Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) has acquired Vizify, a social data company that was founded in 2011. Vizify grabs data from social media services like Facebook and Twitter to build creative visualizations like infographics and videos. The terms of the deal were undisclosed. Vizify is going to shut down following the acquisition.
GuideSpark has raised $15 million in Series B funding from New Enterprise Associates with participation from Storm Ventures and IDG Ventures.
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the twin brothers that are known for the court case about the founding of Facebook and major Bitcoin advocates, are going to travel into outer space on the Virgin Galactic. The brothers are going to pay for the ride using Bitcoin.
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HomeAway is a service that lets you rent out your home as a vacation property similar to how Airbnb works. HomeAway has acquired rental management startup Glad To Have You. Glad To Have You has mobile apps that makes it easy for vacation rental companies, hotels, and resorts to communicate and interact with guests.
AppZero is a company that is known for migrating enterprise applications. The company has raised $3 million in a round of funding from investors like Joseph Alsop (former CEO and co-founder of Progress Software), Frank Bonsal (founder of New Enterprise Associates), and Matt Ocko (co-founder of Data Collective).
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TVSmiles is a Berlin based startup that works as a second screen app based loyalty program that has closed a $7 million in Series A funding from prior investors. The investors in this round include Ventech, e.ventures, Startups Group, Brandenburg Ventures, Magix, and several unnamed investors.
In India, Mohammed Hussain has broken a Guinness World Record by typing with his nose. He even broke the previous record. The previous record holder has a time of one minute thirty-three seconds. Hussain hit 47.44 seconds, according to The Hindu. Hussain was required to type this sentence: “Guinness world records have challenged me to type this sentence using my nose in the fastest time.” Check out the video of Hussain typing away above.
Peek.com, a website where you can book activities and tours, has raised $5 million in funding. Peek has raised funding from Brad Gerstner (Altimeter Capital) and Jeff Fluhr (StubHub co-founder). Gerstner and Fluhr have joined a line of investors that plugged money into Peek like Jack Dorsey (Square/Twitter) and Eric Schmidt (Google).
