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P2P lending company Prosper Marketplace raises $70 million in funding

Prosper Marketplace, the fastest growing peer-to-peer lending company in the US, announced that it has raised $70 million in additional funding to fuel the company's growth and expansion. The round...

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Facebook promotes its VP of Product to Chief Product Officer

Facebook named its next Chief Product Officer this weekend as Chris Cox in a promotion from within the company. Cox, who formerly held the position of Vice President of Product, began...

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Taco Bell Disrupt ensures maximum calorie intake per dollar at Taco Bell

It's late at night, you've got a pocketful of crumpled bills and coins, and your hunger exceeds your self-esteem. Thanks to a clever hack, now all you have to do...

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This crowdfunded pen is also a guitar, charger, and music player

As fans of old delta blues will already know, even two or three strings on a guitar can be too many when belting out soulful music on a guitar-like instrument....

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PayPal’s Rakesh Agrawal gets fired following offensive tweets

It’s no fun to do the Internet equivalent of the walk of shame. Rakesh Agrawal, the recently hired director of strategy for the giant firm PayPal, apparently indulged in a Twitter...

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SupportPay raises $1.1 million to assist with child support payments

SupportPay, the first and only platform to automate child support payments and related expenses, announced that it has closed a heavily oversubscribed seed round. The startup raised over $1,100,000 from many of...

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Google expands its e-commerce business with Rangespan acquisition

Google has bought London startup Rangespan, which developed technology that can help retailers identify which products and services will be most in demand in the future. Rangespan confirmed the acquisition on its...

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Samsung’s newest app is literally nothing but LeBron James

No matter how big a LeBron James fan you might be, chances are you still won’t need to clutter your already bloatware-filled Galaxy device with a new application from Samsung. On the off chance you actually want...

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Vine’s website receives major usability upgrade

Remember when you could only browse YouTube after you made an account? Or how about that time you could only see a friend's picture on Facebook because you got a direct URL...

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Online fashion marketplace Farfetch raises $66 million in funding

Farfetch, a fashion startup based in London, has raised a large new round of funding, according to sources familiar with the company. The round, which sources say is worth $40 million,...

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