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Vederi Sues Google Over Google Street View

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A Pasadena-based company, founded by Caltech Ph.D's, is suing Google for patent infringement, based on its Google Street View feature, according to IP law firm Christie, Parker & Hale LLP. Tags: vederi google caltech patent legal lawsuit street view.

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D2 Technologies Buys Webia Technologies

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Santa Barbara-based D2 Technologies , which develops embedded IP communications software, reports today that it has acquired Webia Technologies , a developer of products for the Google Android OS platform. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Webia is based in Taipei, Taiwan.

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Google Rolls Out Free Phone Calls Via Gmail

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Search engine giant Google said today that it has rolled out free, voice calling via Google Gmail, at least for users in the U.S. According to Google, users of Gmail will begin seeing the ability to "Call Phones" from their contact lists, or can use a dialpad to phone users. Google said calls to the U.S. and Canada.

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Google Takes Clue From Robertsons' MP3Tunes, Planning Music Locker

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Mountain View-based Google appears to be taking a clue from San Diego entrepreneur Michael Robertson, the former founder of MP3.com, According to a report from Billboard, Google's plan would allow users to stream music from an online digital locker. Google is reportedly looking to charge around $25 a year for the service.

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What Did I Learn From the First VC Check I Ever Wrote?

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Invoca is now doing 10s of millions in recurring revenue and is growing > 75% year-over-year but it took the first 3 years to really build out the technology and acquire our initial enterprise clients. When you think about what makes Google so valuable?—?it’s Over the past 2.5 Why does that matter? But here’s the big “aha.”

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D2 Boosts Android Effort

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Santa Barbara-based D2 Technologies , a developer of embedded IP communications and VoIP software, said today that it is linking into an effort to push Google Android as a platform for embedded IP and voice-over-IP. Tags: technologies android google telecom voip. READ MORE>>.

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Science37: Using Technology To Enable Remote, Clinical Trials, with Belinda Tan

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com) is using technology--mobile apps, telemedicine, and more--to overcome those and other challenges. Belinda Tan: Science37 is a technology-enabled, clinical research company. One of the areas where people are starting to look at innovation, is using technology to make trials more accessible to patients.