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Will a new app disrupt snow, lawn-care businesses?
Starting this month, Indianapolis area residents and business owners can order up lawn mowing and snow plowing services through an app.
New Simon VC arm making bets on retail technology
The newly formed Simon Venture Group is betting millions of dollars on nascent technology companies that hope to reshape retailing.
ChaCha CEO Jones launches app school in Carmel
Some of the events will take place at Scott Jones’ estate at 1150 W. 116th St. The unique setting prompted the founders to name the school Eleven Fifty.
Interactive Intelligence takes quarterly loss
Interactive was right on target with the preliminary earnings announcement it made July 16, when it predicted revenue between $86 million and $88 million and an operating loss between $11 million and $12 million.
Startup objects to IndyGo’s no-bid deal with rival
An Indianapolis software startup that hopes to win contracts from public-transit agencies across the country is protesting a no-bid deal by IndyGo.
HALO startup funding surpasses $20 million mark
HALO reached the $20 million milestone after pumping nearly $1.5 million in the first half of 2014 into mobile app developer Bluebridge Digital, contract-research firm AIT Bioscience, threat-intelligence firm Emerging Threats and sales-automation software firm TinderBox.
Digital detox: More executives want break from 24-hour connectivity
A growing number of people are seeking a kind of digital detox at least once a year, but many still resist the idea. According to Wired magazine, less than 10 percent of all Americans unplug—even for one week a year,
BidPal sees changes at top, cuts workforce
BidPal Inc., one of the Indianapolis-area’s fastest-growing companies in recent years, has reduced its workforce by 25 percent and is looking for a replacement for longtime CEO and local tech titan Scott Webber.
State eases into rollout of software in tax fix
The Indiana Department of Revenue is five to seven years from replacing the 1990s software that processes the bulk of the state’s tax dollars and that auditors cited in the wake of massive accounting errors.
Tech entrepreneur launches Indy Visitors Channel
Folksy chief cements deals with handshakes, promotes tourism spots with video network in hotels.
Lowe’s plans massive local call center, sources say
Home improvement retail giant Lowe’s Companies Inc. plans to open a call center on the northwest side of Indianapolis that could employ as many as 1,000 workers, sources familiar with the deal said Monday.
Drone startup off to flying start
Two friends and drone enthusiasts in 2012 hatched the idea, as a side gig, to build flying devices small enough to fit in a briefcase. But the idea shifted to a full-scale manufacturing operation that will launch in mid-August and is projected to produce up to $10 million in revenue next year.
IU says no victims reported in data breach
Data including names, addresses and Social Security numbers of those who attended IU from 2011 to 2014 was unsecured for more than 11 months because protections weren’t working correctly.
UPDATE: Microsoft to cut up to 18,000 jobs in next year
The layoffs were double what Wall Street was expecting after the computing giant’s CEO altered course last week. The firm had just completed its acquisition of Nokia’s devices business in April.
Interactive Intelligence shares dive on expected shortfall
The local software and services firm has released disappointing preliminary results for its second quarter, leading to a 16-percent stock tumble.
House votes to extend moratorium on Internet taxes
Under current law, the moratorium expires Nov. 1, exposing Internet users to the same kind of connection fees that often show up on telephone bills.
Chicago-made medical gel wins Innovation Showcase pitch contest
The Indianapolis-based expo for featuring innovations and courting potential investors crowned an unusual winner of its pitch contest on Thursday.
Beer technology firm buys N.C. company
Carmel software startup SteadyServ Technologies acquired North Carolina beer-app developer PintLabs.
ExactTarget acquisition boosted Indy’s tech mojo, local execs say
Near the first anniversary of ExactTarget’s $2.5 billion purchase by Salesforce.com, local tech gurus explain how the acquisition lifted all ships by bringing new prestige, investment and expertise to the city.