Imaginova Corporation is a U.S. digital commerce company based in
Watsonville, California
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. The company, which was started in 1999 as "
Space.com
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" by
CNN
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business anchor
Lou Dobbs, later became known as Space Holdings Corp. Dan Stone became president, chief executive officer and a board member in 2002 and renamed the company to Imaginova in 2004. The company sold its consumer businesses to
TechMediaNetwork, formally
TopTenReviews, in 2009.
''Imaginova'' promotes itself as the preeminent destination for the “intellectually curious.”
It comprises the following
E-Commerce
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retailer:
space
*
LiveScienceStore.com LiveScienceStore.com
''Imaginova'' previously owned
Orion Telescopes & Binoculars until Orion was repurchased by its employees in November 2017.
''Imaginova'' previously owned
SpaceNews
''SpaceNews'' is a print and digital publication that covers business and political news in the space and satellite industry. ''SpaceNews'' provides news, commentary and analysis to an audience of government officials, politicians and executives ...
until it was sold to Pocket Ventures, LLC. in 2012.
''Imaginova'' is a news provider, via the Imaginova Network of media properties, and syndicates its original content to the following news portals:
Yahoo
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!,
MSNBC
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,
AOL and
Fox News
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.com.
''Imaginova'' was the developer of
Starry Night software and widgets for
Mac OS X
macOS, previously OS X and originally Mac OS X, is a Unix, Unix-based operating system developed and marketed by Apple Inc., Apple since 2001. It is the current operating system for Apple's Mac (computer), Mac computers. With ...
,
Microsoft Windows
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,
BlackBerry
BlackBerry is a discontinued brand of handheld devices and related mobile services, originally developed and maintained by the Canadian company Research In Motion (RIM, later known as BlackBerry Limited) until 2016. The first BlackBerry device ...
,
iPhone
The iPhone is a line of smartphones developed and marketed by Apple that run iOS, the company's own mobile operating system. The first-generation iPhone was announced by then–Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs on January 9, 2007, at ...
and
iPod Touch
The iPod Touch (stylized as iPod touch) is a discontinued line of iOS-based mobile devices designed and formerly marketed by Apple Inc. with a touchscreen-controlled user interface. As with other iPod models, the iPod Touch can be used as a po ...
. In 2008, Starry Night was acquired by Simulation Curriculum Corporation.
Simulation Curriculum Corp. is headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota.
''Imaginova'' is backed by investors: Blue Chip Venture Capital;
Gannett Co., Inc.; RedShift Ventures; Steelpoint Capital Partners and
Venrock Associates. In August 2006, the company raised $15M in growth equity financing.
Forbes.com, 2006
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References
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20070928053628/http://www.imaginova.com/
* http://www.simulationcurriculum.com
Companies based in New York City
Technology companies established in 1999
1999 establishments in California
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