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iRadio? Talk of new Apple music service triggers run on Pandora stock

Apple is pressing to sign music licensing deals in time to announce the service at its annual developer conference starting June 10 in San Francisco, according to media reports.

 The art of failing gracefully: Lessons from a startup gone bad

New Bull City, Dave Five: In the second of a two-part first-person essay, Matthew Davis talks about the lessons he learned in the failure of GetZeek - a startup with a great idea that failed.

GetZeek interface and app

 Pop goes ChannelAdvisor - Stock rockets 32% in IPO hit

Talk about "pop." The Morrisville-based provider of ecommerce services went public today on the NYSE, setting a price of $14 per share on 5.75 million shares. Shares opened at $17.60 and quickly rose more than 30 percent.

Scot Wingo, center, rings NYSE's opening bell

Research Triangle region leads N.C. job growth; more than 36,000 jobs created

The 13 county Research Triangle Region gained 36,447 net new jobs in 2012, leading the state in job growth.

 ChannelAdvisor looking to raise $80M through IPO today

The Morrisville-based provider of ecommerce services anticipates going public today on the NYSE, setting a price of $14 per share on 5.75 million shares.

ChannelAdvisor's customer segments

SciQuest board names CEO Wiehe as its chairman

Stephen Wiehe, the top executive at SciQuest since 2001, succeeds Noel Fenton, the formal board chair, did not stand for re-election.

 Google expands photo offerings in bid to rival Facebook plus music service

The search giant is rolling out a subscription music-streaming service and additional photo services in a bid to attract more users as well as advertisers.

 Adobe shifts to online subscriptions for its software

In a shift, Adobe says it will not release new versions of its Creative Suite software package. Instead, the maker of Photoshop, Illustrator and Acrobat, is shifting focus to Creative Cloud, which makes its software available through a monthly subscription that starts at $50 for an individual if they sign up for at least a year.

 SciQuest reports 1Q loss, cites impacts of acquisitions

SciQuest said its financial results were impacted by two acquisitions it made last year.

 Bankruptcy court gives OK to Dex One-SuperMedia merger

The approval clears the way for a stock-for-stock merger of the two companies with Dex One shareholders owning some 60 percent of the combined company.

 E-commerce firm ChannelAdvisor's going public party may be in trouble

The Morrisville-based company makes several changes in its SEC filing that indicate a proposed offering of stock is not generating traction among investors, sources familiar with IPO filings tell WRALTechWire. What are the changes, and what could they mean?

 Online vacation rentals startup VacationFutures launches in Outer Banks

 Amazon reportedly plans set-top box for streaming video

The world's largest online retailer plans to release a television set-top box that would stream video over the Internet into customers' homes, sources tell Bloomberg news.

 Startup Shoeboxed is now profitable; partnerships help boost customer growth

Receipt management company Shoeboxed has become profitable for the first time, a milestone reached in part through partnerships that introduce its software to more users.

The Shoeboxed team

 Watch out, Netflix users - A crackdown on accounting sharing may be coming

As many as 10 million people are watching the online video service without paying, one analyst says. The company today has no restrictions on the number of PCs, tablets or phones that can use one account or the number of people who can sign in, though it limits each account to playing two video streams simultaneously.

 Southern Capitol backs another startup from Batanga founder

AudienceFuel, a startup focusing on delivering "premium audiences" to online advertisers, draws financing from Raleigh-based Southern Capitol Ventures, which is very familiar with the firm's CEO.

How AudienceFuel works

 Tweet this: Twitter lets advertisers cash in on keywords in posts

Twitter is rolling out a feature that will let advertisers reach users based on keywords in their postings, expanding the tools available to marketers on the microblogging site.

 Greensboro's Proficient Health gets electronic certification

 Appia secures $5M in debt financing for sales, marketing expansion

Durham-based Appia, a fast-growing firm that works with mobile service providers, publishers and advertisers to attract new customers, secures $5 million in debt financing and will use the capital for expansion efforts.

 ChannelAdvisor files registration for $86M IPO

E-commerce software company ChannelAdvisor has joined the lineup of companies planning to go public.