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Amazon Prime members to reach 25M by 2017

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Crittercism raises $12M to monitor app performance

(Updated to reflect comment from Crittercism) Data shows that people have little patience for their apps crashing. Very little. As Read More

Crushpath raises $6M for a way to pitch your stuff

Over the weekend, I was speaking to a painter on TaskRabbit, a site to find people to hire for simple Read More

Pinterest launches new analytics tool for businesses

Pinterest is notoriously popular among women, but the social network knows that it will need to branch out if it wants Read More

LinkedIn to acquire Pulse for $50M?

It’s official: LinkedIn is officially in the content game. The thing is, I’ve never been that impressed by the articles Read More

Peter Stern, CEO of URL-shortener Bitly, has resigned

Usually when the CEO of a company steps down, there will be a big announcement about it. Sometimes CEO will Read More

Gmail updates mobile websites with new design

(Updated to reflect comment from Google) Back in December, the Gmail App for iOS got a big update, complete with Read More

Facebook users share app activity 1B times a day

Prior to its event at the South By Southwest (SXSW) Festival in Austin Texas, Facebook shared some new numbers on Read More

Intrade ceases trading due to financial investigation

Online predictions market Intrade has decided to cease trading, at least for the time being, "due to circumstances recently discovered" Read More

Google patent wants to put all of your fingers to use

(Updated to reflect comment from Google) So, you're on your phone or tablet, using your two thumbs to surf the Read More

Facebook scoops up Storylane in acqui-hire move

(Updated to reflect comment from Facebook) Facebook is good for a lot of things. It's the best photo album in Read More

Funding roundup – week ending 03/8/13

Seed-stage Soldsie, which helps brands sell on Facebook, raised $1 million in seed funding from 500 Startups, FundersClub, and angels, including Read More

PayPal wants to lure back developers with new tools

Competition in the online payment space has heated up over the last few years, with companies like Square, Eventbrite, and WePay all Read More

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