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Timeline: How Uber’s valuation went from $60M in 2011 to a rumored $50B this...
By the end of this month, Uber could be a $50 billion company — at least, that’s the latest rumor, as the transportation company continues its (so far successful) upheaval of a petrified taxi industry....
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Apple promises to boost renewable energy use in China
Breaking news from WWDC: Read our complete coverage of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference. Today Apple announced a series of initiatives to embrace renewable energy and “green” practices in...
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SherpaShare raises $700K & launches on iPhone to help Uber, Lyft drivers earn...
EXCLUSIVE: SherpaShare wants to be the analytics layer on top of the frothy ride-sharing industry. Today it announced a $700,000 seed round and launched on iOS. Bay Area-based SherpaShare calls itself...
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Lyft raises $150M more, including $100M from Carl Icahn, and is still valued...
Updated at 7:56 a.m. Pacific with more details from Lyft. Lyft today revealed that it’s received an additional $150 million in a raise that none other than activist-investor Carl Icahn led. According...
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Pandora acquires Techstars-backed music analytics company Next Big Sound
Breaking news from WWDC: Read our complete coverage of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference. Today Pandora announced that it’s acquired Next Big Sound, a six-year-old analytics service targeting...
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Dropbox just got a little bit better for designers
Dropbox, already a pretty popular tool for designers, is updating its site this week with a couple of features for — you guessed it — designers. “Over the next few days,” Dropbox warned us, the company...
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Automattic buys WooCommerce to get into e-commerce — its largest acquisition...
Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, is buying WooCommerce, a popular e-commerce platform built on WordPress with over $1 million in monthly recurring revenue. Automattic chief and WordPress...
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Spotify is launching new features designed just for runners, partners with...
[Free Event] Succeed in the fast-growing and rapidly changing mobile advertising space. Register to attend the VB Mobile Advertising Roadshow in NYC. Learn more now. Today Spotify announced a handful...
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This is what the all-new Spotify looks like on iPhone
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Did Apple just accidentally unveil the iPhone 6C? Here’s the latest rumor
Breaking news from WWDC: Read our complete coverage of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference. Well, this is interesting. Today the Internet is gathering around a photo added to Apple’s new iPhone...
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Ev Williams’ Obvious Ventures closes $123,456,789 fund
Obvious Ventures, the venture capital firm cofounded by Twitter’s Evan Williams, announced the close of its very first fund today. Guess how much it raised? $123,456,789. No joke. The close of this...
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Brit Morin’s Brit + Co raises $23.1M from Oak Investment Partners and others
Updated 4:22 p.m. PT with details on Oak Investment Partners’ involvement. Brit Media, best known for its site Brit + Co, today revealed that it’s raised at least $23.1 million from Oak Investment...
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Everything Google is rumored to announce at its I/O dev conference this week
Twisted Agile: We're taking elements Agile dev and shaking it up with savvy best practices for better, faster outcomes. Sign up for our free webinar on June 11 at 10 a.m. PST/11 p.m. EST. On May 28,...
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Here’s Mary Meeker’s 20th annual Internet Trends report
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, California — Mary Meeker, a longtime Internet analyst and current partner at prominent VC firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, dropped her annual information bomb on the...
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Facebook rolls out Messenger payments in NYC, adds new features
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Watch the Google I/O 2015 keynote live right here
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Amid disability lawsuits, Uber launches features for deaf drivers
On-demand ride provider Uber is working on an update to its app in order to cater specifically to “deaf and hard-of-hearing” drivers. The update is “now being tested in Chicago, Los Angeles, San...
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Google opens Inbox to everyone, adds new features like Trip Bundles, Undo...
Today Google opened up its experimental email app, Inbox, to everyone — no invite required. Google announced the news on its blog during its I/O developer conference. Unfortunately, Inbox is still...
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Everything Google announced at I/O 2015
Twisted Agile: We're taking elements Agile dev and shaking it up with savvy best practices for better, faster outcomes. Sign up for our free webinar on June 11 at 10 a.m. PST/11 p.m. EST. Today was a...
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Google expands Material design guidelines for Android TV, Auto, and Cardboard
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