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Microsoft finally closes its Nokia deal
Microsoft has finally brought Nokia’s device unit on board, about seven months after announcing it was planning to acquire the operation that once dominated the cell phone market. It is now up...
Cyber security firm HackSurfer raises $3.5 million in equity financing
A Howard County cyber security firm has raised $3.5 million in equity financing to build out its marketing and sales team. HackSurfer, which was founded in 2012, recently put its first product on...
Apple might be preparing its own mobile payments system
Ever since Apple introduced the Passbook – a neat app that allows consumers to store loyalty cards, tickets, gift cards and passes on their iPhones – talk has heated up about exactly when the...
China’s largest online beauty retailer Jumei files for a U.S. IPO
Beijing-based online retailer Jumei plans to hold its initial public offering in the U.S. In its SEC filing over the weekend Jumei, which offers daily deals on fragrances and cosmetics, said it wants to...
Entrain app can supposedly do away with the feeling of jetlag
If you have ever traveled to countries where the time difference of that country and your home is huge, you’ve probably experienced a rather nasty side-effect known as jetlag. For...
U.S. Air Force begins testing Google Glass for combat usage
Apparently the United States Air Force is looking to recruit a few "Glassholes." An elite Air Force technology research team has been experimenting with Google Glass's potential battlefield applications, and so far things are...
AppDirect rasies $35 million to expand its international presence
AppDirect raised $35 million in a fresh round of financing for its service selling a white-label marketplace for business applications in the cloud. Led by Peter Thiel’s Mithril Capital, the new financing will...
Ineda Systems new wearable processor has a battery that lasts a month
Ineda Systems, a company building out a new type of semiconductor for the internet of things, has raised $17 million in second-round funding. The startup, which is also pursuing a...
Intel Capital leads $10.5 million investment round for Altia Systems
Panoramic webcasting startup Altia Systems finally disclosed this week who was behind the $10.5 million Series B funding it got earlier this year — Intel Capital. The Cupertino company led by CEO Aurangzeb Khan was featured in the Business...
Turkish court overturns YouTube ban
Ankara court ordered a Turkish government ban on YouTube to be lifted, but allowed the blockage of 15 specific videos to remain in place. The move comes after a similar...
Family tracking app Life360 is integrating with IFTTT
IFTTT’s recipe library of internet-of-things triggers just got an interesting new ingredient. Family tracking app Life360 is integrating with IFTTT letting users coordinate actions based on the movement and location of a...
Long Beach’s electric-bus deal gets killed by the feds
Has California’s dream of zero-emission electric transit buses turned into something more akin to a nightmare? A deal under which the city of Long Beach would buy 15 electric transit buses...
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