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Funding Circle rakes in $65M to grow its U.S. business
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To fight Google and Foursquare, Yelp frees its data
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Time Warner rebuffed $80 billion takeover bid from 21st Century Fox
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File sharing lawsuits are a waste of money, says the American Bar Association
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Fast-growing cloud provider DigitalOcean lights up London data center
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Apple starts encrypting all iCloud emails
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AWS customers can now use Nginx for media streaming
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Unlimited e-book service Epic brings the library to your kids for $5 a month
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3D printing one step closer to mainstream as Home Depot starts stocking MakerBot
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Google-inspired Rocketrip raises $3M to pay employees for traveling cheap
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Funding Daily: Swag
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Salesforce swallows up challenger RelateIQ
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Amazon fights France's 'anti-Amazon' law with 1 cent shipping
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AWS Zocalo may signal the death of cloud storage as a market
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Elon Musk gives $1M to the Nikola Tesla Museum — plus a surprise contribution
![Amazon announces Zocalo, challenging Google Docs in the enterprise](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/amazon-web-services-lights.png?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Amazon announces Zocalo, challenging Google Docs in the enterprise
![LinkedIn's new Connected app prods you to keep in touch with your network](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/large_4278432941.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
LinkedIn's new Connected app prods you to keep in touch with your network
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Google's Chromecast streamer can now mirror Android devices on your TV
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Point & print: Cortado's smartphone app talks to 2D & 3D printers
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Google Maps' latest feature lets you measure distance & draw on the world
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Vevo gives its Android app a major overhaul
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PubNative launches its attempt to one-up the native-ad template
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Under legal pressure, Uber moves to cap its prices during emergencies
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Cloudian's new $24M shows cloud storage isn't an all-or-nothing proposition
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Samsung's dire earnings preview should scare every smartphone maker
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ZootRock automates Facebook & Twitter posts so startups don't waste time on social
![Facebook Messenger finally launches on iPad](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/facebook-messenger-ipad.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Facebook Messenger finally launches on iPad
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Android Wear's 24 apps get their own section on Google Play
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Apple may bring location-based security to your iPhone
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These 13 apps use mapping tech to fight climate change
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Facebook tests an unconventional new ad unit in India
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Private cloud firm CTERA bags $25M to wean enterprises off Dropbox & Box
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No thanks to Apple, iPhones and iPads can finally stream DRM videos from your iTunes library
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Samsung's Galaxy S5 Mini: Everything you need to know
![Researchers successfully 3D print blood vessels, a 'game changer' for artificial organs](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/blood-vessel.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Researchers successfully 3D print blood vessels, a 'game changer' for artificial organs
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Amazon blames screensaver bug, not 'ASAP' feature, for Fire TV data drain
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Databricks ropes in Alteryx to push Spark adoption for big data projects
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Supreme Court: Google must face lawsuit over 'Street View' privacy invasions
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