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Hiatus raises $1.2M in seed funding.

March 1, 2017
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New York-based startup Hiatus has raised $1.2M in seed funding. The startup helps you identify (and potentially cancel) your monthly reoccurring subscriptions. Founded in 2015, Hiatus first connects to your…

Google Acquires Start-Up Divide

May 20, 2014
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Moving to strengthen Android's appeal to enterprise customers, Google on Monday acquired Divide, a mobile device management platform, for an undisclosed sum. Divide announced the deal on its blog, noting…

MOG founder Hyman sues Beats for $20 million

May 17, 2014
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Beats Electronics, which is close to being sold to Apple Inc for $3.2 billion, has been sued by the founder of a music service Beats bought two years ago claiming…

Apple and Samsung back in court over patent damages

November 13, 2013
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Apple and Samsung are returning to court in one of the most high-profile patent battles of recent times. The two archrivals are in a California court today as a new…

Twitter hit with $124 million lawsuit over private stock sale

October 31, 2013
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Twitter Inc was sued for $124 million on Wednesday by two companies claiming the social media darling fraudulently had them organize a private sale of its shares to stoke investor…

Charleston-based software firm PeopleMatter raises $16 million

October 29, 2013
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Charleston-based PeopleMatter announced on Monday that it has secured $16 million in Series E funding bringing its total startup capital kitty to $63 million. The $16 million funding was led…

Facebook to pay 614,000 users $15 each over privacy concerns

August 28, 2013
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After more than two years of deliberation, a U.S. federal judge in California has granted final approval for Facebook’s $20 million settlement of a lawsuit over its “Sponsored Story” advertisements,…

New York Times, Twitter and Huffington Post hacked by Syrian group

August 28, 2013
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Media companies including the New York Times, Twitter and the Huffington Post lost control of some of their websites Tuesday after hackers supporting the Syrian government breached the Australian Internet…

Startup Spotlight: Interview with Matthew Elan Smith founder of Insuretech startup Pineapple

Pineapple (formerly Amyti) is a Johannesburg-based P2P insurer, and South Africa’s first P2P insurer. Founded… ∞

Startup Spotlight: Interview with Amber McDonald CEO of Indemnis

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), popularly known as drones, have been with us for a while.… ∞

Startup spotlight: Interview with Johannes Degn co-founder of Lynk

We had a chance to speak to Johannes Degn co-founder of Lynk a network of… ∞

10 promising European startups founded by women

Despite the high disparity in the number of startups founded by men and women due… ∞

Apple to offer coding camps for women-founded startups

Apple will offer a two-week technology lab at its campus in Cupertino in which participants… ∞

Feedr secures £1.54 million in Pre-Series A funding

Feedr, a London, UK-based intelligent lunch platform startup that uses technology to offer office employees… ∞

UNICEF Funds 6 Blockchain Startups to solve global challenges

Announced Monday, UNICEF is investing $100,000 in six blockchain startups to “solve global challenges using blockchain technology,”… ∞

UK tech for good Startups receive £400k from The Social Tech Trust

Nine of the UK’s most promising ‘tech for good’ startups have received £400,000 of funding… ∞

Hiatus raises $1.2M in seed funding.

Google Acquires Start-Up Divide

MOG founder Hyman sues Beats for $20 million

Apple and Samsung back in court over patent damages

Charleston-based software firm PeopleMatter raises $16 million

New York Times, Twitter and Huffington Post hacked by Syrian group

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