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WhatsApp reaches 500M users, but is growth slowing?

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Majority of mobile users over 55 now own a smartphone

(Note: Nielsen report has been updated to reflect that number of Americans over the age of 55 applies only to Read More

AT&T is on the hunt for a Netflix killer

Just hours after Netflix trash-talked AT&T in its quarterly letter to shareholders, AT&T has announced a new $500 million joint Read More

Twitter opens native ads platform to all publishers

Twitter is pretty much taking an "all in" approach to advertising these days. In just the last year it has Read More

The new venture landscape

In May 2011, I wrote the post: Investor Nomenclature and the Venture Spiral. That post got a lot of attention because Read More

Today’s Entrepreneur: Tejal Shah

Today's Entrepreneur is Tejal Shah, CEO and Founder of KidAdmit, which allows online submission of school application and enrollment forms. Read More

Mitch Kapor: Oakland is on the ‘cutting edge’

On May 6, Mitch Kapor, founder of Lotus Development Corp, prolific angel and philanthropist, will take the stage at Splash Read More

Netflix to raise prices to cover ISP “tolls”?

Netflix shares rallied Tuesday morning, opening up 6.5% to $371. That’s after closing at $348.49 Monday evening. The company’s market Read More

Travel planning service Utrip raises $750k

Exciting news from today: I booked my vacation for this summer. I'm going to be spending a week in Texas Read More

Pinterest referral traffic shoots up 48% in Q1

This just in: it pays for brands to get their content onto social media! Ok, so maybe that is not Read More

AT&T has 21 new cities in mind to expand fiber network

Of all the depressing statistics you can read about where America lands in relation to the rest of the world, Read More

Birchbox raises $60M for monthly beauty boxes

Subscription commerce has been a mixed bag, working for some but not for others. One company that seems to have Read More

Retargeting platform AdRoll raises $70M

(Updated to reflect comment from AdRoll and Foundation Capital) Online advertising is big business, as we all know, with revenue Read More

Airbnb will fight NYC subpoena in court on Tuesday

And the Airbnb v. New York City saga continues. The company is going to court on Tuesday to fight NYC Read More

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