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San Diego-based TweetPhoto launched its services Thursday afternoon, saying it will allow users to share photos via the popular Twitter micro-messaging service. The service said that it will allow users to easily upload and automatically publish their photos to Twitter and Facebook. The site–which requires users to share their username and password to twitter–automaticaly geo-tags photos sent from GPS enabled phones, provides information on how many people have looked at photos, plus allows for direct commenting on those photos.
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Some would find helming the I&IT operations for the Government of Ontario an overburdening task but David Nicholl seems to relish the challenge. He gives CIO Canada readers an inside look at the key initiatives and issues that sit at the top of Ontario’s IT agenda
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There are a number of specific areas companies should consider to minimize the risk exposure of their businesses and people during a pandemic. Here are some questions to ask yourself to determine your organization’s disaster preparedness
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Latest entry into this market can scan subnets automatically and with different frequency. Find out why an industry analyst says IPAMs are better than keeping track of addresses with a spreadsheet
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Deal over board representation ducks a confrontation between enterpreneur and chairman Terry Matthews and Eric Rosenfeld outspoken fund manager who runs New York investor Crescendo Partners
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Ontario, California-based Phoenix Motorcars, a maker of electric vehicles, has reportedly filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Phoenix Motorcars was backed by Al Yousuf LLC and AES Corporation, and was developing highway-speed, all-electric vehicles the firm had said would have a range of 100 miles. Calls to Phoenix Motorcars for comments on the filing were not returned as of press time.
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Most companies, when they’re looking to raise company morale, might set up a company picnic, Friday night beer bash, or maybe go on a ski trip. Instead, the executives over at Culver City-based Fonality decided on something different: a full blown, mixed-martial arts (MMA) tournament between its employees. Fonality, which is a venture-backed developer of PBX software used for replacing corporate phone systems, is in the midst of its own version of an employee morale-booster: training for the “Fonality Fight Club” and a competition refereed by martial arts expert Chris Reilly, who regularly trains fighters for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). According to CEO Chris Lyman and VP of Product and Marketing Corey Brundage, the idea for the fight club came when Lyman ran into Reilly in a restaurant, and learned about his fighting class. Lyman explains that because of the lackluster economy, the “energy was different” around the firm, and they felt instead of solving by “hugging it out” they’d “punch it out.”
“I think the CEO and VP of Marketing are expendable, but I do worry about the guys in support, who actually do the work,” Lyman said in an interview, when asked whether he had any worries about their key employees being injured. Lyman also said that the participants will be wearing lots of safety guards, like shin guards, mouth guards, head wraps, and more. The company has also banned people who have previously fought before, or had experience in martial arts, from participating, with the exception of one employee. Lyman said the firm now has 17 employees signed up for the event.
What do employees get out of beating each other up? The firm is giving the winner two free weeks of vacation. The loser will have grow a mustache, commensurate to which round in the fight they lose, plus write a hand written note to the winner’s mother, apologizing for losing to the winner.
As for the firm’s business, Lyman said that the company–which recently reported it had strong financial growth in recent months–is not immune from the current slowdown, but said the company is using the environment to become more efficient in its business, explaining that some of the best companies have been built in recessions.
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Los Angeles-based View2Gether.com, which is developing a product which will allow users to watch and share video content in real-time, said this week that it has raised a Series A investment round. Size of the round was not disclosed. According to the firm, the funding came from Australian investors Bruno Charlesworth, Michael Kantor and Steve Castan, along with former Sony Pictures co-President and CBS Television President Jeff Sagansky.
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Los Angeles-based private equity firm Platinum Equity said Thursday that the firm has acquired a majority stake in Canvas Systems LLC, a supplier of used and refurbished IT equipment and services. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Platinum said it purchased Canvas Systems from Atlanta-based OHC, LLC, which also owns IT consulting firm Corus360. Canvas Systems sells refurbished IT equipment, including servers, storage, network equipment, and telephony equipment. The firm is based in Norcross, Georgia.
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The Walt Disney Company is the latest firm to invest in online video aggregator Hulu, saying this morning that it has agreed to join NBC Universal, New Corporation, and Providence Equity Partners as a joint venture partner in the site. According to Hulu and Walt Disney, it will become an equity owner in Hulu, and also distribute its current and library primetime series and feature films through the site. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The two said that full length episodes of such series as Lost, Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy, Ugly Betty, and more will all be streamed on Hulu’s ad-supported service. In conjunction with the equity investment, the firms said that Disney will take three seats on Hulu’s board, adding Disney’s Robert Iger; Anne Sweeney, who is co-chair of Disney Media Networks and President of Disney/ABC Television; and Kevin Mayer, Disney’s EVP Corporate Strategy, Business Development & Technology.
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