2/12/2014

TechFlash: Top startup lures, turnoffs; World's first genomics accelerator funded

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February 12, 2014

The top 3 ways startups choose their hometowns (and what doesn't entice them)

Access to talent, proximity to customers and urban living environments all trump government incentives when it comes to which city will land a startup headquarters, according to a new industry-backed ...




Illumina, Yuri Milner back world's first genomics incubator in S.F.

Illumina Inc. is adding to the Bay Area's long list of incubators, with help from legendary investor Yuri Milner.




Lithium buying Klout for at least $100 million: report

Klout, a service that ranks people according to their social influence online, is near being sold to social customer service company Lithium Technologies, according to Re/code.




App store pioneer GetJar bought by Sungy for up to $50M

GetJar, which launched an app store in 2004 before the iOS and Android mobile operating systems arrived, has been bought by Sungy Mobile of China for $5.3 million plus incentives.




Yahoo buys diary app Wander for mobile push

Yahoo Inc. has acquired Wander, a startup that developed diary-blogging app Days, less than a year after it was launched, PCWorld reported.




Sideband raises $6M for network monitoring

Sideband Networks has raised $6 million in Series A funding that it plans to use to market and improve its network monitoring products.




Square teams with Whole Foods in its first major grocer partnership

Whole Foods Market Inc. and Square Inc. have signed a strategic deal to offer new "responsive" payment and checkout features to customers of the Austin-based organic food grocery retailer, our colleag ...




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