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What Does Yahoo’s Tumblr Deal Mean for Pinterest?

May 22, 2013
The moment that Yahoo’s board agreed to buy the popular blogging service Tumblr for approximately $1.1 billion, the media shifted into overdrive, asking if Yahoo’s high-stakes gamble makes sense, what the deal means…
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Playing Hawken On The Oculus Rift: Welcome To The Future

May 21, 2013
I had the good fortune of playing a few minutes of the excellent free-to-play mech game, Hawken, on the Oculus Rift VR headset. It’s an experience I can’t recommend highly enough. The Oculus…
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Knewton teams up with Macmillan to bring adaptive learning beyond K-12 and higher ed

May 21, 2013
Education technology startup Knewton just inked another deal with a major education publisher. But, for the first time, the initial audience for its partnership with Macmillan isn’t high school or college students —…
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Greenphire CEO Selected as Finalist in Greater Philadelphia Region Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards

May 19, 2013
Greenphire, the leading provider of payment technologies for the clinical trials industry, today announced that the company’s CEO, Sam Whitaker, has been selected as a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of…
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Study shows that Lumosity brain games can rehab your brain

May 16, 2013
Did you know that playing video games is not only good for you, but that they can make you a better person? No, this is not a plug for Steven Johnson’s 2005 book…
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CNBC Names Aereo, Shopify, Pinterest to its Disruptor 50 List

May 14, 2013
From hundreds of nominations made by venture capitalists, industry analysts, startup investors, academics at top business schools, and beat reporters, CNBC has created the ultimate list of 50 private, venture-backed companies disrupting the…
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An Ex-Googler, Ex-Yahoo Really Good At Putting Himself In Money-Making Situations Just Joined The Board Of TapAd

May 8, 2013
The biggest sector in New York tech remains ad tech. One of the biggest names in New York ad tech is Michael Barrett. He made his name running ad sales at MySpace (back…
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A Meditation On How Best-Selling Products Get That Way

May 6, 2013
Luxury is one of those words that instantly conjures a mental image: an exercise in decadence, perhaps some champagne and caviar aboard a yacht in the Mediterranean. But AHAlife founder and CEO Shauna…
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Lot18 Tasting Room Is The First Wine Club To Get It Right

May 1, 2013
Unless you’re really into wines, the thought of joining a wine club probably hasn’t occurred to you. (If you don’t even know what a wine club is, it’s typically a service that sends…
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Tapad CEO Are Traasdahl on CNBC’s Squawk Box

April 30, 2013
CNBC’s Squawk Box features Tapad as one of its Disruptors, saying that Tapad is “changing the world of advertising.” Andrew Ross Sorkin interviews Are Traasdahl, Tapad’s CEO and Founder.…
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TraceLink Life Sciences Cloud Wins Edison Innovation Award

April 29, 2013
TraceLink Inc. announced today that the TraceLink Life Sciences Cloud has been named a 2013 Edison Award for innovation by the internationally renowned Edison AwardsTM. TraceLink was named a bronze winner for innovative…
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Teachers first: How Schoology is changing the way schools buy technology

April 29, 2013
Edtech is a tricky beast for many reasons. One major challenge I’ve focused on during our online education month is the business model. Plenty of edtech startups have built brilliant products that leverage…
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Rick Heitzmann discusses his investment strategy with Deirdre Bolton on Bloomberg TV

April 20, 2013
FirstMark Capital Founder Rick Heitzmann discusses his investment strategy with Deirdre Bolton on Bloomberg Television’s “Money Moves.” (Source: Bloomberg)…
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Behavioral Push Comes to PlayRM Platform

April 20, 2013
Playnomics, the global leader in predictive marketing and data science for games, today announced the availability of PlayRM Behavioral Push for iOS and Android developers. A key feature in the Playnomics suite of…
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A Facebook Fan Is Worth $174, Researcher Says

April 17, 2013
A Facebook fan is worth $174 to a brand, up 28% since 2010, according to Syncapse, a social media marketing firm. Syncapse worked with research firm Hotspex on a survey based on data…
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Rubicon Author Mark Long Explains How The Cloud Is Changing The Game Beyond Hawken

