By Joey Ferguson A screenshot showing combat in Infinity Blade. The character’s and enemy’s health bars are at the top of the screen, the dodge buttons are at the bottom left and right, and the shield icon is in the bottom center. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] SALT LAKE

By Joey Ferguson SALT LAKE CITY — Utah dropped three spots to 5th place, tying with Virginia, on CNBC’s “Best States for Business” 2013 ranking. Utah’s worst ranking was in education, where the state ranked 39th in the country, according to the report [http://www.cnbc.com/id/100873170]

By Joey Ferguson NORTH LOGAN —GeoMetWatch [http://geometwatch.com/], developers of global weather monitoring technology, raised $6 million in a series A funding round. The company creates weather sensors [http://geometwatch.com/htm/our-technology] that are placed on commercial satellites helping produce four-dimensional weather visualizations [http://www.utahbusiness.com/articles/

By Joey Ferguson PROVO — This year is a first for BoomStartup. Not only did the organization split into two campuses, but BoomStartup has taken on its first hardware company. The hardware world is a challenge that has made the group stretch, forcing the recruitment of outside help, John Richards, co-managing

OGDEN — Techmedia Network, a technology and science content creator, bought global publisher BestofMedia Group, according to a statement from the company [http://www.techmedianetwork.com/announcement-press-release/]. Bestofmedia is the parent company of tech publications like Tom’s Hardware, Tom’s Guide and Tom’s IT pro. The sties will join

By Joey Ferguson SALT LAKE CITY — Home automation startup Control4 filed for an initial public offering that could raise up to $60 million dollars, according to an SEC filing [http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1259515/000104746913007324/a2215704zs-1.htm] on Monday. The company, founded in 2003, has automated more

By Joey Ferguson Deborah Quazzo, founder of GSV Advisors.[/caption] ALPINE — Recent TechStars [http://techstars.org] inductee Degreed [http://degreed.com/about] raised $300,000 in convertible debt from Deborah Quazzo, founder of GSV Advisors [http://gsvadvisors.com/], an investing and consulting firm for education entrepreneurs. Degreed is a web

By Joey Ferguson LEHI —Adobe Systems [http://www.adobe.com/] purchased Paris-based Neolane [http://www.neolane.com/], creators of maketing campaign management software, for about $600 million in cash, according to a statement on the company’s web page. “The acquisition of Neolane brings critical cross-channel campaign management capabilities to