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BASICALLY dumbing down finance so you can sound smarter

This app sums up the day’s finance headlines in quick layman’s reads, prepping you for your daily rounds of water cooler, dinner table and cocktail party talk. Just don't stick around long enough to get into the weeds

Avi Schneider

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Zimperium raises $12M to protect mobile phones from cyber threats

Laura Rosbrow

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Why China is kicking foreign tech firms off its government procurement list

Paul Bischoff

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Pebble Time surpasses $10M in less than two days on Kickstarter: Here’s why

Cameron Johnson

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Selling benefits, not features – explained

Nic Brisbourne

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6 important tips for entrepreneurs from entrepreneurs

Roughly half of all new businesses close their doors within five years. It’s therefore very important for entrepreneurs to learn from the experiences of their [Read More...]

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Surprise, surprise: Indian smartphone market shrank in the last quarter

On the positive side, smartphones formed 35 percent of the overall mobile phone business in Q4 2014, compared to a 13 percent share in the same quarter a year earlier

IndiaMalavika Velayanikal, Tech in Asia20 hours ago

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I stared at startup pitch decks for 3 straight weeks – here’s what I learned

Here are the biggest things I learned after sorting through pitch decks and re-building the wireframe from the ground up

United StatesJay Acunzo, NextView Ventures1 day ago

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Uber for translators: One Hour Translation introduces app localization platform

One Hour Translation now offers a feature that lets you localize your app quickly and on the cheap. Yet more proof that it's better to be an app developer than a [Read More...]

IsraelSimona Weinglass1 day ago

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Viber risks being banned in Korea following patent suit by SK Telecom

Rahil Bhagat, e272 days agoSouth Korea

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20 Finnish startups you should know about: Check out Suomi’s best!

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How digital is Europe? New EU Commission index ranks countries based on ‘digital performance’

As it prepares to present its strategy for a EU-wide ‘Digital Single Market’, the European Commission today released (a new index), ranking all 28 EU member states based on their digital performance.

Robin Wauters, Tech.eu

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IronSource raises $20 million to cap off its first funding round

IronSource’s software manages downloads and increases the percentage of successful installations. The company earned $260 million in revenue in 2014

Simona Weinglass

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Xero secures $141M from Accel Partners, Matrix Capital Management

Xero will use the proceeds from the issue of the shares to fuel innovation and growth globally, specifically to drive its growth in the United States and United Kingdom

AustraliaManeka Tanwani, e273 days ago

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LIVE: Watch founders pitch inside a freezing ice hole in Finland

Perhaps the coolest startup competition ever, in both senses of the word, startup founders in Oulu, Finland are pitching their ideas while standing in a freezing ice [Read More...]

FinlandLaura Rosbrow3 days ago

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2 minutes of your time = 3 tips for finding a great domain name

"I recently read a post by Joel Gascoigne from buffer, who I admire for building an amazing brand. Joel thinks that domain names are overrated; I disagree"

IsraelDaniel Scalosub3 days ago

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An Internet of Everything in Jerusalem

Israel’s first IoT ISmart tech conference

IsraelDavid Sigal3 days ago

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Indonesian conglomerate Lippo Group bets big on ecommerce with US$500M launch of MatahariMall

Leighton Cosseboom, Tech in Asia

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Helpful online parenting courses – for when you’re in a rough patch

Nathalie Bucher, Funifi

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It’s not just crowdfunding: Europe’s online alternative finance market grew by 144% last year

The total transaction volume of the European online alternative finance (equity crowdfunding, P2P lending etc.) market is projected to balloon to €7B in 2015, after [Read More...]

United KingdomRobin Wauters3 days ago

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How to stop damaging consumer posts from ruining your business

Instead of fighting the website with law suits which you can do, you might want to maneuver around the damaging content and prevent a permanent, indelible poor mark on [Read More...]

FinlandJ. Carlson, Akado Oy3 days ago

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4 friends find freelance success through video games

In five years’ time, the Pygmy Tyrant founders see themselves creating video games for big names like Nintendo and Microsoft

AustraliaFiverr Team, Fiverr3 days ago

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CamFind, which aims to be the Google of visual search, raises $4.8M in seed funding

Last week, it became the first visual search app on Google Glass. With prominent angel investors and a large seed round, perhaps CamFind has enough hype to crack the [Read More...]

United StatesSimona Weinglass3 days ago

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Bus companies to sue Blablacar in Spain, want regulators to ban the car sharing company

Fenebús and Asintra - two of the main employers’ associations for bus transportation services in Spain - successfully banned Uber in Spain, and want local authorities [Read More...]

SpainJaime Novoa, Novobrief4 days ago

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