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LightSpeed has raised $35 million to get into the mobile payments game
LightSpeed, a Canadian retail software startup, plans to introduce a payments system and boost its international presence with $35 million in funding from INovia Capital and Accel Partners Ltd. The...
You can listen to music on the Apple Watch with a bluetooth headset
The Apple Watch we got a glimpse at this week is a powerful peripheral device, but most of its tricks require it to be tethered to an iPhone in the...
Intel has acquired over 1,400 telecom patents from Powerwave
Intel announced that it has signed a deal to purchase more than 1,400 patents originally registered by Powerwave Technologies, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January. According to the...
Samsung’s virtual reality headset will be $199 at launch
The Samsung Gear VR virtual reality accessory for the Galaxy Note 4 phablet will cost $199 in the US. This comes straight from a spokesperson for the Korean company, so...
Yahoo has acquired photo advertising startup Luminate
Yahoo has acquired the startup Luminate, a service that focuses on advertising on top of online images, as the Internet giant tries to give its once-mighty ad business a jolt....
On-demand bus startup Bridj has raised $4 million in funding
Bridj, the on-demand private bus startup, said Thursday that it has raised $4 million in funding to help it expand beyond Greater Boston. The Cambridge company also said that it...
Rocket Internet is merging five of its services into one e-commerce giant
Rocket Internet has made a major move ahead of its upcoming IPO in Germany after announcing that it will merge five of its global e-commerce services into one single business....
Google is no longer displaying article authorship in search results
Google search results will not display names of authors associated with articles anymore, bringing an end to the company's Authorship experiment. The search giant had already stopped showing the Google+...
More than half of all Americans now have access to Uber
Uber is firing on all cylinders these days as it rolls out new features, expands around the world and keeps poaching drivers from its biggest competitor Lyft. The company shared...
Mozilla has launched browser ads for Firefox
Mozilla has rolled out directory tiles, the company’s advertising experiment for its browser’s new tab page, to the Firefox Nightly channel. We installed the latest browser build to give the...
Ybrain has raised $3.5 million to manufacture its medical wearables
Ybrain, a Korean startup that makes wearables for Alzheimer’s patients, announced today that it has raised $3.5 million in Series A funding led by Stonebridge Capital, bringing its total raised...
Broadcom is making it easy to prototpe Internet of Things devices
Broadcom chips have already infiltrated Internet of Things devices from companies like Quirky and Electric Imp. Now it’s looking to the next generation of developers hoping to cash in on...
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