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Funding Circle raises $150 million to expand its P2P lending platform

It looks like another billion-dollar startup has been born, but this time it's not based in the United States. Funding Circle, which is based in London, has just raised $150 million in...

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Facebook Messenger accounts for 10% of global VoIP calls

Facebook's ambitions aren't limited to messaging, the company wants to dominate voice communication as well, and it's certainly off to a good start. According to Mark Zuckerberg, voice calls through Facebook...

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DogVacay wants to be the Airbnb for pet-sitting

Have you ever stopped to think how lonely and sad your dog must be while you're not at home? Everyone who has a dog has to deal with this, and there's...

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Not even doctors are safe from the Uberization of the economy

Nobody is safe from the Uberization of the economy, not even doctors. A new startup from Los Angeles wants to bring back the good old days of doctors making house...

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Disney's new 3D printer makes things that are soft and cuddly

Most of the 3D-printed objects we see are made of some kind of hard, rigid material that nobody wants to cuddle with. That's not really a bad thing, but those...

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Google will end support from Chrome on Windows XP before 2016

Still haven't abandoned Windows XP? Well there's a bit of good news if you're also a Chrome user: Google has promised to keep its web browser updated on Windows XP...

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Kik now has a full-blown web browser built in to the messaging app

Kik may be the underdog in the market for messaging apps but the only thing that means is that it's going to try even harder than its competitors to attract...

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Imoji wants to bring customizable emojis to the mainstream

As popular as emoji are for personalizing text messages, how personalized can they really be when you can't create your own? This is what an app called Imoji wants to...

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China has been conducting secret mass cyberattacks for a decade

It seems like we're always hearing about the Chinese hacking one person or another nowadays, but the country's campaign of cyberattacks isn't anything new, in fact, a new report from...

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BuzzFeed's editor-in-chief apologizes for the recent mini-drama

If you haven't been following the mini-drama surrounding a BuzzFeed article this week, here's a quick rundown. BuzzFeed posted an article criticizing Dove's newest ad campaign and then promptly removed it...

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