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A matchmaker between influencers and brands finds $1.5M through a matchmaking funding site

FBI says crypto technology, promoted by Apple and WhatsApp, is helping terrorists

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The next 3 companies on Microsoft’s SaaS wishlist

Chinese hackers suspected in theft of 4 million government records

Evolent Health begins trading on the NYSE tomorrow (updated)

Zirx brings its on-demand valet service to Brooklyn

Chrome beta now automatically pauses less important Flash content to boost performance and battery life

Google adds more muscle to its AdWords manager accounts

Sunlight Foundation ‘mystified’ as to why Twitter killed Politwoops

Facebook Lite for Android is a stripped-down version that works in poor network conditions

Google Play for Android TV updated to surface over 600 apps and games previously only accessible via search

Everything Apple is rumored to announce at its WWDC dev conference next week

Airbnb launches Gift Cards to let you send your friends and families away on vacation
Coupa Leads Industry Innovation with Release 13
Coupa Announces Supplier Information Management Early Access Program
SmarterTrip from Coupa Monitors Traveler Behavior to Predict, Pre-Populate Expense Reports

Airbnb is introducing pricing tips for hosts

Airbnb announces Aerosolve, an open-source machine learning software package
Coupa Software Partners with MasterCard and Silicon Valley Bank to Automate Payments in New Era of Connected Business

Yahoo announces plans to kill off Maps, Pipes, GeoPlanet and PlaceSpotter APIs, and some regional sites

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Two dev worlds meet: How Agile and Waterfall work better together (webinar)

Photo sharing app PicsArt scores $15M from Sequoia and Insight Venture Partners

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Verizon gives socially transformative entrepreneurs a chance at a million dollar opportunity of a lifetime

Dropbox for Business adds Active Directory integration, remote Windows installation, shared folder API

Smule launches group video crooning for Sing! Karaoke

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The sharing economy has created 17 billion-dollar companies (and 10 unicorns)

Peter Fenton’s latest investment is a database startup called Cockroach

Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place

Apple will finally let you buy the Watch in its retail stores this month
ApiFix® Elects Ted Bird as Chairman of the Board
Hydra Biosciences Appoints Leading Physicians and Scientists to Newly Created Pain Medical Advisory Board
Mojix Acquires Internet of Things Platform Provider TierConnect

Twitter’s tragic complexity illustrated in one sadly hilarious blog post

Google’s Street View now offers mind-blowing images from under the oceans

Deep learning startup Nervana raises $20.5M

Chevy Spark EV electric car sales suddenly surged; here’s why

T-Mobile reportedly in merger talks with Dish Network

The NSA wants to keep its massive spying program going a little longer
