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Juicy rumor coming from Pocket-lint this morning: Facebook is reportedly eyeing a takeover of desktop, tablet and smartphone browser maker Opera Software. Citing an unnamed source, Pocket-lint says the social…
Does you car need a decent scrubbing? Need someone to go pick up your groceries at the store because you’re on a tight deadline at work? Could you use someone…
SecureKey, a Toronto, Canada-based security solutions company, has secured $30 million in a financing round led by Intel Capital. New strategic investors who participated in the funding round were Visa,…
The world-class domain name sleuthers over at Fusible have uncovered that Facebook (almost certainly) privately registered a number of domains with ‘studio edge’ in them, including the .com, .net and…
Berlin-based Internet startup incubator Team Europe is expanding to Asia with the establishment of a “market-watch” office in Seoul, South Korea. It will be headed by German-Korean Ludolf Ebner-Chung, a…
Cloud-based collaboration and task management software company Huddle has raised $24 million in Series C financing on the heels of setting up an office in New York, and plans to…
Scoutmob, an app development startup that delivers digital, location-based coupons and curated content straight to users’ phones, has scored both $3.25 million in funding and a partnership with payments company…
We were aware that activist fund Starboard Value wasn’t exactly a fan of the way AOL CEO Tim Armstrong and co run the aging Internet giant, but this ‘investor presentation’…
Mobile advertising firm Millennial Media this morning released its ‘Mobile Mix’ report covering its findings for the first quarter of this year. The report looks at trends in ad impressions…
After raising a whopping $155 million in funding from DST, General Atlantic and Sequoia Capital at the end of last year, Swedish online payments company Klarna has brought two heavyweights…
A new report from app analytics company Localytics claims Apple’s latest iPad model is now more widely used in the United States than the first-generation iPad, a mere two months…
AppSense Labs, the research arm of virtualization software company AppSense, has made its first seed investment. This morning, it announced that it has pumped an undisclosed amount of capital into…
Amazon has struck a deal with Paramount Pictures that will see hundreds of flicks being added to its Prime Instant Video subscription service. The licensing agreement will bring movies like…
Kony Solutions (perhaps not the best company name in the world) has secured $15 million in a Series C financing round led by Insight Venture Partners. The company provides a…
In case you’re also following the kerfuffle in the aftermath of Facebook’s big IPO, here’s the latest update from Reuters: In a lawsuit seeking class action status, filed in the…
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