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British e-commerce analytics startup Ometria raises $1.5 million

E-commerce analytics company Ometria has secured $1.5m seed funding from a group of high-profile investors and entrepreneurs. Founded in February 2013, Mayfair-based Ometria operates a real-time platform targeted at online retailers...

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Google takes on Amazon with cloud price cuts

So the most commonly heard comment at Google Cloud Platform Live was: How will Amazon respond? It has a chance to do so Wednesday at its Amazon Summit in San Francisco, just...

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Gbatteries promises to double MacBook battery life with BatteryBox

Battery extenders and portable batteries are nothing new. Charge the juice box, plug it into your notebook, and bam: you have extra battery life. Though it seems like a fairly...

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Tumblr improves account security with two-step verification

If you've scrolled through Tumblr lately and thought to yourself, "Hey, this could use some added security," the blogging platform has your back. Today the outfit announced that it's adding two-step authentication as a...

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Mozilla finally chooses a new CEO

Mozilla, the company behind the popular Firefox Web browser, has been searching for a new CEO since Gary Kovacs, who came on-board in 2010, decided to leave almost a year ago. Mozilla has...

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Turkey is implementing an IP-level block on Twitter

After Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan banned Twitter in the country late Thursday night, many local users found ways to circumvent the restrictions. But getting around the ban is becoming more...

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German crowdtesting startup raises $2.9 million in funding

A new startup is harnessing the power of the crowd to help entrepreneurs and tech companies do their jobs better. Testbirds, a German crowdtesting company, just raised €2.1 million ($2.9 million)...

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AT&T’s Jim Cicconi slams Netflix CEO for net neutrality comments

The increasingly public spat on peering and net neutrality continued Friday with a blog post by AT&T Senior Executive Vice President-External and Legislative Affairs Jim Cicconi. “When Netflix delivered its movies by mail,...

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PayPal expands its in-app food paying services to the U.K.

PayPal has switched the Pay At Table and Order Ahead features in its iOS app on in Europe, starting with the UK, as TechCrunch reports. The services relate to the food and...

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Medium makes reading on the go easier with iPhone app

Since its launch in August 2012, Medium has become an increasingly visible place for people to publish their observations and musings on a variety of subjects. The platform was initially invite-only, but opened...

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