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Fathom Online Marketing Announces Acquisition of Webbed Marketing
Cleveland-based Fathom Online Marketing, one of the 25 largest search engine optimization and online marketing firms in the country, today announced the acquisition of Webbed Marketing.
Webbed Marketing, based in Columbus, Ohio, has experienced double-digit annual growth since its founding in 2006, and today serves more than 60 clients regionally, nationally and internationally.
“Webbed…
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Fathom Online Marketing Announces Acquisition of Webbed Marketing
Cleveland-based Fathom Online Marketing, one of the 25 largest search engine optimization and online marketing firms in the country, today announced the acquisition of Webbed Marketing.
Webbed Marketing, based in Columbus, Ohio, has experienced double-digit annual growth since its founding in 2006, and today serves more than 60 clients regionally, nationally and internationally.
“Webbed Marketing is a highly visible company in the online marketing space, and has done a great…
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Brand Thunder Announces DIY Browser Theme Creator
Community managers can instantly create and share a “wallpaper for the Internet” that is part Persona, part toolbar and all engagement. It is a powerful and free online tool for small and medium businesses (SMB), associations, communities, clubs, families and friends. Interactive browser themes increase web site visits and brand exposure.
See the full Brand Thunder press…
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Baxter sets up $200M venture arm
In a rather bleak economic environment, Baxter announced today that it is starting a venture fund to invest in early stage technologies. This is great news for the biotech community given the shyness more diversified funding groups currently have for investing in biotechnology startups. It will be interesting to see how this develops and how quickly their process is/becomes, but Baxter joins other big pharma/medical device companies (Abbott, GSK, Medtronic) who have forayed into actively…
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Columbus Ranks Among 5 Places With Good Jobs And Cheap Housing
Yahoo Finance ranks Columbus at number four, behind Indianapolis, Pittsburgh and Omaha. The article notes, "Great job prospects in the high-tech, agricultural and chemical industries, some of the best housing prices in the state, and a very affordable cost of living make Columbus look very inviting." Read the full story about places with good jobs and cheap housing from Yahoo…
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Five Ways To Get More Women In Venture Capital
Deborah A. Farrington with StarVest Partners, L.P shares her opinion on how to get more women involved in Venture Capital:
The 2011 Forbes Midas List ranked the top 100 venture capitalists based on M&A and IPO exits. As one of the two women included on this year’s list, it was disappointing to see that only two had made the cut. This begs the question: Why so few women on the list, and why so few women in venture capital in general? Why is it important for more…
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OSC lifts OSU land speed racer toward 400-mph goal
A team of engineering students at The Ohio State University’s (OSU) Center for Automotive Research (CAR) recently began running aerodynamics simulations at the Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC), one of the first steps in the long and careful process of designing, building, and racing the fourth iteration of their record-breaking,…
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Hackers Expose Critical Security Flaw on Apple iPad and iPhone Software
A serious flaw was recently discovered in the Apple iOS operating system, allowing hackers to access sensitive information contained on Apple iPads and iPhones. A security gap in this program gives hackers the ability to manipulate a piece of malicious software into the operating system on these devices.
Hackers can…
Added by e-Cycle on July 22, 2011 at 12:15pm — No Comments
Ohio Third Frontier $1M Grant Awarded to OSU CAR and Stoneridge, Inc.
The OSU Center for Automotive Research in collaboration with Stoneridge, Inc. of Lexington, Ohio has been awarded an Ohio Third Frontier Grant for $1M. The grant will be used to develop a high-tech sensor to monitor engine exhaust for emission standards compliance. The project is being led by Dr. Shawn Midlam-Mohler, Research Scientist at the Center for Automotive…
Added by Holly Henley on July 22, 2011 at 11:58am — No Comments
FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Medical Mobile Apps
The FDA has issued draft guidance on its review and regulation of medical mobile apps. See MedCity News article at http://www.medcitynews.com/2011/07/fda-issues-draft-guidance-on-reviewing-healthcare-mobile-apps/ with a link to the FDA guidance embedded in the article.
