| Motorola Makes Strategic Investment in ViVOtech
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. and SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) through its Motorola Ventures strategic venture capital arm, today announced that it has made an equity investment in ViVOtech Inc., an acknowledged leader in contactless and mobile phone payment technologies. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Unlike other contactless technology offerings available on the mobile application market today, ViVOtech's platform is designed for easy collaboration among issuers, mobile operators and technology providers to deliver the most intuitive and integrated consumer experience across a range of new customer services. "Motorola continues to invest in new technologies that enable consumers to expand the value and functionality of the mobile phone," says Reese Schroeder, managing director, Motorola Ventures.
For Strikers, the Agony of Spare Time
Bleyer has covered the primaries in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina for National Public Radio and an online humor site, 23/6, an offshoot of The Huffington Post. Like most striking writers who have turned to freelancing to keep busy, he did it mostly for professional growth, and still frets about finances. A few writers have returned to gigs they had hoped to forget: waiting tables, bartending, copywriting, tutoring. Some who began as performers have returned to the grind of auditioning for commercials. Many especially on the West Coast, whose guild recommends 12 hours a week on the picket line (less is asked of the East Coast contingent, especially in the cold) have discovered that striking is nearly a full-time job in itself. And as the picketing has continued, whatever excitement there was at its outset The solidarity across genres! The networking opportunities! The Web videos! began to fade.
New owner of historic buildings works to combat 'outsider' image
FRANCO CARRUBBA sits at the bar in one of his recent purchases, the San Benito House in Half Moon Bay, on Sunday. Carrubba also bought Cunha s Country Market, prompting fears of an outsider changing Main Street s mom-and-pop ethos. (MATHEW SUMNER Staff photos) .
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