Posts Tagged ‘Florida’
Friday, December 23rd, 2011
 One thing marketers always have to take into account is where their consumers are and more of them moved to the sunbelt last year than to any other states.
Texas gained more people than any other state between April 1, 2010, and July 1, 2011 (529,000), followed by California(438,000), Florida (256,000), Georgia (128,000) and North Carolina (121,000), according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau estimates for states and Puerto Rico.
Combined, these five states accounted for slightly more than half the nation’s total population growth.
“These are the first set of Census Bureau population estimates to be published since the official 2010 Census state population counts were released a year ago,” said Census Bureau Director Robert Groves.
“Our nation is constantly changing and these estimates provide us with our first measure of how much each state has grown or declined in total population since Census Day 2010.”
The United States as a whole saw its population increase by 2.8 million over the 15-month period, to 311.6 million. Its growth of 0.92 percent between April 1, 2010, and July 1, 2011, was the lowest since the mid-1940s.
“The nation’s overall growth rate is now at its lowest point since before the baby boom,” Groves said.
California remained the most populous state, with a July 1, 2011, population of 37.7 million. Rounding out the top five states were Texas (25.7 million), New York (19.5 million), Florida (19.1 million) and Illinois (12.9 million).
DC led growth
Among states and equivalents, the District of Columbia experienced the fastest growth between April 1, 2010, and July 1, 2011, as its population climbed 2.7 percent. This marks the first time it led states and equivalents in growth since the early 1940s. D.C. ranked 35th in percent growth between the 2000 and 2010 censuses.
Following D.C. in terms of percent increase between April 1, 2010, and July 1, 2011, were Texas (2.1 percent), Utah (1.9 percent), Alaska (1.8 percent), Colorado (1.7 percent) and North Dakota (1.7 percent). North Dakota was 37th in percent growth between the 2000 and 2010 censuses.
The only three states to lose population between April 1, 2010, and July 1, 2011, were Rhode Island (1,300 or -0.12 percent),Michigan (7,400 or -0.08 percent) and Maine (200 or -0.01 percent).
Nevada, the nation’s fastest-growing state between 2000 and 2010, ranked only 27th in population growth between April 1, 2010, and July 1, 2011, increasing by 0.8 percent.
During 2012, the Census Bureau will release 2011 estimates of the total population of counties and incorporated places, as well as national, state and county population estimates by age, sex, race and Hispanic origin.
The Census Bureau develops state population estimates by measuring population change since the most recent census. These are the first set of population estimates to be based on the 2010 Census. The Census Bureau uses births, deaths, administrative records and survey data to develop estimates of population. For more detail regarding the methodology see
Tags: California, Colorado, Florida, Maine, Michigan, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Rhode Island, states that gained the most population 2010-2011, Texas, U.S. Census
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Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
 Tower Cloud Inc., a wireless backhaul services provider, has secured $49 million in additional equity to fund its expansion into new markets throughout Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama.
The latest round of funding was led by two of Tower Cloud’s existing investors, The Burton Partnership and Knology Inc. Tower Cloud’s other existing institutional investors include: Sutter Hill Ventures, El Dorado Ventures, Ballast Point Ventures, Kinetic Ventures, ITC Partners Fund and Noro-Moseley Partners.
For this round, two new investors joined the consortium, The Florida Growth Fund and CLR Investors. The funding was done in two phases with $13 million completed in January and $36 million completed in July. This funding follows a $20 million equity commitment by the same investor group in October 2009.
Tags: Ballast Point Ventures, CLR Investors, El Dorado Ventures, financing, Florida, Florida Growth Fund, ITC Partners Fund, Kinetic Ventures, Knology Inc, Noro-Moseley Parnters, SC, Sutter Hill Ventures, The Burton Partnership, Tower Cloud, wireless backhaul services
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Friday, September 16th, 2011
 As T-Mobile USA, Inc. continues the rapid expansion of its 4G network, J.D. Power and Associates’ 2011 Wireless Network Quality Performance Study, Volume 2, shows that customers in the Northeast, Southeast and West regions are satisfied with an improved network experience, including call quality and messaging and data performance.
