Japan’s Mercari, an app for selling your stuff, raises $74M in U.S. push | Augment raises $3M to bring augmented reality to sales pitches and more...
> Mercari, a Japanese startup has raised $74 million in its latest series D round.
http://goo.gl/PBGUp3
> Virtual Reality (VR) is beginning to find practical applications in the real world and is gaining immense popularity going by the funding that startups in this space are receiving!
http://goo.gl/19GAwf
> Cisco will acquire Israeli chip designer Leaba Semiconductor for $320 million.
http://goo.gl/bvzSta
> No more 'Lost' on a deserted island! GoTenna just raised funding to connect people in areas of nil or low network reception!
http://goo.gl/kcOmRo
> The U.S Government's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, or ARPA-E may soon give Musk’s Tesla Motors a run for its money, with its new innovative technologies that could outperform Tesla batteries!
http://goo.gl/YOSwdk
> China has just opened up its bond market to foreign investors but its not drawing any investors!
http://goo.gl/y08G1u
> IBM will continue to layoff employees this year in a bid to rebalance its workforce and employ people with cloud- and cognitive-related skills.
http://goo.gl/0ruDqm
> As innovation in IT transforms businesses from location based entities to an internet economy, business models will need to evolve to keep pace with the digital economy.
https://goo.gl/15AyqK