Corporate Executive Board or CEB has made its third acquisition in the talent management space by purchasing India-based talent analytics company Talent Neuron for anywhere from $10 million to $15 million, TechCrunch reported.
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Yahoo continues startup acquisition spree with Wander buy
Internet giant Yahoo continued its seemingly endless acquisition spree by buying New York, US-based app maker Wander for an undisclosed amount, with the latter's Days photo sharing app to continue operating as a standalone entity.
Synopsis completes purchase of Belgian software tool developer Target Compiler Technologies
Mountain View, US-based software vendor Synopsis Inc completed the purchase of Heverlee, Belgium-based design and programming software tool developer Target Compiler Technologies for an undisclosed sum.
PayPal President David Marcus admonishes employees for not installing company's app
PayPal President David Marcus berated employees in its headquarters in San Jose, California for not patronizing their own products, telling them to quit if they insist on doing so, VentureBeat reported.
New York startup Datacoup wants your data for $8 a month
New York, US-based personal data exchange startup Datacoup is running a beta trial where people are paid $8 a month in exchange of access to their social media account and credit and debit card transactions, with the data collected to be sold to advertisers.
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Chicago, US-based aircraft maker Boeing is seeking approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to use biodiesel in jet fuel for commercial flights around the world.
Russian tech investor Yuri Milner, together with Morgan Stanley chief John Mack, invested an undisclosed amount in Los Angeles, US-based cloud graphics firm Otoy to commercialize its suite cloud-based content creation tools.
Tapiture, a site where users can access millions of their favorite things, received $2.25 million for its seed funding round from various investors, TechCrunch reported.
Shazam, a London-based music and television tagging service, is rumored to be raising a $20 million funding round, a VentureBeat report said citing a Re/code report.
Cyber security firm Cybereason obtained $4.6 million from Charles River Ventures or CRV for its Series A round as it launches its detection platform commercially, TechCrunch reported.
Flappy Bird, the popular mobile game created by Vietnamese developer Dong Nguyen, proliferated in app stores and even on the Internet in the form of HTML5 games after the original game was pulled from the Apple App Store and Google Play.
New York, US-based online architectural construction project marketplace Architizer raised $2 million in a seed funding round led by Gaspar Global Ventures, Alessandro Piol, and Joanne Wilson, to pursue a $200-billion construction supplies project.
Chicago, US-based venture capital (VC) fund NIN Ventures, a firm being managed online, is taking advantage of the JOBS Act to raise funds publicly from accredited investors.
Kaltura, an open source video platform based in New York, has bagged additional funding of $47 million in a round led by new investors and participated in by its existing backers.
