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Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced an update enabling browser support for Wi-Drive. The update allows multiplatform wireless streaming of data to any Wi-Fi enabled mobile device via a Web browser. The feature will be included in future shipments and all current owners of Wi-Drive can update their own device. 

Veracode, Inc., the leader in application security services, today announced it has secured $30M in additional funding from Meritech Capital Partners and existing investors — Atlas Venture, .406 Ventures and StarVest Partners.

appRenaissance, a leading provider of >mobile applications and infrastructure, announced today that it has raised a $1.5mm seed round of investment led by FirstMark Capital and including investments by appRenaissance CEO Bob Moul and other Philadelphia angel investors

Announcing the availability of our Amazon Appstore for Android SDK and In-App Purchasing API to our developer community. The In-App Purchasing API enables you to offer digital content and subscriptions--such as in-game currency, expansion packs, upgrades, and magazine issues--for purchase within apps.

Malauzai Software Inc., a leading provider of mobile banking applications for community financial institutions, announced it has completed a $2.3 million capital raise. The company will use the funds to expand its footprint in mobile banking, pursue strategic partnerships and increase awareness of its proprietary SmartApp platform.

Dell today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Make Technologies, a leading global provider of application modernization software and services that reduce the cost, risk and time required to re-engineer applications.

In response to the growing concern around consumer tracking by mobile apps,  Opera Software today launched App-Tribute via its advertising subsidiaries AdMarvel, Mobile Theory and 4th Screen Advertising, a privacy-friendly solution that allows mobile publishers and advertisers to receive critical marketing and analytics data without taking sensitive data elements such as unique device identifiers, cookies or MAC addresses.

Genalyte, Inc., a life sciences company developing and commercializing innovative next-generation multiplexing technology, today announced completion of an $11.8 million Series B financing. New investors Redmile Group and Claremont Creek Ventures and private investors from Genalyte’s Series A round participated in the Series B financing.

To drive innovation and business opportunities in Finland's mobile ecosystem and beyond, Microsoft Corp. and Nokia will each invest up to 9 million Euros into a newly established mobile application development program at Aalto University during the next three years.

This week at WHD.global, Citrix is introducing a new “Cloud Provider Pack” for hosting providers delivering Windows apps and desktops as a hosted cloud service. This powerful new collection of enabling technologies, available exclusively to certified Citrix Service Providers (CSPs), makes it easy to set up “Windows-as-a-Service” hosting businesses that are simpler to run, less costly and better optimized for mobile devices.

Come by Opera’s booth and take a look at how Opera is turning your smartphone into a smart remote control to smoothly navigate the web, write your email fast or harness your favorite HTML5 game. With this solution, developers can create their own apps, defining new entertaining ways for handsets and TVs to interact.

The reign of the personal computer as the sole corporate access device is coming to a close, and by 2014, the personal cloud will replace the personal computer at the center of users' digital lives, according to Gartner, Inc.

Sprint (NYSE: S) announced today at the 27th annual International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference, hosted by California State University Northridge (CSUN), that it has officially launched a free downloadable application providing easier access to an Android smartphone’s functionality for customers who are blind or have low vision.

Photobucket Corporation, the world’s leading dedicated photo and video sharing service, today announced that it is one of an exclusive group of companies hand-selected by Microsoft Corp. to be part of the launch of the new Windows Store for Windows 8 apps.

NVIDIA confirmed today that it is working with Microsoft on a program to distribute Windows 8 test PCs to software developers and device manufacturers powered by the Tegra 3 quad-core mobile processor with 4-Plus-1 architecture.

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) today announced it has acquired AppAssure, a global leader in complete application protection for virtual, physical and cloud infrastructures. The acquisition of AppAssure, the nation’s fastest-growing1backup software technology company, further extends Dell’s comprehensive storage and software strategy.

Luminate, Inc. — Luminate, the worldwide leader in making digital images interactive, today unveiled the first-ever Image App Store to provide a central location for publishers to browse and choose the specific image apps they wish to leverage for their sites. Luminate also released eleven new image apps designed specifically for interacting with the trillions of images across the web.

AppDynamics, the leading provider of next-generationapplication performance management(APM) solutions for mission-critical web applications, today announced that it has secured $20 million in Series C financing. New investor Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) led the round, which also included participation from founding investors Greylock Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

Aurasma, the world's leading augmented reality platform, has today announced reaching three million downloads. The Company is exhibiting Aurasma at the Consumer Electronics Show – CES – where high levels of press coverage, social buzz and multiple award nominations are resulting in record numbers of downloads of their app.

Vimeo®, an operating business of IAC [NASDAQ: IACI], today announced its Apps for Android, Amazon Kindle Fire, and Windows Phone. The Apps are free to download from the Android Market, Amazon App Store for Android, and Windows Phone Marketplace.