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Credit Karma, an online service that helps average people view and parse their credit scores, has brought in $2.5 million in a first round of funding, according to paidContent...

Major League Gaming is announcing today it has an alliance with national hat retailer Lids. Under the deal, the professional video game league’s fashion headwear line will start selling at 250 stores around the country starting on Nov. 15. It’s not a particularly huge deal by itself. Bu...

Stream Processors, a chip design firm focused on video processing, is shutting its doors and is engaged in an asset sale, VentureBeat has learned. Jack Horng, an officer for the company, said that Stream Processors will be formally shut in a month or so...

Here’s the latest from VentureBeat’s Entrepreneur Corner: Shoestring marketing for startups – Young companies typically don’t have the budget for a substantial marketing campaign, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. As you s...

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As rooftop solar panels catch on and more people get interested in generating their own clean energy, one company is looking to get average consumers interested in residential wind opportunities — and its leveraging everyone’s favorite consumer device — the iPhone — to do it. Mariah...

Omidyar Network, the philanthropic fund created by eBay co-founder Pierre Omidyar, just invested $2.4 million in Global Integrity, a non-profit firm that researches corruption and transparency in developing countries...

That was fast. About a month after Twitter launched a crowdsourced translations program to tap its burgeoning user base for help, the site’s now available in Spanish, according to co-founder Biz Stone. ...

As rooftop solar panels catch on and more people get interested in generating their own clean energy, one company is looking to get average consumers interested in residential wind opportunities — and its leveraging everyone’s favorite consumer device — the iPhone — to do it. Mariah...