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Smart Phones
Smartphone videos rewrite rules of customer research
April 6, 2013
Chris O'MalleyCarmel-based Strategic Marketing & Research Inc. is among firms tapping the capabilities of video-enabled smartphones
to gain insights into consumers’ thoughts and emotions. They’re doing this by having consumers use their phones
to shoot a video diary of their product experiences.
MoreEven salvage auto buyers now have an app to make purchases easier
February 16, 2013
Bids have been taken via smart-phone applications for more than a year. Now a unit of Carmel-based KAR Auction Services has
introduced an app to make paying easier.
MoreEmmis executive a technology pioneer
February 2, 2013
Anthony SchoettlePaul Brenner, chief technology officer for Emmis Communications Corp., is largely credited with pioneering two recent technological
breakthroughs that could pump badly needed revenue into the radio industry.
MoreBrightPoint buyer Ingram Micro mulls cost-cutting
December 1, 2012
Dan HumanA top BrightPoint Inc. executive expects little employment change for the distribution and logistics company’s 1,100-person
central Indiana work force, despite the potential for job cuts and facility closings across the country.
MoreTippecanoe Co. to put crime info at public's fingertips
September 16, 2012
Associated PressCrime activity and information on people taken to jail or being released will soon be available to the public through a new
app being developed for the Tippecanoe County sheriff's office.
MoreBrightPoint's $840M sale ends wild ride for CEO Laikin
July 7, 2012
Greg AndrewsBob Laikin started BrightPoint in 1989, when cellular phones were clunky and brick-like and were mostly for the wealthy.
MoreUPDATE: BrightPoint sale follows tough stretch for firm
July 2, 2012
Scott OlsonGiven the soft cell phone market and Brightpoint's recent struggles, a sale to California-based Ingram Micro for about $840
million makes sense, analysts say. The two companies announced the acquisition early Monday morning.
MoreUPDATE: Brightpoint's planned sale spawns uncertainty
July 2, 2012
IBJ StaffThe $840M deal, which would eliminate one of Indiana’s six Fortune 500 companies, is casting uncertainty over Hendricks
County, where the company is one of the largest employers.
MoreALTOM: Business consumer loses when Google, Apple fight
September 24, 2011
Tim AltomEven complementary companies can trip over each other in today’s high-tech market, and cause problems for the business
users who depend on them.
MoreSmarter product mix boosting Brightpoint
August 6, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinMobile-phone distributor Brightpoint Inc. is a wireless industry middleman, constantly trying to strike deals with competing
manufacturers and carriers, to gain market share in distributing the world’s high-priced smartphones and tablets.
MoreOne-third in Indianapolis use cellphones only
April 20, 2011
Associated PressEstimates released Wednesday by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that 33.5 percent of adults
in Indianapolis, which encompasses Marion County, use cellphones and lack traditional wired telephones.
MoreCity launching mobile app for potholes, other problems
March 7, 2011
Francesca JaroszThe city of Indianapolis plans to launch a free application for Apple devices such as iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches that
will allow residents to report potholes, high weeds or stray dogs as they spot them.
MoreLocal firm making noise with app for radio stations
February 24, 2011
Scott OlsonBoost Media & Entertainment's MyStationApp targets independent radio stations such as WTTS-FM 92.3 in Bloomington, which is
having success with the product.
MoreWant to confess your sins? There's an app for that
February 9, 2011
Bloomberg NewsA South Bend firm has a bishop's go-ahead to publish a $1.99 iPhone application to help Catholics through the process of confession.
MoreMarion, Ind., chain balloons to 620 mobile-phone stores
January 8, 2011
Cory SchoutenThe chain’s growth got a boost last year when it landed a deal to operate 164 cellular shops inside HHGregg stores.
MoreLatest iPhone app: Baby EKG
January 5, 2011
J.K. WallMobile medicine has arrived. Decatur County Memorial Hospital in Greensburg became the first hospital in Indiana to start
using AirStrip OB, a patient-monitoring system that sends things like the heartbeat waves of patients directly to physicians’
iPhones, BlackBerrys or other mobile devices.
MoreChaCha lands $20 million venture investment
October 14, 2010
IBJ StaffThe funding comes from new investors VantagePoint Venture Partners and Rho Ventures. Since its inception in December 2005,
ChaCha has raised more than $50 million, including $7 million earlier this year from a venture capital fund.
MoreCreating smart-phone apps becomes big business for IUPUI students
October 9, 2010
Chris O'MalleyUsed to be a college student would work in the dining hall to make ends meet. For IUPUI students Gagan Dhillon, 18, and Sarb
“S.J.” Singh, 21, the future is now.
MoreInternational Violin Competition of Indianapolis releases iPhone app for virtual front seat
July 24, 2010
IBJ StaffThe app will feature news, past laureate recordings, videos and access to the 2010 schedule, IVCI officials said.
MoreALTOM: Is your smartphone good for business use?
April 24, 2010
Tim AltomI love smartphones. No other form of biz-tech allows me so much opportunity to be so curmudgeonly
about something so popular.
MoreText donations are new frontier for not-for-profits
March 20, 2010
IBJ StaffThe Indianapolis affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure plans to unveil what might be the first such “text-to-donate”
option offered among local not-for-profits.
MoreCarpenter Realtors trots out smart phone technology
March 13, 2010
IBJ StaffSpecialized bar codes will be on Carpenter materials ranging from print advertisements to yard signs.
MoreDemand for smart-phone applications spawns opportunities
February 6, 2010
Chris O'MalleySmart-phone fever is heating up the climate for innovation in the local tech community, as firms new and old try to cash
in on the demand for applications that can be used on the iPhone, BlackBerry and other gadgets from the likes of Palm and
Google.
MoreBrightpoint increases stock repurchase to $80 million
January 12, 2010
Scott OlsonIndianapolis-based cell phone distributor is buying back more shares as part of a settlement it reached in October with Denmark
holding company NC Telecom Holding A/S, which Brightpoint bought in 2007.
MoreSpeaker-maker Klipsch making noise in earphone niche
November 7, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinMaking money in earphones will require higher sales volumes, but Klipsch CEO Fred Klipsch thinks there are plenty more consumers
left for his company to tap.
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