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03/09/2018

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02/04/2015

China Will Force Users Of Web Services To Register Their Real Name From March

China began cracking down on VPN services last month, and now the country's internet regulator has turned its attention to domestic websites and services. New..

02/04/2015

Hem, Jason Goldberg's Pivot From Fab, Is Buying Design Business Discipline.eu

Hem, the home furnishings company that Jason Goldberg created last year as a pivot out of his flashy-but-challenged e-commerce portal Fab.com, is close..

02/03/2015

Fundable Acquires Mentorship Service Clarity.fm As Part Of Its New Launch Platform, Startups.co

Equity crowdfunding platform Fundable is announcing that it has acquired Clarity.fm, the Dan Martell-founded startup that connects entrepreneurs with mentors..

02/03/2015

Alibaba And Lending Club Launch Financing Program For U.S. Businesses

Alibaba.com and peer-to-peer financing site Lending Club have inked a strategic partnership designed to get more U.S. businesses to buy inventory from the..

02/02/2015

Nest Touts Three Studies Claiming Its Thermostat Pays For Itself In Two Years

Google-subsidiary Nest claims that the results of three studies based on longitudinal data show that its thermostat pays for itself in less than two years..

02/02/2015

Alibaba Launches $130M Foundation For Young Hong Kong Entrepreneurs

Alibaba announced today that it has created a $130 million non-profit organization to help young people who want to start businesses on the e-commerce..

02/01/2015

NBC's 10-Hour Super Bowl Live Stream Begins Now

As we reported weeks ago, NBC is bringing the Super Bowl to the internet for free offering a live stream of the big game today starting at noon ET. This..

01/31/2015

How Connected Cars Have Established A New Ecosystem Powered By IoT

Not long ago, after you bought a new vehicle, the manufacturer had very little contact with you for years until it was time to sell you another car. The..

01/30/2015

Jay-Z Gets Into Music Streaming With $56M Bid For Aspiro, Owner Of WiMP And Tidal

Dr. Dre might not be the only rapper in the music streaming business for long. That's because Jay-Z is making a move to buy Aspiro, a Swedish company that..

01/29/2015

Reddit Complied With 58% Of User Info Requests, 31% Of Takedown Notices In 2014

Reddit just released its first transparency report, outlining at the requests for user information and for content takedown that it received in 2014. Not..

01/28/2015

The Next Front Of Wearables

In 2014, Nike abandoned its FuelBand fitness tracker and Sergey Brin “left his Google Glass in his car.” In 2015, Apple will launch its iWatch and Sony..