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• KidoZen Closes $5M Series A Round
  

  KidoZen, a Boca Raton startup developing an enterprise mobile-first platform as a service, has closed a $5 million Series A financing from Third Point Ventures. Since its … Continue reading

• SIME MIA an insightful, fun-filled peek into tech’s future
  

  the dark cats — the present and very near future of technology was all the talk at the inaugural SIME MIA conference this week. Unofficially billed by one tweeter as Basel meets brains, the two-day tech conference that straddled Miami Beach and Wynwood brought together some of the world’s top technologists and futurists to share their views and mingle with South Florida’s growing tech community. Continue reading

• Orlando tech firm touts next-gen lighting for smartphones, tablets
  

  When Chris Morton looks at the screen of an iPhone or Android, he sees the past. But in his company’s laboratory, he sees the future. The longtime Orlando high-tech executive and his cadre of scientists at the University of Florida say they have created the next big thing for smartphone display screens: a brighter, greener, less-expensive screen-lighting system they hope will shake up the consumer-electronics marketplace. Continue reading

• SIME conference opens a packed Innovate MIA for tech community Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/12/02/3793393/sime-conference-opens-a-packed.html#storylink=cpy
  

  It’s not all about the celebration of art this week: There will be plenty of toasts to tech as well. SIME MIA, a two-day European conference coming to the United States for the first time, opens Tuesday at the New World Center. Demian Bellumio, CTO of Senzari and one of the main local organizers, said what SIME will be is intimate, interactive and thought-provoking. What it won’t be is boring. Continue reading