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At the end of September, eBay announced that it was splitting PayPal off into own separate, standalone company. The decision was pushed by activist Read More

Daily funding roundup – October 20, 2015

Zignal Labs, a realtime cross media analytics company, today announced the completion of a $15 million round of funding. The round Read More

Punchbowl overhauls UI, adds slew of new characters

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Stealth big data company Cazena raises $8M

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Snapchat ads have officially arrived

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Facebook, Yelp, recent Internet IPOs buck downturn

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Satya Nadella is really, REALLY sorry, you guys

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Starbucks to roll out pre-ordering to cut down lines

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Bill Gross: What makes a Startup Successful?

 By popular demand, here's the presentation by Bill Gross, Founder of Idealab, given at Splash LA.

Funding roundup – week ending 10/17/14

Seed stage Speakr (formerly twtMob), which connects brands and social influencers, raised $2.9 million in a round led by Toba Capital, along Read More

Get ready for an even more cluttered Twitter timeline

I feel like its been a long time since a Twitter timeline was just tweets from people that we follow (IWith sponsored Read More

Facebook’s new feature connects users after disasters

During Hurricane Sandy back in 2012, social media took on a greater role than ever before during a natural disaster, with Twitter Read More

Canaan Partners raises $675M for tenth fund

Venture capital firm Canaan Partners has raised $675 million for its tenth fund, entitled Canaan X. This brings Canaan's total capital under management Read More

Osmo raises $12M to change how children use the iPad

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