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Hellman & Friedman buys Renaissance Learning for $1.1B

There has been a bit of a shakeup in the ed-tech world on Thursday, as one of the biggest companies Read More

Let’s Share Shall We?

It’s what the sharing economy is all about. It’s a social system based on efficiently using other’s assets – from Read More

Eventbrite raises $60M at $1B valuation

Correction: Eventbrite has raised $60 million, not $50 million as was previously reported. Eventbrite confirmed the number. Less than a Read More

Adaptive learning platform Smart Sparrow raises $10M

Online education has come a long way. If you asked me a decade ago if I would ever even consider Read More

The Web was almost called “The Mesh”

The World Wide Web was almost called The Mesh. Or Mine of Information. Or The Information Mine. That’s according to Read More

Tip your Starbucks barista right from your iPhone

Starbucks has been on the forefront of the mobile payments space, rolling out its own mobile payments system back in 2011, and Read More

Facebook hires Liz Heron to cultivate news partnerships

Content is a big, and sometimes overlooked, factor when it comes to which social media sites people choose to go Read More

King sets IPO price at $21 to $24, for $7.6B valuation

When King, the Irish gaming company behind the monster hit Candy Crush Saga, goes public in the next month or so, Read More

Credit Karma bags $85M for free credit monitoring

In the slush pile of personal finance tools that made names for themselves during the recession, the weak shall wither Read More

Acorns unveils new micro-investing platform with $8.3M

Acorns, a new micro-investing mobile platform, is coming out of stealth mode. The company, founded in Newport Beach, Ca just Read More

Google acquires what’s left of Green Throttle Games

(Updated to reflect confirmation from Google) Green Throttle Games has not, for all intents and purposes, existed for the last Read More

POTUS Funny or Die clip now #1 driver to Healthcare.gov

Chances are, you’ve probably seen Zack Galifianakis’ Between Two Ferns interview with the POTUS himself, Barack Obama (sp?) already. If Read More

PayPal hires Rocky Agrawal as new Director of Strategy

When a company takes on a big client, for example a McDonalds or a Coca Cola, it makes such a Read More

New Jersey bans direct sales of Tesla automobiles

It looks like Tesla is heading toward a big showdown in New Jersey after a vote came down on Tuesday Read More

Thanks to Adap.tv, AOL sees big ad growth in its future

It has been less than a year now since AOL bought video advertising platform Adap.tv for $405 million. The purchase might have seemed a Read More

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