| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Dec. 3, 2013 ============================================ Sponsored By: Siteworx Keys to a Successful Responsive Website Redesign Click Here o Mountain View-Based Xlumena Raises $25 Million in Third Round o Apple Acquires San Francisco-Based Topsy Labs o Sunnyvale-Based Yahoo Acquires SkyPhrase o San Francisco-Based Rdio Names Anthony Bay as New CEO o San Jose-Based 8x8 Completes Acquisition of Voicenet Solutions o San Jose-Based Polycom Names Peter Leav as New President and CEO o Cyber Monday Sales Grow 20.6% Over 2012 Figures o Pop Culture Figures Dominates Yahoo's Top Searches of 2013 > Keys to a Successful Responsive Website Redesign: A Guide for Marketers o Briefly Noted: Maxta, Quixey, Marvell Technology Group _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --The Vocus Guide to Marketing in 2014 --California-based Marketing Representative --Enterprise Connect – March 17-20, 2014 --Corporate Food-Service - Catering to Cafe Management --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 --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 Mountain View-Based Xlumena Raises $25 Million in Third Round Mountain View, Calif. -- Xlumena, a Mountain View-based developer of advanced endoscopic devices, said on Tuesday it has raised $25 million in its third round of funding, led by Third Point. Previous backers Prism VentureWorks, Charter Life Sciences, Ascent Biomedical Ventures and Aperture Venture Partners also participated in the round, which the company will use expand global commercialization efforts and continue the process of bringing its platform to the U.S. The company's devices are currently available in Europe. "This financing will allow us to better meet the global commercial demand and provide a springboard for an initial launch of the Axios in the United States once FDA clearance is granted," said Greg Patterson, the company's president and CEO. http://www.xlumena.com http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/xlumena-closes-series-c-financing-focuses-on-expanding-global-commercial-presence-and-obtaining-fda-clearance-234204991.html _____________________________________________ o Apple Acquires San Francisco-Based Topsy Labs Cupertino, Calif. -- Apple has acquired San Francisco-based Topsy Labs, developer of a real-time search engine that indexes Twitter posts, in a deal worth more than $200 million, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. A spokeswoman for Cupertino-based Apple confirmed the deal to the publication, but declined to elaborate further. Topsy's service lets users analyze any topic, term or hashtag across years of conversations, helping them to better track consumer sentiment. It is one of only a handful of companies with access to Twitter's full stream of tweets since 2006. http://topsy.com/ http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304854804 579234450633315742 _____________________________________________ o Sunnyvale-Based Yahoo Acquires SkyPhrase Sunnyvale, Calif. -- Looking to bolster its range of technology services, Sunnyvale-based Yahoo has acquired SkyPhrase, a developer of technology designed to let users more easily communicate with computers through natural language. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The company will join Yahoo Labs in New York. "In Yahoo, we have found a company that not only shares our vision, but delivers a rich collection of information and services to a massive user base," SkyPhrase wrote on its website. "We are excited to join Yahoo Labs to continue to work on our shared vision of making computers deeply understand people's natural language and intentions." https://skyphrase.com/ http://www.yahoo.com _____________________________________________ o San Francisco-Based Rdio Names Anthony Bay as New CEO San Francisco -- Rdio, the San Francisco-based digital music service, on Tuesday named Anthony Bay, a former digital media executive at Amazon, Microsoft and Apple, as its new CEO. He succeeds Drew Larner, who will become vice chairman. "Anthony's track record building successful digital media businesses over the last two decades has been vast and deep," said Larner. "His experience will be incredibly valuable to Rdio as we focus on building a global, scalable business model." Bay previously headed Amazon's global video business, and was the chairman of Loudeye, before that company was sold to Nokia. He also spent time at Microsoft, leading a team responsible for the company's ecommerce technology platform and for developing Windows Media Technologies, including Windows Media Player. Rdio was founded in 2010 by Janus Friis, the co-creator of Skype, and is currently available in 31 countries. http://www.rdio.com http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/rdio-names-anthony-bay- chief-executive-officer-234187531.html _____________________________________________ o San Jose-Based 8x8 Completes Acquisition of Voicenet Solutions San Jose, Calif. -- 8x8, a San Jose-based developer of cloud communications and collaboration tools, said it has completed its $18.4 million