- August 5, 2014
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- August 4, 2014
Uber debuts non-profit ridesharing service in Beijing
People's Uber allows Beijingers to take rides, and pay only enough to cover the driver’s costs
- August 4, 2014
Food delivery service Caviar is now a part of Square
Caviar works with local restaurants that would, typically, not feature a delivery service
- August 4, 2014
Japanese resale app Mercari is heading to the U.S.
A mobile-first community shopping app, Mercari is currently on 10% of all Japanese smartphones
- August 4, 2014
OpenTable buys restaurant analytics company Copilot
Copilot had been in beta, but will be expanding wide now that it is part of OpenTable
- August 2, 2014
Microsoft sues Samsung over contract breach
Samsung wants to stop paying royalties to Microsoft, cites Nokia purchase as breach of agreement
- August 2, 2014
Airbnb raises $475M round from Sequoia and a16z
This latest round reportedly brings Airbnb's value up to $10 billion
- August 1, 2014
Apple buys the rest of Beats, deal appears to be done
Apple puts up a new page welcoming Beats to its family
- August 1, 2014
Funding roundup - week ending 8/1/14
Flipkart, Leanplum, ChoiceStream, ABODO, Dstillery, SportsManias, Easy Taxi, Geekatoo, Pogoseat
- August 1, 2014
Kabam partners with Alibaba, gets $120M in funding
Aliaba will publish Kabam games in China across mobile applications
- July 31, 2014
LinkedIn's better than expected Q2 sends stock up 10%
LinkedIn saw revenue of $534 million for the quarter, and EPS of 39 cents
- July 31, 2014
RockYou raises $10M to give old games a second life
RockYou purchases older, but still profitable, titles from gaming studios that no longer want them
- July 31, 2014
Reward community SwagBucks acquires SodaHead
SodaHead provides polling technology for websites and media companies
- July 30, 2014
First Data purchases digital gift card platform Gyft
Gyft will be integrated into First Data's POS solution and app marketplace
- July 30, 2014