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Balderton Capital raises $305 million to invest in European tech
Balderton Capital, the European VC investor behind MySQL, NaturalMotion and Yoox, has raised $305 million for its fifth European fund. As has been hinted at previously, the focus of the...
U.S. safety regulators absolve Tesla of responsibility in Model S fires
U.S. safety regulators said they closed an investigation into fires involving electric sports car maker Tesla Motors' popular Model S sedans after finding no "defect trend," sending the company's shares up...
Amazon denies rumors of free TV streaming service
Amazon.com has no plan to offer a free streaming TV service, a spokeswoman said on Friday following a report that the online retailer might turn up the heat against Netflix...
Intsagram is more popular than Twitter among mobile users
Instagram has overtaken Twitter to become more popular with US smartphone users, highlighting the rise of the Facebook-owned photo-sharing app as it begins to sell advertising. Nearly 35 million Americans used Instagram at least...
Instacart e-grocery service expands to an already crowded NYC market
Instacart, the e-grocery service that hires freelance delivery personnel to shop at supermarkets and deliver to customers, has expanded to a small section of New York City. Effective Wednesday, Instacart is...
Google launches a new Chromecast app called Photowall
Photowall for Chromecast is one of those rare official Google apps that makes its debut on iOS instead of Android. In fact, we can't even say for sure it'll be coming to...
Dell acquires data mining company StatSoft
Dell has acquired StatSoft, a Tulsa, Oklahoma-based software vendor specializing in data mining and text analysis software. Dell is trying to remake itself as more of a software company since going private...
WelVU raises $1.25 million to help you remember the doctor’s orders
WelVU, an innovation leader in personalized patient education technology markets, announced today the close of an initial seed financing of $1.25M, expanding the initial round due to strong interest from...
Energy Department invests $17 million in development of clean energy
Building on President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to continue U.S. leadership in clean energy innovation, the Energy Department’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy today awarded $17 million in...
Pocket app launches in six new languages
Pocket, the read-it-later service that lets you bookmark articles and videos from across the Web to read or watch later, is going well and truly global. Thus far, the Pocket platform...
Workplace messaging startup Zulip gets acquired by Dropbox
Dropbox is a cloud-based storage service that we’re sure many of you guys have heard of and probably use. It allows users to store their data in the cloud and...
TV discovery startup Boxfish raises $7 million in funding
Boxfish is one of many startups that have popped up over the last several years to help TV viewers better find shows that they’d like to watch. Now looking to extend...
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