acquisition of Voicenet Solutions, which provides cloud business telephony and communications services in the U.K. The deal was first announced in November. “The acquisition of Voicenet… puts us squarely ahead of our competition in the race to capture the growing international demand for cloud communications services," said 8x8 CEO Vik Verma. http://www.8x8.com http://www.voicenet-solutions.com/ http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20131202006169/en/8x8-Completes-Acquisition-UK-Based-Voicenet-Solutions _____________________________________________ o San Jose-Based Polycom Names Peter Leav as New President and CEO San Jose, Calif. -- Polycom, a San Jose-based developer of unified communications and collaboration tools, on Tuesday named Peter Leav as its new president and CEO. He succeeds interim CEO Kevin Parker, who will continue his role as chairman. Leav most recently was the executive vice president and president of industry and field operations at NCR. http://www.polycom.com http://www.polycom.com/company/news/press-releases/2013/20131203.html _____________________________________________ o Cyber Monday Sales Grow 20.6% Over 2012 Figures Armonk, N.Y. -- Cyber Monday online sales grew significantly, increasing 20.6% over 2012 figures, according to a report by IBM. Average order value was $128.77, down 1% from a year ago. Sales were highest in New York, with Washington, DC; Los Angeles; Chicago and Atlanta rounding out the top five. In addition, mobile traffic grew to 31.7% of all online traffic, increasing by 45% over 2012, with mobile sales exceeding 17% of total online sales. The complete report is available at the link below. http://www-01.ibm.com/software/marketing-solutions/benchmark-reports/cyber -monday-2013.html _____________________________________________ o Pop Culture Figures Dominates Yahoo's Top Searches of 2013 Sunnyvale, Calif. -- A year after politics dominated Internet searches, Sunnyvale-based Yahoo on Tuesday revealed its top searches for 2013, which primarily included pop culture icons. Miley Cyrus, Kim Kardashian and Kate Upton topped the list. Other search terms among the top 10 included Selena Gomez, Amanda Bynes, Justin Bieber and the iPhone 5. A complete list of the top Yahoo search terms on several categories is available at the link below. http://info.yahoo.com/press-center/article/twerk-snap-shake-yahoo-unveils-050000339.html _____________________________________________ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Keys to a Successful Responsive Website Redesign: A Guidebook for Marketers Today's buyers are accustomed to consuming content through multiple device types with varying screen sizes, resolutions and interaction models which means your "always-on" buyers can engage with your brand where, how and when they desire. Download this guidebook to get an overview of how to create the best user experience for your customers on any device using responsive design. http://www.siteworx.com/news/whitepapers/responsive-design-guidebook |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| _____________________________________________ o Briefly Noted: (Sunnyvale, Calif.) Sunnyvale-based Maxta, developer of an enterprise storage platform, on Tuesday named Steven Velardi as its vice president of worldwide sales. Velardi most recently served as the vice president of worldwide sales at Vello Systems, and previously held vice president positions at Actona, Powerfile and Infineta Systems. http://www.maxta.com http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/maxta-names-storage-industry-veteran-vice-president-of-worldwide-sales-234218521.html (Mountain View, Calif.) Fresh off its recent $50 million funding round, Mountain View-based Quixey, the developer of a search engine for mobile apps, said on Tuesday it plans to open a new office in Israel. Quixey founder and CEO Tomer Kagan is a native of Israel, where the company plans to have 15-20 employees by the end of 2014. http://www.quixey.com http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/quixey-expands-globally-with-new-israel-office-234181031.html (Santa Clara, Calif.) Santa Clara-based Marvell Technology Group, a developer of storage, communications and consumer silicon products, said that Brad Feller will resign as its interim CFO to pursue other opportunities. His final day will be Dec. 10. Feller joined the company in 2008, and was named interim CFO in Oct. 2012 following the resignation of Clyde Hosein. http://www.marvell.com http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/marvell-technology-group-ltd-announces-211500099.html =================================================== Job/Event/Marketplace Listings: =================================================== To Post in Job/Event/Marketplace: http://www.bayareatechwire.com 6000 Readers: 5 day ad: $120--10 day ad: $175--20 day ad: $300 > The Vocus Guide to Marketing in 2014 Planning your 2014 digital marketing mix? Make the right choices for your 2014 marketing mix with expert advice from leading marketers and brands. 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