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KPMG and CB Insights: VC funding this year already exceeds all of 2014 with $37B raised in Q3, including 68 $100M+ mega-rounds — Global Venture Capital Report - Q3 2015 — KPMG and CB Insights: VC-backed Companies Haul in US$37.6 Billion Globally in Q3 2015 Due to Mega-Rounds … | Nathan Ingraham / Engadget: |
Dropbox unveils Paper, a web app for collaborative document editing, to-do management, currently in beta and invite-only — Paper is Dropbox's new vision for how teams can work together — Six months ago, Dropbox quietly announced a collaborative note-taking tool called Notes and launched it in an invite-only beta test.
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| Federico Viticci / MacStories: |
Facebook's iOS app continues to use data and drain battery in the background, even with Background App Refresh turned off; Facebook says it's working on fix — The Background Data and Battery Usage of Facebook's iOS App — Nick Heer, commenting on Facebook's battery usage on iOS in response to a piece by Matt Galligan:
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| Nicole Lee / Engadget: |
Yahoo Mail offers password-less login, which ties authentication to your smartphone with an Account Key app, and adds third-party email support to updated apps — Yahoo Mail drops passwords and adds third-party email support for new apps — It's Yahoo Mail's 18th birthday this month …
| Miguel Helft / Forbes: |
What bubble? With so many high-growth companies building sustainable businesses, the unicorn boom has just begun — What Bubble? The Unicorn Boom Has Just Begun — For the anxious throng worried about spiraling startup valuations-a group now big enough to pass for conventional wisdom …
Tweets: @arrington, @paultoo, @mikesimonsen, @mhelft, @pmarca, @dangillmor and @pkedrosky
| William Alden / BuzzFeed: |
Square guaranteed investors a 20% return in its most recent round, S-1 shows — Some Of Square's Backers Were Guaranteed A 20% Return In IPO — The payments company revealed the special provision, known as a ratchet, in its IPO prospectus today. — Jack Dorsey, CEO of Square.| Noah Kulwin / Re/code: |
Civic Tech Startup OpenGov Raises $25 Million, Adds Marc Andreessen to Its Board — For a number of startups, government transparency isn't just a political talking point — it's a lucrative business opportunity. — Their public-interest pitch is that the antiquated technology governments use …
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Niantic, recently spun out from Google and known for Ingress, raises $20M from Google, Pokémon Company, and Nintendo — Niantic Raises $20M From Google, Pokémon Company, And Nintendo — Just about two months ago, the maker of the popular-with-nerds game Ingress, Niantic Labs, was spun out of Google.| Wall Street Journal: |
US Justice Department and FBI investigating whether fantasty sports sites should continue operating under “games of skill” exemption — FBI, Justice Department Investigating Daily Fantasy Sports Business Model — FBI agents have been contacting customers of DraftKings to ask them about their experiences
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IAB launches program to address ad blocking with light, encrypted, ad-choice supported, and non-invasive ads — Getting LEAN with Digital Ad UX — We messed up. As technologists, tasked with delivering content and services to users, we lost track of the user experience.
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| Deborah Gage / Wall Street Journal: |
Cloud computing company Bracket raises $45M from Fidelity, Goldman Sachs, and others, bringing total funding to more than $130M — Bracket Raises $45 Million to Make Cloud Computing Easier … A year after emerging with technology to protect corporate customers from some of the downsides … | John Herrman / The Awl: |
As news sites see traffic decline, Facebook tests new standalone mobile news app Notify, expected to launch later this month — Notes from the Platform's Edge — 1. In recent weeks I've gotten a handful of notes from people letting me know that something or other is up with websites they work at or run.
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Tweets: @readdanwrite, @mathewi, @jayrosen_nyu and @mikeisaac
| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Twitter Ads introduces conversion lift reports to show advertisers which ads perform better — Twitter now shows advertisers which ads perform better — Twitter has added a new reporting mechanism aimed at helping advertisers maximize the efficiency of their campaigns.
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The Twitter Blog, TechCrunch and Marketing Land
| Dan Frommer / Quartz: |
Reed Hastings says recent switch to chip-enabled credit cards, and subscribers not updating payment records is partially to blame for slow US subscriber growth — Netflix is blaming slow US growth on the switch to chip-based credit cards — Netflix shares are down 7% in after-hours trading …
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