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Seattle
startups, deals, Multimedia

MOD Systems Inks $6M Series B, Surviving Controversy Surrounding Indictment of Co-Founder Mark Phillips

Thea Chard 9/3/10

Seattle-based MOD Systems, a developer of digital-media delivery systems, has had a rocky couple of years, but now it has found a new lifeline in the form of a $6 million investment.

The company, which develops technologies that allow consumers to purchase digital movies, TV shows, and music, and load them onto SD cards portably through touch-screen kiosks, raised an impressive $35 million Series A in September 2008, led by Toshiba, NCR, Deluxe Entertainment Services, and private investors. But the company drew less glowing attention after its co-founder and then CEO Mark E. Phillips was sued by an investor for fraud, embezzlement, misrepresentation, and breach of fiduciary duty in February 2009.

However, despite the public and drawn-out case—resulting in... Read more »

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Seattle
cleantech, Energy efficiency, Economic Development

Buildings that Act Like Guinea Pigs for Energy Efficiency: The Puget Sound Regional Council Plan for Green Jobs

Everyone is looking for the next big thing during an economic downturn, whether it be individuals searching for ways to reinvent their careers after lags and layoffs, or whole regions needing to rebuild their economies.

This... Read more »

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National
digital media, Entertainment, Software

Apple Vs. Amazon Battle Continues: Adventures in TV Land

Gregory T. Huang 9/2/10

[Corrected, 11:00 am. See below] First it was the iPad vs. the Kindle. Now the battleground is shifting to television.

Apple keeps rolling out new devices to control how consumers interact with screens... Read more »

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National
policy, Leadership, people

U.S. Innovation and Entrepreneurship Council Quietly Holds First Meeting in DC, Starting with Steve Case-Hosted Dinner

Gregory T. Huang 9/2/10

It’s a big day for U.S. innovation strategy. The National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship is holding its first official meeting at the Department of Commerce in Washington, DC, today—and Xconomy has some exclusive details.... Read more »

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Boston
Software, startups, Analytics

Buzzient Makes Social Media Analytics Software, Attracting Business Customers From Gaming to Financial Services

Erin Kutz 9/2/10

You’ve been sleeping under a rock if you haven’t realized yet that what’s being said on Twitter, Facebook, user forums, wikis, YouTube videos, and personal blogs has a big impact on what people think about a... Read more »

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San Francisco
startups, IT, investing

Spinout Doctors: How New Venture Partners Saved Freescale’s Magnetic Memory and Other Stranded Technologies

Wade Roush 9/2/10

Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory, or MRAM, promises to change everything about how our computing devices work. It’s as fast as classical static RAM at the core of today’s microprocessors, but it doesn’t wear out, and it... Read more »

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Boston
energy, Life Sciences, startups

Mascoma Gets New Cellulosic Ethanol Technology Through $51M Deal With SunOpta

Ryan McBride 9/2/10

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National
IT, Life Sciences, energy

Innovators in Boston, San Diego, San Francisco, Northwest Top World Economic Forum’s List of Technology Pioneers

Wade Roush 9/1/10

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National
Technology, innovation, Analysis

Party Like It’s 1999: 10 Old Tech Ideas That Are New Again

Gregory T. Huang 9/1/10

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San Francisco
IT, cloud computing, acquisitions

VMware Adds Integrien and TriCipher to Up Its Cloud Computing Power

Erin Kutz 9/1/10

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Boston
Life Sciences, deals, startups

Pfizer Gobbles FoldRx in Big Pharma’s Latest Rare Disease Play in Boston Area

Ryan McBride 9/1/10

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Detroit
startups, VC, Pre-Seed Capital

Ambiq Micro Wins Investment from Michigan’s Student-Run Frankel Commercialization Fund

Howard Lovy 9/1/10

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National
innovation, Competitiveness, Government

The Innovation Imperative: How Corporations and Nations Can Survive the Tsunami of Global Competition and Thrive

Ken Morse 9/3/10

Government leaders in Europe and North America are seeking to formulate enlightened, effective policies to create the necessary ecosystems and help their corporations respond to threats of loss of markets at... Read more »

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San Francisco
Biotech, startups, innovation

It’s Time for Universities to Get More Nimble

Regis Kelly 9/2/10

“Early to bed,

Early to rise,

Makes a man healthy,

Wealthy and wise.”

Attempting to motivate their children to go to bed at a reasonable time, parents have for generations invoked... Read more »

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Seattle
Biotech, Drugs, startups

The Feds Need to Start Supporting Early-Stage Drug Development

Shawn Iadonato 9/2/10

The U.S. Congress is on track to fund a pivotal element of healthcare reform, a $50 million dollar down payment on the $500 million dollar Cures Acceleration Network (CAN) initiative. This... Read more »

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Boston
cleantech, energy, trends

Lessons in Energy from an MIT Sloan School Grad

Mahesh Konduru 8/26/10

A little less than two years ago I made the decision to enroll at MIT Sloan for an MBA. Shortly after getting to the campus, I made the decision to look... Read more »

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San Francisco
Biotech, startups, innovation

How Bay Area Biotech Stacks Up With the Rest of the World

Gail Maderis 8/23/10

Recently, Newsweek columnist Fareed Zakaria told an audience of biotechnology executives that America’s foothold as the preeminent technology innovator may be slipping.

“Bill Gates is the Britney Spears of China,” Zakaria... Read more »

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Boston
Mobile, IT, Software

How to Avoid Common Pitfalls in Your Mobile Strategy

Nitzan Shaer 8/13/10

Mobile presents an enormous opportunity. Pick your supporting statistic—from 2013 as the tipping point for mobile to eclipse the desktop (comScore) to Gartner’s prediction that 2010 will see the mobile advertising... Read more »

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