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  'Tumblr is David, and David is Tumblr:' the man behind Yahoo's new blogging platform

  By Adi Robertson on May 21, 2013 10:08 am + 18 comments

  At age 20, high-school dropout and startup industry veteran David Karp co-founded Tumblr, the now Continue reading…

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  How the $4,000 'Cards Against Humanity' Kickstarter became a multi-million dollar business

  By Aaron Souppouris on May 18, 2013 10:47 am + 13 comments

  When Cards Against Humanity saw its $4,000 Kickstarter campaign successfully raise almost four times Continue reading…

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  Twitter buys another analytical startup to help its advertisers spot trends in real time

  By Ben Popper on May 14, 2013 08:55 am + 4 comments

  Twitter acquired the Portland, Oregon-based startup LuckySort yesterday, a company known for its Continue reading…

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  Eric Schmidt thought 'Don't Be Evil' was 'the stupidest rule ever' when he joined Google

  By Adi Robertson on May 13, 2013 11:03 am + 164 comments

  Former Google CEO and current chairman Eric Schmidt is known for both a sense of broad Continue reading…

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  Behind the curtain of Y Combinator, the 'sleep-away camp for startups'

  By Amar Toor on May 4, 2013 10:12 am + 4 comments

  Since its founding in 2005, Y Combinator has become one of the most prominent seed accelerators in Continue reading…

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  Nokia reportedly investing in Lytro-style array camera startup

  By Sam Byford on April 30, 2013 02:22 am + 16 comments

  Nokia is eyeing an investment in Pelican Imaging, a California startup working on array camera Continue reading…

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  How the Fisker Karma, an electric sports car, became a billion-dollar failure

  By Sean Hollister on April 18, 2013 03:23 pm + 25 comments

  The Fisker Karma was supposed to be an incredible environmentally friendly luxury car: a plug-in Continue reading…

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  'Nerd boats' and 'nerd buses' would connect NYC tech sectors under Senator Schumer's plan

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on April 15, 2013 08:44 pm + 10 comments

  A fleet of "nerd buses" and "nerd boats" could be ferrying around the next New York City tech Continue reading…

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  Google gains team behind Behavio, a startup that uses smartphone data to make predictions

  By Dante D'Orazio on April 12, 2013 02:46 pm + 42 comments

  Google has added a few more employees to its roster. The new hires come from the team behind Continue reading…

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  Glass Collective VC partnership to help startups get Google Glass apps funded

  By Sam Byford on April 10, 2013 09:39 pm + 61 comments

  Three venture capital funds have joined together to create an investment partnership aimed at Continue reading…