Brooklyn, US-based incubator Urban Future Lab has opened in partnership with NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering and The New York City Economic Development Corp (NYCEDC) to support cleantech startups around the world.
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San Francisco's Kontangent+PlayHaven rebrand as Upsight to integrate game analytics and monetization
San Francisco, US-based firm Kontangent+PlayHaven, a company that resulted from a merger three months ago, is rebranding as Upsight to create a single platform that integrates both game analytics and monetization.
California machine learning startup Wise.io pockets $2.5M in Series A round
Berkeley, US-based machine learning startup Wise.io pocketed $2.5 million in its first round of funding which was led by Voyager Capital to let its clients build machine learning models for customer behavior analytics.
Content Media acquires Chinese media producer Alive Group
Santa Monica, US-based media entertainment firm Content Media Corp acquired Beijing, China-based producer Alive Group for an undisclosed amount to gain access to the booming Chinese market.
US game monetization firm Mochi Media to shut down on March 31
San Francisco, US-based Flash game development and monetization platfrom Mochi Media will shut down on March 31, 2013 as it no longer has a solid future with Flash games.
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San Francisco, US-based on-demand transportation app Uber is gearing up for a soft launch in Boulder, Colorado amid the controversies regarding regulations and accidents that it is currently facing.
London, UK-based wearable tech startup HereO created a GPS watch with a kid-friendly and durable design that can help parents monitor their kids' location through the company's website or mobile app.
Singaporean organization Monozca Foundation is opening an incubator facility for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Philippines in Filinvest Corporate City, which will be called the Cocoon SME Global Hub.
As predictive technology and the rise of wearable technology grows, concerns also abound about their use and the privacy and related issues that they bring, VentureBeat reported.
Non-profit health agency Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) sold its former headquarters along Sunrise Drive in Tucson to Larsen Baker LLC in a deal valued at $9.1 million.
London is not anymore the top financial center in the world. According to the Global Financial Centres Index, that title now belongs to New York, Bloomberg reported.
Leonardo DiCaprio has bought a Palm Springs estate once owned by singer Dinah Shore and designed by architect Donald Wexler for $5,23 million, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The City of Los Angeles sued Time Warner Cable Inc for its failure to pay franchise fees amounting to nearly $10 million in the past, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Douglas Hodge, the Chief Executive Officer of Pimco, told German newspaper that the abrupt decision of Mohamed El-Erian to leave the firm surprised everyone, Reuters reported.
