| ============================================ BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Jan. 21, 2014 ============================================ Sponsored By: Fairfax County Economic Development Authority http://www.fairfaxcountyeda.org/bay-area-tech-wire o Menlo Park-Based Adallom Raises $15 Million in Second Round o Verizon Communications to Acquire Santa Clara-Based Intel Media o Menlo Park-Based Qubell Raises $1.8 Million in Seed Funding o San Francisco-Based Chosen Names David Hyman as CEO o Survey: Majority of Smartphone Users Share Location Through Apps > Don't Quit Your Day Job to Become an Entrepreneur: You Can Do Both! o Briefly Noted: Certain, Simply Hired, McAfee _____________________________________________ > Job/Event/Marketplace Classified Listings (Full Listings Below Stories) --Don't Quit Your Day Job to Become an Entrepreneur: You Can Do Both! --Digital Entertainment World: Register By 1/21 to Save $200 --14 Ideas for Marketing Your Business Online --Siteworx Complimentary Report: Best Practices: Digital Asset Management --Enterprise Connect – March 17-20, 2014 --Corporate Food-Service - Catering to Cafe Management --Investment Adviser Executive --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 Menlo Park-Based Adallom Raises $15 Million in Second Round Menlo Park, Calif. -- Adallom, a Menlo Park-based developer of web-based cyber defense software, said on Tuesday it has raised $15 million in its second round of funding, led by Index Ventures. Previous backer Sequoia Capital Israel also took part in the round, which the company will use to further expand its development and sales teams. Founded in 2012, Adallom has developed tools designed to monitor activity, detect unauthorized access and protect users in real time. Shardul Shah of Index Ventures has joined Sequoia's Gili Raanan and Zohar Zisapel on the company's board of directors. http://www.adallom.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140121005167/en/Adallom-Secures-15M-Series-Funding#.Ut7P5tIo4sY _____________________________________________ o Verizon Communications to Acquire Santa Clara-Based Intel Media Santa Clara, Calif. -- Telecom giant Verizon Communications said on Tuesday it will acquire Intel Media, a developer of cloud TV products and services, from Santa Clara-based chipmaker Intel. Financial terms of the deal, expected to close later this quarter, were not disclosed. Verizon said the acquisition will accelerate its plans to offer new video services to mobile devices. "The critical factor in gaining efficient access to content is based on your ability to scale quickly in subscribers and end users, which is why selling these assets to Verizon makes perfect sense, with its millions of FiOS network and wireless customers," said Brian Krzanich, the CEO of Intel. "This sale also enables Intel to further align our focus and resources around advancing our broad computing product portfolio in segments ranging from the Internet-of-Things to data centers." Verizon said it will make employments offers to all employees at the 350-perszon unit, which will continue to be based in Santa Clara and be led by its current management team. http://www.verizon.com http://newsroom.intel.com/community/intel_newsroom/blog/2014/01/21/verizon-to-purchase-intel-media-assets _____________________________________________ o Menlo Park-Based Qubell Raises $1.8 Million in Seed Funding Menlo Park, Calif. -- Qubell, the Menlo Park-based developer of a platform designed to help online businesses create, deploy and run applications, said on Tuesday it has landed $1.8 million in seed funding from Benhamou Global Ventures (BGV) and Icon Venture Partners. The company will use the proceeds primarily to establish sales and marketing operations and develop vertical tools for areas such as e-retail. Qubell said its cloud-based technology create a "conveyor belt" that carries changes to code, configuration or middleware through all stages of the release pipeline. The company was founded by Victoria Livschitz and Stan Klimoff, who had been working together on similar technologies at Grid Dynamics. http://www.qubell.com http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140121005463/en/Qubell-Announces-1.8M-Seed#.Ut7OQdIo4sY _____________________________________________ o San Francisco-Based Chosen Names David Hyman as CEO San Francisco -- Chosen, a San Francisco-based mobile app start-up focused on "changing how we interact and engage with the performing arts," on Tuesday named David Hyman as its inaugural CEO. Hyman most recently was the CEO of Beats Music, which he joined through its acquisition of MOG, a music subscription service he founded in 2006. He also served as the CEO of Gracenote and senior vice president of marketing at MTV Interactive. "Music is my passion and I see this as an exciting opportunity to expand my interests into video and the broader spectrum of the performing arts," said Hyman. Chosen is backed by early-stage investment firm Rhodium. http://www.chosen.fm http://www.rhodium.co.il http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/241239391.html _____________________________________________ o Survey: Majority of Smartphone Users Share Location Through Apps San Francisco -- The majority of smartphone users now share their location through mobile apps, according to the findings of a new survey. All told, more than 60% of those surveyed said they use at least one location-sharing app on their smartphone, and 36% say they use two or more. In addition, 41% of adults said they are more willing to share their location today, compared with five years ago. Participants overwhelmingly cited safety as the primary reason they are willing to share their location, particularly with family. The survey, conducted by VeraQuest for Life360, included 1,169 teens and adults with smartphones. http://www.life360.com http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/survey-reveals-that-majority-of-smartphone-users-share-their-location-through-an-app-241281761.html _____________________________________________ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Don't Quit Your Day Job to Become an Entrepreneur: You Can (and Should) Do Both! Dissatisfied with your job? Create your own! Becoming a part-time entrepreneur is easier than you think. Many dream of being their own boss but aren’t willing to risk leaving the stability of their 9 to 5s. 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