In its study, which compares network performance among the largest U.S. wireless carriers, J.D. Power and Associates recently announced that T-Mobile earned the second highest ranking in these three regions covering 32 states, tied in the Northeast.
T-Mobile ranked second out of four in both the Southeast and West regions, and tied in the Northeast. The Northeast region covers the seven states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont. The Southeast region covers nine states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. The West region covers 16 states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.
“T-Mobile’s ongoing commitment to making reliable connections available to more Americans continues to pay off as shown by the results of this J.D. Power study,” said Neville Ray, Chief Technology Officer for T-Mobile USA. “In the past six months, we have continued to advance the performance of our 4G service while also driving improvements in call quality, reliability and the overall experience for our customers.”
The J.D. Power and Associates 2011 Wireless Network Quality Performance Study measures consumers’ wireless network experience, based on 10 criteria that impact a carrier’s performance. Wireless phone subscribers surveyed were asked about their experiences with dropped calls, static/interference, connection on first try, immediate voice mail notification, message transmission failures and mobile Web and e-mail connection errors. Call quality and data performance were examined in six regions: Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, North Central, Southwest and West.
Results of the 2011 Wireless Network Quality Performance StudySM, Volume 2, are based on more than 22,000 Internet survey interviews conducted between January 2011 and June 2011.
Tags: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, J.D. Power Wirelss Network Quality Performance Study 2011, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northeast, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Southeast, T-Moblie, Utah, Washington, West
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Friday, August 5th, 2011
 CAMBRIDGE, MA – New data from Jumptap, a targeted mobile advertising firm, shows that consumers in the South and Southwest tend to be Android-biased compared to the rest of the country, while those in the Midwest and Northeast lean towards iOS.
California, Texas and Florida over-index for Android use and states in New England and the Midwest over-index for iOS use.
Blackberry use, which over-indexed in New York, was also included in the geographic data. This new data establishes an evolving narrative of a North vs. South divide in the ongoing battle of the two top mobile operating systems.
The results are revealed as part of Jumptap’s monthly data report, Mobile STAT (Simple Targeting & Audience Trends), which is based on data for the first half of 2011 from the over 83 million unique users on the Jumptap mobile ad network. The report also showed that Android continues to hold the top spot in terms of overall share (with iOS coming in a close second), but that iOS ads continue to outperform ads on other operating systems.
“Our advertisers are requesting the most granular data available on mobile users so they can create the most targeted campaigns,” said Paran Johar, Chief Marketing Officer for Jumptap. “This new data reveals some interesting patterns for advertisers to consider when targeting consumers using Android devices vs. iOS devices.”
Ad performance on Sony Ericsson Android devices rivals Apple’s iOS devices
The STAT report also examines the ad performance on Android devices in new dimensions, breaking out ad performance by both manufacturer and carrier.
The manufacturer analysis showed that Sony Ericsson devices are the only Android devices with ad performance nearing that of iOS devices. Ads running on Sony Ericsson devices in the first half of 2011 averaged a .54% click-through rate, making it the only Android manufacturer above the industry average of .52%, but still not as high as iOS devices at .78%.
Jumptap’s Mobile STAT report is a monthly view into targeting and audience trends in mobile advertising. Jumptap takes a unique data-driven approach to mobile advertising, enabling it to surface the insights contained in the report. STAT contains analysis of hundreds of gigabytes of log data, powered by the scalable, efficient and lightning-fast Jumptap technology. Jumptap strives to make mobile advertising smart and simple, and STAT was designed to benefit the entire mobile ecosystem.
To download a full copy of the Jumptap STAT report, see: jumptap.com/STAT.
Tags: ad performance on mobile devices, Apple, Blackberry, California, Florida, Google Android, iOS, Jumptap STAT report, New York, RIM, Sony Ericcson, Texas
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Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
 BOCA RATON, FL - InfoFinder Search Technologies Inc., a company selling software that helps businesses locate electronic files, has raised $6.68 million of a mixed securities offering aimed at $9 million.
The company is led by former Citrix Chair Edward Iacobucci, who previously oversaw IBM’s development of personal computer tech. He also founded DayJet, an on-demand air taxi services that shut its doors in 2008.
