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Yahoo Is Ordered To Start Using Microsoft Search In Hong Kong And Taiwan
Signed in 2010, Microsoft and Yahoo's ten-year Search Alliance was supposed to lift Google's stronghold on search advertising. But the deal has steadily eroded since then, with the latest sign coming from a court filing that says Yahoo tried to delay adopting Bing search in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Read More
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With $1M In Funding, Appsee Promises Mobile Developers Real Insight Into Their Users
Israeli startup Appsee says it's taking a different approach to mobile analytics. I wrote about the company more than a year ago under its old name, UserVOD, when it focused on making video recordings of mobile app user activity. Now the company is launching a broader iOS analytics platform, where user recordings are just one feature. Read More
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YPlan Launches On Android
YPlan has only been around for less than a year, but the company is rapidly covering new ground. After expanding from the UK into New York city last month, the social planning service is today launching an Android app. Read More
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LovelyHeroku Offers A Better Way To Manage Apps And Services
LovelyHeroku is a new breed of app that enables IT staff and developers to use their smartphones to manage their work on the Heroku platform-as-a-service (PaaS). It's the kind of service that reflects how different work is these days now that we can carry it wherever we go. The service is the creation of Matija Bogdanovica, a computer science professor in Croatia, and Mario Danic, a… Read More
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A Closer Look At Microsoft’s New Surface 2 And Surface Pro 2 Tablets
Over the past few days, we’ve had in our hot hands the new Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 tablets. We published an initial video clip and hands-on notes last evening and today, we’re sharing a short video run-through of the hardware. Surface, of course, is Microsoft’s hardware gambit that places it in contention with its traditional OEM partners. The company’s new devices… Read More
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Google Maps Engine Gets Free Tier And A Public Data Program To Help Governments, Other Orgs Surface Maps
Google is launching a free tier of Google Maps Engine today, in conjunction with its announcement of Maps Engine Pro, a small business tool. The free tier offers all of the same features but has smaller quotas for data access, in the ‘tens of megabytes’ vs. the terabytes available in the full version. Google is also launching a new Public Data Program that allows organizations to sign… Read More
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Google’s Maps Engine Pro Aims To Help Small Businesses Visualize Location Data As Easily As They Make A Pie Chart
Today, at Google’s San Francisco offices, Google introduced Maps Engine Pro, a utility that allows small businesses to use Google’s location tools to create maps out of location databases. There will also be a mobile app available for Android initially to allow users to edit and create these maps on the fly. The app, called Google Maps Engine, will allow access to any level of GME… Read More
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NanoCellect
- Size $700K
- Round Grant
- Investors Not available
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EDUonGo
- Size $530K
- Round Seed
- Investors Circulus Education
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Photonics Healthcare
- Size Not available
- Round Unattributed
- Investors High-Tech Gründerfonds, Bayern Kapital
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Inventorum
- Size Not available
- Round Seed
- Investors High-Tech Gruenderfonds, Klingel New Media, Vogel Ventures, MCB Salt
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Comprimato
- Size $200K
- Round Seed
- Investors Credo Ventures, Y Soft
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BountyJobs
- Size $4.5M
- Round D
- Investors Not available
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InReal Technologies
- Size Not available
- Round Unattributed
- Investors High-Tech Gruenderfonds
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WePay
- Size $1.5M
- Round Crowd
- Investors Not available
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Panorama Education
- Size $4M
- Round Seed
- Investors SoftTech VC, Google Ventures, A-Grade Investments, Startup:Education, Yale ... See More
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Sqrrl
- Size $5.2M
- Round A
- Investors Atlas Venture, Matrix Partners
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Kona Medical
- Size $10M
- Round D
- Investors Morningside Group
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ChromaDex
- Size Not available
- Round Unattributed
- Investors DSM Venturing
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Insightra Medical
- Size Not available
- Round C
- Investors Baird Capital, Tekla Capital Management
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OneClass
- Size $1.6M
- Round A
- Investors SAIF Partners, Real Ventures
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Soylent Corporation
- Size $1.5M
- Round Seed
- Investors Lerer Ventures, Initialized Capital, Hydrazine Capital
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Occipital
- Size $1M
- Round Crowd
- Investors Not available
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Glowbl
- Size $900.6K
- Round Seed
- Investors Not available
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Sweetspot Intelligence
- Size $1.3M
- Round Private_equity
- Investors Inveready Technology Investment Group, Cube Investments
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Rentamus
- Size $386K
- Round Seed
- Investors Eix Technova, Business in Fact
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BeMyGuest
