Sonos fights Apple spinoffs in patent battle
Wireless speaker maker Sonos made its first-ever disclosure of $535 million in revenue while locked in a patent fight against sophisticated opponents with ties to Apple.
Xirrus targets 2015 for IPO, plans new Wi-Fi products
Thousand Oaks-based Xirrus has rolled out a new line of corporate-grade Wi-Fi devices at a lower price point that it hopes will vastly expand its customer base and set the stage for an initial public offering next year.
Sonos snags Xbox product chief
Santa Barbara-based wireless speaker maker Sonos has recruited the head of Microsoft’s Xbox product team to become its new chief product officer.
Thousand Oaks law seminars focus on big questions in biotech
Organizers promise a steady progression from relatively anodyne topics like 3-D printers and intellectual property to touchier subjects, such as genetically engineered salmon, how animals are treated in biotech research and what ethical and legal obligations biotech researchers have when they appropriate and commercialize molecules traditionally used by indigenous cultures.
Feeling lucky? How small businesses can navigate Google’s new algorithm
With a recent change to its search algorithms, Google has made it much harder for a plumber in Arroyo Grande to show up when a user searches for “San Luis Obispo plumber,” even though that business may have served the greater San Luis Obispo area for decades.
