Audiovox agrees to buy local speaker maker Klipsch
Audiovox said in a statement, though, that the deal is “subject to a number of contingencies.” Indianapolis-based Klipsch was founded in 1945 and has 130 local employees.
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Marion, Ind., chain balloons to 620 mobile-phone stores
The chain’s growth got a boost last year when it landed a deal to operate 164 cellular shops inside HHGregg stores.
Brightpoint expansion includes three buildings
The distributor of wireless devices has completed its purchase of a 533,000-square-foot facility in the AllPoints Midwest business park in Plainfield and is leasing a 200,000 square-foot building, also in Plainfield.
Broadband provider sends troubling financial signals
Omnicity Corp. is a half-year behind in payments to a Muncie lender and faces several lawsuits over unpaid bills from companies it acquired.
ALTOM: Does Bing have a chance of catching Google?
I can’t help it; every time I see the Microsoft search engine “Bing,” I hear Bing Crosby’s voice crooning in my head.
WEB REVIEW: Padding out the functions on your new iPad
Judging by the action at the local Apple store, I think it’s safe to assume that many of you rang in 2011 with a new iPad. Here are some things to do with it.
HAUKE: Internet sites make splash without public markets
There is an interesting twist to all these newly discovered pots of Internet gold. They are not public, but almost anyone can buy stock in these companies in the private market if you hunt around enough.
UPDATE: Aprimo will stay put after $525M acquisition
Marketing software company Aprimo Inc. will stay in Indianapolis after being sold for $525 million to Dayton, Ohio-based based data storage giant Teradata Corp., Aprimo CEO Bill Godfrey said Wednesday.
BOSMA: Upgraded tech, science education outrank attraction
What should be done to attract more young professionals to Indiana? The availability of a talented innovative work force is now as important as low taxes, energy costs and location when entrepreneurs make job-location decisions.
BAUER: Tech, education are calling cards with greatest appeal
What should be done to attract more young professionals to Indiana? While manufacturing continues to play an important role in our economic base, we must be realistic and focus our attention on advanced manufacturing and green technologies.
ALTOM: 2010 meltdowns, missteps and breaches … oh my
Welcome to the annual Christmas snafu edition of this column. This year’s crop of meltdowns, missteps and breaches reminds us once again that technology is a fickle friend and unreliable ally.
Brightpoint making $80M acquisition
Indianapolis-based Brightpoint Inc. said Monday it has agreed to acquire Touchstone Wireless Repair and Logistics LP in an $80 million deal expected to close by the end of the year.
One Click buys, rejuvenates retail websites using online marketing savvy
Greenwood company buys sites on the cheap and turns them into profit centers.
Irsay quickly gains Twitter following
Since joining Twitter last week, the Indianapolis Colts owner has talked about player injuries, compared his team’s season to an epic boxing match and made reference to a former drug habit.
Greenfield schools welcome iPad use in classroom
Forget the chalkboard. Throw away that pencil. Students in a Hancock County community are embracing the latest technology as a new learning tool.
Raidious aims to feed online marketing beast
Upstart firm helps its clients meet onerous content demands of social media, other online marketing channels.
Electric car maker starts production at Elkhart plant
Think North America has started work on two-seat electric cars at its northern Indiana facility and expects the first ones to be finished in the coming days.
Scale Computing scores $17M in venture capital
The latest round of funding brings the total raised by the local data-storage upstart to $31 million and follows a $9 million investment it received in March.
Company thinks it can make college textbooks obsolete
An Indianapolis company has developed Web-based software that allows college students to read and electronically mark up textbooks, articles, chapters of books, etc. It also has a business model that its owners think will make more money for publishers and slash students’ textbook costs—which average $1,200 a year—in half.
ALTOM: Why the maddening duplication of doctor forms?
In every successive medical office—every single one—we have to fill out the very same data, over and over and over again. Name. Occupation. Medical history. Insurance. They always tell us on a first visit to arrive at least 15 minutes early so we can fill out all this stuff. It’s infuriating to me.