Irvine, US-based startup Oculus VR took home the award for the Best Hardware Startup of the year during the 7th Annual Crunchies of TechCrunch for its breakthrough Oculus Rift VR headset.
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Iowa-based education startup Higher Learning Technologies bags $1M in funding
Coralville, US-based education startup Higher Learning Technologies bagged $1 million from investors in its first funding round to dozens more to its existing mobile education apps this year.
Crowdfunding site Kickstarter bags Best Overall Startup at 2013 Crunchies
Kickstarter, a crowdfunding site, won the "Best Overall Startup" at the 2013 Crunchies, besting other tough contenders in the category which included Uber, CloudFlare, Snapchat and Twitter, TechCrunch reported.
Identity authentication firm HID Global acquires New Mexico's Lumidigm
California-based identity authentication firm HID Global acquired Albuquerque, New Mexico-based authentication solutions provider Lumidigm for an undisclosed amount to extend its product portfolio and gain new secure identity solutions.
Skopos Financial Expands Dealer Base by More Than 120 Percent, Enters Auto Finance Markets of Seven New States
Skopos Financial, LLC, an indirect, national subprime auto finance company, today announced it has grown its base of franchise dealer partners by more than 120 percent. The company has also increased its presence across the United States with the addition of seven new states where the lender is doing business. These states include Indiana, Tennessee, Ohio, Colorado, South Carolina, Alabama and Illinois.
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Private equity giant KKR will be withdrawing two funds targeted for individual investors, a move that is seen as a blow to its efforts to grow its product offerings beyond institutional investors, Reuters reported.
The "Technology and Internet Conference" of Goldman Sachs will be launched on Tuesday, February 11, 2014 with the best companies from the public and private sector as its attendees, TechCrunch reported.
Andrew Bocking, the Executive Vice President of BBM, exited Ontario, Canada-based smartphone and enterprise software maker BlackBerry, with the said division to be folded into Global Enterprise Solutions under the leadership of John Sims.
Soon-to-be Microsoft-owned mobile phone maker Nokia will reportedly launch its first Android phone code named Normandy, which could be powered by Microsoft and Nokia, on February 24 in Barcelona, Spain.
Illinois, US-based book retailing giant Barnes & Noble confirmed that it eliminated jobs across the company, but denied eliminating their Nook hardware engineering division, contrary to a report from Business Insider.
Google announced today that its media streaming dongle, Chromecast, now supports YouTube videos that are embedded on the page, eliminating the need to navigate to the YouTube site or mobile app in order to flick videos to the TV screen.
iCitizen Corp, a politics-focused startup, endeavors to keep people in the loop about political issues and legislation using its mobile app, Venture Capital Dispatch reported.
San Francisco, US-based startup Super.cc was launched by Aviary co-founder Michael Galpert to provide an automated way for busy people to add meetings, appointments, and other events to calendars and send out invites.
Planetary Ventures, the shell firm that Google infrequently uses for its real estate deals, has won the right to lease Moffett Field and Hangar One.
