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OpenTable acquires Foodspotting for $10 million cash

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Facebook implements its Ask The CPO feature

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ChaCha raises $14M from VantagePoint and Rho Ventures

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Twitter: 81% of gov’t data requests came from U.S.

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Payvment shutting down, refers customers to Ecwid

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Time spent on mobile shopping apps shot up 274% in 2012

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Twitter to sell $80M of stock at $9B valuation

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Meet the dreamy boys of Coverflow

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Facebook Graph Search was too premature to launch

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Funding roundup – week ending 01/25/13

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