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Blue Coat Systems bought for $1.3B in cash
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Twitter to roll out new design, ‘Discover’ tab
It seems Twitter didn't want to let Google+ have all the update announcing fun. Because like Google+, the wildly popular Read More
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Google+ to roll out new Gmail interactivity features
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Edmodo nabs $15M for bulking up ‘Facebook’ of education
Technology focused on the educational field is often hard to spread across the slow-to-change and under-funded districts and schools but Read More
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IBM buys DemandTec for $440M to expand SaaS initiatives
IBM made headway in further establishing its Smarter Commerce initiative Wednesday, with the acquisition of merchandising and marketing software company Read More
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Plum District receives $20M funding, buys Chatterfly
Mom-oriented daily deal platform Plum District is having a very busy day. The company secured a $20 million C round Read More
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Amazon creates $6M fund for publishing on Kindles
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Bill.com receives $15.5M for electronic accounting
The Palo Alto, Web-based bill management company Bill.com has completed a $15.5 million Series D round of funding Thursday. Financial Read More
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Top 100 US websites don’t say how long they keep data
We have all done it -- willingly jotted in our personal information on a website for convenience or goods. And Read More
ODesk is on a roll. The eight-year-old company that helps companies recruit and manage workers announced Thursday morning that it's Read More
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Does $176M funding mean Living Social IPO is off?
Daily deals site Living Social may be backing off its IPO aspirations, heeding the somewhat less than stellar public offering Read More
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