April 17, 2013
Mark Long wears a lot of different hats. Before he became CEO of Meteor Entertainment he was the founder of game developer Zombie Studios and a New York Times bestselling graphic novel author…
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Hawken update to add support class, dramatically rebalance weapons

April 17, 2013
So far, Hawken has focused exclusively on warrin’ mechs. Understandable – giant robots and big explosions are both pluses in a video game – but there’s a whole mech ecosystem to draw on.…
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This Heroic Startup (And Barry Diller) Is Standing Up To Your Goliath Cable Company

April 14, 2013
“HOW many people here love their cable company?” Chet Kanojia, the boss of Aereo, an internet TV start-up, posed that question to an audience recently. Only one man raised his hand–and he worked…
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This App Is Expanding 311 To Create A Robust Community-Engagement Platform For Philadelphia

April 14, 2013
Even if you haven’t heard of PublicStuff, a three-year-old startup, there’s a decent chance you’ve used its services. The brainchild of Lily Liu, a former Mayor Bloomberg staffer, PublicStuff creates digital communications systems…
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Bing Integrates Pinterest Sharing Into Its Image Search

April 14, 2013
Bing users can now easily share the images they find with their friends on Pinterest. Starting today, Bing’s image search will feature the standard Pinterest ‘Pinit’ button on every photo details page, so…
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Greenphire Founder & CEO Sam Whitaker Chosen by CenterWatch as one of 20 Innovators Changing the Face of Clinical Trials Industry

April 10, 2013
Greenphire, the industry-leading provider of payment technologies for the clinical trials industry, today announced that CEO Sam Whitaker was chosen by CenterWatch as one of the 20 innovators disrupting and transforming the drug development paradigm. …
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Aveksa Begins 2013 with Record-Setting Q1, Continuing Trend of Strong Company Growth

April 9, 2013
Aveksa, Inc., the provider of the industry`s most comprehensive Business-DrivenIdentity and Access Management platform, today announced outstanding results forthe first quarter of 2013. During the quarter, Aveksa set company records forboth top-line growth…
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Dovetail Insurance Acquires NetComp Insurance

April 2, 2013
Dovetail Insurance, the leading supplier of cloud-based insurance product delivery services for property-casualty carriers, MGAs and brokers, announced that it has acquired NetComp Insurance, a growing web-based distributor of workers compensation insurance. The…
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Aereo’s live TV on the Web clears legal hurdle

April 2, 2013
An Internet company offering inexpensive live broadcast television online doesn’t violate U.S. copyright law, a divided federal appeals court ruled Monday. The 2-to-1 ruling by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals cleared…
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I played ‘Hawken’ on the Oculus Rift and it made me a believer

March 27, 2013
On a breezy, sunny day in San Francisco, I joined the team behind the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset at a private room in a restaurant a few blocks from the 2013 Game…
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NewsCred: Monetizing News Content – Shafqat Islam on CNBC

March 27, 2013
Shafqat Islam, Founder and CEO of NewsCred, discusses how publishers can monetize content through the NewsCred platform on CNBC.…
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Mobile Ad Targeter Tapad Raises $6.5 Million

March 21, 2013
Web marketers routinely use “retargeting” to track users as they head from site to site, and serve them up different ads depending on where they’ve been. But that’s hard to do on phones…
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Playnomics uses deep analytics to help game publishers pitch ads to the right player

March 20, 2013
Playnomics wants to unite predictive marketing and data science for games. It advanced that cause today with the launch of PlayRM Revenue, a new product add-on that lets game developers monetize players effectively…
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Listen Up: PublicStuff Makes It Easy For Cities And Residents To “Talk”

March 20, 2013
Graffiti, potholes, gushing fire hydrants, even that weird gassy smell wafting from the sewer just got easier to report, thanks to a host of new tools from PublicStuff. If you don’t know them yet, the three-year…
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NewsCred locks in a $15M Series B and the New York Times as a partner to help grow its content network

March 20, 2013
NewsCred today announced a $15 million Series B round of funding, and the addition of the New York Times as a partner. The funding was led by Mayfield Fund, and participated in by…
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OpenGamma’s Mas Nakachi Promoted to CEO, Former COO to Assume Leadership Role

