(Crain's) — Motorola is offering a free two-year membership to an ID protection program for customers whose data was not erased from old Xoom Wi-Fi devices.…
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(Crain's) — ExteNet Systems, which builds antenna networks that prepare wireless carriers for expected demand surges, is in charge of amping up coverage for the NFL showdown on Sunday.…
(Crain's) — A group of 44 Chicago CEOs and venture capitalists, including New World Ventures Founder J. B. Pritzker, Morningstar CEO Joe Mansueto and Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center CEO Kevin Willer, have formed a new $5.7 million fund to invest in new technology businesses.…
(Crain's) — Tellabs is cutting about 530 jobs companywide in a restructuring. A spokesman could not say this morning how many of the cuts are in Naperville, where the telecom equipment maker is based.…
(AP) — Motorola Solutions Inc. has authorized the buyback of another $1 billion in shares this year.…
(Crain's) — The three onetime sales reps, now working for Google, say Groupon's lawsuit against them “is a sham” and a ruse to obtain information about how Google is attacking the daily-deal business.…
(Reuters) — Motorola Mobility Inc. posted a quarterly loss after it warned earlier this month that it was having a tough time competing in the smartphone market amid intense competition from rivals such as the Apple Inc. iPhone.…
(Reuters) — Motorola Mobility, which is seeking regulatory approval to be bought by Google Inc., has filed a new lawsuit against Apple Inc. accusing the iPhone maker of infringing its technology patents.…
(AP) — Motorola Solutions, which sells communications equipment to government and corporate customers, said its fourth-quarter net income shrank because of the cost of stock-based compensation for employees and other charges.…
(Crain's) — The Chicago startup will add Groupon's deals to the stream of local content on its machines, which include weather, tourist destinations, entertainment and news.…
(Reuters) — EU regulators set on Thursday a new February 13 deadline to decide whether to clear Google's takeover of U.S. handset maker Motorola Mobility after the Internet search engine came forward with new documents to support its case, the EU Commission said.…
(Crain's) — Dubbed 1871, the venture is seen as a way to raise the profile of Chicago's startup community, which has long been viewed as fragmented.…
(Crain's) — Software company Fieldglass Inc. has hired away a financial executive of the Merchandise Mart's owner to be its new chief financial officer.…
(Reuters) — Motorola Mobility Inc. did not violate Apple's patented technology in making its Droid, Cliq, BackFlip and other smartphones, a judge at the U.S. International Trade Commission said in a preliminary decision issued on Friday.…
(AP) — Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. and Lenovo Group Ltd. say they will use Intel processors in smartphones and other devices, giving the chipmaker its first entry into a market it has long coveted.…
(Reuters) — Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. warned that its fourth-quarter revenue would miss Wall Street expectations as it was weighed down by tough competition and legal expenses in what is usually the best quarter of the year.…
(Crain's) — CEO Dhiraj Rajaram says the startup will use the funds to expand services and products, as well as beef up marketing and strategic alliances.…
(Crain's) — Voice-based marketing automation company Ifbyphone has gained $2 million in a new round of venture funding led by BlueCrest Capital Finance.…
(Crain's) — The Chicago-based startup will use the money to expand, hiring additional sales and technology workers, CEO Bob Gillespie said.…
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