The company’s website notes that according to the IDC report “The high cost of not finding information” by analyst Susan Feldman, average knowledge workers spends 15% to 35% of their workday searching for information.
InfoFinder says its product is a search system enabling you to find ANY text content from documents, databases, spreadsheets, presentations, PDF files, e-mails, attachments, scanned documents and any other text content file.
nfoFinder AS was established in Trondheim, Norway, in 2000 to help bridge the silos where information resides. The company says its mission then is the same as it is today: to make company data located behind-the-firewall instantly and securely accessible – regardless of what it is, where it is located or who needs it.
Its product is used by more than 20,000 individuals across 300 private and public sector organizations on a daily basis in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Spain and the United States.
Tags: Boca Raton, Enterprise electronic file search, financing, Florida, InfoFinder Search Technologies
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Monday, November 1st, 2010
 TAMPA, FL – The National Institutes of Health has awarded a three-year, $2.6-million grant to the University of South Florida and Tampa-based biotechnology company Saneron-CCEL Therapeutics Inc., to establish dosing and safety guidelines for transplanting human umbilical cord blood cells (HUBC) into animal models of Alzheimer’s disease. The researchers hope to use the pre-clinical data to gain U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to carry out clinical trials with patients suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.
“Our immediate goal is to move our beneficial findings with cord blood cells into clinical trials for patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease,” said the grant’s principal investigator Dr. Jun Tan, a USF neuroscientist and professor of psychiatry.
The NIH Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer grant is based on the success of an ongoing research partnership between USF and Saneron aimed at determining the therapeutic benefits HUBCs offer when transplanted into animal models of a variety of neurological diseases, including Parkinson’s disease, Lou Gehrig’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and stroke.
“Our next stage of research is translational. This study’s primary aims are the completion of preclinical safety and validation studies and the submission of an Investigational New Drug application to the FDA for a Phase I clinical trial,” said Nicole Kuzmin-Nichols, president and chief operating officer of Saneron.
Additional funding will be provided by a Florida High Tech Corridor Industry Matching Grant through USF Connect.
Previous research by USF and Saneron has shown that injecting HUBC into laboratory (in vitro) and animal models (in vivo) of neurodegenerative diseases does not promote a strong immune response, so rejection is not a problem, said Dr. Tan, who is a consultant for Saneron. The potential for HUBCs to promote an anti-inflammatory response may provide overall benefits. Inflammation is a biochemical component of Alzheimer’s disease.
Saneron worked with USF to develop a HUBC cell technology platform called the U-CORD-CELL program. The program aims to improve the quality of life for patients by developing and producing innovative, high-quality treatments for neurological and cardiac diseases.
“This grant will afford Saneron the opportunity to bring the U-CORD-CELL™ technology to the clinic in the pursuit of a potential therapy for those suffering from Alzheimer’s disease,” Kuzmin-Nichols said.
See also: More than 100 medicines in development for Alzheimer’s.
Tags: Alzheimer's treatment, cord blood cell transplant, Florida, NIH grant, Saneron-CCEL Therapeutics, Tampa, USF
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Monday, November 1st, 2010
 GAINESVILLE, FL – Bit Cauldron Corp., which sells 3D enabling technologies, including eyewear, has raised at least $1.43 million of an equity round targeted at $1.57 million, according to a regulatory filing.
The company disclosed the raise in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Since these filing often lag actual investments, the company may have already closed the round. The firm raised a $1.07 million round of equity in August.
Founded in 2008, Bit Cauldron manufactures 3D technologies such as eyewear. It says it develops products to help people create, share, view and print 3D content.
Everyone seems hyped on 3D technologies right now, but we have our doubts about how many people will be shelling out the money to be early adopters of 3D enabled TVs that require wearing special eyewear. While the new 3D systems are a quantum jump of an improvement over the old, wearing special glasses remains a restrictive and limiting factor.
Tags: 3D eyewear, 3D tech, Bit Cauldron, financing, Florida, Gainesville
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Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
 MIAMI - Brightstar Corp.,which sells software to manufacturers, operators, retailers, and enterprises in the telecommunications industry, has reached a stock purchase agreement to acquire Illinois-based OTBT Inc., a reseller of wireless solutions for small to medium-sized businesses and large enterprises. OTBT provides its customers with a single source for all wireless devices, activations, service, and software.
