Author: Mark Glover

Rocklin-based Purple Communications Inc., a provider of text/video relay and on-site interpreting services, said Tuesday it has introduced the nation’s first relay application for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. The company said this version of its “IP-Relay” application allows users make direct IP-Relay calls from their phones or dial…

Brad Cooper, a senior vice president with InsWeb, said, “The growth of insurance shopping on the Internet has been incredible, and we’ve grown along with it.” He said the company’s multiple sites have it well-positioned to compete.Quick, name a locally based company that does business in all 50 states. If…

ClientMagic Software, a Folsom-based company that provides scheduling and business- management software to salons and spas, has been acquired by San Luis Obispo-based Mindbody Inc. Financial terms were not disclosed. “The acquisition of ClientMagic reflects our strategic focus of expanding our Web-based software into hair, nail and skin salons,” said…

U.S. Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Sacramento, said Friday that the Sacramento Municipal Utility District and local partners will receive $5 million in federal grant funding from the Department of Energy for the development of renewable energy technologies. The funds were authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Matsui said the…

Deborah Le Vine, ISO’s director of system operations, checks monitors at the agency’s control center in Folsom. The center tracks nearly 100 energy companies.Critics of America’s corporate culture insist that a glass ceiling still exists, but at the California Independent System Operator Corp. in Folsom, women wield considerable power in…

vMobileTech Chairman Dave Zabrowski, CEO Ray Lubeck and Vice President of Operations Tom Sykes, from left, are displayed live on their iPhones on Tuesday in Folsom. vMC’s technology has drawn interest from firms looking to cut travel and other costs.Imagine you are an engineer in Saudi Arabia, trying to reboot…

Numonyx B.V., which bills itself as the world’s third-largest supplier of memory technology and the No. 1 provider of memory chips for mobile phones, formally opened its new North American headquarters Thursday in Folsom. Regional and state business leaders and public officials were on hand for ceremonies to open about…

Officials with Intel offices in Folsom said Wednesday that the Federal Trade Commission’s legal action against Intel Corp. is unrelated to local operations. “There’s nothing about the FTC action that would impact Folsom at all,” said Intel Folsom spokesman Mark Pettinger. Intel Folsom employs about 5,800 engineers, technicians, sales and…

San Mateo-based Franklin Templeton Investments plans to open a 25,000-square-foot data/operations center in Stockton. Initially, the center at Massie Industrial Park south of downtown Stockton will employ six, but it has capacity for 150, according to Mike Locke, president and CEO of the San Joaquin Partnership. The partnership, a nonprofit…

MyECheck Inc., the El Dorado Hills-based electronic transaction processor and provider of alternative payment solutions, reported a net loss of $146,068 in the third quarter ended Sept. 30, compared with a loss of $121,087 in the same period in 2008. Through the first nine months of the year, the company…