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Tweet The Bitpoint exhange in Japan has suspended its services, following a security breach in which $ 32m in digital currencies got stolen. Most of the funds that are lost belong to customers. Read more… Neowin

Tweet Tandem Entrepreneurs has closed its second fund, raising $ 32 million, which it will use to further its core mission: investing in early-stage mobile startups. Investors include Verifone CEO Doug Bergeron, former Apple General Counsel Dan Cooperman, Google founding board member Ram Shriram, Playdom founder Rick Thompson and NetApp chairman Dan Warmenhoven. Tandem began in 2007 in Silicon Valley as a capital fund for mobile startups, taking a particularly…

Tweet Viadeo, the French professional social network, has mainly been seen as a European version of LinkedIn — a professional social network. But while the headlines have grabbed by the American site over the past year or two, the Paris-headquartered company has been quietly been building up a user base of 45 million users and establishing beachheads in emerging markets like China and Brazil. Now the company is cranking it…

Tweet Shazam has become famous for providing audio fingerprinting technology that enables users to identify music users hear and want to listen to again later. But the startup wants to go beyond cashing in on app sales and affiliate fees for music: It sees a huge opportunity to be part of the broader TV advertising ecosystem. And it’s raised $ 32 million in venture capital to seize that opportunity. The…