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Facebook Is Now Worth $190 Billion
By Romain Dillet Facebook is worth more than Amazon. Following yesterday’s earnings report, Facebook shares hit an all-time high in after-hours trading at $75. Price has been very stable this morning as well, confirming yesterday’s pop. Shares opened at $75.96 a share, then set a new record at $76.74. Now, shares are trading at $75.13.…
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Google’s Chromecast Turns One, Boasts Over 400M Casts To Date
By Darrell Etherington Google launched the Chromecast exactly one year ago today, and the $35 streaming stick has made some impressive progress in the intervening 365 days. The media player has added a ton of features, but Google also revealed that it has powered over 400 million Casts thus far, which involve users running software…
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Appealing To Women, Social Fitness App PumpUp Raises $2.4M Led by General Catalyst
By Mike Butcher You would think that combining a health and fitness app with social networking features had kinda been done for a while. Strava has a sort of network where I can follow my friends’ runs. And other apps have similar features. But it would seem there’s a qualitative difference to some fitness platforms…
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Samsung Might Have Found A Shortcut To Mobile Virtual Reality Through Oculus VR
By Darrell Etherington If you’re interested in virtual reality, then a new report from CNET that maintains Samsung is working directly with Facebook-owned Oculus on a headset that uses mobile devices to generate VR environments and experiences should get you excited. We’ve heard before that Samsung was working on its own VR headset, but this…
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Intigua Raises $10M Series B Round For Its IT Management Automation Service
By Frederic Lardinois Intigua, a company that specializes in giving enterprises an easier way to manage their IT operations in private and public clouds, today announced that it has raised a $10 million Series B round led by Intel Capital. Existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners and Cedar Fund also participated in this round. In total,…
