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Patreon has raised $30 million to help expand its patronage platform

Kickstarter is largely responsible for creating the crowd-funding scene as we know it today, but Patreon's work in this area may actually be the most noteworthy. Rather than having tons of people pool...

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Will more funding and a new CEO be enough to save Foursquare?

The story of the Internet company that's based around a great idea but still struggles to make money is one that's almost as old as the Internet itself, and few companies...

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Ford and IBM are bringing the automotive industry into the future

Ford's new Smart Mobility initiative has been drawing a lot of attention from the media, and it doesn't take much to see why. The initiative is primarily focused on making advancements in autonomous...

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SpaceX wants to try and land a rocket on a floating platform again

It's only been three weeks since SpaceX successfully landed its first Falcon 9 rocket, but it's already trying to outdo itself. The company has confirmed that its next Falcon 9 rocket launch...

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Apple wants to use artificial intelligence to read your emotions

Emotient has become the latest startup to get scooped up by Apple, and it's one of the more interesting ones we've seen. The San Diego-based startup specializes in using people's...

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Facebook Messenger is about to become filled with bots

Remember those rumors a few weeks back that claimed Google is working on a new messaging app that'll filled with a bunch of bots that users can interact with? Well,...

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It looks like the Intel of Drones might end up being… Intel

Qualcomm has been called the Intel of Smartphones due to its dominance over the mobile processor market, and it's been trying to achieve the same level of dominance over the drone...

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Urban.us has raised $10 million to invest in city-centric startups

Both the developed and developing worlds have been undergoing massive amounts of urbanization over the last century, and that trend is expected to continue for the next several decades. It's...

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Twitter will allow Politwoops to archive the tweets of politicians again

For those of you who aren't familiar, Politwoops is a website that allows people to see all the stupid crap that politicians have said on Twitter, even if those tweets were...

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This e-commerce startup wants users to design their ideal products

What separates Massdrop from other e-commerce companies is that it runs on something the founders of the company call "community-driven commerce." The products that are sold on Massdrop are decided by the users, who discuss...

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Three million people signed up for Amazon Prime before Christmas

Thanks to Amazon's notorious secrecy regarding certain aspects of its business, we're still not sure how many people are subscribed to Amazon Prime, but the company decided to give us an idea of...

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A Saudi prince has invested $105 million into Lyft

In contrast to Uber's aggressive international expansion, Lyft has chosen to focus all of its attention on its home market, but despite the fact that it only operates in the United...

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