Donna, the personal assistant app made by San Francisco, US-based mobile app creator Incredible Labs, is retiring starting February 28, just a month after search giant Yahoo acqui-hired the company.
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500 Startups organizes meetup for LGBT tech community members
Mountain View, US-based investment firm 500 startups organized Rainbow Round, a monthly meeting where members of the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) community from the tech sector can talk about their interests and struggles.
Chicago's Savor introduces personalized deals aggregator with coupon catalog
Chicago, US-based firm Savor is putting together an online deals aggregator app for iPad that personalizes coupons according to the user's likes interest and organizes offers into catalogs for easier browsing.
NYC's Flyby becomes first messaging app to use Google's image recognition technology
New York City, US-based messaging app Flyby becomes the first consumer-facing app to use the image recognition technology in Google's 3D mapping project called Project Tango to let users attach text and video messages to objects in the real world.
Microsoft mulls over launching free version of Windows 8.1
Redmond, US-based tech giant Microsoft is mulling over launching a free version of the Windows 8.1 OS (operating system) or selling it for a very low price, according to a report by The Verge.
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John Thompson, the Chairman of Microsoft Corp, said the software maker must set its sights on using the company's vast resources to propel it to the right direction, Bloomberg reported.
Chengdu, China-based photo editing mobile app Camera360 released its updated version which now has streamlined design and packed features, including one that lets users store photo data in the app's cloud service.
Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin approached Toronto-based brainwaves-sensing headband maker InteraXon to talk about a possible acquisition, according to a source who was interviewed by TechCrunch.
Singapore-based non-profit organization Earth Hour joined forces with Singaporean crowdfunding site Crowdonomic to raise funds for tech projects that aim to assist environmental endeavors in Southeast Asia.
Capitaine Train, a France-based online vendor for train tickets, puts emphasis on giving its users a simpler, hassle-free and more efficient ticket-buying experience, TechCrunch reported.
In her testimony before the Senate Banking Committee, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said that the Fed does not possess any authority to supervise the Bitcoin, The Wall Street Journal blog MoneyBeat reported.
San Francisco, US-based sales communication platform ClearSlide landed $50 million in a Series C funding round led by Social+Capital Partnership to provide a service that boosts productivity of salespeople.
Tembusu Terminals Pte has set up the first Bitcoin ATM in Singapore just days after Japan-based Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox went offline because of possible theft, Bloomberg reported.
Paris, France-based event planning mobile app WePopp paired up with San Francisco, US-based restaurant booking app OpenTable to integrate restaurant booking service into the steps required to plan for a given event.
