Dropbox files for $500 million IPO
Dropbox aims to raise up to $500 million in an IPO under the ticker “DBX”. The cloud-based file storing and sharing company has traditionally had roots in consumer offers and is now attempting to utilize more [..]
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FCC officially publishes net neutrality repeal
The Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rules are set to end in just two-months time. The last steps have been taking to remove the regulations by publishing the final notice of the repeal in the [..]
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Snapchat finally begins sharing analytics with its creators and influencers
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Snapchat is finally starting to share analytics with creators on how well their content is doing. Snap Inc. announced the new feature on Wednesday and will update Snapchatters with a large following on who is viewing their [..]
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Fitbit acquires health management startup Twine
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Fitbit has come a long way since its step-counting days. The wearable technology company has been scooping up acquisitions faster than its users have been shedding pounds.
In an effort to transform from a hardware company to [..]
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Visa and Mastercard increase fees for investing in cryptocurrencies to almost 10 percent
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Investing in cryptocurrencies is about to get harder—and a lot more expensive. Two of the world’s largest credit card processors, VISA and MasterCard, have just changed the way that the purchase of [..]
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Facebook U.S. User Count Down for the First Time Ever
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Facebook is changing how they show content to users, which led to a 5% drop in the total amount of time users spend on the social network. This equals out to about 2.14 minutes per day per user. Facebook has decided to show [..]
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Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and Chase to Start an Insurance Company
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From opening cashier-less grocery stores to running its own (award-winning) movie and television show production company (not to mention the online marketplace thing), Amazon seems to have its hand in everything these days, [..]
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Fiverr acquires freelancer software platform And Co
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Fiverr, an online marketing place where freelancers can be hired, is acquiring AND CO, a New York City startup that helps freelancers manage their client relationships.
Fiverr CEO Micha Kaufman said in a report that Fiverr [..]
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COO Anthony Noto leaves Twitter to become CEO of financial startup SoFi
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In a big Silicon Valley shakeup, Twitter has just announced that Chief Operating Officer (COO) Anthony Noto has resigned. Noto, who has been with the social media company since 2014, has reportedly been named as the new [..]
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Huffington Post Drops its Contributor Platform
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Since the founding of the Huffington Post almost 13 years ago, it has relied on contributions from unpaid bloggers. However, on Thursday, the HuffPost said that it was immediately dissolving its self-publishing contributors [..]
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