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Etsy is now valued at around $1.78 billion

With an initial public offering of $16/share, Etsy is being valued at around $1.78 billion. The company has become especially popular over the past few years by selling craft supplies...

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Everyone wants to get their hands on Nokia’s mapping service

Creating location and mapping services isn't exactly easy, and with Google Maps controlling a significant chunk of the market with an excellent, feature-packed product that's difficult to compete with, it's...

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Could China give birth to the next Samsung?

Chinese products have always been considered low-budget and inferior to pretty much everything else, but that may change in the near future, at least as far as electronics are concerned....

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Don’t listen to people telling you teens are’t using Facebook anymore

Facebook's shrinking popularity with teens has been well documented these past couple of years, as well as overblown. Despite dubious claims that other services such as Instagram and Twitter would...

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Xiaomi just sold $335 million worth of products in less than 12 hours

To say that Xiaomi is growing fast would be a gross understatement. The burgeoning Chinese startup has already managed to sell 100 million smartphones in its five years in existence, but...

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This is the first prosecution for anti-trust violations in e-commerce

Congratulations David Topkins, you are now the first person in the United States to be prosecuted for anti-trust violations specifically involving e-commerce. His reward, a $20,000 fine among other things. The Department...

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Viacom admits that the Internet is causing it a slow death

Blaming the Internet is something we've long ago come to expect from entertainment companies but, at least in this instance, these accusations have some validity to them. According to Viacom,...

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Hudl raises $72.5 million to expand its sports video service

Sports and videos. Each of them alone is already a money factory, but the two of them together? Well, a company by the name of Hudl has decided to combine...

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Twitter is putting promoted tweets on you profile

Good news guys, Twitter is adding something new to your profile that will make it much more attractive and appealing: advertisements! Don't mistake my sarcasm for a joke, this isn't...

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Which live-streaming app is better, Meerkat or Periscope?

Twitter has been trying to kill Meerkat in the womb due to the fact that it has been working on its own live-streaming app known as Periscope that will directly compete...

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