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Barnes & Noble releases more Nooks with help from Samsung

Barnes & Noble may not have developed a tablet of its own for quite some time now but its relationship with Samsung seems to be flourishing quite nicely. Both companies...

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Osmo raises $12 million to turn iPads into educational tools for kids

Today Osmo, the physical iPad add-on with educational games, announced Apple as a retail partner with the product now available for purchase. This, along with critical acclaim and $12 million...

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CardBlanc is a new e-commerce app specifically for millennials

CardBlanc, a new e-commerce application targeting millennial spenders officially launched today, introducing a financial platform for easier mobile checkout combined with social activity similar to what you’d see on sites...

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Reddit’s general manager leaves the company after 6 years

Reddit general manager Erik Martin has announced his departure. Martin, who joined the site as a community manager in 2008, has helped shepherd it from a relatively modest link-sharing site...

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Monsieur the robot bartender raises $2 million in funding

It's Saturday night and you're desperately scrounging through your fridge to find a few mixer options to suit the pregaming desires of you and your friends, but all you've got...

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Cybersecurity startup Zenedge emerges from stealth with $3.5 million

After building cybersecurity startup Zenedge for two years, the serial entrepreneurs behind it are emerging from stealth with funding and expansion plans, Venture Capital Dispatch has learned. Like Akamai’s Prolexic,...

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Berlin-based Fyber acquired by RNTS Media for $190 million

Another exit for a Berlin tech company, albeit not necessarily a home run. Fyber, the adtech company formerly known as SponsorPay has been acquired by the publicly-listed European media company...

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Facebook launches new hyper-local advertisements

Facebook’s mobile ubiquity and push for always-on location sharing came to fruition today with the launch of hyper-local advertising that could convince people to visit stores they’re nearby. Soon, brick-and-mortar...

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Amazon could face European Commission tax probe

The European Commission announced on Tuesday that it had opened an investigation into whether Luxembourg had given preferential tax treatment to the e-commerce giant Amazon. The inquiry, which will explore...

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Microsoft launches Project Spark, the game about making games

Microsoft has formally launched its Project Spark, a game world with tools that make it easy for players to create their own games. Oddly enough, Microsoft is launching Project Spark...

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GoPro’s affordable HERO camera is hitting stores in mid-October

If the latest reports are to be believed, GoPro is preparing to launch its latest waterproof sports adventure camera, Hero 4, sometime in mid-October 2014. According to Jim Duffy, an...

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App testing startup BlazeMeter has acquired Loadosophia

BlazeMeter, the leading load and performance testing as a self-service platform for mobile, web and APIs, today announced the acquisition of Loadosophia, which provides state-of-the-art analytics technology for JMeter users....

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