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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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This ultra-secretive startup just raised $880 million in new funding

Due to the nature of Palantir's work with government agencies and law enforcement, the data analytics startup is one of the most-secretive companies in Silicon Valley, but we do know that it's...

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Microsoft just bought another startup from Ray Ozzie

It turns out the secret to getting Microsoft to acquire your startup is to throw Ray Ozzie's name on it, as the company just acquired its second Ozzie-founded startup, which...

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Trim will cancel your unwanted monthly subscriptions for you

A few bucks a month isn't all that much, which is why many of us don't think twice when before signing up for a monthly subscription to something like Netflix...

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Google plans to dedicate a million bucks to security research next year

Google doesn't just want people to use Google Drive because its cheaper and more convenient than buying your own hard drive, it wants you to use it because its safer...

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