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Men Sleep Naked and Other Useful Stuff Jawbone Up Can Tell Us
Wearable-tech companies like to tout the benefits of all the activity data they’re gathering. In this case, your sleep habits are pretty … interesting.News Byte
Dataminr Closes $30 Million Round
Dataminr, one of the more noteworthy startups to comb through and analyze Twitter data, raised $30 million in its third venture round, the company announced. The round, led by Venrock and Institutional Venture Partners, brings Dataminr’s total funds raised to $46.5 million. Dataminr scans the hundreds of millions of tweets sent daily, using algorithms to pinpoint new, noteworthy and otherwise important tweets from influential sources. The company services clients ranging from finance firms on Wall Street to government agencies, among others.Developers! Facebook Really Wants Your Lifestyle Apps.
The social giant’s bets big on a new class of third-party apps to strengthen its platform.Twitter Blesses More Companies With “Certified Product” Stamp of Approval
Listen up, developers. This is the sort of stuff Twitter wants you to build.News Byte
Google’s Asia-Pacific President Alegre to Replace Yahoo-Bound De Castro
Daniel Alegre, who is currently Google’s president of Asia-Pacific and worldwide mobile, will replace outgoing sales exec Henrique De Castro as president of its partners business solutions. De Castro was hired today by Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer — also an ex-Googler — as COO of the Silicon Valley Internet giant.The $56 Million Man: Yahoo Confirms Hiring of Google’s De Castro as COO
Yes, that’s a lot of dough for the multi-lingual sales exec.Big-Data Start-Up GoodData Lands $25 Million Series C Led by Tenaya Capital
There’s a big business in business intelligence. And, naturally, it’s in the cloud.News Byte