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Inside indie photo app developer Pixite's struggle as US app market reaches saturation — Life and death in the App Store — As last year began, the app developer Pixite held its company retreat at a converted Old West movie set outside of Palm Springs.
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Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Alphabet, to head new Pentagon advisory board aimed at bringing Silicon Valley innovation and best practices to the military — Former Google CEO Schmidt to head new Pentagon innovation board — Eric Schmidt, the former chief executive officer of Google …
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LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner forgoes his annual stock package, sources say valued about $14M, and puts it into employee pool — LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner Is Passing His $14 Million Stock Grant to Employees — How do you perk up employees after your company's stock price falls off a cliff? More money!| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
Google pilots Hands Free, a voice activated mobile payments system, at stores including McDonald's and Papa John's in San Francisco's South Bay area — Google experiments with a way to pay without taking out your phone — Google is rolling out a pilot program today that introduces …
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Sources: Slack is seeking between $150M and $300M in new financing at up to a $4B valuation — Messaging Startup Slack Seeks Up to $4 Billion Valuation in Funding Round — The company is said to be in talks to raise $150 million to $300 million in financing.
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Sources: Intel is working on an augmented-reality headset that uses RealSense 3D camera tech — Intel Working on Augmented-Reality Headset — RealSense 3-D camera technology would be used — Intel Corp. is joining the race to reshape reality. — The chip giant is developing … | Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider: |
Blippar raises $55M Series D led by Malaysian government to build out its AR tech that uses a phone's camera to identify objects — Blippar raises $54 million to continue its mission to ‘build something bigger than the internet itself’ — Blippar, the company best known for its augmented reality app …
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| Biz Carson / Business Insider: |
UberEATS food delivery app arrives in US, now available in LA for flat $5 fee, coming to other US cities by end of month — Uber's GrubHub killer is finally in the US — here's the inside story on its big bet on food — Ordering food from UberEats used to be a limited experience.| Amina Elahi / Chicago Tribune: |
IBM sues Groupon, alleging infringement on four patents, court documents show — Groupon is focus of IBM's latest patent-infringement suit — IBM is suing Groupon, alleging patent infringement. — Blue Sky Innovation — Privacy Policy — IBM is suing Groupon over alleged patent infringement …
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| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Mercari, a consumer-to-consumer shopping app, has raised $75M Series D at a valuation of over $1B, becomes Japan's first pre-IPO startup unicorn — Marketplace app Mercari nabs $75M to become Japan's first startup unicorn — Mercari, a peer-to-peer marketplace app, has claimed the title …
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Business Insider, Red Herring and Tech in Asia
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
GoTenna, the startup that lets you text without cell signal, raises $7.5M and launches with REI — GoTenna, the device for people who want to stay connected when they don't have cell signal, has found a natural launch partner — outdoor equipment retailer REI.| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Pure Storage reports quarterly revenue of $150.2M, up 128% YoY, customer base up 120% over past year, stock up over 4% after hours — Pure Storage delivers solid Q4, revenue up 128 percent — Pure Storage CEO Scott Dietzen aid the company grew its customer base by 120 percent …
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