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Bitcoin is experiencing its longest stretch of price stability in months

Bitcoin is experiencing its longest period of price stability in months, a trend that could help allay concerns that the digital currency is just too volatile to be of much...

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Boombotix raises $4 million in funding

Boombotix, the San Francisco-based wearable audio company merging next-gen audio hardware and software, today announced a $4 million strategic investment from new and existing investors. New investors include Social+, Baseline,...

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Sunrise Calendar responds to iCloud credentials security issue

Sunrise has just issued a small yet significant update to its namesake smart calendar app for iOS. According to its release notes, the latest update to Sunrise Calendar “brings security improvements.” These security improvements address...

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Nest will become Google’s core hardware group

Google’s acquisition of Nest might be for something other than smart home gadgets. Sources speaking with TechCrunch claim the search giant has plans to use Nest’s hardware experience to create a device that...

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Gemini Israel Ventures led a $3.3 million initial financing round in Implisit

Gemini Israel Ventures led a $3.3 million initial financing round in Implisit, a company that provides a SaaS based product for boosting sales and improving the productivity of sales teams.  Rotem Eldar, Partner...

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Intel will shutdown its failed PC app store in March

Intel is closing down its AppUp online application store as it sees a shift in the market and consumer needs. Designed originally for netbook computers, the Intel AppUp center was first...

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Amazon is building a Kindle-based point-of-sale payments service

Amazon might still be working away on its far-out delivery drone project, but it's also reportedly cooking up something else, admittedly a little tamer, too: a Kindle checkout system and a...

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Yahoo acquires Tomfoolery, a social network for business

Yahoo is acquiring Tomfoolery, a startup that makes software to better connect employees on the desktop and mobile, it was announced Wednesday. “We’ve reached an agreement to join Yahoo to help...

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World’s first desktop 3D printer capable of creating carbon fiber objects

There's a new 3D printer in town, and unlike other models that use plastic, rubberor even chocolate, this one prints out objects using a far tougher material: carbon fiber. The printer, named Mark One, was designed by...

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Imgur releases new analytics tools for Pro users

Imgur has slowly but steadily been adding a host of features over the last year or so. After making a big move to become the YouTube of viral images, the company...

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