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Friday, December 12, 2014 RealSavvy Rolls Pinterest For Home Buying Are you one of those folks who just loves open houses and taking a look at homes for sale? RealSavvy is for you. The Austin startup unveiled its service this week, combining the popularity of "pinning"--the photo collections made popular by Pinterest--with the whole game of home shopping. RealSavvy lets users share out homes they might be intersted in with friends, and get feedback and opinions from friends and others about those homes. RealSavvy was (More info...) posted on Friday, December 12, 2014(Full story) Industrial Safety Technologies Acquired For $329.5M The Woodlands, Texas-based Industrial Safety Technologies said this week that it has been acquired by Scott Safety, in a deal worth $329.5M in cash. IST--which develops industrial safety technology and wireless gas measurement equipment--was owned by venture capital investor Battery Ventures. Scott Safety itself is a unit of Tyco. IST owns five subsidiaries, Detcon; Gas Measurement Instruments (GMI); DSA Detection; Simtroni (More info...) posted on Friday, December 12, 2014(Full story) Pivot3 Claims Surge In Growth Austin-based Pivot3, which develops appliance which combine virtual servers, storage, and networking infrastructure, says that it has seen "record demand" for its products in Q3. The company--which did not disclose any finances--said it now has over 1,200 customers using its products, with over 12,000 products in the field. Pivot3 said the growth comes as it expands beyond its first market in video surveillance, into areas such as healthcare, transporta (More info...) posted on Friday, December 12, 2014(Full story) |
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