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LightSpeed has raised $35 million to get into the mobile payments game

Sep 17, 2014

LightSpeed, a Canadian retail software startup, plans to introduce a payments system and boost its international presence with $35 million...

You can listen to music on the Apple Watch with a bluetooth headset

Sep 13, 2014

The Apple Watch we got a glimpse at this week is a powerful peripheral device, but most of its tricks...

Intel has acquired over 1,400 telecom patents from Powerwave

Sep 11, 2014

Intel announced that it has signed a deal to purchase more than 1,400 patents originally registered by Powerwave Technologies, which...

Samsung’s virtual reality headset will be $199 at launch

Sep 7, 2014

The Samsung Gear VR virtual reality accessory for the Galaxy Note 4 phablet will cost $199 in the US. This...

Yahoo has acquired photo advertising startup Luminate

Sep 6, 2014

Yahoo has acquired the startup Luminate, a service that focuses on advertising on top of online images, as the Internet...

On-demand bus startup Bridj has raised $4 million in funding

Sep 5, 2014

Bridj, the on-demand private bus startup, said Thursday that it has raised $4 million in funding to help it expand...

Rocket Internet is merging five of its services into one e-commerce giant

Sep 4, 2014

Rocket Internet has made a major move ahead of its upcoming IPO in Germany after announcing that it will merge...

Google is no longer displaying article authorship in search results

Aug 29, 2014

Google search results will not display names of authors associated with articles anymore, bringing an end to the company's Authorship...

More than half of all Americans now have access to Uber

Aug 29, 2014

Uber is firing on all cylinders these days as it rolls out new features, expands around the world and keeps...

Mozilla has launched browser ads for Firefox

Aug 28, 2014

Mozilla has rolled out directory tiles, the company’s advertising experiment for its browser’s new tab page, to the Firefox Nightly...

Ybrain has raised $3.5 million to manufacture its medical wearables

Aug 27, 2014

Ybrain, a Korean startup that makes wearables for Alzheimer’s patients, announced today that it has raised $3.5 million in Series...

Broadcom is making it easy to prototpe Internet of Things devices

Aug 27, 2014

Broadcom chips have already infiltrated Internet of Things devices from companies like Quirky and Electric Imp. Now it’s looking to...