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  Apple rumored to acquire Color in 'done deal'

  By Sam Byford on October 17, 2012 11:18 pm + 139 comments

  As if the confusion over Color's future wasn't already enough, we're now hearing a rumor that could Continue reading…

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  What went wrong at Hipstamatic?

  By Jeff Blagdon on October 13, 2012 11:16 pm + 46 comments

  Long before Facebook’s billion-dollar acquisition of photo sharing service Instagram, Hipstamatic Continue reading…

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  Beta-testing democracy: Reddit's plan to drop an open internet 'geek bomb' on lawmakers

  By T.C. Sottek on October 5, 2012 02:39 pm + 59 comments

  The Verge is onboard Reddit's "Internet 2012 bus," which is driving between the presidential debate Continue reading…

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  Japanese startups struggle in risk-averse society

  By Ben Kersey on October 4, 2012 04:13 am + 11 comments

  An article from The New York Times details how young technology entrepreneurs are networking in Continue reading…

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  The 'human billboards' who sold their skin to advertisers during the dot-com boom

  By Kimber Streams on September 17, 2012 04:08 pm + 52 comments

  Some people get tattoos as a mode of expression or to commemorate a loved one, while others sell Continue reading…

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  At Silicon Valley's elite startup school, success comes to the ascetic

  By Jeff Blagdon on September 11, 2012 09:52 pm + 5 comments

  For many would-be tech startups, Y Combinator is the promised land — an elite pressure cooker Continue reading…

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  Startup kingpin David Tisch steps down as head of TechStars NY

  By Ben Popper on August 17, 2012 05:57 pm

  Angel investor David Tisch says he is scaling down his involvement in startup incubator TechStars Continue reading…

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  International startup copy-cat: Rocket Internet's digital empire explored

  By Evan Rodgers on July 20, 2012 01:01 pm + 19 comments

  You may not know about Rocket Internet — the Berlin-based entrepreneurial incubator — but it Continue reading…

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  Nokia is licensing patents to MeeGo startup Jolla (update: no, it isn't)

  By Aaron Souppouris on July 10, 2012 08:50 am + 39 comments

  Finnish startup Jolla made a few waves last week when it announced it was planning to develop, Continue reading…

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  GitHub raises $100 million in funding, plans for expanded enterprise sales

  By Dieter Bohn on July 9, 2012 09:46 pm + 10 comments

  The tech start-up and go-to code repository GitHub has announced that it has secured $100 million in Continue reading…