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Three million people signed up for Amazon Prime before Christmas

Thanks to Amazon's notorious secrecy regarding certain aspects of its business, we're still not sure how many people are subscribed to Amazon Prime, but the company decided to give us an idea of...

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A Saudi prince has invested $105 million into Lyft

In contrast to Uber's aggressive international expansion, Lyft has chosen to focus all of its attention on its home market, but despite the fact that it only operates in the United...

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This ultra-secretive startup just raised $880 million in new funding

Due to the nature of Palantir's work with government agencies and law enforcement, the data analytics startup is one of the most-secretive companies in Silicon Valley, but we do know that it's...

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Microsoft just bought another startup from Ray Ozzie

It turns out the secret to getting Microsoft to acquire your startup is to throw Ray Ozzie's name on it, as the company just acquired its second Ozzie-founded startup, which...

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Trim will cancel your unwanted monthly subscriptions for you

A few bucks a month isn't all that much, which is why many of us don't think twice when before signing up for a monthly subscription to something like Netflix...

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Google plans to dedicate a million bucks to security research next year

Google doesn't just want people to use Google Drive because its cheaper and more convenient than buying your own hard drive, it wants you to use it because its safer...

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iFlix wants to expand to all the countries that Netflix hasn't yet

Netflix is finally starting its expansion into Asia, but several local competitors have already popped up while the company was taking its time. One of the most promising of these...

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Apple might be working on its own display technology for the iPhone

Apple is unique in the smartphone industry in that it designs many of the components that power its devices, although Huawei and Samsung have started doing the same thing, but there are...

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Tumblr's instant messaging feature is now available to everyone

Considering how instant messaging is practically essential for social networks nowadays, it's a surprise that it's taken Tumblr this long to release its own such feature. Due to popular demand,...

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Yahoo has decided to split itself into two companies

It looks like only half of the rumors about Yahoo's plans for the future were true. While the company has confirmed that it's abandoning its plan to spin off its...

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