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Market analyst firm Visionmobile Ltd. has released a new “megatrends” report on the Internet of Things (IoT) market that finds that despite the hype surrounding the sector, more needs to be done to sustain developer involvement. “Developers are more and more the …
Big Data mobile gaming startup Icejam raises $2.13m Series A
Big Data mobile gaming startup Icejam Games, Inc. has raised CAD$3 million ($2.13 million) Series A in a round led by Build Ventures. Founded in 2014, Icejam integrates real-world “Playable Data” into its games through utilizing any dataset or combination of datasets, …
Up up up: Facebook Q4 financials break records as revenue surges
Social networking giant Facebook, Inc. continues to bring in the big dollars, with the company reporting new record highs in both the fourth quarter and 2015 as a whole. Revenue at Facebook topped $5.84 billion in the fourth quarter, up just shy …
Deep linking platform provider Branch Metrics raises $35m Series B
Deep linking startup Branch Metrics, Inc. has raised $35 million Series B in a round led by Founders Fund that included New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Pejman Mar Ventures, Cowboy Ventures, Zach Coelius, Ben Narasin, and Madrona Venture Group. Founded in 2014, Branch …
ThreatTrack research finds enterprises are losing ground in the defense against APTs
New research from cyber security firm ThreatTrack Security has found that enterprises are losing ground when it comes to defending themselves from advanced persistent threats (APTs). The research, which involved a blind survey of 200 security professionals dealing with malware analysis, found …
Car insurance comparison platform startup The Zebra raises $17m Series A
Car insurance comparison platform startup The Zebra (Insurance Zebra, Inc.) has raised $17 million Series A in a round that included Mark Cuban, Mike Maples Jr., Simon Nixon, Silverton Partners, Daher Capital and Ballast Point Ventures. Founded in 2012, The Zebra aims …
SaaS workplace training startup Grovo raises $40m Series C
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) workplace training startup Grovo, Inc. has raised $40 million Series C in a round led by Accel Partners that included Costanoa Venture Capital, SoftTech VC, Greg Waldorf, and Vayner Capital. Founded in 2010, Grovo describes itself as “reinventing learning for …
Apple delivers another quarterly financial record but predicts iPhone sales will start to decline
Apple broke its own quarterly records once again in the last quarter of 2015, but this may be the last record quarter for the technology giant as iPhone sales begin to slow. For the quarter ending December 26, 2015, Apple made a …
Bitcoin Vietnam and Coinify sign deal to provide Bitcoin merchant services in local market
Bitcoin exchange Bitcoin Vietnam Co. Ltd. and Bitcoin merchant services provider Coinify ApS have announced a new deal that will see Coinify’s Blockchain powered merchant processing tools deployed in the Vietnamese market. Under the deal Vietnamese merchants will now be able to …
Instagram advertising is going gangbusters, according to new data
Advertising on the Facebook-owned photo sharing app Instagram is going gangbusters, according to new data. Marketing software company Brand Networks, LLC, an advertising partner for the app, has revealed in a report (pdf) that since Facebook launched its Instagram advertising API mid …