Technology

There are approximately 98 million smartphones in use in the United States alone, according to Reston, Va.-based ComScore Inc. Eighty-nine percent of smartphone users use their phone on a daily basis.

VictorySpark, Inc., in association with Milwaukee-based VETransfer has received a grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to launch a seed accelerator focused Veteran-initiated startups.

Indianapolis-based appliance and electronics leader hhgregg today announced it will hire about 180 people to fill jobs at three new stores it plans to open in the Milwaukee area this fall.

AT&T Inc. today announced it has expanded its mobile Internet coverage at Milwaukee's General Mitchell International Airport by completing the installation of a new Distributed Antenna System (DAS) to serve customers throughout the facility.

Waterford-based Runzheimer International, a global leader in Total Employee Mobility solutions, has acquired Canadian GPS technology firm SatLogix Inc., an innovator of vehicle mileage tracking devices and cloud-based mileage management platforms.

Yahoo! is hiring Google executive Marissa Mayer, a native of Wausau, to be its next chief executive officer.

Smokey’s Bait Shop is a local landmark on Pewaukee Lake.

Users of Yahoo! are encouraged to change their passwords to after hackers posted online what they say is login information for more than 450,000 Yahoo! users.

Data Dimensions, a Janesville-based producer of business process automation (BPA) solutions, announced today it has acquired Data Exchange Center Inc. located of Brown Deer.