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Nok Nok Labs secure $16.5M in new funding round for new online authentication services
Nok Nok Labs secured $16.5 million in its latest funding round from Lenovo, DCM and Onset Ventures as it seeks to move online authentication beyond usernames and passwords, VentureBeat reported.
MakerBot start accepting pre-orders for $1,375 Replicator Mini 3D printer
MakerBot has finally started accepting preorders for their smallest 3D printer, the Replicator Mini which costs $1,375 which will be shipped sometime in the spring, TechCrunch reported.
Chicago's Threadless launches iOS app for e-commerce shop
Chicago, US-based artist community and e-commerce site Threadless launched an iOS app for its online T-shirt and hoodie business after existing exclusively on the web for a long time.
San Francisco code host GitHub builds text editor king Atom
San Francisco, US-based software development project web hosting service GitHub built a new browser-based text editor called Atom that allows developers to write and edit code at the same time in a bid to combine all the best features of the available text editors in the market.
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Rapper Rick Ross sent out a clarifying statement after Trayvon Martin, the teenager who died in a shooting incident in February 2012, was mentioned in a song of his new album.
Sony will shut down two-thirds of its retail outlets located across the US, with 11 out of the 31 stores near major markets to remain open, as part of its move to offload unprofitable units and reduce liabilities.
US-based payments startup Knox Payments raised $900,000 in funding from Virginia-based angel investors to launch a limited beta version of its service that allows merchants to accept direct payments from their clients' bank accounts.
Manhattan Attorney Preet Bharara has sent subpoenas to Mt. Gox, other bitcoin exchanges, and businesses that deal in bitcoin to seek information on how they handled recent cyber attacks, a source familiar with the probe said on Wednesday.
Entrepreneurs’ most frequent complaint is how challenging it is to raise money, especially risk capital; founders in developing countries have even more difficulty since the amounts of venture money for investment in most emerging markets is less vs. the USA.
Spanish flamenco guitarist, Paco de Lucia, died at the age of 66 while being rushed to a local hospital from a beach in Cancun.
