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Arik Hesseldahl in News on May 3 at 11:50 am PT
Cisco Systems said it had reached a
deal to acquire Truviso, a privately held company that provides real-time network data analysis and reporting software. The deal is aimed at boosting Cisco’s offerings in helping its customers analyze what’s happening on their networks, and how to make them run better. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Ina Fried in Mobile on March 29 at 11:31 am PT
The company has reportedly hired an outside adviser to evaluate a sale of its 7,000 U.S. cell towers, a move that would help pay for the company’s expansion plans.
Lauren Goode in Social on February 24 at 10:05 am PT
Some airlines are offering social network profiles on seat-selection maps, the New York Times reports.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on October 19, 2011 at 8:59 pm PT
Coming out of stealth today with $24 million from Redpoint Ventures, Accel and other investors, Qwilt stores copies of the videos that are popular in your neighborhood to help make the network run faster. And? It uses flash memory to do it! Flash Madness continues.
I think networks are a thing of the past. I don’t know anybody under 30 who is watching television the way I watched television. Technology has allowed people to change the way they consume the news, and we want to be where people are going.
Former Fox commentator Glenn Beck, whose first show airs Monday on his Internet-only GBTV channel
Drake Martinet in News on August 27, 2011 at 1:44 pm PT
As hurricane Irene marches up the east coast, the folks at the FCC have issued some hints consumers can follow to help keep the windblown cellphone networks in operation during the storm.
