Tension increased when the town's people of Moore, Oklahoma started their counter protest against the members of the Westboro Baptist Church, who were also picketing just across the street, reported IJReview.

UConn's Shabazz Napier told reporters that there were nights he would go to sleep on an empty stomach as his scholarship does not cover all expenses including food, reported CNN.

Social media giant Twitter snapped up Cover, a startup that offers a lock screen and app drawer for Android devices, for an undisclosed amount, to boost its popularity among Android users.

Oscar Pistorius was rescheduled to testify again on his murder trial after being too emotional while giving his testimony, reported BBC.

Flappy Bird developer Dong Nguyen tweeted that the app may be back soon without specifying dates, he also tweeted that "fun games do no need to be complex", reported BBC.

London, UK-based visual customer analytics firm Trak.io emerged from private beta and raised $150,000 in seed funding from Kima Ventures last August to track the behavior of startups' customers.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia-based taxi app GrabTaxi closed its Series A round with more than $1 million from Singaporean state-owned investment firm Vertex Ventures to conquer Southeast Asia.

US-based video-sharing giant YouTube representative Gonenc Gurkaynak filed a legal complaint to the Turkish Consitutional Court against the ban that prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued against the service.

Bangkok, Thailand-based digital publication platform Ookbee landed $7 million in a Series B funding led by Japanese outsourcing firm Transcosmos to fuel its Southeast Asian expansion.

Northwestern University (NU) trustees Michael Ferro Jr and Pat Ryan Jr each donated $2 million to build an incubator space called the Garage near the Henry Crown Sports Pavilion where student entrepreneurs can develop projects, classes, and businesses.