Internet-based weather forecasters offer bolder, more detailed outlooks
A posse of Internet-based prognosticators is offering not just forecasts but sometimes even mounds of data left open to interpretation.
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Twitter sued over James Dean-linked accounts
James Dean Inc., represented by Indianapolis-based CMG Worldwide, wants Twitter to shut down an unofficial account with more than 8,000 followers.
New ExactTarget software could connect everyday objects to Internet
The Indianapolis software developer is building technology for objects outside the typical computers, phones or tablets that marketers most often use to reach out to consumers, things like refrigerators, clothing and even toothbrushes.
Indy-based website for coaches scores key VC investment
The startup operating from SoBro plans to expand its market with the cash infusion, connecting athletes and teams to qualified coaches.
Emmis fine-tuning FM radio app for automobiles
The Indianapolis broadcasting company is in talks with automakers to marry its NextRadio app to car dashboards, creating a two-way conversation between listeners and stations.
Websites try to nix nasty comments
After years of encouraging anything-goes online discussion, a growing number of websites are trying to rein in the mean-spirited outliers.
Carmel-born Yowza!! app acquired by Arizona company
Yowza!!, a coupon phone app co-founded by a Carmel software developer, will be acquired by Arizona mobile commerce company Spindle Inc.
Interactive Intelligence’s early bet on cloud paying off
The maker of call center software has seen its stock price rocket from about $20 to $62 over the last 25 months. The runup has swelled the company’s market value from $400 million to $1.3 billion.
Cyber Monday still growing despite earlier online sales
Shoppers bought online at the heaviest rate ever Monday, according to research firm comScore Inc. The strong performance was in contrast to Black Friday weekend spending, which fell an estimated 2.9 percent.
Health care cloud firm expanding, adding 62 jobs
The Zionsville-based firm said it will spend $1.4 million to lease and equip a 16,626-square-foot headquarters facility at Northwest Technology Park to allow for the expansion.
Biometrics researchers see world without passwords
Some Purdue University researchers are working on technology that could see all those passwords that computer users must punch in replaced with steps such as iris and fingerprint scans.
Twitter soars as shares debut on stock market
The stock opened at $45.10 a share on Thursday, 73 percent above its initial offering price. Tempering expectations was a big theme leading up to the IPO, but that flew out the window with the stock’s opening surge.
Yelp making grass-roots push to boost inroads in Indy
Internet reviewers aren’t always the kindest people when it comes to their opinions, which is a bit intimidating for a mom-and-pop shop. But not embracing Yelp can be outright foolish as the San Francisco-based customer-review website expands its reach in Indianapolis, business owners say.
Angie’s List stock falls after growth slows
Never mind that Angie’s List posts a loss every year. Wall Street isn’t worried about that, right now. But let its double-digit revenue growth slow just a bit and, before you know it, the stock has fallen 33 percent—as it did in October.
Tech deal escalates battle of titans
The CEOs and of four cloud marketing companies–two national and two local–might make Indianapolis into a bridge between two feuding Silicon Valley giants. Or put the city in the middle of an aggressive arms race in one of the tech industry’s hottest markets—cloud marketing.
Builders of Obama’s health website saw red flags
The government spent at least $394 million in contracts to build the federal health care exchange and data hub. The painfully slow and often unresponsive website has frustrated Americans trying to enroll for insurance plans.
ExactTarget lauded for Facebook software
The Indianapolis-based digital marketer developed a program called Active Audiences, which lets companies better tailor advertisements to individual customers as they scroll around the social network.
After stock zooms up, Internet bank aims higher
Shares of First Internet Bancorp have more than doubled since December, when founder and CEO David Becker boosted the visibility of the stock by announcing it was shifting from the over-the-counter market to NASDAQ.
iGoDigital founder drops lawsuit over acquisition payout
Eric Tobias, who founded iGoDigital, has dropped a federal lawsuit that stemmed from the tech company’s $21 million buyout last year.
Digital archivist’s lab will document Indy’s mayoral history
History IT plans to hire 20 people for its Indianapolis office, which will focus on documenting Indianapolis' mayoral history.