As has been widely noted, Google’s popular Gmail service suffered a multi-day outage. Google says that they were rolling out a software storage update on February 27, 2011 and ran into a bug that wiped out the e-mail of 0.02% of their customers. Fortunately, the data was backed up on tape (yes, that’s right, The [...]
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Webs, Inc. Acquires Pagemodo Facebook Page Builder
Silver Spring-based Webs, Inc. (formerly called Freewebs) has acquired a Danish company that makes a cool and easy-to-use page builder for creating awesome custom Facebook pages. The Pagemodo site has snapshots of some existing Facebook pages created using the tool. [From Webs.com]
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Google Wins Injunction Against DOI Microsoft Deployment
Two months ago, Google filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Interior Department after the department picked Microsoft for a new e-mail system. Now, a federal judge in DC has issued a preliminary injunction in that case preventing the selection of the Microsoft system and ordering Interior to investigate and correct deficiencies in the bidding process. [...]
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Supernus Pharmaceuticals in Rockville Files for $100 Million IPO
Supernus Pharmaceuticals in Rockville filed to raise $100 million in an IPO. The company is working on drugs to treat central nervous system disorders, including epilepsy and attention deficit disorder. [From WaPo]
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ODIN Acquires Reva Systems – and Keeps Track of Your Guns, too
RFID tech firm ODIN Technologies of Ashburn, VA has acquired Reva Systems in a mostly stock deal. The acquisition price was not disclosed. The Boston Globe notes that Reva has previously raised about $35 million in funding from North Bridge, Charles River Ventures, Cisco, and others. ODIN implied that it has raised about $15 million. [...]
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Googles Whines About Being Left Out of USDA Cloud Procurement
This week, Microsoft says it signed a deal with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide online email, web conferencing, document collaboration, and instant messaging to the 120,000 USDA employees. The deal, worth $27 million over three years, is part of a GSA Schedule contract with Dell (which bid the Microsoft Online Services solution in [...]
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Verizon 4G Conundrum: High Speed Great for Watching Movies, High Price Bad for Watching Movies
Verizon launched their 4G service in the DC area this weekend. For now, the only 4G devices the company is selling are USB modems for the Windows operating system — one from LG and one from Pantech. Verizon’s 4G coverage map for the DC area claims fairly complete coverage inside the Beltway and along the [...]
Amazon’s Shopping Cart: $175 Million Investment in LivingSocial
LivingSocial reports that Amazon has invested $175 million in the company’s Series D funding round. This brings the total private investment in LivingSocial up to $232 million, according to Mashable. Revenue is more than $365 million (annualized) and expected to top $500 million in 2011, the company said. 10 million users are on the system. [...]
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Sprint Sprinkles 4G Coverage Around DC
Sprint is now selling 4G coverage in the Washington DC area. But as you can see from their coverage map (4G coverage shown in blue), your mileage may vary. I’m in the zone thanks to a tall condo building nearby, but walk one block north and its back to 3G. We haven’t seen Verizon’s detailed [...]
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GeekNet HQ Moves to Fairfax
The company that runs ThinkGeek, Slashdot, and Geek.com is moving their corporate headquarters from Mountain View, CA to Fairfax. Geeknet also named Scott Collison president and general manager of media and CFO Patty Morris has resigned. [From Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal]
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