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Uber must mature, but its victory over competitors and regulators seems certain in the US — It's Already Over And Uber Has Won — Money isn't everything, but it's certainly a useful metric for keeping score, especially when you're measuring it in the billions.Thanks:@jmbooyah
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How the JOBS Act, investor demand, and private securities markets allow Uber to stay private — How can Uber raise so much money without going public? — Yesterday, Uber announced that its latest round of venture capital financing will total $2.8 billion dollars.
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| Rachel Metz / MIT Technology Review: |
Hands-on with Magic Leap's AR technology, which augments your vision by projecting light into your eyes — What It's Like to Try Magic Leap's Take on Virtual Reality — A startup is betting more than half a billion dollars that it will dazzle you with its approach to creating 3-D imagery.
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| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
Lenovo CTO admits company “flat-out missed” major security flaws resulting from Superfish — Lenovo CTO Admits It ‘Messed Up’ Allowing Major Security Hole Onto PCs — Lenovo's chief technology officer said Friday that the computer maker erred significantly by preinstalling onto consumer PCs …
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| Lizzie Plaugic / The Verge: |
Lenovo has just released an automatic Superfish removal tool — The company updated its statement on the bug today — Lenovo has released a tool to help users remove Superfish, according to a statement released today by the company. — Superfish is an adware program that was pre-installed … | Bloomberg Business: |
Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg on Internet.org: barriers to connectivity, why ads are not a priority at current stage, more — Mark Zuckerberg Q&A: The Full Interview on Connecting the World — The Facebook chief executive officer talks drones, lasers, and debates with Bill Gates — Don't Miss Out —| Evelyn M. Rusli / Wall Street Journal: |
Bill Gurley: FOMO in the ‘Private IPO’ Market Is Fueling Valuations — After speaking about the risks of “cramming” too much money in startups at the Goldman Sachs technology conference last week, venture capitalist Bill Gurley exited the stage. — More than a dozen investors swarmed …
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| Lizette Chapman / Wall Street Journal: |
Twilio Positions Itself for an IPO After Logging $100M Revenue Run Rate … Twilio Inc.'s strategy to woo developers seems to be paying off, with the communications startup reaching a 2014 annual run rate of $100 million, Venture Capital Dispatch has learned.| Bloomberg Business: |
JPMorgan strengthens cybersecurity after last year's data theft by staffing up with ex-military experts — JPMorgan Hires Military-Grade Cyberwarriors to Fend Off Data Thieves—and Foreign Powers — The bank is building a new facility near the NSA's headquarters to attract new talent| Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch: |
Postmates Picks Up $35M In Series C From Spark Capital — Postmates, the on-demand delivery service that operates in nearly 60 markets, has raised $35 million in Series C exclusively from existing investor Spark Capital, according to our sources. — Postmates is a service … | Kevin Fitchard / Gigaom: |
Verizon is laying down 400 tiny cells in SF to boost LTE capacity — Photo from Shutterstock/Gang Liu — Photo from Shutterstock/Gang Liu — In the coming months, workers and visitors along San Francisco's major tech corridors may notice some very big improvement in Verizon's 4G network speeds in some very specific places.
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