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BAY AREA TECH WIRE -- Jan. 8, 2016
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o S.F.-Based Kabam Sells Classic Mobile Games and Publishing Business
o VeriSilicon Completes Acquisition of Santa Clara-Based Vivante
o Cybersecurity Firm Comodo Opens New Office in Santa Clara
o Report: Global Semiconductor Sales Dip in November
o Survey: Most Parents Taking "Hands-On" Approach to Monitor Teens Online
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o Briefly Noted: Agilent Technologies, Unwired Planet
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o S.F.-Based Kabam Sells Classic Mobile Games and Publishing Business
San Francisco -- Kabam, a San Francisco-based developer of massively multi-player mobile games, said on Friday it has sold its classic mobile games and publishing business to China's GAEA Mobile. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Kabam said the sale reflects its exclusive focus on developing mobile games. Games included in the deal include Kingdoms of Camelot: Battle for the North, The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-earth, Dragons of Atlantis: Heirs of the Dragon, as well as a number of games in Kabam's third-party publishing business. "Millions of people still play our legacy mobile games and games by third-party partners," said COO Kent Wakeford. "We wanted to find the right home for this treasure trove of entertainment. GAEA proves to be that trusted company."
http://www.kabam.com
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160107006328/en/Kabam-Divests-Classic-Mobile-Games-Publishing-Business
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o VeriSilicon Completes Acquisition of Santa Clara-Based Vivante
Santa Clara, Calif. -- VeriSilicon, the China-based provider of a silicon platform-as-a-service, said it has completed its acquisition of Santa Clara-based Vivante, a developer of specialty processors. Financial terms of the all-stock deal, first announced in October, were not disclosed. VeriSilicon said the acquisition significantly expands its IP platform for the automotive, IoT, mobility and consumer markets. "This acquisition further enhances our SiPaaS offering with the addition of GPU cores and vision image processors," said Wayne Dai, VeriSilicon's chairman, president and CEO. VeriSilicon plans to combine the companies' executive, sales and engineering staffs. Combined revenue of the two companies was more than $180 million in 2014.
http://www.verisilicon.com/
http://www.vivantecorp.com/
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160106005683/en/VeriSilicon-Completes-Acquisition-Vivante
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o Cybersecurity Firm Comodo Opens New Office in Santa Clara
Santa Clara, Calif. -- Comodo, a New Jersey-based cybersecurity company, said on Friday it has opened a new office in Santa Clara, which will house its expanded enterprise product management and product marketing team. John Peterson, who recently joined the company as vice president of enterprise product management and product marketing, will head the office, located in the TechMart building, neighboring Levi's Stadium and the Santa Clara Convention Center. Comodo said it recently surpassed Symantec as the world's top provider of digital SSL certificates and management, owning a 40% market share.
https://www.comodo.com/
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o Report: Global Semiconductor Sales Dip in November
Washington, DC -- Global sales of semiconductors dipped slightly in November, according to new figures from the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). Sales were $28.9 billion for the month, 0.3% lower than the previous month and 3% lower than the same period in 2014. "Softening demand and lingering macroeconomic challenges continued to limit global semiconductor sales in November," said John Neuffer, president and CEO of the SIA. "Despite these headwinds, the industry may narrowly surpass total annual sales from 2014 and is projected to post modest sales increases in 2016 and beyond."
http://www.semiconductors.org/news/2016/01/05/global_sales
_report_2015/global_semiconductor_sales_dip_slightly_in_november/
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o Survey: Most Parents Taking "Hands-On" Approach to Monitor Teens Online
Washington, DC -- Most parents are now taking a hands-on approach to monitor their teens' digital behavior, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center. According to the study, 61% of parents say they have checked which websites their teen visits, 60% have checked their teens' social media profiles and 56% have friended or followed their teen on Facebook, Twitter or some other social media platform. In addition, nearly half say they have looked through their kids' phone call records or text messages. And, in what appears to be a growing trend, 65% of parents say they have "digitally grounded" their teenagers by taking away their cellphone or internet privileges as punishment. "As with many other aspects of child rearing, today's parents take a wide range of approaches to managing and monitoring their teen's online behavior," said Aaron Smith, an associate director of research at Pew. "Nearly all parents talk with their teenage children about appropriate and inappropriate behavior online. But beyond those discussions, some parents allow their children to operate relatively independently and with minimal oversight, while others take a much more active role in keeping tabs on their child's day-to-day online life." The complete report is at the link below.
http://www.pewinternet.org/2016/01/07/parents-teens-and-digital-monitoring/
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o Briefly Noted:
(Santa Clara, Calif.) Santa Clara-based Agilent Technologies, a provider of laboratory technology and services, said it has promoted Michael Tang to senior vice president, general counsel and secretary. Tang has been with the company since 2006, most recently serving as its vice president, assistant general counsel and assistant secretary.
http://www.agilent.com
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160106006603/en/Agilent-Technologies-Names-Michael-Tang-Senior-Vice
(Los Altos, Calif.) Los Altos-based Unwired Planet, a developer of mobile Internet technology, has named Hugh Steven Wilson to its board of directors. Wilson is a financial industry executive and attorney, who previously served as managing partner of Tennenbaum Capital Partners from 2005-2012. He succeeds Taylor Harmeling, who resigned from the board on Dec. 31.
http://investor.unwiredplanet.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=949581
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