TechPoint adds two categories to Mira Awards
The group plans to honor young professionals and clean technology/energy innovation endeavors.
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Broadband provider’s legal fight escalates
Indiana-based Omnicity Corp. has filed countersuits against the owners of two companies it acquired who are charging in court that Omnicity failed to fully pay them for the acquisitions.
Local firm making noise with app for radio stations
Boost Media & Entertainment’s MyStationApp targets independent radio stations such as WTTS-FM 92.3 in Bloomington, which is having success with the product.
Franciscan’s electronic records rollout shows industry growth
Franciscan Alliance will spend more than $100 million over the next two years to install a common electronic medical record system at its 13 hospitals and more than 165 physician practices. It’s a sign of the growth of the health information technology industry in Indiana, which a new BioCrossroads report says generates $200 million a year in sales and is growing at 8 percent annually.
Senate OKs bill to ban texting while driving
Both chambers of the Indiana Legislature have now approved bills making it illegal for drivers to type, send or read text messages on mobile phones or other electronic devices.
SKARBECK: Get set for a landslide of social media IPOs
Social media seems to be the talk (or, um, tweet) of the town these days. While hundreds of millions of people are using these tech media to interact with one another, the question investors are trying to answer is, what are these businesses worth?
Complaints spark IURC to limit telecom’s service territory
E.Com Technologies LLC, which serves the large Centennial subdivision in Westfield, cannot expand its service territory without the state agency’s permission. Charges of anti-competitive behavior led to the decision.
Budget shrinks 21st Century tech fund
Even as some of its investments bear fruit in grand fashion, the state’s principal fund for investing in high-tech companies may get even less in the next budget than it did two years ago when its funding was cut in half.
Tech networking group Hackers and Founders changes name to Verge
The new name is meant to distinguish the group from its Silicon Valley namesake.
Indianapolis customers line up for Verizon iPhone
Customers waiting outside the Verizon Wireless store in Castleton early Thursday wanted two things: iPhones and warmth.
AT&T planning upgrades to city wireless network
Improvements, which include nine new cell towers and more Wi-Fi coverage, are expected to be made before Indianapolis hosts next year’s Super Bowl.
Want to confess your sins? There’s an app for that
A South Bend firm has a bishop’s go-ahead to publish a $1.99 iPhone application to help Catholics through the process of confession.
n/Frame investing $2 million in disaster-recovery center
Carmel-based company is building the 15,000-square-foot facility at its headquarters to consolidate operations. The new center should be ready by May.
Brightpoint shares bask in afterglow of earnings report
The stock has soared more than 28 percent since Wednesday's earnings report. Growth of smart phones and European logistics prospects helped Brightpoint beat earnings estimates.
Missionary group says vendor holding website hostage
Evangelical Baptist Missions Inc. says its former IT vendor is holding its website hostage—potentially hampering the safety of people working abroad.
Klipsch selling for $166M, Audiovox says
Klipsch will become a subsidiary of Audiovox and operate as a stand-alone operation in Indianapolis under the leadership of the current management team, Audiovox said.
Software startup takes on personal finance heavyweights
MyJibe forces everyday consumers to set savings goals and plan what they will need to spend before they spend it.
Brightpoint revenue, earnings exceed analyst expectations
The wireless phone distributor said revenue in the fourth quarter was $1.1 billion, an increase of 24 percent over the same period of 2009.
ExactTarget reports record annual revenue
The Indianapolis-based e-mail marketing firm said revenue in 2010 grew 41 percent, to more than $134 million. The company also marked its 40th consecutive quarter of growth.
Endocyte plans to raise about $78 million in IPO
The West Lafayette company does not yet market a product and has not yet reported a profit.