Chicago, US-based digital interactive application developer elevate DIGITAL scored an additional $3 million in its Series A funding round from SFX Entertainment to expand into new markets.
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First Lady Michelle Obama tells Chinese college students that online access to information a universal right
US First Lady Michelle Obama told Chinese students that online freedom is a right that everyone should have but stopped short of urging the Chinese government to grant more freedoms to its citizens, Reuters reported.
Turks having more difficulties going online after Twitter ban
Turks are now facing a new challenge getting access to the Internet after courts banned Twitter as alternative DNS numbers that were used to access the Internet were not anymore working, Reuters reported.
GAO says testing delays plague Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 jet software
A report from the US Government Accountability Office revealed that "persistent software problems" are causing delays in the testing of Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 jet which could also put the project behind schedule, Bloomberg reported.
Police mum on tech tool known as Stingray
Police are not revealing a lot of details about Stingray, a cell-tracking technology tool, that helps authorities that intercepts calls or messages of criminals they are trying to apprehend, the Associated Press reported.
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Makati, Philippines-based cooling solutions provider Concepcion Group is buying a stake in elevator company Otis E&M Co Philippines as a joint venture with Hartford, US-based multinational conglomerate United Technologies Corp (UTC) for an undisclosed amount.
The One World Doll Project, a subsidiary of One World Holdings Inc, secured a capital infusion of $500,000 from a New Mexico-based private equity investor, a statement about the funding said.
Sun Capital Partners has exited Certified Power when its affiliate sold the fluid power and power train solutions provider to Brinkmere Capital Partners. Financial details were not disclosed.
Gojee, a recipe-finding site, has been acquired by the XO Group for an undisclosed amount, after talks with other possible acquirers like Yahoo failed, TechCrunch reported.
Mobile Q&A app Locish secured fresh funding of $820,000 for its seed financing round led by Odyssey Jeremy Partners and joined in by other investors, a statement about the funding said.
Music education college Detroit Institute of Music Education Inc received a $3 million investment from private equity firm Beringea, a statement about the funding said.
Microsoft, through a blog post written by its Deputy General Counsel & Vice President John Frank, has pledged that it would undertake stricter procedures before investigating the Hotmail and Outlook accounts of its users, VentureBeat reported.
Italian website design service startup Flazio, backed by Zernike Meta Venture, allows users to create a website by using the content of their Facebook page, TechCrunch reported.
Pasadena, California-based kinetic desk maker Stir raised $1.5 million in a seed funding round led by Vegas TechFund and Zach Ware to scale up its production and distribution efforts.
