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A year later, News Feed is finally getting revamped

Remember how, exactly one year ago today, Facebook unveiled an overhauled News Feed, which was supposed to highlight things like Photos, Read More

How does Flipboard make money?

Flipboard is booming. The company closed out a Series C round of $100 million altogether in December at an $800 Read More

Spotify purchases music discovery engine The Echo Nest

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Firms Team up On Regulatory Compliance for Lead Gen

Bright Pattern, of San Bruno, and thinkingVoice, of Danville, say they have teamed up on the deployment of an integrated, Read More

DIY/Lifestyle tips app Trusper raises $6.17M

I’m a supremely disorganized person (I’d post a picture of my desk, but I can’t find my phone right now), Read More

Founders Fund raises $1 billion for fifth fund

Founders Fund has a brand new fund to play with, it's biggest yet. The venture capital firm revealed on Wednesday night that Read More

Facebook updates policy on gun sale posts

There are certain issues in this country that I know we are never going to ever finish fighting over. That Read More

Yahoo acquires visual identity platform Vizify

(Updated with comment from Yahoo) Anyone who thought that Yahoo's acquisition streak might slow down was very much mistaken. The Read More

HomeAway buys customer hospitality co Glad To Have You

(Updated to reflect comment from HomeAway) HomeAway, an online marketplace for vacation rentals, had made a purchase that will give it key Read More

Flipboard buys Zite from CNN for $60M

Zite has been acquired! Again! Two and a half years after CNN acquired the personalized iMag (which mines your social Read More

Edtech startup MasteryConnect adds $3.425M to Series A

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CloudBees raises $11.2 million in Series C funding

CloudBees, a provider of cloud services for developers, has raised an $11.2 million Series C funding round, the company announced on Wednesday. Read More

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