FORT MYERS - Search engine and big data provider, Yippy announced today the appointment of Edward Noel as the Company's new Chief Executive Officer. Richard Granville, the Company's previous Chief Executive Officer, has been appointed as the Executive Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors.

As part of the process of reforming the Company's management structure, the Board recognized the need for an industry veteran to head up the Company's day-to-day operations going forward. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Noel served as a director on the Board and will continue to serve in that capacity in addition to his duties as Chief Executive Officer.

BOCA RATON - LinguaSys, an international provider of human language technologies producing highly customized Text Analytics, Translation and Natural Language User Interface software, today announced that hi-tech billionaire, entrepreneur, sports and technology mogul, Mark Cuban, has acquired a significant position in the Company. Cuban owns the NBA World Champion Dallas Mavericks. Terms of the investment were not available in the release.

LinguaSys uniquely analyzes content in its native language, providing human language technologies to some of the world's largest mutual fund companies, commercial banks, hoteliers and government contractors. Its software contextually interprets the meaning and intent of written language in any of LinguaSys' currently supported languages, the result of its proprietary, patent-pending engine, Carabao.

MIAMI - More than 500 business executives, entrepreneurs, academics and other stakeholders gathered at the JW Marriott Marquis for BioFlorida’s 15th Annual Conference, the hallmark industry event for Florida’s bioscience industry.

This year’s event was stacked with dynamic speakers and panelists representing the state’s growing bioscience community. The conference was kicked off with a keynote speech from Florida’s 43rd Governor and bioscience champion, Jeb Bush, followed on Tuesday by an engaging keynote address from Bernie Siegel, J.D., founder and executive director of the Genetics Policy Institute and founder and chair of the World Stem Cell Summit.

Leslie Hielema, President of Orlando, Inc., talks about the 2012 B.I.G* Summit to be held Thursday, November 8 at Full Sail University. The one-day conference brings together 500 business, community leaders, and entrepreneurs to discuss trends and best practices in entrepreneurship.

Featured speakers for the event include: Jessica Jackley is a Founder of Kiva, the world's first peer to peer microlending website. Kiva lets users lend as little as $25 to poor entrepreneurs around the world, providing affordable capital for them to start or expand microenterprises. Named one of the top ideas of 2006 by The New York Times Magazine, and praised by Oprah, Bill Clinton and countless others, Kiva is one of the fastest-growing social benefit websites in history.

NEW YORK, NY - Silicon Valley is still the biggest hot spot for tech jobs in the U.S., but Central Florida isn't far behind. According to Mashable, Florida’s High Tech Corridor, which is made up of a mix of aerospace, digital media and energy companies, had 7,752 tech jobs posted in the period January - August 2012, making it fourth nationally in high tech jobs posted.

There were 9,874 tech jobs posted online for Silicon Valley between January to August of this year, according to a new report from Bright Labs, a new data resource center from the job search startup Bright. Silicon Alley in New York was close behind with 8,976 tech jobs in the period.

MIAMI - Through a first-of-its-kind public-private partnership slated to be announced Friday, a new technology business accelerator designed to recruit and cultivate high-growth start-ups is coming to downtown Miami.

The Launch Pad Tech Accelerator, created by The Launch Pad, an entrepreneurial resource center at the University of Miami, is backed by nearly $1.5 million in public-sector funding. Miami-Dade County is contributing $1 million over four years; the Miami Downtown Development Authority is investing $460,000 for operational expenses over two years.