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    Wednesday, April 23, 2014
    CareFlash Ties With Hospice Group
    Austin-based CareFlash, a startup developing private, online social networking software for friends, families, and patients going through tough life events, has linked up with a nonprofit hospice. According to CareFlash, it has partnered with the Seasons Hospice Foundation, a nonprofit, to support communities around patients at the various Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care hospices nationwide. Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care operates hospices in si (More info...)

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    GameStop Puts Focus On New Mac, Wireless Storefronts
    Grapevine, Texas-based video game retailer GameStop has plans to close between 120 and 130 stores of its namesake stores, and open up another 300 to 400 of its Simply Mac, Spring Mobile, and Cricket storefronts, the company told analysts Tuesday. GameStop operates Cricket Wireless stores as part of a deal with AT&T's prepaid wireless brand of the same name; Simple Mac sells Apple Mac products, and Spring Mobile is an AT&T retailer.

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    Austin's New Era Portfolio Powers New Getty Photos.com Service
    Image and photography clearinghouse Getty Images launched a big, new consumer effort Wednesday called Photos.com, which offers up a big collection of iconic photos to consumers as framed prints, canvas, and metal prints--all thanks to an Austin company, New Era Portfolio. Getty said it will offer select photos from its big collection for printing onto canvas, paper, aluminum, and other surfaces, as (More info...)

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    Nexus Acquired By Dimension Data
    Nexus, an information technology services company which has extensive operations in Austin, Houston, and Dallas, has been acquired by fellow IT solutions provider Dimension Data, the companies announced this morning. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Dimension Data, which has $6 billion in revenues, said the acquisition expands its operations in the US by 40 percent. The deal adds 657 em (More info...)

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    Macrolynk Joins ATI
    Macrolynk, a developer of enterprise, social networking tools for supply chain management, has joined the Austin Technology Incubator, the two said Tuesday. Macrolynk develops a enterprise, social collaboration tool specifically aimd at helping to manage supply chains, which is currently being used in the automotive industry. Macrolynk says its tools are used by business partners to collaborate from initial (More info...)

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    RetailMeNot In Deal With Major Mall Owner
    Austin-based digital coupon site and app provider RetailMeNot said Tuesday that it has linked up with a large mall owner on a deal to help market the mall's retailers and properties. According to RetailMeNot, it signed a strategic partnership agreement with General Growth Properties, a real estate investment trust which is based in Chicago, which owns 120 malls across 40 states. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. RetailMeNot w (More info...)

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    Pixmarx Takes On Photo Sharing, Enhancement
    Looking to jazz up those selfie photos you just took of you and your friends? Austin-based Pixmarx is hoping that users will flock to its new, photo bragging app, which lets those selfie users add photo frames, apply filters, logos, and more to photos, which can then be posted by users to social media sites. According to Pixmarx, its app includes thirteen filters and a wide choice of seasonal, sports, and humorous frames for users. The app also automat (More info...)

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    Mavenir Adds Video Voicemail Product
    Richardson, Texas-based Mavenir said Tuesday that it has launched a new, video voicemail product, aimed at mobile operators, letting mobile users to send and receive video messages. According to Mavenir, the new video voicemail product allows mobile operators to enhance their voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) offerings. Pricing on the new product was not announced. Mavenir said it already has three contracts with tier 1, mobile operators for the new cloud-based p (More info...)

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    NetSpend Powers Prepaid Card For Western Union
    Austin-based NetSpend., which provides prepaid debit cards and other financial services, reported this week that it is powering a new, co-branded, prepaid card for Western Union. NetSpend said the card will be available later thi syear. Financial details of the deal were not announced. NetSpend said the card is focused on the 68 million Americans who are financially underserved and who do not have access to traditional forms of banking. The two (More info...)

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