socalTECH

JANUARY 8, 2009

The firm said that the new reference design--which uses an application processor from Samsung--is available for developers. Chumby is venture backed by Avalon Ventures, JK&B Capital, Masthead Venture Partners, and O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures. The design is based on the Linux operating system.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Chumby develops a Linux-based software set and hardware which allows users to pull Internet content--including news, weather, social networking pages, videos, and more--onto a alarm-clock like, Wi-Fi connected device. Financial terms of the deal between the two companies were not announced.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

We spoke with Derrick Oien, president and co-founder of the firm, about the company's mobile social networking applications, as well as about his view on penetrating the mobile carriers. in funding from Venrock, Avalon, and Masthead. What exactly are your mobile social networking applications?

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