Social Media Data Startup Dataminr Raises $13 Million
Real-time social media data firm Dataminr today announced that it has raised $13 million in Series B funding. The company says the round was led by existing Series A investors…
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Digital River Buys Payment Solutions Firm LML For $102.8M
More consolidation in the exciting world of digital payments as cloud commerce solutions provider Digital River has agreed to acquire LML Payment Systems, a NASDAQ-listed provider of electronic payment processing…
Mformation, Which Failed To Successfully Sue RIM, Gets Bought
Remember Mformation Technologies, the provider of mobile device management software solutions that initially won a $147.2 million patent lawsuit against Research In Motion (RIM), only to see the verdict overturned…
Verizon Will Pay TiVo Over $250M To Settle Patent Litigation
Interactive TV services and advertising solutions company TiVo today announced that its patent litigation with Verizon is settled, after the latter agreed to cough up *at least* $250.4 million, including…
Rocket's Square Clone Payleven Debuts API, Launches In Italy
Payleven, the mobile payment solution provider that was incubated by Germany’s Rocket Internet, is continuing its international expansion with a launch in Italy. More importantly, Payleven has released an API…
SimpliVity Lands $25 Million In Series B Funding
SimpliVity, a Westborough, Massachusetts-based technology startup, has secured $25 million in Series B funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), with prior backers Accel Partners and Charles River Ventures…
Fab Upgrades Its Site For European Customers
Rejoice, social shoppers: Fab has finally – and quietly – brought its European website up to par with its North America-focused Fab.com sister site. Although the company had said in…
Google's Vic Gundotra: Nik Software's Products Will Live On
As I’m sure you’ve heard, Google recently acquired Nik Software, the creators of the popular Snapseed app for iOS and Mac. But Nik Software, which has been around for 17…
Good Karma! Facebook To Launch Social Gifting App In The US
Around the same time it started listing its shares on NASDAQ, Facebook announced that it had acquired social gifting app maker Karma for a reported $80 million+, making it one…
Meet The 18 Startups Rocking Seedcamp Week
This week is an important one for pan-European startup accelerator Seedcamp, as it’s holding its annual 4-day event that brings together all companies it has invested in throughout the year….
Amazon To Feature Apps On New Kindle Fire Tablet 'Billboards'
One of the key drivers for success for any mobile app developer is discoverability: potential customers or users actually being able to find their app(s) in one of the many…
UK Government Wants To Relax Rules For IPOs
As part of Seedcamp Week, Google’s Campus building in London this morning provided a stage for David Willetts, Minister of State for Universities and Science, to announce that the UK…
Leo DiCaprio-Backed Mobli Lands Another $22M
Whether it will be able to withstand the intense rivalry of the likes of Instagram, Viddy and SocialCam – plus a plethora of other media sharing apps – remains to…
Samsung To Build New R&D; Campus In Silicon Valley
Samsung Electronics (Samsung) today announced that it will move its R&D subsidiary Samsung Information Systems America (SISA) to a new 8.5 acre campus in Mountain View, California. Construction of Samsung’s…
Aisle411 Buys Indoor Geo-Location Firm WiLocate's Tech, IP
Mobile retail navigation service provider aisle411 today announced that it has acquired the indoor positioning technology assets and certain patents pending of geo-location company WiLocate. The move is meant to…
