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Groupon acquires last-minute hotel booking app Blink

Groupon is looking to beef up its vacation deals arm, Groupon Getaways. The company announced Monday that it has acquired Read More

Marketing automation company Bislr raises $1.5M

All the information that people share on social media has created a slew of opportunities for marketers to find customers Read More

How have early-stage venture models evolved?

How have early-stage venture models evolved? That topic was discussed at the recent Venture Shift this past summer, with a panel consisting Read More

Instagram goes into orbit with new NASA profile

(Updated to reflect comment from NASA) Space, the final frontier. Ever since we basically stopped having places to discover on Read More

Yahoo the latest to release a transparency report

In the age of Edward Snowden and the NSA, transparency reports are so in right now, with companies like Google, Read More

Funding roundup – Week ending 9/6/13

Seed Stage Timeshare marketplace Vacatia raised $5 million in seed funding from including Spencer Rascoff, Erik Blachford, Greg Waldorf, Thomas Read More

Does raising money mean you can start scaling?

In startup-land, people seem to equate raising money with having a sound business that’s ready to scale.   I'm here Read More

Report: Spotify looks to raise funds at $5.3B valuation

Less an a year after pulling in $100 million for its fifth round of funding, it looks like Spotify is at it Read More

The NSA has a back door to your encrypted data

Well, here’s some news to ruin your Friday. Turns out, the NSA can get around many forms of encryption, according Read More

Uber attacks Lyft head on in new cities

It's no secret that Uber has been feeling the pressure and competition from ride-sharing apps recently, most notably Lyft. So Read More

Factory making iPhone 5C guilty of labor violations

You ready to play a game? It’s called “China, Russia, or Florida.” But there’s a catch: everybody loses. Yet another Read More

HotelTonight raises $45M in Series D funding

Somehow, throughout my entire life, I have only had one bad hotel experience: it was a place in Boston where the Read More

Hearsay Social raises $30M Series C

The rise of social media over the last decade has given companies, both large and small, a new way to Read More

86% of Web users concerned about privacy, hide activity

I’m far too lax about my personal information online. One of my old coworkers—an IT guy—encrypted everything, disabled his cookies, Read More

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