Illinois, US-based book retailing giant Barnes & Noble confirmed that it eliminated jobs across the company, but denied eliminating their Nook hardware engineering division, contrary to a report from Business Insider.
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German crowdfunding project The Dash builds wireless smart earphones with fitness sensors
Munich, Germany-based firm Bragi launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to build wireless smart earphones called The Dash, which has sensors that can track fitness activity and vital signs.
Intel Capital backs two 3D printing companies
Intel Capital has forayed into the fast-growing world of 3D printing by making an investment in two 3D printing companies, Lithuania-based CGT Trader and US-based makexyz.
Number of young U.S. technology companies falls: report
Sluggish growth among young technology firms could bode trouble for the U.S. economy, according to a new report from the Kauffman Foundation.
California's Oculus VR receives The Crunchie for being the Best Hardware Startup
Irvine, US-based startup Oculus VR took home the award for the Best Hardware Startup of the year during the 7th Annual Crunchies of TechCrunch for its breakthrough Oculus Rift VR headset.
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Google announced today that its media streaming dongle, Chromecast, now supports YouTube videos that are embedded on the page, eliminating the need to navigate to the YouTube site or mobile app in order to flick videos to the TV screen.
Columbus, US-based natural gas compression startup Simple-Fill received an undisclosed amount of technology grant from the Technology Concept Fund, an investment fund backed by Ohio State University.
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based firm MC10 made a bio-stamp that can take a person's vital signs and a head impact indicator backed by Reebok monitor for possible head trauma.
Oregon, US-based startup bRight Switch launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise $115,500 for a prototype of a wall-fixed smart tablet that will replace the ordinary home light switch.
Yobie Bejamin, the former Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Citigroup, raised $1 million on via crowdfunding platform Kickstarter for hardware startup Avegant's new kind of headset called Glyph.
Apple seems to be gearing up to go into sapphire crystal display manufacturing as documents reveal that the company is buying furnaces and chambers as well as tools for the purpose, TechCrunch reported citing a report from 9to5Mac and information from its own source.
Novra Technologies Inc said it has inked term sheets to purchase Wegener Corporation and Westport Research Associates. Terms of the deals were not disclosed in the statement about the acquisition.
Leuven, Belgium-based 3D printing firm Materialise acquired Poland-based prototyping company e-Prototypy for an undisclosed amount to further consolidate the 3D printing industry in Central Europe.
The New York City Police Department's intelligence and analytics unit is checking out if Google's latest innovation, Google Glass, can be used for law enforcement, VentureBeat reported.
