As predictive technology and the rise of wearable technology grows, concerns also abound about their use and the privacy and related issues that they bring, VentureBeat reported.
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OKCoin raises $10M in Series A round to become China's biggest Bitcoin exchange
OKCoin raised $10 million in a Series A funding round led by Chinese venture capital firm Ceyuan to become the biggest Bitcoin exchange in China according to trading volume.
YTS revives Argentine movie streaming app Popcorn Time
After gaining popularity last week for its easy-to-use movie streaming interface and being shut down shortly after that, Buenos Aires, Argentina-based app Popcorn is being revived by torrent site YTS.
Brooklyn incubator Urban Future Lab opens to support cleantech startups
Brooklyn, US-based incubator Urban Future Lab has opened in partnership with NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering and The New York City Economic Development Corp (NYCEDC) to support cleantech startups around the world.
Uber to enter Boulder market amid controversies
San Francisco, US-based on-demand transportation app Uber is gearing up for a soft launch in Boulder, Colorado amid the controversies regarding regulations and accidents that it is currently facing.
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Non-profit health agency Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) sold its former headquarters along Sunrise Drive in Tucson to Larsen Baker LLC in a deal valued at $9.1 million.
London is not anymore the top financial center in the world. According to the Global Financial Centres Index, that title now belongs to New York, Bloomberg reported.
Leonardo DiCaprio has bought a Palm Springs estate once owned by singer Dinah Shore and designed by architect Donald Wexler for $5,23 million, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The City of Los Angeles sued Time Warner Cable Inc for its failure to pay franchise fees amounting to nearly $10 million in the past, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Douglas Hodge, the Chief Executive Officer of Pimco, told German newspaper that the abrupt decision of Mohamed El-Erian to leave the firm surprised everyone, Reuters reported.
Mumbai, India-based financial services firm Financial Technologies (FTIL) will sell its commodity handling unit National Bulk Handling Corp (NBHC) for INR242 crore as the company goes through an investigation related to fraud allegations.
Five India-based companies have shown their interest in investing in the Zamboanga City Special Economic Zone Authority and Freeport (ZamboEcozone) during a recent business forum in Makati, Philippines.
According to security researchers at Securelist, the data stolen from the computer owned by Mt Gox Chief Operating Officer Mark Karpeles' computer contained malware that pretended to be a back-end app for Mt Gox transactions but actually stole users' Bitcoins.
American e-commerce giant Amazon is planning to hire hundreds of workers for its fourth fulfillment center in Kent, Washington, where customer orders will be packed and shipped.