March 20, 2013
OpenGamma, creators of the first open source analytics and risk management platform for the financial services industry, today announced the promotion of Mas Nakachi to Chief Executive Officer from Chief Operating Officer. Nakachi…
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There’s a Corner on the Internet For Every Wine Drinker

March 19, 2013
Unlike the latest gadget, wine is not launched in intervals, with updates from 5 to 5S, or PS3 to PS4. It’s not the latest iteration, but rather, the old wine that is better.…
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NewsCred Raises $15M To Build Marketing Campaigns From High Quality Content

March 19, 2013
NewsCred, a company that licenses content from publications like The New York Times and The Economist for use in brand marketing campaigns, announced that it has raised $15 million in new funding. The…
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Clayton Foster Joins Live Gamer As GM of Global Payments

March 13, 2013
Live Gamer, the world’s leading provider of digital commerce solutions for the interactive entertainment industry, today announced that Clayton Foster has joined the company as General Manager of Global Payments. A long-time mobile…
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Pinterest Launches New Data Analytic Tool For Businesses As It Prepares To Monetize

March 13, 2013
Pinterest has started rolling out Pinterest Web Analytics, a tool that will allow businesses to see how many visitors the content-sharing service is referring to their sites. The first feature, which shows data…
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N.Y. Daily News Releases City Guide App With MyCityWay

March 11, 2013
Since launching in December 2009, city guide app developer MyCityWay has been providing users with tools to help them navigate their space, from mass transit reports and news to weather and event listings.…
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Playnomics partners with Unity to help indie developers

March 7, 2013
Games-focused data science company Playnomics has partnered with the Unity Technologies Asset Store to provide indie developers with better tools to engage audiences and monetize their games, Playnomics announced today. Beginning today, developers…
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2013 Power Players in Digital Media Recognizes Rick Heitzmann, Amish Jani

March 7, 2013
AlwaysOn is proud to announce the second annual Power Players in Digital Media list, honoring the champions of entrepreneurship who are helping the Global Silicon Valley dominate today’s digital media technology marketplace. The…
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Talk With A VC: FirstMark Capital On The Triumph Of New York Tech

March 6, 2013
FirstMark Capital, the New York venture firm behind the likes of Aereo, Knewton and Lumosity, announced today the addition of Matt Turck, cofounder of TripleHop Technologies and former Bloomberg Ventures managing director, as…
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New York’s ‘big data’ investor gets scooped up by First Mark Capital

March 6, 2013
One of New York’s most prominent “big data”-focused investors has joined FirstMark Capital as a managing director. Matt Turck is a force in the Big Apple’s burgeoning tech scene. He is the principal…
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Bloomberg Ventures Co-Founder Matt Turck Joining FirstMark Capital As Managing Director

March 6, 2013
Matt Turck, a co-founder of Bloomberg Ventures, is joining FirstMark Capital as a managing partner where he will bring his entrepreneurial and operations experience to the high-profile and successful early stage, technology focused…
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Bloomberg Ventures’ Matt Turck Is Heading To FirstMark Capital

March 6, 2013
Matt Turck of Bloomberg Ventures is joining FirstMark Capital as a Managing Director. He’ll be investing in B2B, enterprise, Big Data, fintech and education companies for the New York-based firm. Turck has been…
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Lolly Wolly Doodle Shows How to Profit From Social: Tech

March 6, 2013
Brandi Temple, a 39-year-old mother of four, transformed a living-room hobby into a retailer that ships 30,000 kids’ garments a month using online social tools that giant competitors haven’t mastered. Lolly Wolly Doodle…
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SecondMarket to Launch Student-Loan Securities Platform

March 4, 2013
SecondMarket Holdings Inc., a New York-based online-trading firm specializing in private-market securities, on Monday will roll out a platform allowing lenders to issue securities backed by student loans directly to investors. The move…
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Aereo Launches Cable-Killer Ad Campaign, Expands Into Three New States

