Jones, wife to launch company that helps small firms with apps
AppHappens is a subscription service that gives clients a continually updated, branded smartphone application for engaging their customers.
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Social analytics firm Geofeedia hit by data crackdown
The Chicago-based tech firm, which has pledged to hire hundreds of employees in Indianapolis by 2020, suddenly is facing a game-changing threat to its business.
The Interview Issue: Jen Handley
Fizziology—the company co-founded by Jen Handley—works with every major motion picture producer in North America except Disney to use real-time social media data to improve their products and promotions. This year, Inc. magazine listed the Indy-based firm as one of the fastest-growing U.S. companies.
Comcast plans to launch wireless service next year
The move could potentially offer real competition to carriers like Verizon and AT&T for a subset of the country. Comcast has just over 28 million customers.
Angie’s List swings to a profit, misses on revenue
The home-services review company earned $4.8 million in the second quarter, marking the fifth time in the last seven quarters it has turned a profit. But revenue continued to slip as the company overhauled its business model.
Zionsville entrepreneur launches app to help event planners coordinate safety
Jim Martin wants all event organizers and venue managers to throw out their folders stuffed with emergency instructions and upload all of that information to their phones.
Zionsville officials deny couple’s Airbnb request
Two Zionsville residents who have used Airbnb to rent an apartment above their garage to short-term visitors can no longer do so. The town’s zoning board saw no wiggle room in existing rules.
Interactive CEO talks virtual reality bet, shift to cloud
Interactive Intelligence CEO Don Brown said his company’s new cloud-based software has “taken off like crazy,” and the firm is bullish on virtual reality technology.
HomeAdvisor CEO on Indy: ‘I didn’t think we’d do this well this fast’
On a recent visit to Indianapolis, HomeAdvisor CEO Chris Terrill spoke with IBJ about the company’s fast-growing local office, its nearby competitor Angie’s List, and the future of the home-services industry.
Ancestry.com digitizes 17M vital records under Indiana deal
The records scanned mostly from microfilm rolls cover birth and death certificates dating back to the early 1900s and marriage records from 1958 through 2005.
Speed increasing for Indiana research, education network
Bandwidth of the I-Light network will increase from 10 gigabits per second to 100 gigabits per second. Nearly every college and university in Indiana connects to the network.
Tee-time brokerages roil golf industry
Are tee-time brokers like GolfNow knocking cash-strapped courses into the rough? Or could the Expedia-like providers be the chip shot courses need to get back on the green?
Google to ban payday lending ads, calling industry ‘harmful’
Google said Wednesday it will no longer allow ads for loans due within 60 days and will also ban ads for loans where the interest rate is 36 percent or higher.
Broad Ripple media firm nets $25M in equity round
Odyssey, a Broad Ripple firm behind a fast-growing website for millennials, has raised a game-changing sum as it plans more hires.
Time Warner Cable gets OK for $67B deal, with conditions
Federal regulators on Monday approved Charter’s $67 billion bid to buy Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks, two companies that have about 240,000 customers in Indiana.
New law paves way for Indiana to fully embrace telemedicine
On July 1, Indiana will join 46 states in allowing physicians to write prescriptions after talking to patients on their laptops or smartphones, with no office visit required.
Broad Ripple tech firm gearing up for capital infusion, hiring binge
Fathom Voice, which sells cloud-based phone systems, is close to completing a $4 million fundraising round as it opens a San Francisco office and adds a prominent state official to its executive team.
CloudOne raises $9M to fuel growth in ‘Internet of things’
The Fishers-based company, which helps manufacturers manage their Internet-connected products, now has raised about $21.9 million since its inception in 2010.
Visit Indy goes all-digital with advertising
Visit Indy decided in the third quarter of 2014 to go all-digital with its seven-figure leisure advertising campaign, and it hasn’t looked back.
As paywall falls, Angie’s List aims to double sales
CEO Scott Durchslag told analysts he will reinvigorate growth by dropping the paywall, which he said will open the floodgates to a deluge of new customers.