Retention Science managed to raise $7 million in Series A funding, backed by Upfront Ventures, and earlier investors including Baroda Ventures, Forerunner Ventures, Mohr Davidow Ventures as well as so-called angel investors. With the recent funding, the company reportedly plans to hire sales and marketing staff, as well as more data scientists who can demonstrate "retention marketing" beyond retail.

The US National Institutes of Health has awarded Oraya Therapeutics with a $215,000 Small Business Technology Transfer Grant to investigate gold nanoparticles development.

Backed by Norwest Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), SingTel Innov8 of the SingTel Group, and an undisclosed global bank, Bitglass reportedly received additional $25 million in Series B funding. Norwest and NEA were also among its investors in the earlier round, where it got $10 million. The company plans to use the new investment to expand sales, marketing and technology development.

Are the Los Angeles Lakers a playoff team? Mitch Kupchak believes that they could be when aske by Lakers Nation reporter Serena Winters. But the Lakers are far from a contender after an abysmal 27-win total season. With the addition of new players and a new head coach, the Lakers will face an uphill battle next season in the very tough western conference.

Olivia Wilde and her 3-month-old baby boy are featured in Glamour's September issue. In one of the photos released by the magazine, the new mom, dressed in head-to-toe couture, was captured breastfeeding her son Otis in his birthday suit. The 30 year-old looked fabulous in a Roberto Cavalli dress, Prada heels and scarf, Yossi Harari earrings and a Lanvin ring while sitting in a diner.

According to Enstarz, Frankel will now add motivational speaker to her already packed resume. The svelte mogul was recently in North Carolina for an appearance and also dished out tips to become a successful entrepreneur. Charlotte Observer, who interviewed Frankel, published five tips for women who wants to be as successful as her.

Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Transatomic Power Corporation has just received $2 million from FF Science, part of Founders Fund's $1 billion investment pool targeted at science and engineering-based companies.

"19 Kids and Counting" star Jessa Duggar's boyfriend, and apparently rumored fiancé Ben Seewald admitted that he is a criminal in a lengthy, dramatic Facebook post, a week following his controversial statements about Catholicism.

Citing multiple sources, TMZ said Khloe's extra sympathy to Rob stems from the fact that her brother had taken a liking to her former husband, basketball star Lamar Odom. When Khloe and Lamar split, the basketball player reportedly went radio silent on the family. The split had purportedly affected Rob, who has been looking to Odom as his father-figure ever since his biological father Robert Kardashian died in 2003.

Robert's interview follows rumors of Stewart purportedly dating "Equals" co-star Nicholas Hoult. According to Christian Post, the two were spotted having breakfast together at a sushi bar in Japan. Moreover, Hollywood Life observed that the rumors have been supported by Hoult himself, who shared an Instagram video of what appears to be Stewart while she was getting a belly piercing on August 3. In the video, a woman is seen on a piercing table with the same crop top and cut-off denim shorts Stewart was wearing in another Instagram photo.