Boston, Massachusetts-based health startup ZappRx scored a further $1 million in funding to streamline the prescription process for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) by becoming their electronic link to the pharmacy.
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Carrot launches new judgmental weight-loss app Carrot Fit
Carrot, the family of apps that helps people manage daily goals and tasks, launched Carrot Fit on iTunes, a judgmental and sarcastic talking app that helps user track weight loss with a combination of rewards and punishments.
Qualtrics receives $70 million in funding after waiting 12 years
Bootstrapping first and waiting before finally agreeing to financing from venture capital was beneficial for Qualtrics, an enterprise survey provider, according to its CEO Ryan Smith in an interview with Entrepreneur.
Vector Capital acquires and makes growth equity investment in CollabNet Inc
Private equity firm Vector Capital has acquired and made a growth equity investment in cloud-based application lifecycle management solutions provider CollabNet Inc. Financial terms of both deals were not provided.
GPS app maker Telenav acquires Berlin-based startup Kobbler for $24M
Sunnyvale, US-based GPS app maker Telenav acquired Berlin, Germany-based navigation startup Skobbler in a deal valued at approximately $24 million in a combination of cash and common stock.
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Mountain View, California-bases social login pioneer Gigya launched a new tool that will give marketers data that will flow into personalized online and offline marketing campaigns for American consumers.
San Francisco, US-based social media giant Twitter decided to buy more than 900 patents from American multinational tech firm IBM to settle patent infringement claims against it, with the two companies forming a patent cross-licensing agreement.
Flappy Bird, a mobile game created by Hanoi-Vietnam-based developer Dong Nguyen of dotGears Studios, hit the top spot of free mobile apps in the Google Play and iOS app stores, mainly because it is very challenging and frustrating.
The UK government is now listing down charities, educational, and other random websites wrongly blocked by Internet service providers when web filters designed to block porn came into full effect.
San Francisco, California-bases mobile betting startup YouBetMe is launching an app that helps keep track of casual bets, and is planning to raise Series A funding in the near future.
Inq Mobile, the London-based company which is among the first to make a Facebook phone, announced via its website that it has shutdown, but the company has not elaborated on the exact reason.
Atlanta, US-based marketing automation platform Salesfusion has acquired social analytics platform LoopFuse for an undisclosed amount just two weeks after the former raised $8.25 million in a Series B funding round.
Preparations are underway for Microsoft to appoint its enterprise and cloud head Satya Nadella as its new chief executive officer, sources who were familiar with the process told Bloomberg.
CrunchFund, the San Francisco, US-based venture capital firm co-founded by Michael Arrington, is raising $40 million for its second early-stage investment fund, according to a regulatory filing.
