The Boston College Venture Competition or BCVC hosted the second year of the Startup Career Fair this week with over 30 tech startups taking part of the event, The Heights reported.
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Mt Gox remains closed while rival Bitcoin exchanges resume withdrawals
Bitstamp and BTC-E paused Bitcoin withdrawal from their exchanges starting last week because of a potential glitch but have already resumed withdrawals while Mt Gox, the biggest Bitcoin exchange, still remains closed until now.
Irish online jewelry firm Coldlilies snags $50K in funding
Dublin, Ireland-based online jewelry retailer Coldlilies snagged $50,000 in funding from Enterprise Ireland's Competitive Start Fund fr female entrepreneurs to begin next phase of the business.
Top US hedge funds still betting on eBay, Apple in the fourth quarter- report
E-commerce giant eBay and iPhone maker Apple Inc were beloved bets among top US hedge funds like that of activist investor Carl Icahn in the fourth quarter of last year, Reuters reported.
Protocol flaw, exchange shutdown, and $2.7M heist prompt speculations about Bitcoin's end
With Bitcoin encountering a series of problems lately, including withdrawal halting of exchanges, a $2.7 million heist, and a flaw in the Bitcoin protocol, speculations abound that the Bitcoin is coming to an end soon.
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PayPal is shuttering the doors of backend-as-a-service provider StackMob two months after it was purchased. StackMob's clients have until March 31 to transfer their data, VentureBeat reported.
Sellvana, an open source e-commerce software developer based in Portland, Oregon, has received $5 million for its seed funding round from unnamed New York investors, VentureBeat reported.
A massive cyber attack from unknown sources that has been spamming bitcoin exchanges is highlighting some of the dangers people can encounter when they exchange cash for digital currencies like the bitcoin, experts said on Wednesday.
Giant Interactive Group, a shareholder in Alibaba Group Holding, is selling a stake in the e-commerce company for about $199 million. Giant Interactive's share sale values Alibaba at roughly $128 billion.
PayPal President David Marcus berated employees in its headquarters in San Jose, California for not patronizing their own products, telling them to quit if they insist on doing so, VentureBeat reported.
New York, US-based personal data exchange startup Datacoup is running a beta trial where people are paid $8 a month in exchange of access to their social media account and credit and debit card transactions, with the data collected to be sold to advertisers.
Colorado, US-based big data firm Datalogix is acquiring Connecticut-based shopper intelligence company Spire Marketing for an undisclosed amount to expand its footprint into shopper marketing.
San Francisco, US-based point-of-sale system provider Revel Systems integrated Bitcoin transactions into its payment platform to grant its customers access to the latest payment methods.
Tapiture, a site where users can access millions of their favorite things, received $2.25 million for its seed funding round from various investors, TechCrunch reported.
