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GrabTaxi is testing out a next-day delivery service

With backing from Japan's SoftBank, GrabTaxi is one of Uber's biggest competitors in Asia and if it wants to continue being so it needs to start diversifying and expanding its offerings....

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Alibaba is really interested in Israeli startups

Israel is one of the most active and lucrative breeding grounds for startups in the world, and Alibaba wants in on the action. Just two months after the Chinese company...

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Amazon updated Prime Music to better compete with Pandora

The bulk of Amazon's revenue may come from e-commerce but over the past few years the company has been aggressively expanding its digital content offerings such as movies, music, and...

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The federal government wants a bigger role in regulating startups

Startups are essentially breeding grounds for innovation, with companies like Airbnb and Uber revolutionizing their respective industries. As always, these startups are in a constant battle with regulators who want to...

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Platzi wants to skip the diploma and teach you usable tech skills

Diplomas are nice, but usable skills in a thriving industry is better, much better. That's why online learning service Platzi has already managed to become profitable by taking a new approach...

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What makes Israel such a ridiculous technology powerhouse?

It's hard to believe that a minuscule nation, in terms of both size and population, in the Middle East manages to produce more technology startups and draw more venture capital per...

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Yahoo is calling it quits in China

As lucrative as a market as China is, it can be difficult for Western companies to actually establish a foothold in the country. Yahoo is the latest such company to...

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Elon Musk thinks Tesla will lead the industry in autonomous vehicles

When you're discussing the future of the automotive industry, autonomous vehicles are probably the most anticipated and talked about topic. Speaking at NVIDIA's 2015 GPU Technology Conference with CEO Jen-Hsun Huang, Tesla CEO...

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Pebble is actually benefiting from the launch of the Apple Watch

Apple entering a new market is both good and bad for its competitors. While it's bad that they now have to compete with a brand as insanely popular and valuable as...

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Facebook has acquired shopping search website TheFind

TheFind, a Mountain View-based shopping search website that "allows shoppers to search hundreds of different sites for particular products at once," has been acquired and shutdown by Facebook. While neither company disclosed...

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