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Report: Uber raised a $1.6 billion convertible debt round
Uber clearly does not subscribe to the ‘mo money ‘mo problems theory. The company has raised another $1.6 billion dollars, this time in…
Read MoreXapo ups its bitcoin storage security by stashing a key in space
Bitcoin has had a messy start to 2015 when you consider the breach of the Bitstamp exchange alongside plummeting prices and miners…
Read MoreOn the way to $220M in funding, Instacart quietly changed its business model
In its early days, grocery store delivery startup Instacart made its money two ways: Through delivery fees and product markups. It charged…
Read MoreUber just cut prices in 48 markets
This hasn’t happened in awhile. Uber just slashed its cost in 48 of its U.S. markets. The last time it started giving…
Read MoreFlywheel has finally figured out its secret weapon against Uber
A few weeks before New Year’s, I received a pitch from Flywheel that I’ve been waiting for since I started using the…
Read MoreWill Pinterest prove its worth in 2015?
The next year will be the most important one of Pinterest’s life. Until now, the company has focused on its application and its audience,…
Read MoreWill payments give Snapchat the next block of a mobile platform?
Today Snapchat rolled out a pay-your-friends feature called Snapcash, powered by Square. A fledgling peer-to-peer payment system like this is Snapchat's first big platform test.…
Read MorePinterest-LinkedIn investor Jeremy Levine makes his next unsexy bet: Gift cards
Jeremy Levine thinks there’s big money to be made in the gift card market. Here’s why.…
Read MoreHere come the ads: It’s business time at Snapchat
Will Snapchat be able to make money? The company is ready to learn the answer.…
Read MoreCheckr gets $9 million from Accel to capitalize on the darker side of the on-demand economy
The Checkr technology makes background checks far easier for startups, but it's not a fool proof system for keeping consumers safe.…
Read MoreWestern Union responds to Bitcoin buzz, sort of
Bitcoin watchers say the virtual currency could displace Western Union as a way to transfer money from place to place. Here's what Western Union says about that.…
Read MoreMt. Gox has some new troubles, but Bitcoin is proving to be bigger than one exchange
Bitcoin's exchange mecca Mt. Gox is running into mounting troubles with phishing, the feds, and just keeping the lights on. But despite those problems, Bitcoin prices are holding firm.…
Read MoreForget Mint, LearnVest’s new platform takes aim at financial planning industry
LearnVest, a New York-based personal finance startup, is on Tuesday rolling out a suite of significant upgrades to its platform, including its first mobile app, as well as announcing that it has become an SEC-Registered Investment Advisor (RIA).…
Read MoreWhat’s wrong with the tech valuations?
For nearly a decade and a half, Internet companies have been accorded nosebleed valuations by the stock markets. Despite shaky business fundamentals, Internet companies have often gotten premium in the markets. One banker finds valuations of LinkedIn and Facebook insane, especially when compared to Apple & Microsoft.…
Read MoreSecurities Analytics Firm Data Explorers Acquired By Markit
Data Explorers, an analytics and analysis firm which helps subscribers track short-selling in stocks, is the latest acquisition of financial……
Read MoreThanks To E-Books, Publishers Find Flat Is The New Up
Large book publishers' most recent earnings reports reflect a new normal: Revenues are roughly flat, but profits are up -- in large part due……
Read MorePeerIndex Taking On $3 Million To Quantify Influence, Glocer Among Backers
PeerIndex, a service started by a former Reuters (NYSE: TRI) and Economist journalist to measure Twitter users' influence in topics, is taki……
Read MoreMicrostock's Fotolia Acquires Wilogo Designer' Site
Microstock photo repository Fotolia is expanding within its crowdsourced-creativity segment by acquiring Wilogo, a site through which startu……
Read MoreCisco Wants To Buy News Corp's TV Software Maker NDS For $5 Billion
Cisco (NSDQ: CSCO) says it wants to buy News Corp.'s TV set-top box software maker NDS Group for $5 billion to improve its own offering and……
Read MoreYouku And Tudou Merge To Create Chinese Online Video Powerhouse
After threatening to sue each other for copyright infringement in December, the largest players in China's fast-growing online video market……
Read MoreCNN Mashing Up With Mashable? Not So Fast
CNN might yet end up as the owner of Mashable but it's not imminent despite a single-source report from Felix Salmon at *Reuters*.…
Read MoreDiller To Networks: Get Radio Shack To Pay Retrans & Aereo Will Too
Barry Diller's latest investment in media disruption hasn't even launched yet and it's already in court. That's part of the appeal of Aereo……
Read MoreIs Facebook Worth $100 Billion? Investors Bullish, Analyst Cautious
Facebook's value has risen to $100 billion since its IPO announcement, based on private trades of its stock. But could Mark Zuckerberg justi……
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