The acquisition, once complete, will allow Brightstar to offer Value-Added Resellers (VARs) a customized and centralized platform to manage all facets of wireless device activation and services, as well as business implementation tools for operators. Initially, Brightstar will focus on helping VARs and their business customers with the activation and renewal process.
Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
Tags: acquistions, Florida, Illinois, IT, Miami, Telecommunications
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Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
 FORT MYERS, FL – CallMiner, a company selling speech analytics software, has closed on its $4 million round from from Boston-based Sigma Partners, Durham, NC-based Intersouth Partners, and Florida-based Inflexion Partners, and an undisclosed strategic partner. It plans to use the funds for expansion.
Other Investors in the company include Village Ventures, Williamstown, MA; and In-Q-Tel, the U.S. Intelligence venture arm based in Arlington, VA.
We reported that the company had raised a portion of the round in early August.
Founded in 2002, CallMiner sells enterprise speech analytics software.
CallMiner’s President and CEO Terry Leahy said, “CallMiner’s industry leading speech analytics platform – Eureka – continues to gain rapid traction in the marketplace as evidenced by two consecutive years of triple digit marquee customer growth and corresponding revenue growth.”
Its clients include Continental Airline, Daimler Financial Services, and Comcast, among others.
The company raised an C round in an undisclosed amount in March, 2009, a $10 million B round in 2006 and a $2.8 million A round in 2004.
CallMiner presented at Tech Media’s 2010 Southeast Venture Conference.
More and more companies are using call analytics to examine those recorded service calls. Most of the calls we make to companies now let you know you’re being recorded or might be. They often run speech analytics on the recordings.
For TechJournal South’s profile of the company in Feb. 2010 see:
CallMiner digs actionable gold from service calls
Tags: Boston, CallMiner, Durham, Florida, Inflexion Partners, Intersoutch Partners, NC, Sigma Partners, speech analytics
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Thursday, August 19th, 2010
 TAMPA, FL – Oragenics Inc. (OTCBB:ORNI) has closed on a $2 million equity and debt round, according to a regulatory filing. The company has developed an oral treatment that could prevent tooth cavities for a lifetime, an antibiotic effective against resistant bacteria, and other innovative products.
Koski Family Limited Partnership is the company’s main investor.
Oragenics, which disclosed the financing in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, focuses on the discovery, development and commercialization of oral health, antibiotics and general health.
Founded in 1996, it has R&D facilities in Alachua, FL and is headquartered in Tampa.
It sells products based onits ProBiora technology and has a number of others in development.
The company’s Web site outlines the following company history:
Dr. Jeffery Hillman began his basic research into the concept of replacement therapy for preventing dental caries or cavities in the late 1970’s at the Forsyth Institute in Boston. He transferred his research to the University of Florida College of Dentistry in 1992.
There, he continued to pursue the development of a genetically engineered strain of Streptococcus mutans that could help prevent cavities by replacing the body’s natural caries-causing strains of S. mutans.
Currently in clinical trials, Oragenics’ patented SMaRT Replacement Therapy is a painless, one-time, five-minute treatment that has the potential to offer lifelong protection against tooth decay. Applied topically to the teeth with a swab, the therapy can be administered by dentists in the office or in the field.
During his work with S. mutans, Dr. Hillman discovered MU 1140, or a mutacin, a powerful lantibiotic that is produced by the bacterium in tiny amounts. This new broad-spectrum antibiotic has demonstrated activity against Gram-positive bacteria responsible for a variety of clinically important diseases, such as MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), VRE (vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis) and both growing and non-replicating Mycobacterium tuberculosis cells.
Under the research leadership of Dr. Hillman, the company is also developing two proprietary platforms for the identification of genetic targets that can be used in diagnostic tests as well as in vaccines and therapeutics.
To contact TechJournal South Editor & Writer Allan Maurer: Allan at TechJournalSouth dot com.
Tags: anitbiotics, Biotech, diagnostics, Dr. Jeffrey HIllman, financing, Florida, Oragenics, preventive cavity treatment
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