Munich, Germany-based app crowdtesting startup Testbirds picked up €2.1 million in its Series A funding round led by Seventure Partners for its expansion across Europe.
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Skype-owned video streaming service Qik to shut in April
Redwood City, US-based video streaming service Qik will shut down on April 30 after its features have been integrated into Skype, which acquired it for $150 million three years ago.
Twitter offers SMS alternative after Turkey ban
Twitter is now offering an alternative way of sending Tweets via SMS after Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan lambasted social media for linking him to a corruption scandal and blocking the social network in the country.
New York brand advocacy startup Crowdtap picks up $5M in Series B funding
New York, US-based brand advocacy startup Crowdtap picked up $5 million in a Series B funding round led by Foundry Group to continue inspiring its customers to create quality promotional content on blogs and social media sites.
Spanish startup Giftri helps find personalized gifts on Amazon using Facebook data
Granada, Spain-based gifting startup Giftri mines web consumers' Facebook data, including Likes and Interests, to come up with personalized gift recommendations that gift-senders can buy from Amazon.
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Bangalore, India-based mobile payment startup Ezetap Mobile Solutions is raising an unknown amount of additional capital from credit card giant American Express just a month after it had closed $8 million in its Series B round.
Facebook Secutiry Director Ryan McGeehan annouced that he is leaving in early April to take a security-related position at San Francisco, US-based Bitcoin startup Coinbase.
New York, US-based social media management startup Percolate landed $24 million in a Series B funding led by Sequoia Capital to help companies monitor conversations and create content on social media.
San Francisco, US-based social news service Nuzzel came out of beta testing to open let all users view a public feed of the most relevant and popular news that are automatically customized according to their interest.
UK-based medical professionals' e-learning network Meducation picked up $1 million in seed capital from the Technology Strategy Board and private investors to help medical students and practitioners gain access to more educational materials.
New York, US-based commercial real estate (CRE) property research platform Reonomy nabbed $3.7 million in its Series A funding round led by SoftBank to simplify the process of gathering CRE data.
After its recent purchases of Motorola Mobility and IBM's server business, Chinese personal computer (PC) maker Lenovo said that it will continue its string of acquisitions to drive its growth.
San Francisco, US-based cloud storage giant Dropbox acquired Cambridge, Massachusetts-based stealthy workplace chat solution Zulip for an undisclosed amount to integrate its services into its product offering.
After 14 years of service in Microsoft, Xbox Chief Product Officer Marc Whitten will be departing and heading over to Sonos to take the same position for an unspecified reason.
