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Security firm Area 1 raises $8M to prevent phishing attacks for enterprises

Facebook launches Trending Topics on mobile

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SkyMobi is scouting the West for mobile games to take to China

Square sees U.S. sellers surpass $100M in sales for a single day

Cisco buys Neohapsis to bolster its cloud and mobile security savvy

Apple and IBM’s partnership yields fruit as the first enterprise-focused apps begin rolling out

Nokia’s maps app Here launches on Google Play, iPhone version delayed to early 2015

Amazon now lets developers publish HTML5 web apps for its Fire TV and Fire TV Stick

Shazam update brings Spotify integration, real-time music data, & better song discovery
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OpenX Ranked #1 in Inventory Quality in Pixalate’s Global Seller Trust Index for Real-Time Bidding

Doctor on Demand launches virtual mental health visits

Girlstart is inspiring underprivileged girls into STEM with the help of FlowPlay

Smappee launches in U.S. to get your home electrical consumption under control

The Pirate Bay might be on its last legs, but founder Peter Sunde couldn’t care less

Coupang, Korea’s Amazon, raises $300M in new funding

Canvas raises $9M for enterprise mobile app platform

Virtuix rides virtual reality popularity to $2.7M in additional funding

Is the web dead? ‘No,’ says Tim Berners-Lee, but native apps are ‘boring’

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Metric Insights’ $2M funding reflects the feisty nature of the business analytics market

BuildDirect nails $44M to build out its heaven for home improvers

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Content engagement platform InPowered declares war on clickbait

Yammer founder David Sacks joins Zenefits as COO, makes ‘major investment’ in company

Coldplay and NextVR release virtual reality concert for Samsung Gear VR

Musx overhauls its streaming music app, raises $500K

Google Hangouts for Android gets ‘last seen’ timestamps, smart location sharing, and video filters

Yahoo now serves up personalized news alongside your emails on the Web

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Sensors for the Internet of things and cars will fuel chip growth in 2015, survey says

HashiCorp picks up $10M, launches its first commercial DevOps product

Glassdoor: Google dethrones Twitter as the best tech company to work for in the U.S., also tops new U.K. list

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Uber has been dealing with political challenges in these cities and countries

Google embraces transgender community with more gender options on Google+
