "competitive" offers for the three-year-old business, which offers daily and instant deals, travel packages and events to more than 2 million members in Korea and Malaysia. "Since LivingSocial's acquisition of TMON in 2011, both operations have evolved to meet their specific market needs," said CEO Tim O'Shaughnessy. "Today, TMON, while a great company, does not match our strategic direction, given that over half its business is goods oriented." Washington, DC-based LivingSocial said it will use the proceeds to reinvest in its core business. http://www.ticketmonster.co.kr http://livingsocial.com/blog/?p=418 https://corporate.livingsocial.com/inthenews/articles/214 _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (Palo Alto, Calif.) Palo Alto-based Suitable Technologies, a developer of remote presence technology that combines video conferencing with robotics, said on Friday it has opened a new international support office in Kansas City, Mo., the company's second overall. The company said it selected Kansas City over Austin, Tex., the other finalist, largely because of its central location and access to technical talent. http://www.suitabletech.com http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/silicon-valley-tech-company-selects-kansas-city-for-second-office-231127581.html (Milpitas, Calif.) Milpitas-based Silicon360, a division of Silicon Turnkey Solutions that provides semiconductors to the military, aerospace, industrial, medical and commercial markets. on Friday named Jim Rush as a member of its sales team. 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