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Beer-loving commerce startup TapRm raises $1.5M
Jason Sherman, founder and CEO of TapRm (pronounced “taproom”), says it’s time for beer-lovers to do more of their shopping…
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Facebook buys VR studio behind Beat Saber
Virtual reality doesn’t have many hit games yet, but Facebook is buying the studio behind one of the platform’s biggest…
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Twitter will free up handles by deleting inactive accounts
Those who’ve attempted to snag their preferred Twitter handle know what a pain the process can be. Users can squat…
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Google is giving away 3 months of Disney+ to new Chromebook owners
Google is hoping to juice holiday sales of Chromebooks by tacking on a subscription to the hot new streaming service,…
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FedEx robot sent packing by NYC
FedEx’s autonomous delivery bot got a cold reception from New York City officials. After the company’s SameDay Bots — named…
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Cocoon’s social app for close friends gets VC backing to chase Path’s dream
You may have heard the pitch before, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram aren’t homes for your real friends anymore because they’re…
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Taiwan’s Appier raises $80M for AI-based marketing technology
Artificial intelligence continues to be the theme of the moment in enterprise software, and today a company out of Asia…
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Argentine fintech Ualá raises $150M led by Tencent and SoftBank
Ualá, an Argentine personal finance management app, has raised a $150 million Series C led by Tencent and SoftBank’s Latin…
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Google employee activist says she’s been fired
Google has terminated Rebecca Rivers, an employee activist the company put on indefinite administrative leave this month, Rivers tweeted this…
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