Investors Push Yelp to IPO
Yelp turned down a $550 million-plus-earnouts acquisition offer from Google because Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman is hot to try the IPO market, a source close to the company tells Silicon Alley Insider.
Tasmania Police Use iPhone App To Nab Unregistered Vehicles And Drivers
Tasmania Police have caught 167 unregistered vehicles on the State’s roads in its first 10 days of operation of a new mobile application installed on police issued iPhones and other mobile devices. The technology was developed in house and mobilizes technology previously restricted to the police officer’s patrol vehicle.
By entering a vehicle’s registration number, the system’s operator is able to transmit the details to a central database and retrieve vital information within moments. Similarly, officers can use the Police-only iPhone app, along with the device’s 3G connection, to achieve the same results when away from the vehicle.
The system, which allows officers to check for outstanding warrants and whether an individual has a police record, has been introduced to save officers from contacting Radio Dispatch Services to complete a check. Apart from checking up on vehicles and individuals, the in-car computer logs jobs, tracks the location of police vehicles and acts as a GPS navigation system.
ABC Upgrades iPhone App With Streaming Radio, News Clips
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s iPhone app is by far the best media app in Australia – downloaded 290,000 times since launch – and has now been upgraded with the following features:
- live streaming of radio
- 90-second video news bulletins, weather forecasts
- easy sharing buttons for social networks.
(via Gizmodo).
