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Microsoft to drive down cost of Windows smartphones to reach wider audience

Microsoft, the world’s largest software company, is intending to drive down the cost of handsets which use its Windows Mobile operating system, in order to reach a much wider audience,...

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Google’s smartwatch does exist and isn’t too far away

All this time our attention has been focused on a possible iWatch coming out of Cupertino, but it appears Google also has every intention of releasing a smartwatch of its own. This...

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Facebook is testing out a “Highlights” feature that filters out hollow updates

When you browse Facebook do you find yourself scrolling past the memes and funny jokes to get to the serious stuff of births, marriages and announcements? If so, you’re in...

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Startup that rewards people for creating solar power raises $1.5 million funding

Changers, a German startup that rewards people for creating solar power, has raised $1.5 million in Series A funding. The round was led by state-backed fund BFB Frühphasenfonds Brandenburg. Clean...

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Bitcoin’s value falls 10% as Mt. Gox continues to self-destruct

Bitcoin fell below $100 on major exchange Mt. Gox early Friday, dropping under a key psychological threshold. Traders pushed the digital currency as low as $91.50, far below its price at...

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Strevus has raised $6.5 million for its risk and compliance service

Strevus, a provider of cutting-edge, relationship-driven risk and compliance management solutions for financial service institutions, today announced that it received $5.6M in Series A funding led by Blumberg Capital and...

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Cloud security company Apprity raises $8 million in funding

Companies that can make the enterprise space feel more secure about transferring its data to a platform it has less control over are going to thrive, and, already, a few...

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Venmo mobile payments app now allows you to pay people near you

Venmo, the popular mobile payments app developed by the eBay/PayPal company of the same name, has just debuted a new feature called Nearby Payments. The new feature does exactly what its name says:...

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FCC decides to take a different approach on net neutrality laws

Regulators are taking another crack at their effort to keep the web free and open, introducing new rules that would discourage Internet service providers from charging companies to stream their...

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Apple patents headphones that track your health and fitness

A patent granted to Apple today further corroborates that the tech trailblazer’s rumored foray into medical devices may date back as far as six years. Originally filed in 2008 and approved this morning...

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