February 27, 2013
Aereo today announced that the cloud DVR/live TV streaming service will be expanding past New York City to more than 19 million people living in the surrounding NYC metropolitan area. The expansion will…
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Tapad’s Latest Innovation: Video Across All Screens, Now Out of Beta

February 27, 2013
Tapad (http://www.tapad.com), the leading providers of unified cross-device advertising solutions, has now formally added video across screens to its offering. Today, the company announced the release of its video product out of beta,…
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OpenGamma Nominated for Risk Management Software of the Year

February 25, 2013
OpenGamma, creators of the first open source analytics and risk management platform for the financial services industry, today announced it was shortlisted for “Risk Management Software of the Year” in the 2013 FStech…
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Why one investor believes Pinterest is worth $2.5 billion

February 25, 2013
When Facebook tanked in its initial public offering, the social network eroded the perceived value of private consumer Internet companies — save for Pinterest. Despite a lack of revenue, the scrapbooking site is…
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Pinterest officially pins down $200M at $2.5B valuation

February 21, 2013
Pinterest has inspired investors to pony up about $200 million in a new round of funding that values the scrapbooking startup at $2.5 billion, the company confirmed to CNET. The round, which was…
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Playnomics raises $5M to fuel data science for digital games

February 20, 2013
Playnomics, which is making a science out of figuring out which players are the most valuable to a game company, has raised $5 million in a second round of funding from Vanedge Capital.…
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The 50 Best Free iPhone Apps of 2013

February 19, 2013
Dashlane is an elegant and secure app that acts as a digital wallet backup, password manager, and more. It can automatically save information from when you make purchases online, so you don’t have…
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Social Media Users Say Pinterest Is as Popular as Twitter

February 19, 2013
While Facebook reigns supreme in the social media landscape, the latest study by Pew shows users are pinning just as much as they’re tweeting. Twitter attracted 16% of social media users, followed by…
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Playnomics launches PlayRM monetization and analytics for mobile

February 15, 2013
Playnomics has figured out how to predict which monetization or retention schemes work best with online and social-game players via its PlayRM service. And today it announced that it is now able to…
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Live Gamer Upgrades Elements™ Platform to Support Pay-Per-View and Advanced Rental Business Models

February 15, 2013
Live Gamer, the world’s leading provider of digital commerce solutions for the interactive entertainment industry, announced today that it has released an important upgrade to its flagship Elements™ e-commerce platform: digital item expiration…
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TraceLink Life Sciences Cloud Named Edison Awards Finalist

February 13, 2013
TraceLink Inc. announced today that the TraceLink Life Sciences Cloud has been named a 2013 Award Finalist by the internationally renowned Edison AwardsTM. The TraceLink Life Sciences Cloud by TraceLink Inc. is a…
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Fast Company Magazine’s Most Innovative Companies for 2013: OpenGamma

February 12, 2013
London-based OpenGamma distributes supersophisticated risk analytics to financial companies, bringing sunlight to an area no one seemed to value–until, you know, dicey investments led to the 2008 market meltdown. “Human beings act stupidly,”…
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Fast Company Magazine’s Most Innovative Companies for 2013: Pinterest

February 12, 2013
A year ago, the social scrapbooking site was dubbed the fastest-growing web service in history. Where do you go from there? Up. Pinterest is now one of the top 50 most-visited sites in…
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Fast Company Magazine’s Most Innovative Companies for 2013: AHAlife

February 12, 2013
“Ninety-nine percent of the overall luxury industry is offline,” says Ahalife founder Shauna Mei. Why? “To avoid [their goods landing on] flash-sale sites.” Mei, 30, an MIT grad who’s an expert in artificial…
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Aereo Amps Up Marketing Efforts Before Expanding To New Cities, Hires Former Apple Exec As CCO

February 11, 2013
Aereo has been making headlines lately, not only for expanding its streaming cloud DVR service to 22 new markets in the coming months, but for being in active litigation with some of the…
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Pinterest for Android gets better for groups

February 11, 2013
Community scrapbookers, rejoice. Pinterest today improved the groups experience for its Android app users. Launched in 2010, Pinterest is a collector’s refuge for saving fashion, decor, and recipe finds to digital scrapbooks called…
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