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Report: VC investing increased 26% YoY to $13.4B in Q1 2015, the biggest Q1 since 2000 — Venture Investing Just Had Its Biggest Q1 in 15 Years, Says PwC Report — Venture capital investing just had its biggest Q1 in 15 years, according to new data on VC investment trends.
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Report: most or all of Mt. Gox's missing bitcoins stolen between early 2011 and May 2013, long before the exchange collapsed in February 2014 — Most Mt Gox Bitcoins Were Gone by May 2013, Report Claims — Mt Gox's missing bitcoins were stolen from the exchange over a period of time beginning in 2011 …
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| Maddie Stone / Gizmodo: |
Norway Will Be the First Country to Turn Off FM Radio in 2017 — Norway's Minister of Culture announced this week that a national FM-radio switch off will commence in 2017, allowing the country to complete its transition over to digital radio. It's the end of an era.
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Funds left in Google Wallet Balance will now be FDIC insured — YAHOO FINANCE EXCLUSIVE: Google Wallet just got a lot safer — Google (GOOGL) is making a big change to its mobile payment service, Google Wallet, Yahoo Finance has learned. Funds that are left in Google Wallet will now be FDIC-insured …
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| Megan Geuss / Ars Technica: |
Hands-on with Mini Augmented Vision, BMW's augmented reality glasses prototype for Mini cars — Mini Augmented Vision is a cool concept trying to solve Google Glass failings — Hands-on: BMW and Qualcomm make a convincing case cars are the best place to start AR.| Mark Hachman / PCWorld: |
Comcast to bring two-gigabit Internet service to Bay Area, boost existing tiers — Comcast said Friday that it will bring its 2-gigabit symmetrical Gigabit Pro service to San Francisco Bay Area consumers in May, sidestepping Google and its own fiber plans. The company also said it will boost … | Austin Carr / Fast Company: |
The long history of MyMagic+ and MagicBand, the technologies Disney hopes will modernize its theme parks — The Messy Business Of Reinventing Happiness — Bob Iger wanted approval. It was February 2011, and the Walt Disney Co. CEO gathered his board of directors inside an intimate theater …
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Comcast, TWC will meet with Department of Justice for the first time since the merger was announced to negotiate concessions that could ease regulatory approval — Comcast and Time Warner Cable to Meet With DOJ to Negotiate Merger — Regulators examining whether Comcast lived up to NBCUniversal deal concessions, sources say
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Profile of Margrethe Vestager, EU commissioner leading antitrust case against Google — Google's Steely Foe in Europe — Margrethe Vestager, the European Union's commissioner for competition, who last week took on the colossus that is Google, has a reputation for toughness.
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
French Senate Backs Bid To Force Google To Disclose Search Algorithm Workings — It's been a bad week for Google in Europe, with the Competition Commission on Wednesday adopting a Statement of Objections regard its shopping comparison service — marking an escalation of a five-year long antitrust investigation.
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Search Engine Land, Bloomberg Business, Business Insider, ValueWalk, Bidness Etc, Beyond Search, Tech Times and The Register. Tweets: @pmarca
| Richard Lawler / Engadget: |
Wink smart home hubs knocked out by security certificate (update) — Now for the downside of a house loaded up with “smart” devices to allow remote control and monitoring: turning your home into a computer means computer-like problems. Today's example comes from the Wink Hub … | Brian Solomon / Forbes: |
Profile of Tanium, a startup valued at $1.75B whose technology helps half of the top 100 US corporations quickly identify and patch vulnerable devices — Meet Tanium, The Secret Cybersecurity Weapon Of Target, Visa And Amazon — A father-son duo came from out of nowhere with a more clever idea …
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