- Size $402K
- Round Angel
- Investors Not available
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OKpanda
- Size $1.4M
- Round Seed
- Investors Resolute Ventures, 500 Startups, Kapor Capital, Innovation Endeavors, Lee ... See More
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CorMedix
- Size $3M
- Round Seed
- Investors Not available
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Pocketbook
- Size $500K
- Round Angel
- Investors Not available
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Silicon Cloud
- Size Not available
- Round Angel
- Investors Not available
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convoe
- Size Not available
- Round Crowd
- Investors Not available
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Marine & Auto Security Solutions
- Size $174.3K
- Round Crowd
- Investors Not available
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Buyapowa
- Size $4.6M
- Round Unattributed
- Investors Bright Station Ventures
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Azullo
- Size Not available
- Round Unattributed
- Investors Rosebud Fund, Enterprise Ventures
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Payfone
- Size $10M
- Round Private_equity
- Investors Not available
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Networked Insights
- Size $9.4M
- Round C
- Investors Goldman Sachs
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Netflix: ‘Orange Is The New Black’ Is Our Most-Watched Original, But Our TV Exclusives Are Even Bigger
Earlier comments from Netflix suggested that its show "Orange Is The New Black" was a hit — specifically, the company said in July that each of its original shows had a better first week than the one before it. It expanded on that point in today's earnings report and letter to investors: [Orange Is The New Black] will end the year as our most watched original series ever and, as with each of… Read More
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Who Said It? President Obama Or An Infomercial?
At today’s White House Press conference, President Obama came out to sell Americans on the Affordable Care Act and try to deflect criticism about Healthcare.gov’s continued glitches. I think most of us in the press expected him to address the shady government contract processes that allowed a mediocre web developer, CGI Global, to take on a $92 million, U.S.-government-funded e-commerce… Read More
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Facebook Adds Video And New Pricing To Its Mobile App Ads
Facebook just announced two changes to its mobile app install ads that should make them more appealing to advertisers. First, the company says it will now support video in these ad units. "Video creative has proven to be an effective way to drive engagement in News Feed," Facebook writes, and it makes sense for app ads since a video can be much more effective than screenshots and text for… Read More
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Soylent Closes $1.5M In Seed Funding From Lerer, Andreessen Horowitz
Soylent, the drink that’s designed to fulfill a person’s nutritional needs, just raised $1.5 million in seed funding from investors, including Andreessen Horowitz and Lerer Ventures. Yes, that’s right. The seemingly wacky personal experiment of YC-backed founder Rob Rhinehart and his team is becoming a full-fledged business with $1.5 million in pre-orders. Chris Dixon led… Read More
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BlackBerry’s BBM Will Hit iOS And Android Today, One Month After Botched Launch
Hey, remember when BlackBerry was going to officially roll out BBM for iOS and Android a few weekends ago only to be stymied by technical issues? At the time it was yet another dark mark on BlackBerry's already sketchy record, but things are finally starting to look up. The company confirmed on its Inside BlackBerry blog that the messaging app will go live in the Android and iOS app stores for new… Read More
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Field Testing Microsoft’s New Surface 2 And Surface Pro 2 Tablet Hybrids
Microsoft has two new Surface tablets that are currently up for preorder, as well as a crop of refreshed accessories. I’ve had the Surface 2, Surface Pro 2, and new Touch and Type covers for a few days now, and can report on their performance. The above video clip has all the hardware specifics that you could possibly want. TechCrunch’s previous coverage of the new tablets, including… Read More
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The Ultimate Cheat Sheet For Reinventing Yourself
Here are the rules: I’ve been at zero a few times, come back a few times, and done it over and over. I’ve started entire new careers. People who knew me then, don’t me now. And so on. I’ve had to change careers several times. Sometimes because my interests changed. Sometimes because all bridges have been burned beyond recognition, sometimes because I desperately needed money. And… Read More
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Google Partners With Facebook To Let DoubleClick Clients Buy Retargeted Ads On FBX
Google and Facebook are getting a bit friendlier despite their social networking competition. Google's DoubleClick ad buying software will soon allow clients to buy retargeted ads on Facebook. FBX, Facebook's retargeted ads platform, has become a major player in the 16 months since launch, and DoubleClick will be a more comprehensive ad buying solution by tapping into it. Read More
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Can’t Find The Windows 8.1 Update? Here’s How To Get It
Earlier today, Microsoft released Windows 8.1, the successor to its controversial Windows 8 operating system. From what I can tell, most folks appear to be having a fine time updating. Not everyone, mind you, but that's frankly to be expected. However, some folks are having a hard time actually finding the update itself, so let's help them. If you can't see Windows 8.1 in the Windows Store… Read More