Pune, India-based software services firm Persistent Systems used its venture capital fund to invest an undisclosed amount in California, US-based hand hygiene solutions startup Hyginex for its international expansion.

Boston, US-based enterprise data management startup Actifio scored $100 million in its Series B funding led by Tiger Global Management for its expansion with its valuation now reaching $1.1 billion.

As Microsoft pulls out support for Windows XP next month, financial firms and ATM operators are now looking to Windows 7 and Linux to power their machines, TechCrunch reported.

London, UK-based education startup Feynlabs is branching out to Miami, US to teach kids grown-up technology for programming and computer science using an accelerated learning approach.

San Jose, Costa Rica-based healthy food startup Natural Sins sells baked snacks made of real fruits and vegetables in a bid to help fight obesity.

Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!), an entrepreneurship program for middle and high school students, awarded seed money to five startups in the Tuscaloosa, Alabama area after the student founders presented their business plans.

Philadelphia, US-based matchmaking startup Mixter helps make blind dates for undergraduate and graduate students easier and more comfortable by turning it into a social gathering for two groups.

Nokia said its $7.2 billion deal with Nokia is set to close on April and not in the first quarter of this year as was originally planned, TechCrunch reported.

Southern California households are complaining that Verizon Communications Inc is not maintaining its traditional phone lines and forcing ratepayers to switch to Voice over Internet Phones, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Eleven startups coming from eight countries were chosen to become part of the TechStars London lineup for 2014 out of the 1,500 that applied, TechCrunch reported.