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London Olympic Park to house giant datacentre and tech cluster
A vast datacentre will be built in the former press and broadcast centre after a deal was signed between the London Legacy Development Corporation and Infinity.
The future of Italian startups: Is innovation is taking a backseat to bureaucracy?
Digital Economy Forum finds that the Italian bureaucracy is the biggest hurdle that startups face
Pebble scores US$15 million Series A round, releases PebbleKit
The team behind the Pebble smart watch has picked up Series A funding from US investors, allowing it to expand its support team for third-party developers.
The best kept secret in startup scenes is hidden in the Italian mountains
The region of Trentino-Alto Adige is shaping up to be a startup to watch, with its independent government looking to translate the region's natural advantages into IT growth.
Q&A: Upstart CEO Dave Girouard
Upstart's model includes a mix of crowd funding, a dash of Kickstarter meets peer-to-peer loan company Lending Club and algorithms that project future income and allow "someone to borrow from their future selves."
India's JustDial IPO to ring up to 12X returns for VCs
By floating a 25 percent stake of the Indian classifieds site Justdial, founders and venture capital investors are in line for a huge windfall.
India location-based search engine gets 500 Startups nod
Mumbai-based startup PriceBaba.com, which offers a mobile phone search service, has received investment from U.S. seed accelerator 500 Startups. Its founder Annkur P. Agarwal discusses the company's 2013 plans.
TBM startup Apptio raises $45M; plans to expand global footprint
Enterprise software startups continue to surge, and IT services company Apptio is proving to be no different.
A problem of cash: How P2P currency firm TransferWise became, and where it's going next
TransferWise might be based in London, but its roots are firmly in Estonia.
Cloudant raises $12m in funding for database as a service
The Series B funding will be used to help Cloudant grow in size and improve its product offering.
Pollenizer, Telstra run hackathon for charities
Over a week, 50 developers are set to turn themselves away from developing something for themselves, and instead look at giving something to a charity.
WalmartLabs acquires software startups OneOps, Tasty Labs
The technology arm of Walmart's global e-commerce unit has gone on a software startup shopping spree.
Payments startup TransferWise nabs $6m from PayPal founder's fund
International money transfer startup TransferWise will roll the service out globally in the coming year.
Samsung launches foundation to support local tech development
The Samsung Future Technology Foundation will invest US$1.34 billion over a 10-year period to support development of materials, hardware, and industry convergence-related techs, and patents will belong to developers.
Singapore the big sucker for foreign startups?
Is Singapore foolish to give out local money to foreign startups which may end up taking their Singapore-funded innovation back to their home country?