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HP goes from tech colossus to product reseller
Few business landscapes change as frequently as the technology market does and many of the corporate giants that controlled the market a few years are now struggling to change…
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Stripe raises $70 million to expand its digital payments service
Stripe, the digital payments company that helped drive Apple Pay’s early success, has raised $70 million in new funding, making it the 14th most valuable startup in the world.…
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Uber and Spotify are joining forces
It looks like Uber is taking another step to separate its service from any other car ride. The company will announce a partnership with Spotify on Monday to let passengers stream…
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Big data can predict when you’ll quit your job
Big stores of data and the intelligent algorithms that underpin them can inform everything from your Netflix recommendations to your Facebook news feed, and now a new system being…
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Southwest Airlines now offers Beats Music for free during flights
It wasn’t very long ago that airlines offered a dozen or so pre-programmed radio stations you could shuffle through during your flight. Fast forward to 2014 and things have really…
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Square valued at $6 billion after raising another $150 million in funding
Square has raised an additional $150 million in capital, valuing the six-year-old San Francisco payments company at $6 billion, reports The New York Times. Square, which…
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The Home Depot data breach may be even bigger than Target’s
Home Depot already confirmed a few days ago it has been the victim of an elaborate cyber attack, without providing specific details about the number of users that may have been…
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IFTTT looks to the Internet of Things with $30 million in new funding
Automation startup IFTTT announced on Thursday that it has raised $30 million in a series B round led by Norwest Venture Partners. This brings IFTTT’s total financing to…
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Hundreds of US businesses have unknowingly suffered a cyberattack
Is your payment information safe? It’s hard to know, considering many companies hit by the same cyberattack that hit Target don’t even know it. According to a New York Times…
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UPS has confirmed that it’s currently investigating a security breach
Your friendly, neighborhood UPS store might have been hacked. UPS just confirmed that 51 stores across 24 states in the United States had malware capable of recording credit card…
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Square is working on a chip-friendly credit card reader
Square is set to bring its payment card reader for mobile devices in line with modern tech used most places in the world outside of the U.S. – today it revealed its upcoming…
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Anonymous messaging app, Secret, has raised $25 million in fudning
Secret, the app that lets users share notes with others without revealing their identity, has attracted a lot of controversy (or celebration, depending on who you are) for how…
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