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July 20, 2014, 7:10 PM

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Rohin Dhar / Priceonomics Blog:
Sequoia Capital will likely earn more from investing in YC companies than YC  —  The Big Winner from Y Combinator's Success?  Sequoia Capital  —  Yesterday, Y Combinator's president, Sam Altman, that the seed investment firm had funded 716 companies that were currently valued collectively at around $30 billion.
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Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
Buzzfeed now receives more traffic from Pinterest than from Twitter  —  Nailed It: Buzzfeed Cracks The Pinterest Code  —  Buzzfeed is one of of the fastest growing media companies ever, with a monthly audience of 150 million and counting, thanks chiefly to its unmatched understanding of what people will read or share on Facebook.
WhyCry / VideoCardz.com:
Report: Nvidia Shield Tablet ships July 29 in the US; $299 for 16GB Wi-Fi-only, $399 for 32GB with LTE, $59 for separate controller  —  NVIDIA extends SHIELD family with SHIELD tablet and wireless controller  —  Let's talk about SHIELD.  —  I'm a huge fan of SHIELD, it's such an amazing tv show.
Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code:
Edward Snowden Plans to Work on Privacy Tech  —  NSA leaker Edward Snowden says he plans to work on technology to preserve personal data privacy and called on programmers to join his efforts.  —  Speaking via a Google Hangout at the Hackers on Planet Earth Conference in New York …
Andy Baio / Medium:
How to fake flawless predictions for any sports event or election using social media  —  How to Flawlessly Predict Anything on the Internet  —  Spark conspiracies, incite riots, and predict the future with a confidence scam for the Twitter era  —  On Saturday, a Twitter account appeared …
Hayley Tsukayama / Washington Post:
Kindle Unlimited: worth it if you buy 12+ books/year and find the limited catalogue appealing  —  Is Kindle Unlimited worth it?  —  Some things to think about before you sign up for Amazon's latest service.  (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)  —  Amazon.com introduced a new subscription service, Kindle Unlimited, on Friday.

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