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Inseego Snags New CMO From Amazon Web Services

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Caceres was most recently Worldwide Head of Enterprise Marketing for Amazon Web Services (AWS), and also had served as VP of Marketing at Ayla Networks, in addition to serving at such companies as Echelon, Global IP Solutions, Knight Ridder, Personify, Tessera Enterprises and NEC. READ MORE>>.

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Report: Ring Could Do A Lot More For Camera Security

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Ring has been hit by a number of unfavorable reports over the last few weeks due to a concerted effort by hackers to deliberately compromise accounts, almost entirely by using previously compromised user email and passwords from other services. Ring is now owned by Amazon.com. READ MORE>>.

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Report: Lake Forest Company Leaked Millions Of SMS Messages, Call Logs

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A Lake Forest-based voice-over-IP (VoIP) services provider VOIPo , leaked millions of SMS messages and texts, call logs, and more, according to an Internet security researcher, covering at least 4 years of data. The database reportedly had been pulled offline after those researchers let the company know of the vulnerability.

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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

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Do you have legal (Founder Agreement, IP, etc.) For customer service? Does it tap into geolocation services provided by the browser or rely on a third-party lookup table? What about reporting and moderation? Reporting What needs to be reported? Reporting can be endless! Tell me about the business.

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Report: Gizmo5 In Acquisition Talks With Skype

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Voice-over-IP service Skype is in the midst of negotiations to buy San Diego-based Gizmo5 , according to a report in TechCrunch. According to the report, Skype is looking to pay around $50M for Gizmo5, which develops voice-over-IP based, Internet calling software based on the SIP standard. READ MORE>>.

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What Should You Do with Your Crappy Little Services Business?

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There’s a line of thinking in Silicon Valley that you should build product businesses rather than services businesses. It’s nearly impossible to get a services company financed by VCs. Why Shouldn’t Most Services Businesses Raise VC? Why Build a Services Business in the First Place?

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OpenGate Capital Buys Latin American System Integrators

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Los Angeles-based private equity investor OpenGate Capital reported Monday that it has acquired two, Latin American information technology system integrators. Both businesses provide Internet Protocol (IP) and Unified Communications (UC) systems integration services across Latin America.

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