Applications are now being accepted for the third round of the Presidential Innovation Fellows program, the initiative that seeks to leverage on the expertise of the technology industry to improve the lives of Americans and government operations, VentureBeat reported.
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Hotels hike room charges ahead of Commonwealth Games, caused public uproar
The Commonwealth Games scheduled on July 23 has set an uproar to the public as hotels and budget inns have dramatically increased their accommodation rates higher than their counterparts during the Olympics held in London last 2012.
Miki Howard, the real "Billie Jean" could be the mother of Michael Jackson’s son
A new report burst this week claiming that a DNA test of Michael Jackson’s illegitimate son resulted positive making Brandon Howard to be the King of Pop’s son with Miki Howard, the person allegedly referred to as Billy in Jackson’s hit single Billy Jean.
Optio Labs bags $10M in Series A round
Optio Labs secured $10 million from parent company Allied Minds and other private investors for its Series A funding round. The company provides software solutions for mobile security, a statement about the funding said.
New York startup school General Assembly scores $35M in funding
New York, US-based startup school General Assembly scored $25 million in a recent funding round to expand its tech and entrepreneurship course offering and to build new campuses.
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After the collapse of Bitcoin exchange, the government of Japan decided not to regulate Bitcoin transactions because they do not consider it a currency, but a commodity that will be subject to sales tax.
Workable, a developer of SME-focused cloud-based recruitment platform, secred a $1.5 million investment in its latest funding round led by Greylock Partners
DreamIt Ventures Austin has rolled out a new microfund this week together with AngelList to give additional funding to the nine startups in its accelerator program, VentureBeat reported.
Sean Parker, the first president of Facebok, broke off from California, US-based venture capital firm Founders Fund as a partner to devote more his time to his new projects.
Bloodhound has become more focused, turning away from its previous business of creating software tools for events, and launching applications that give mobile lead capture services, TechCrunch reported.
Austin, Texas-based solar microinverter provider SolarBridge Technologies closed $42 million in a funding round led by Constellation Technology Ventures to drive its expansion efforts across North America and Australia.
London-based e-learning platform Quipper which makes Quipper School has bagged $5.8 million for its Series A2 fundraising round from Atomico, Benesse and other unnamed investors, TechCrunch reported.
San Francisco, US-based startup SeeSpace launched a $100,000 crowdfunding campaign via Kickstarter for InAIR, its new product that combines Internet and second screen functions.
Altitude Games, a fresh mobile gaming studio based in the Philippines, has received $275,000 for its seed funding round to help it create its "original IP in the midcore game space," TechCrunch reported.
