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Unshackled, a new $3.5 million fund, has a plan to help entrepreneurs who have great ideas but who need help securing work visas so they can remain in the U.S. to work on them. In addition to funding, Unshackled will sponsor these entrepreneurs’ visa applications, so they can leave their current emp
Rival IQ, a digital marketing analytics company, today announced additional funding of nearly $1 million from existing and new investors designed to fuel the software company’s continued growth and product expansion. Founded by veterans of the Seattle startup scene in January 2013, Rival IQ ha
It’s been rumored for months, but Netflix has finally confirmed that it’s working on its first original TV series from the UK. Given its origins, it should come as no surprise that the show is about none other than the Queen, exploring her relationships with some of Britain’s most
Developers of ‘the world’s first smart earring’ are hoping to raise over $30,000 on the Kickstarter crowd-funding website as part of a vision to “take fitness monitoring to the next level”. With most fitness and activity tracking devices typically worn on the wrist, developers of the Ear
Scopely, a Los Angeles startup that’s built a platform for distributing and monetizing mobile games, is announcing that it has raised $35 million in Series A funding. Co-founder and CEO Walter Driver alternately described his goal as creating “the HBO of mobile games” and “the HBO of touchscreen ent
Taylor’s camp is snapping its figurative fingers at Spotify CEO Daniel Ek, while uttering “Oh no, you did not!” for saying that the superstar was on track to earn over $6 million from the streaming service within the next year, if she didn’t pull her catalog. According to Big
Rdio has announced new and reduced prices for its Family Plan subscriptions less than a month after Spotify launched competing services of its own. Prices for multiple-user accounts now start at just $14.99 a month. Rdio has been offering a Family Plan option for a number of years, but back in Octob
Panasonic is recalling more than 300,000 rechargeable battery packs used for tablets and laptops in Japan and overseas due to concerns they may catch fire, the company says. The electronics giant is recalling more than 107,000 rechargeable battery packs for tablet PCs sold to corporate customers ove
The NHS is one of Britain’s greatest achievements and the envy of countless countries around the world, but sometimes but it’s found it hard to ditch the paperwork and embrace technology. In its ongoing bid to improve patient care the NHS today outlined a number of new digital improvemen
AT&T is pausing plans to bring high-speed fiber networks to 100 cities in the United States until the rules of net neutrality are set. At a conference on Wednesday, AT&T CEO and chairman Randall Stephenson told investors the US carrier is going to wait and see how the net neutrality battle e
Every so often, Samsung goes off its very focused, formal path and does something truly bizarre. The Galaxy S4 unveiling at Radio City Music Hall still ranks as the company’s strangest, most surreal moment; we’re not sure that can ever be topped. But dammit, Samsung’s going to try.
Just a day after U.S. President Barack Obama publicly came out in support of net neutrality, asking the Federal Communications Commission to reclassify Internet service as a utility, its chairman Tom Wheeler has indicated he’ll likely move in a different direction, according to a Washington Po
