


Global Internet speeds climbed 29% year-over-year (report)

Kii launches its Game Cloud developer platform with heavy Unity integration

Intel’s offline voice recognition tech could be a Siri-killer

Seeing things: When gaming messes with reality — and your brain

The World Bank Group’s IFC invests in Rocket Internet startups

Angry Birds developer denies colluding with the National Security Agency

Cloudyn brings its cost management tools to Google’s cloud

MobiCoach gives golfers real-time coaching advice via mobile app

1 smartphone for every 7 humans: Smartphone shipments top a billion in 2013

Google Glass finally works for people who actually need glasses
Transcatheter Technologies Completes Durability Testing of Its Prosthetic Aortic Heart Valve, Intrinsic to World’s First ‘Truly Repositionable’ TAVI Device, TRINITY

Imgur rolls out crazy useful viral image analytics dashboard

Video game thief Sly Cooper will sneak into movie theaters with 2016 film

Dell looks to open up the data center (with a little help from Cumulus)

Quick Left and Sprint.ly pair up to form a web-development superpower

JoyBits hopes Doodle Kingdom will expand its 126M download mobile game franchise

VCs foray into wild world of women’s hair, invest $12M in hair dye

Indiegogo raises $40M so anyone can fund anything (and not on Kickstarter)

AutoGrid grabs funding to help utility companies predict power needs

Pinterest launches ‘Interests’ page where it guesses what you love

Learn-to-code site Treehouse wants to teach you how to design your first iPhone app

Tom Perkins apologizes for comparing the rich to the Jewish victims of the Nazis

Tom Perkins was right: We do hate the rich. And for good reason

Charge your devices on the go: New smart solar charger raises $50K on Kickstarter

Funding Daily: January 27, 2013

Dell deal may signal that 3D printing is no longer a niche industry

Tech companies withdraw petitions after DOJ announces transparency allowances

Rage of Bahamut developer invests $680K in Japanese indie game Airship Q

Apple sees record iTunes & software revenue at $4.4B

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Did King.com really ‘trademark’ the word candy?

Apple sells 51M iPhones and 26M iPads in Q1 — both missing & beating analyst estimates

That Nintendo World Championship cartridge didn’t actually sell for $99,902

Free-to-play juggernaut League of Legends still growing rapidly — 27M players daily

Cloud management player RightScale lays off 10 percent of its staff

TigerText gives doctors a safe way to text in the hospital with $21M

FundersClub unveils Venture News — a community news site for investors (exclusive)
TigerText Caps Record Year with $21 Million Series B Investment to Accelerate Market Penetration

Sims 4 producer’s view on designing a diverse game studio (interview)
