Video company Omneon acquired by Harmonic, 12 years after first investment

Patience has apparently paid off for video production and distribution company Omneon, and for its investor Accel Partners. Harmonic, a publicly traded video delivery company, announced today that it is acquiring Omneon for $274 million in cash and Harmonic stock.
That comes 12 years after Accel first invested in Omneon. The company raised a total of [...]

Project Pink Turtle and Pure spotted again, headed to Verizon Wireless

Project Pink lives! With all the excitement over the Windows Phone 7 Series rollout, most everyone forgot about the Sidekick-inspired Project Pink phones. Everyone except for Microsoft and Verizon Wireless it seems, who have been planning for the launch of at least one and maybe two of these new handsets. While we have been drooling [...]