San Francisco, California-based mobile video advertising startup Vungle snagged $17 million in a Series B funding round led by Thomvest Ventures to build monetization tools for developers of mobile apps.
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Security researcher exposes Snapchat weakness that could crash phone
Security researcher Jamie Sanches has discovered and exposed a weakness within California-US-based photo messaging app Snapchat that could allow hackers to freeze and crash a user's phone.
American venture capitalist Ben Horowitz makes an interesting Bitcoin bet
New Bitcoin startup investor Ben Horowitz of US-based venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and Bitcoin skeptic Felix Salmon made a bet against each other on the status of the digital currency as a payment mechanism by 2109.
OpenTable launches private beta for dining payments service in San Francisco
San Francisco, US-based online real-time restaurant reservation service OpenTable launched a private beta of its dining payments service for 11 restaurants in San Francisco, with new restaurants to be added soon.
Balmer Lawrie buys Indian travel venture Vacations Exotica
Kolkata, India-based public sector enterprise Balmer Lawrie & Co Ltd bought Mumbai-based travel venture Vacations Exotica including its employees and customers from Vacations Exotica Destinations Pvt Ltd for an undisclosed sum.
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Yobie Bejamin, the former Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Citigroup, raised $1 million on via crowdfunding platform Kickstarter for hardware startup Avegant's new kind of headset called Glyph.
Tokyo, Japan-based Bitcoin exchange Mt Gox announced on its site that it temporarily halted Bitcoin withdrawals to resolve a technical problem that arose from the increased withdrawal traffic.
San Francisco, US-based firm Inzopa launched a platform that simplifies the process of home financing by connecting homebuyers with real estate agents, mortgage brokers, and lenders.
New York, US-based startup Docurated nabbed $3.75 million in its first major funding round led by Rogers Venture Partners to help companies index and search for their files on local servers and cloud storage services.
American software company PressFriendly built a platform that works like a virtual PR team for startups and orient them on what they should do before sending a sales pitch to potential customers.
San Francisco, US-based online real-time restaurant reservation platform OpenTable acquired Palo Alto, California-based personalized recommendations app maker Ness Computing in a deal valued at $17.3 million.
Sussex, Wisconsin-based commercial printing firm Quad/Graphics Inc bought Boston-based family-owned printing business UniGraphic Inc for an undisclosed amount as part of its expansion strategy via acquisitions.
Hackers responsible for the data breach on Target stores over the holiday season gained access using log-on credentials for heating, refrigeration, and air conditioning, according to a post on Krebs on Security written by former Washington Post reporter Brian Krebs.
Mineola-based LaunchPad in Long Island extended its reach to startups in Hungtington with the opening of LaunchPad Huntington, another co-working space where startups can rent desks and offices until they are able to expand to nearby offices.
