Technology

CNet Corporate Office

In 1994, with the help of Fox Network co-founder Kevin Wendle and former Disney creative associate Dan Baker,CNET produced four pilot television programs about computers, technology, and the Internet.

CNet, which is short for Computer Network, publishes reviews regarding computers, cell phones, and other types of technology equipment, in addition to news, blogs, and podcasts.

The company originally produced content for radio and television in addition to its website and now uses new media distribution methods through its internet television network, CNet Video, and its podcast and blog networks.

CNet also publishes region-specific and language-specific additions, including Chinese, Spanish, Korean, French, and German.

In September 2020, Red Ventures acquired CNet for $500 million.

The website has thousands of programs or apps that can be downloaded for free. While CNet claims that all programs are free from viruses or malware, this isn’t always true.

CNet maintains a corporate office in San Francisco, California.

Network Solutions.Com Corporate Office

Network Solutions started as a technology consulting company incorporated by Emmit McHenry, Ty Grigsby, Gary Desler, and Ed Peters in Washington, D.C, in 1979.

The company is an American-based technology company providing website design, web hosting, and online marketing including pay per click management services.

Network Solutions operates as a subsidiary of Web.Com, which acquired the company in October of 2011.

In April 2015, the Federal Trade Commission announced that Network Solutions had agreed to settle charges that it misled consumers who bought web hosting services by promising a full refund if they canceled within 30 days. In reality, the FTC stated, the company withheld substantial cancellation fees amounting to up to 30 percent of the refund.

Network Solutions maintains a corporate office in Herndon, Vermont.

Kingston Technology Company Corporate Office

Kingston Technology was founded in 1987 when there was a shortage of 1MB surface mount memory chips. An immigrant from Taiwan, John Tu, redesigned a SIMM card using older technology that solved the problem. Within two years, Kingston went from a two person operation, to being named on the Inc. 5000 list as the Fastest Growing Company in America.

Today, Kingston is an international company which designs, manufactures, and sells a wide range of memory solutions, including flash drives, USB drives, digital audio players, DRAM, solid state cards, and SIM cards of all different types, including TIFF, mini, micro, and SD cards.

Kingston had annual revenue in 2015 of $6.5 billion and employs more than 3,000 persons. Forbes lists Kingston as #54 on their list of “The 500 Largest Private Companies in the U.S”.

TrueCar Corporate Office

TrueCar was founded in 2005, originally under the name Zag.Com in Los Angeles, California. The company operates an automotive information and pricing website.

Car dealerships pay TrueCar for information about potential buyers. Possible buyers are provided with information, such as what others paid for similar cars, and pricing at various dealerships for the type of car they are looking for. The company went public on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol: TRUE.

As of 2015, TrueCar had more than 10,000 TrueCar Certified Dealers in their network. The company reports that more than 2 million cars have been purchased from their website.

After disappointing first quarter results in 2019, TrueCar announced the immediate resignations of key senior executives, including CEO Chip Perry, CTO/CPO Tommy McClung, CMO Neeraj Gunsager, and EVP Brian Skutta.

In May 2020, TrueCar announced a restructuring of the company, including layoffs of 30% of its workforce, in anticipation for significant revenue loss when its key partnership with USAA ends and the COVID-19 pandemic.

The company maintains a corporate office in Santa Monica, California.

Acer Corporate Office

Acer was founded in 1976 by Stanley and Carolyn Shih in Hsinchu City, Taiwan. The original name of the company was Mutlitech International. The company started with only $25,000 US dollars and 11 employees. Today, this international company had annual revenue in 2014 of $10.52 billion.

Acer makes a variety of computers and hardware, including laptops, notebooks, desktops, computer components, such as motherboards and RAM, as well as monitors, televisions, servers, projectors, and storage solutions. Business workstations offer support for a wide range of professional applications. The company sells their products in retail locations, as well as direct online sales.

In July 2011, Acer Inc. bought iGware Inc. for $320 million to try to enter the potentially lucrative cloud market.

In September of 2015, the company acquired both GPS cycling computer brand Xplova, as well as the robotics startup company Jibo. The company is listed as the 6th largest computer vendor in the world in 2015.

Acer America opened their headquarters in Mountain View, California, in 1985 with a staff of 3. It has since moved to San Jose, California, in 1990. The company has repair facilities and a call center in Richardson, Texas.

The company currently has more than 7,000 employees worldwide, operates in 70 countries, and has approximately 95,000 retail locations spread in more than 160 countries.