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SchoolMint has raised $2.2 million to make enrollment easier

San Francisco-based SchoolMint, a new company backed with $2.2 million in financing from investors like New School Ventures Fund, Runa Capital, and Crosslink Capital along with education-focused seed investors including:...

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Bitcoin has dropped to its lowest price since April

Bitcoin has fallen to its lowest price since April 2014 following a turbulent 24 hours for the world's most valuable cryptocurrency. According to CoinDesk's price index, the price of one...

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PayPal Here is now available on Android tablets

PayPal today announced its PayPal Here app now supports Android tablets. You can download the new version now from Google Play in five markets: the US, the UK, Australia, Japan...

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PeerSpace has raised $1.5 million to expand its Airbnb-for-workspaces

PeerSpace today announced a $1.5 million raise after launching its Airbnb-for-workspaces service to the public earlier this year. PeerSpace, currently only available in San Francisco, places emphasis on offering “inspiring,...

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Zendesk is expanding its enterprise offerings

Zendesk today announced an expansion of its enterprise offering to address the growing need for a modern customer service platform at large organizations. It launched an upgraded Enterprise Elite pricing...

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This security app automatically encrypts your shared files for you

In this post-PRISM world, basically everyone is worried about privacy (and rightly so!) -- especially when it comes to cloud-based storage. Offloading your files to the likes of Dropbox doesn't...

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TrustedCompany is an e-commerce review system for emerging markets

Trust in online sellers is needed everywhere. To fill what it calls “the trust gap” for e-commerce companies in emerging markets, a Hong Kong-based startup called TrustedCompany has landed $1...

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Colorado teenager develops a fingerprint-activated handgun

There have been a lot of debate about gun safety over the years, and there have been many suggestions that have come up. For example earlier this year gun manufacturer...

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Tiiny is Digg’s co-founder’s approach to sharing your photos online

The Internet is a cool place to hang out in, but there are times when you might want to think twice about the security of your accounts. After all, we...

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Apple reportedly offered to acquire Square for $3 billion but was declined

Earlier this year there were rumors that Apple and Google were thinking about acquiring Square, a payments company who had recently managed to raise another $100 million in funding. Given...

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