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Microsoft finally closes its Nokia deal

Apr 25, 2014

Microsoft has finally brought Nokia’s device unit on board, about seven months after announcing it was planning to acquire the operation that...

Cyber security firm HackSurfer raises $3.5 million in equity financing

Apr 23, 2014

A Howard County cyber security firm has raised $3.5 million in equity financing to build out its marketing and sales team. HackSurfer, which...

Apple might be preparing its own mobile payments system

Apr 17, 2014

Ever since Apple  introduced the Passbook – a neat app that allows consumers to store loyalty cards, tickets, gift cards and passes on their...

China’s largest online beauty retailer Jumei files for a U.S. IPO

Apr 15, 2014

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...

Entrain app can supposedly do away with the feeling of jetlag

Apr 12, 2014

If you have ever traveled to countries where the time difference of that country and your home is huge, you’ve...

U.S. Air Force begins testing Google Glass for combat usage

Apr 10, 2014

Apparently the United States Air Force is looking to recruit a few "Glassholes." An elite Air Force technology research team has been...

AppDirect rasies $35 million to expand its international presence

Apr 10, 2014

AppDirect raised $35 million in a fresh round of financing for its service selling a white-label marketplace for business applications in...

Ineda Systems new wearable processor has a battery that lasts a month

Apr 8, 2014

Ineda Systems, a company building out a new type of semiconductor for the internet of things, has raised $17 million...

Intel Capital leads $10.5 million investment round for Altia Systems

Apr 8, 2014

Panoramic webcasting startup Altia Systems finally disclosed this week who was behind the $10.5 million Series B funding it got earlier this...

Turkish court overturns YouTube ban

Apr 4, 2014

Ankara court ordered a Turkish government ban on YouTube to be lifted, but allowed the blockage of 15 specific videos...

Family tracking app Life360 is integrating with IFTTT

Apr 2, 2014

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...

Long Beach’s electric-bus deal gets killed by the feds

Apr 1, 2014

Has California’s dream of zero-emission electric transit buses turned into something more akin to a nightmare? A deal under which the...