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Mobile Development Startups Think Big, Rake in Big Rounds - http://newsle.com/article/0/178021677/

Mobile Development Startups Think Big, Rake in Big Rounds | Xconomy
Xamarin raises $54 million in Series C and Appcelerator raises $22 million Series D round to accelerate their growth in mobile application development.
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Malaysia Airlines Estimated To Be Losing $2.16 Million Per Day - http://newsle.com/article/0/177766869/

Malaysia Airlines Estimated To Be Losing $2.16 Million Per Day
Before the unprecedented string of tragedies, the airline already was reported to be in the red.
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Content Marketing: What Separates Success From Failure - http://newsle.com/article/0/176992989/

Content Marketing: What Separates Success From Failure? [Rand Fishkin Interview]
If you want to invest in content marketing -- and you should -- then make sure you're ready to play the long game.
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Coin 'Connected Credit Card' for Apple's iOS Devices Delays Launch to 2015 - http://newsle.com/article/0/177026485/

Coin 'connected credit card' for Apple's iOS devices delays launch to 2015
The makers of Coin -- a Bluetooth-enabled "connected card" designed to allow users to store magnetic stripe information for multiple credit and debit cards on a single device -- on Friday announced that they would delay a full launch until next year, but would begin sending out 10,000 "beta" units t…
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Marketing Managers Struggle to Get Content Marketing Investment From Senior Executives http://newsle.com/article/0/176252962/

Marketing Managers Struggle to Get Content Marketing Investment From Senior Executives
Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) August 19, 2014 -- Marketing managers need extra resources to make their case for content marketing to senior management. A new micro-site called HowtoConvinceYourBoss.com from Vertical Measures aims to give marketers a full range of resources to help them do just that.
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With 'Subscription Box' Retailers, Christmas Now Comes Once a Month - http://newsle.com/article/0/175713196/

With ‘subscription box,’ Christmas comes once a month
With Wantable, Stitch Fix and other subscription commerce sites, consumers can let online retailers shop for them and receive a surprise package every month or so.
jsonline.com|By Rick Romell

Taco Bell Opens First Casual Restaurant, U.S. Taco Co.

Taco Bell’s New ‘Upscale’ Restaurant Just Might Look Good Enough To Eat Sober
In an effort to appeal to demographics that don't eat fast food, Taco Bell has opened U.S. Taco Co., its first casual restaurant, in Huntington Beach.
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Dennis Crowley Explains Foursquare’s Massive Overhaul

Dennis Crowley Explains Foursquare’s Massive Overhaul
Foursquare, the app which popularized location sharing, is going in an entirely new direction.
foxbusiness.com

Yelp Survey On Google Search Clicks

By Danny Sullivan
... the original search contained the term "Yelp": But Yelp's surveyors conclude that although 20% of clicks are siphoned by Google, Google "does NOT appear to have negatively impacted our overall traffic": Danny Sullivan on SearchEngineLand has a sophisticated breakdown of the study's complications…
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Android Wear Gets its Own Companion App, Plus a Dedicated Section in Google Play’s App Store

By Sarah Perez
Android Wear Gets Its Own Companion App, Plus A Dedicated Section In Google Play’s App Store Android Wear, Google’s new smartwatch platform powering wrist-computers like the LG G, Samsung Gear Live, and Moto 360, now has its own companion application. The app, also called Android Wear for ...
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Facebook Messenger Adds Tap-and-Hold Video Sharing, Another Snapchat Feature

By Josh Constine
Facebook Messenger Adds Tap-And-Hold Video Sharing, Another Snapchat Feature Why tell with text when you can show with video? Facebook Messenger is diving deeper into visual communication with a new option to instantly record and send short videos, similar to Snapchat. The feature comes to iOS ...
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Amazon Launches Prime Music Service without Universal Music Group

By Peter Kafka
The Amazon music service you’ve been hearing about for many months is live. If you’re in a rush, here’s what you need to know: *It’s free for Amazon Prime members. *It’s just like Spotify and other subscription services, but with much less music. Because many of the details of Prime Music have ...
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Instagram 6.0 Seduces Pro Photographers With Adjustable Filters And 9 New Effects

By Josh Constine
Instagram 6.0 Seduces Pro Photographers With Adjustable Filters And 9 New Effects | TechCrunch Facebook Says There Are Now 30M Small Businesses With Active Pages, Including 19M On Mobile “People come to Instagram today to post their photos but haven’t come back to edit their photos” Instagram ...
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Google’s Self-Driving Car Takes Passengers for a Ride

By Kara Swisher
Kara Swisher and I were lured to Google last week with the promise that we’d see something really exciting and surprising. We climbed into one of Google’s white self-driving Lexus SUVs and bided our time in the backseat wondering just what would be revealed. (A time machine? A space ...
newsle.com|By Liz Gannes

Beyond Verbal Will Help Your Computer Recognize Sarcasm

By Stacey Higginbotham
Beyond Verbal, a finalist in Gigaom’s Structure Launchpad, has come up with a way to help computers understand the emotions behind the words people say. This is either a wonderful idea that could lead to fewer hurt feelings, or the end of humanity. That’s how I see the emotion recognition ...
newsle.com|By Stacey Higginbotham

Former Googlers Launch Osmo, A Gaming Device That Combines Real-World Play With The iPad

By Sarah Perez
Former Googlers Launch Osmo, A Gaming Device That Combines Real-World Play With The iPad | TechCrunch Tim Hortons Launches In-App Mobile Payments For U.S. And Canada A number of companies have attempted to combine physical objects and the iPad in an effort to create new kinds of children’s ...
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Darby Smart Raises $6.3M For DIY Craft Marketplace

By Leena Rao
Darby Smart, a do-it-yourself crafting startup, has raised $6.3 million in Series A funding led by Maveron, with participation from Forerunner Ventures, Creative Artists Agency (CAA) and existing investors. The startup, which is co-founded by Nicole Shariat Farb, former Head of Emerging Private ...
newsle.com|By Leena Rao

Last-Minute Travel Heats Up With New Mobile Offering From Airbnb

By Tricia Duryee
Airbnb is experimenting with a new service that will enable the San Francisco company to enter the very crowded field of booking last-minute accommodations over a phone. Starting today, Airbnb will allow travelers to book affordable rooms for rent in people’s homes or luxury vacation houses ...
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Q: Why Did Quora Join Y Combinator? A: It Was Almost Free

By Josh Constine
A Tour Through Autodesk’s Pier 9 Workshop, The Fabrication Facility Where Out-There Ideas Turn Into Reality Quora has plenty to learn from Y Combinator, but it’s not giving up the traditional 7% equity share to join the accelerator. Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo tells me “YC invested an amount that ...
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App Monetization Firm Appnext Acquires AppHome for $2.5M