Added by Burton Page on July 20, 2011 at 9:57am — No Comments
Seeking Professionals To Collaborate to Reduce Black African American Unemployment Rate
Some estimates place unemployment in the African American Community around 16%, but in reality it's closer to 30%. This is a national crisis, and no political leader wants to offer any serious solution. I accept this challenge and I am now inviting people from my social networking sites to join me in a collaboration to reduce unemployment in the African American Community by developing a technology based business idea that creates manufacturing and installation jobs.
We are seeking…
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CNNMoney features Bioscience job growth in Ohio
Check out the CNNMoney story at http://www.microhscope.com/ featuring the 20% job rate growth in the BioTech sector in Ohio. The reporter featured several Central Ohio companies, including NanoFiber, MID, Clevex, Battelle, OSU, TechColumbus, and BioOhio. The Third Frontier also received good national play. Except for the unfortunate headline (BioTech jobs budding in the Rust Belt), this was terrific national exposure to the good things going…
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Technology Insurance - Do you need it?
Technology Insurance or tech insurance is a special niche industry and thus requires special niche specific insurance coverage. It is important to you as the tech professional to have a clear understanding of some of the most common insurance coverages that are available for your company.
Added by D. Marie Oravec on July 19, 2011 at 11:00am — No Comments
MID With Support of Ohio Third Frontier Poised for Global Growth
Minimally Invasive Devices, Inc., (MID) has been awarded CE Mark Certification for its innovative FloShield® laparoscopic visualization system. This certification is mandatory for sale of certain medical devices in the European Union. The FloShield system provides for an uninterrupted clear view during laparoscopic procedures. FloShield uses existing airflow from the insufflator, to defog and deflect debris from the lens of the laparoscope without removing the scope from the abdominal…
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Location Sharing App Ripple PhoneTag Now Available on Android
Roll out of Ripple Mobile’s location sharing PhoneTag app continues with Android in time for summer festivities
We're in the season for large events and celebrations – from community fireworks to fairs and festivals. Finding friends and family privately and securely at these crowded activities just got easier. Dublin, Ohio-based Ripple Mobile recently announced that Ripple PhoneTag, its location sharing mobile app that…
ContinueAdded by Joel Kessel on July 19, 2011 at 11:00am — No Comments
Perfect Practice Gains Some Publicity
"Perfect Practice" is a rehabilitation device that Chris McKenzie and I have been developing for a number of years at Ohio State University. We successfully applied for a TechGenesis grant in December of 2010, and have been working on developing prototypes, getting feedback, and researching commercialization opportunities with the help of our coach at TechColumbus, Gary Rawlings.
NBC4 just did a nice story on the device featuring Chris and current Milwaukee Bucks and former…
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Researching demographics and consumer behavior
I became a librarian because I enjoy helping people find answers to their questions. And, as a librarian in the Science, Business and News division at Columbus Metropolitan Library, I learn the most fascinating information from the various resources we have to offer. I find it very rewarding when I am able to help business owners reach their goals.…
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Westerville Companies Receive Ohio Third Frontier Awards Totaling $2M
The Ohio Third Frontier announced yesterday that two companies located in Westerville were each awarded $1 million to advance their commercialization efforts.
PercuVision LLC, in collaboration with the OhioHealth Research and Innovation Institute and Scott and White Hospitals, was awarded $1 million from the Ohio Third Frontier Biomedical Program. The award was for its DirectVision® Commercialization project to develop the next generation of the company’s product that uses a small…
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Yell Acquires Znode, Provider of eCommerce Software for Web and Mobile Stores
TechColumbus is pleased to announce that Central Ohio-based Znode has been acquired by Yell Group, plc. Znode, one of America’s fastest growing e-commerce ventures, was funded by TechColumbus, the Co-Investment Fund, Ohio TechAngel Fund II and North Coast Angel Fund II. Yell released the following statement earlier today on this transaction:
Reading, UK – July 11, 2011 – Yell Group plc (LSE: YELL). In advance of presenting its new strategy this Thursday, Yell today announced the…
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It's Google+1, Not the Rapture
So, for much of the week everyone in the wide world of technology has been completely losing their *ish about Google +1. Since June 28, 2011 — Mashable has published over 20 stories about Google +1. Here are a few headlines to prove it.
Continue10 Top Google+ Users Weight In on The Web’s Newest Social Network…
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