Deal Radar 2009: iControl

iControl Networks is a software services company that provides solutions to top-tier home security, broadband and telecommunications companies. The company partners with these firms to deliver ConnectedLife, an IP-based home management platform.

Deal Radar 2009: ClearCount Medical Solutions

Retained sponges, or gossypiboma, is one of the oldest documented surgical complications, and can result in significant patient morbidity, infection, and even death. Today, Deal Radar focuses on one company that seeks to reduce the number of such cases, ClearCount Medical Solutions. ClearCount Medical Solutions develops surgical sponges tagged with patented radiofrequency identification (RFID)-enabled technology,

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Deal Radar 2009: Simply Hired

Simply Hired is a job search engine and recruitment network — a service that is, not surprisingly, much in demand at the moment. It searches thousands of job sites and companies and consolidates the information on its own site so that users can filter through it and conduct a search using keywords, company names, job

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Deal Radar 2009: EQAL

Social media entertainment company EQAL (pronounced “equal”) was founded in April 2008 by Miles Beckett and Greg Goodfried. Beckett, who was working as a plastic surgeon resident at the Loma Linda Medical Center outside of Los Angeles, quit to pursue his dream of working at the intersection of entertainment and technology. He moved back to

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Deal Radar 2009: Ancestry.com

You may not be able to choose your family, but with Ancestry.com you have a better chance of finding them. Ancestry.com is a site dedicated to helping users find information about their family history. Subscribers to the site can search historical record collections, organize their family history, create profiles for each family member, and upload

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Deal Radar 2009: Meteor Solutions

As the traditional ad market falters, social media appears poised to step up and claim part of the void left by print advertising sales. Meteor Solutions offers a software platform that allows brands to measure and increase the effectiveness of their social media marketing program. With the company’s patented software, customers can measure, manage, and

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Deal Radar 2009: Grab Networks

According to a February 2009 ComScore report, millions of consumers have begun watching short video clips frequently throughout the day. Over 75 percent of the US Internet audience, or more than 145 million people, view videos online. Further, the average online viewer watches 312 minutes (5.2 hours) of video per month, that in segments of

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Deal Radar 2009: Skyline Solar

Skyline Solar Inc. manufactures High Gain Solar (HGS) arrays which use silicon cells, durable reflector materials and single axis tracking into a single system. Skyline HGS claims to deliver ten times more energy per gram of silicon than traditional flat panel systems in sunny locations. Systems are built primarily out of commodity materials, which improves financial payback and

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