Language learning service Babbel (Lesson Nine GmbH) has raised $22 million Series C in a round led by Scottish Equity Partners that included existing investors Reed Elsevier Ventures, Nokia Growth Partners, and VC Fonds Technology Berlin. Founded in 2007, Babbel claims to make learning languages fun (if that’s humanly possible,) along with the process being ...

Dating app provider Tinder, Inc. is joining the social media craze of “verified profiles,” so users will know that the celebrity they’re hooking up with is the real deal. The company, a part of IAC/InterActiveCorp, Inc. announced the move in a post to their official blog, because apparently people were pretending to be celebrities, when ...

Indian music streaming service Saavn, LLC. has raised $100 million Series C in a round led by Tiger Global Management. Founded in 2007, Saavn is said to be India’s leading digital music service, that further “transforms how people around the world access and experience music on a daily basis,” or in less floury language, it’s ...

Google has decided it wants a piece of the ridesharing app pie by adding the feature via its Waze app, and a new app called “RideWith” in Israel for the first time. If you’ve never used Waze before, it was acquired by Google in 2013 for $1 billion, and is similar to Google Maps except ...

Avaya, Inc. and Steel ORCA, Inc. have announced a strategic relationship that will see them both build what they describe as a “next-generation software-defined data center.” Under the partnership, Steel ORCA will standardize its data center architecture on Avaya Fabric Connect, setting the stage for rolling out the complete Avaya SDN Fx architecture later in ...

Online glasses retailer GlassesGroupGlobal has raised $3 million Series A in a round that included Caixa Capital, Nova Founders Capital, along with Skype co-founder Toivo Annus, Uwe Kolb, Siegfried Drueker and others. Based in Malaysia but selling to a diverse number of countries including Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Philipines, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, United ...

An upgrade to Bitcoin standards over the weekend has caused a glitch among Bitcoin miners resulting in the creation of invalid Bitcoins. In a post at Bitcoin.org, the problem was explained as being due to a problem that affects Bitcoin mining clients that haven’t been updated, with the flow on effect being that those un-updated ...

Microsoft Corp. won’t be leaving Minecraft fans out in the cold come Windows 10 later this month with an announcement over the weekend that a new version of the wildly popular building game will be released at the same time as the new operating system. Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Beta is said to be effectively ...

The artist known as Prince, but previously known as a symbol, before that Prince, but born Prince Roger Nelson, has withdrawn his music from the majority of streaming music sites, ostensibly in a “I’m a greedy rich musician” Taylor Swift style play. According to reports, Prince’s music has been withdrawn from services from Spotify AG, ...

Famed digital watch maker Casio Computer Co. is set enter the smartwatch market, taking the good fight to the likes of Apple, Inc., and a range of Android-powered devices. According to The Wall Street Journal, Casio is betting that its expertise as a watchmaker will help it outmaneuver Apple Watch while keeping an eye on ...