Less than 12 hours after Microsoft launched its Office for iPad, the apps ranked in the top three of the world's most popular free apps on the Apple App Store, VentureBeat reported.
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Times Internet backs Indian mobile education startup GradeStack
Uttar Pradesh, India-based Internet network Times Internet backed Noida-based mobile education startup GradeStack with an undisclosed amount to turn mobile education into a social experience.
Intel to pour $15M into Israeli smarglasses startup OrCam
Intel Capital is planning to pour $15 million in funding into Jerusalem, Israel-based smartglasses maker to continue helping visually impaired people using the startup's product.
Fullscreen adds Texas-based video game media firm ScrewAttack
California, US-based YouTube multi-channel network Fullscreen added Texas-based video game media firm ScrewAttack for an undisclosed amount just a couple of months after it bought mobile-video startup Supernova.
Y Combinator startups vote on top three classmates for Winter 2014
The startups on Y Combinator's Winter 2014 class held a vote as to who among their classmates would be most likely to succeed and their votes were different from that of TechCrunch's own picks.
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Indian IT services giant Tech Mahindra may buy a large minority stake in Bangalore-bases social media analytics firm Simplify360 for an undisclosed amount in a bid to boost its social, mobility, analytics, and cloud services (SMAC) portfolio.
The Tokyo District Court has extended the deadline of the investigation on the reason behind the failure of Tokyo-based Mt. Gox to May 9, Reuters reported.
Marsa, Malta-based telephone and cable television services provider Go PLC agreed to purchase a 25% stake in Nicosia, Cyprus-based firm Cablenet Communications Systems Ltd for €12 million in convertible loan.
Journalists and news organizations are being targeted by hackers who are working for or supporting a government, according to two Google security engineers, Reuters reported.
The European Commission has partnered with iversity to create a provider network of European Massive Open Online Courses that would pay attention to web and app skills development, TechCrunch reported.
5AM Ventures and Lundbeckfond Ventures led the $16 million Series A round for scPharmaceuticals, a pharmaceutical firm that is establishing products for subcutaneous delivery, a statement about the funding said.
RuiYi Inc, a biotech firm based in California and China, has secured $15 million for its Series B funding round from its existing backers, a statement about the funding said.
Vernalis is pleased to announce the achievement of the first milestone
in its research collaboration with Asahi Kasei Pharma (AKP).
Split, the anti-social app that helps people avoid potentially awkward encounters has raised $1 million for its seed round from well-known private investors, a statement about the funding said.
