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Eventbrite Issues its 50 Millionth Ticket

Self-service ticketing platform Eventbrite is announcing today that it has issued its 50 millionth ticket. The company, which offers a one-stop platform for event organisers to promote their offerings and to sell…

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Juniper Networks Buys Mykonos Software For $80 Million

Juniper Networks this morning announced that it has acquired Mykonos Software, a company that helps developers and publishers protect websites and Web apps from intruders. Juniper is putting “approximately” $80…

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Movellas Writes a New Chapter in Publishing

It could be a bit idealistic to call a self-publishing platform whose success is primarily based on Justin Bieber fan-fiction ‘the next sanctuary for the hopes and dreams of teenagers’….

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Hotel Marketing Software Maker Buuteeq Raises $2 Million

Buuteeq, a Seattle-based startup building a Web-based software suite that enables independent hotels to market themselves on the Web and through mobile devices, has raised $2m in new funding according…

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Yandex's Q4 2011: $200M in Revenues, Up 56%

NASDAQ-listed Russian search juggernaut Yandex this morning published its quarterly earnings and financial results for the full year 2011, its third in a string of announcements this week after touting…

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Megaupload's Kim Dotcom Released on Bail

Everyone who has been arrested during the Megaupload raids last month in New Zealand have been released on bail. According to the NZHerald, courts have said that Megaupload founder Kim…

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Google Wants Typo-Squatted YouTube Domains

When you’re a company as big as Google, protecting your trademarks is apparently a full-time job. Last week we reported that Google had won 32 domains that were clearly registered…

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The Pirate Bay isn't phased by UK claim that it's illegal, shares plans to move forward

Yesterday we reported that the popular file-sharing site The Pirate Bay could be blocked in the UK starting any day now, since the courts have deemed the site “illegal”. The…

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Tumblr Tuesday: Meet the Mind Behind Technically Crunchy

Welcome to our twenty-sixth Tumblr Tuesday, where every Tuesday we celebrate our love of Tumblr by interviewing the mastermind behind a new blog. Tumblr, a New York City based startup, is…

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Advertisers Aren't Taking Advantage of Mobile

In a report by mobile analytics company Flurry, it appears the advertising industry still doesn’t seem to understand the potential mobile advertising has, despite the fact that it’s where consumers…

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Google Finds Itself Playing the Role of Microsoft These Days

Just like Microsoft was the dartboard of the Internet for so many years simply because of its sheer size and “power”, Google has become the latest easy target. Over the…

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Open Letter to Instagram Serves as a Resume

I really admire talented and driven people who put themselves out there publicly when they are so excited about a company that they’d like to work there. I wrote about…

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Evrythng Will Give Physical Objects Lives Online

The Internet of Things has received plenty of hype over the past few years but we’re yet to see any solid evidence of it making its way into real life….

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ICT Services Provider Six Degrees Acquires Ultraspeed

After raising £60 million in funding last year and securing a further £25 million through a credit facility earlier this month, data services provider Six Degrees Group this morning announced…

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The Challenges of Urbanization in a Networked Society [Video]

“The biggest impact that humans have had on the planet, has happened in the past 200 years, beginning with the industrial revolution. From that, we have been urbanizing at an…