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Twitter appoints new COO and CFO in executive shuffle

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Dropbox picks up cloud-based photo library Snapjoy

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KPCB invests $18M in shipping marketplace uShip

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Facebook puts an end to tests for mobile ad network

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Twitter finally giving access to entire Tweet history

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Evernote, Lending Club CEOs to speak at Splash SF

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Lumo BodyTech gets $5M to tell you to stand up straight

We are the generation of poor posture.  Video games, computer games, smartphones, you name it—we squint and slump over with Read More

Mark Zuckerberg gives $500M donation to charity

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Arrayent lands Whirlpool, Pentair, First Alert

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Window shopping: The rise of the new marketplace

Commerce is as old as the human race, whether in the form of bartering, trading, transactions, cash payments, or whathaveyou.  Read More

Video ads in news feeds? Say it ain’t so!

When Facebook first announced that it would be putting ads directly into mobile news feeds this past summer, I have Read More

Wildfire exec Tom Rikert joining Andreessen Horowitz

(Updated to reflect comment from Tom Rikert) Andreessen Horowitz has hired Tom Rikert, a former executive from social media marketing Read More

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