Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry Ltd sued former executive vice-president Sebastien Marineau-Mes for breach of contract when he resigned to transfer to Apple in a case where the court ruled in favor of BlackBerry.
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OneVentures seeks $100M for Innovation and Growth Fund II
OneVentures, an Australia-based venture capital firm, intends to raise $100 million from institutional investors and high net worth individuals for its OneVentures Innovation and Growth Fund II.
Microsoft shells out $150M for Osterhout's wearable computing IP
American software giant shelled out $150 million to acquire San Francisco, California-based product design and development firm Osterhout Design Group's (ODG's) intellectual property for wearable computing devices.
AppGyver receives $2.5M seed investment in round led by Initial Capital and Open Ocean Capital
AppGyver, San Francisco-based a mobile app development tools provider, received a $2.5 million investment for its seed round led by Initial Capital and Open Ocean Capital.
Turkey blocks YouTube amid new government audio file leak
Just over a week after blocking Twitter, Turkey is now moving to shut down access to YouTube in a bid to stem off the source of corruption scandal and reputation-damaging leaks related to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Former Google Head of Global Strategy for Mobile Ad Platforms Jesse Hurwitz has left the search behemoth for mobile ad platform startup AdBrain, VentureBeat reported.
Bloomberg Beta used predictive analytical tools and research to arrive at a list of 350 employees who could be future founders of startups, TechCrunch reported.
San Francisco, US-based real estate equity crowdfunding startup RealCrowd Inc nabbed $1.6 million in a seed funding round from Data Collective, Y Combinator's Garry Tan, and some real estate managers.
London, UK-based user-generated news startup Oximity bagged an undisclosed amount of seed money from angel investors Ronnie Screwvala and K Ganesh to provide direct sources of global news in 180 languages.
The $2 billion acquisition of Oculus VR Inc by social media giant Facebook Inc has turned the interest of investors to virtual reality startups, Bloomberg News reported.
US-based shipping startup Shyp came out of private beta mode today to deliver hassle-free posting and packaging service to business offices and individual consumers in San Francisco.
Apple Inc and Google Inc may be pummeling BlackBerry in the smartphone department but the Canada-based firm is the leading player in the connected-car department, Bloomberg reported.
US social customer solutions provider Lithium Technologies acquired San Francisco-based social media influence scoring platform in a deal valued at $200 million in combined cash and equity.
Tech giants Dell and Microsoft Corp have signed a patent licensing deal regarding Android and Chrome OS devices as well as Xbox consoles, TechCrunch reported.
