Taking The Pulse Of The Texas Technology Industry
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Taking The Pulse Of The Texas Technology Industry |
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 Tuesday, November 11, 2008 HomeAway Raises $250M Austin-based online vacation rental marketplace HomeAway Inc. announced Monday that it has raised a huge, $250M financing round. HomeAway claims that the funding represents the largest minority investment of a U.S. Internet company in the last eight years. Technology Crossover Ventures led the round, which also included existing investors Institutional Venture Partners and Redpoint Ventures. HomeAway said that it will use the financing's proceeds to eliminate debt, fund strategic investments and (More info...) posted on Tuesday, November 11, 2008(Full story) Enfora Rolls Asset Management Product Richardson-based Enfora, which develops wireless networking products, said late Monday evening that it has rolled out a new asset monitoring platform, focused on real time monitoring of corporate assets. Enfora said its new Spider AT Asset Monitoring and Management Platform is designed to wirelessly monitor corporate assets such as trailers, containers, and medical equipment. The new system will track equipment for up to 3 years, without requiring an external power supply. The system uses GSM/GP (More info...) posted on Tuesday, November 11, 2008(Full story) Freescale Ships Automotive Gateway Chip Austin-based Freescale Semiconductor said Monday that the firm has expanded its line of microprocessors for the automotive communications market, wit a new 32-bit microcontroller for in-vehicle gateways. Freescale said that its new MPC5668G MCU is targeted at connecting in-vehicle networks, and supports the auto industry's CAN, LIN, Ethernet, Media Local Bus, and FlexRay interfaces. The new chip is targeted for use in automotive gateways, which are being to connect electronic controls in next ge (More info...) posted on Tuesday, November 11, 2008(Full story) |
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