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Livefyre acquires social curation startup Storify

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Rumor roundup on the eve of Apple’s big iPhone event

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Get ready for ads on Instragram within the next year

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Groupon acquires last-minute hotel booking app Blink

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Yahoo the latest to release a transparency report

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Funding roundup – Week ending 9/6/13

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