Local firm lands $50 million Coast Guard account
Indianapolis-based technology firm Communications Products Inc. scores its second big government contract in nine months.
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Indiana lawmakers push for Internet taxes
A bipartisan duo of state lawmakers wants Congress to allow states to collect sales taxes on Internet purchases, a move they say could bring hundreds of millions of dollars to cash-strapped Indiana.
ChaCha may drop T-Mobile over planned fee
Wireless carrier plans to begin charging a new one-quarter of 1 cent fee on text messages. In response, ChaCha CEO Scott Jones says his company will drop the wireless carrier from its answer service.
WEB REVIEW: Find your address book perplexing? Consider Plaxo
At heart, Plaxo is a manager for your address book (or Rolodex if you happen to be of a certain generation).
Cincinnati Bell chooses Carmel for subsidiary’s headquarters
Evolve, which offers bundled voice and data services to commercial customers, will start with 100 employees in Carmel and
plans to add more.
USDA gives $3M to four rural Indiana phone companies
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the grants will bring the high-speed Internet service to about 2,500 homes and about
80 businesses.
Enforcement lax on teen-driver mobile-phone ban
Indiana State Police report ticketing only one driver for violating the cell phone ban, and a state agency that tracks infractions
for 160 police departments could find just two other citations.
SURF THIS: Two sites meet demands of meeting planners
E-mail is a great communication tool. But sometimes, it simply falls flat on its face. TimeBridge and Tungle help users get down to business.
Government plans to double available wireless spectrum
The Obama administration said Sunday it intends to nearly double the available amount of wireless communications spectrum
over the next 10 years in an effort to keep up with the ever-growing demand for high-speed video and data transmission to
cell phones, laptops and other mobile devices.
Plan to run fiber optic lines along greenways has legal hurdles
The city of Indianapolis wants to generate revenue by using greenways as fiber optic corridors. But previous legal battles
over leasing rights-of-way to utilities could hang up the plan.
Web firm promises 107 new jobs after ’08 pledge fell short
Fusion Alliance made a similar agreement to receive state and local incentives in 2008, but the jobs failed to materialize.
SEO firm Slingshot hitting target from the start
With $1.3 million in annual sales, Indianapolis-based Slingshot generates enough cash to fund its own growth—and turns away about half of its prospective clients, all of whom want to get their websites to pop up high on the first page of Google search results.
High unemployment prompts new company, The Learning Index
A couple of Hoosier entrepreneurs think they can take their career information web site national.
ExactTarget reports record quarterly revenue
The Indianapolis-based e-mail marketing firm posted revenue of $29 million in the first three months of the year, a 37-percent
increase from the same period last year.
FormSpring.com changes name to eliminate confusion with social site
Since the company was founded in 2006, it has racked up customers from 110 countries, providing them numerous Web forms to
capture customer/client information.
Web site developer Imavex gets new CEO
A former executive of Indianapolis-based engineering firm The Schneider Corp. has been named CEO of Imavex LLC, a Noblesville-based
Web site developer and Internet marketing consultant.
BlueLock plans $35.6 million investment, 118 new jobs
Indianapolis-based tech firm BlueLock LLC is poised to continue its growth spurt, planning a $35.6 million investment at its
north-side facility that could create 118 jobs. City planners have recommended approval of a 10-year tax abatement.
Carpenter Realtors trots out smart phone technology
Specialized bar codes will be on Carpenter materials ranging from print advertisements to yard signs.
Health care software firm raises $1.15 million
Indianapolis-based PolicyStat LLC raised $1.15 million in angel capital from 31 individuals and Halo Capital Group.
Evansville firm enters local cloud-computing fray
nGenX Corp. is opening an Indianapolis office to tap into increased demand for outsourced data centers.