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Amazon reportedly buys payment startup GoPago

Dec 17, 2013

Amazon has purchased GoPago, a San Francisco-based tablet point-of-sale and mobile payment startup. GoPago’s platform allows users to pre-pay for goods...

Aereo founder explains delayed expansion plans

Dec 15, 2013

Aereo has agreed to take an arduous legal battle with major network broadcasters into the Supreme Court. The company is fully confident it...

iOS is dominating the corporate mobile market

Dec 15, 2013

Among small and medium-sized companies, iOS dominates the mobile market. While Android is a viable alternative and Windows Phone is...

Photo-oriented social network We Heart It partners with Teen Vogue and others

Dec 13, 2013

We Heart It, a photo-oriented social network, now has about 25 million users every month, 80% of which are under the...

Bangalores’s Spire secures $8M in Series A to help customers manage talent

Dec 12, 2013

Spire Technologies, a big data firm based in Bangalore, has closed $8 million in a Series A funding round from...

Apple TV gets live news programming with Bloomberg TV

Dec 11, 2013

Bloomberg TV launched an app on Apple TV devices Wednesday morning that includes a live feed of the cable networks...

New Fintech accelerator emerges in London as Techstars partners with Barclays

Dec 9, 2013

Techstars now operates two accelerator programs in London thanks to a new partnership between between Barclays and Techstars. Though based in London’s...

Verizon is reportedly acquiring EdgeCast for $350 million

Dec 7, 2013

Verizon is trying to provide more ways to stream various types of content over its network as evidenced by its recent...

Flurry manages to raises another $12.5 million for mobile analytics and advertising

Dec 6, 2013

Flurry, a company that started out as an app developer before shifting its focus to analytics and then using its data...

Nickelodeon creates a kid-friendly online network

Dec 6, 2013

Two Nickelodeon veterans, Greg Alkalay and Taso Mastorakis, have created a new kid-friendly online network called BatteryPOP. The network gives children...

Spotify expected to offer mobile music for free

Dec 6, 2013

Spotify is reportedly set to offer an ad-supported, free version of its streaming-music service for mobiles devices. At the moment, using Spotify on...

House of Representative passes Google-backed anti-patent troll bill

Dec 5, 2013

The Innovation Act, an anti-patent troll bill which is backed by both Google and the White House, has been passed by...