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Blogging Site Medium Rolls Out Password-Free Email Logins

Jun 30, 3:09PM

medium-logo Online blogging platform Medium announced this week a new way to log into its website, without having to use a password. Instead, users will be able to enter in an email address, then click a link sent to them in order to sign in to the site. Previously, the company allowed its users to sign in using their Twitter or Facebook credentials, but it received feedback from many who said they wanted… Read More



Eaze Is Giving Out Medical Marijuana Cards Over The Phone

Jun 30, 3:00PM

prepare_to_get_blazed_thcfinder Marijuana delivery startup Eaze will now let you get a medical marijuana card via smartphone. Rival service Meadow claims to Uber over a doctor (mine actually came on a skateboard), but seems to be the first dooby delivery startup able to hand out a legal cannabis card through EazeMD, its new video phone conference service. “You need to actually send a driver to deliver consumer goods,… Read More



Evaluating The Risks And Rewards Of Unicorn Capital

Jun 30, 3:00PM

unicorn-money This is the best time to raise money for your startup. At least since 1999. But raising money can be a double-edged sword for entrepreneurs — and receiving a high valuation can cut two ways. First, some context. According to the April 2015 MoneyTree report from PwC, investments in later-stage companies rose by 50 percent, to $4.2 billion, in the first quarter of 2015, the largest… Read More



Apple Music And iOS 8.4 Now Available

Jun 30, 2:51PM

apple-music-big Apple has finally entered the streaming music game, with the launch today of Apple Music. The new service is available as a built-in part of its iOS 8.4 Music app for iPhone and iPad devices, and offers a huge catalog of on-demand tracks for streaming playback for just $9.99 per month, or $14.99 for a family plan that allows sharing with up to six users. The service is free for three months… Read More



Amazon Launches Full Retail Operations In Mexico

Jun 30, 1:58PM

amazon_topic - NOT FOR FEATURED IMAGE Amazon today formally announced its expansion into physical goods sales in Mexico. The company had previously only offered Kindle e-books on its online site which opened for Mexican customers in 2013. Today on Amazon.com.mx, Amazon will introduce a Spanish-language site featuring millions of items including consumer electronics, kitchen and home items, sports equipment, tools, baby, health… Read More



Square Launches Payroll Product For Small Businesses, Pricing Starts At $25/Month

Jun 30, 1:30PM

Screen Shot 2015-06-30 at 14.27.55 Mobile payment startup Square has been gradually building out the products it offers to small businesses to position itself as a one-stop shop for their various front-of-house and back-office needs. Today sees the latest development on that theme: the company has launched Square Payroll, software for businesses to pay and track taxes and other costs for both hourly and salaried employees.… Read More



Mangoplate, Korea's Answer To Yelp, Lands $6.1M And Eyes Expansions Across Asia

Jun 30, 1:26PM

mangoplate Mangoplate, a service akin to Yelp in Korea, is in the money today after closing a $6.1 million Series A round to expand in its domestic market and branch out into other parts of Asia. Read More



Environmental Sensor Startup Aclima Is Studying The Air Googlers Breathe

Jun 30, 1:00PM

Aclima_Node_City Do Google employees breathe better air than the rest of us? That’s what San Francisco-based environmental health startup Aclima wants to know. Aclima stayed hush about what it’s been up to for the last several years, but just announced it has been studying the indoor air quality on Google’s Mountain View campus and several other Google buildings throughout the world for the… Read More



Engine Yard's Deis Launches Commercial Support For Its Docker-Based PaaS

Jun 30, 1:00PM

Earlier this year, cloud orchestration platform Engine Yard acquired Deis, an open-source Platform-as-a-Service project. Engine Yard has long been known for its support service and starting today, the company will also offer businesses the option to buy Deis support. Deis is a Docker- and CoreOS-based platform that aims to give developers access to what is essentially a privately hosted Heroku. Read More



Cisco To Buy Cloud Security Company OpenDNS for $635M In Cash

Jun 30, 12:51PM

Lock over circuit board. Cisco announced its intent to buy cloud security company OpenDNS for $635 million this morning. It’s probably not a coincidence that Cisco was one of its investors in a $35 million round in May, 2014. The $635 million will be paid in cash and assumed equity awards, plus retention based incentives for OpenDNS, according to information supplied by Cisco. OpenDNS gives Cisco, a network… Read More



Spire, Maker of Radio-Size Satellites, Tunes Into $40 Million in New Funding

Jun 30, 12:30PM

Spire Spire, a San Francisco-based satellite-powered data company, has just landed $40 million in Series B funding led by an earlier backer, Promus Ventures. Bessemer Venture Partners and Jump-Capital also joined the round, as did previous investors RRE Ventures and Lemnos Labs. The financing brings the company’s total funding to roughly $80 million – a fair amount for a company that… Read More



One Month, The Platform That Teaches You To Code (And More) In 30 Days, Picks Up $1.9M In Funding

Jun 30, 12:06PM

onemonth One Month, the learning platform that promises a solid, enterprise-based education in one month or less, has today announced the close of an additional $1.9 million in seed funding, co-led by existing investor Idea Bulb Ventures and new investor Arena Ventures. Cornerstone On-Demand also participated in the round as a strategic investor. One Month launched back in August 2013 out of the Y… Read More



Hipmunk Makes Trip Planning Easier

Jun 30, 12:00PM

2015-06-29_1201 When it comes to booking a business trip or vacation, the actual booking part is easy — what’s hard is finding the right combination of flights, hotels and car rentals. If you’re anything like me, that means repeatedly doing the same flight and hotel search and maybe screenshotting a few results to share with the people I’m traveling with. Hipmunk now wants to make… Read More



SimplyInsured, A Health Insurance Platform For Small Companies, Scores $5.9M Series A

Jun 30, 11:57AM

doctor health SimplyInsured, which helps small businesses compare and purchase employee health insurance plans, has closed a Series A of $5.9 million led by Polaris Partners, with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Altair.VC, Corazon Capital, and individual investors. Read More



Distil Networks Raises $21M To Block Malicious Bots

Jun 30, 11:43AM

Person in lab coat holding laptop. There are several locked pad locks, and one unlocked. Distil Networks, a company that analyzes website traffic and blocks malicious bots, announced a $21 million Series B round today. Bessemer Venture Partners led the round and David Cowan from BVP will join the Distil Networks board of directors. Investors Foundry, TechStars, ff Venture Capital, Idea Fund and Correlation Ventures also participated. Today’s investment brings the total… Read More



Cloud Finance Intelligence Startup Adaptive Insights Gets $75M, Reportedly At A Unicorn Valuation

Jun 30, 11:33AM

clouds The rise of the CFO from back-office number cruncher to business leader is being played out across a number of companies, from tech leaders like Twitter through to consumer giants like PepsiCo. That shift of gravity, it turns out, is also being played out in the world of enterprise software. Adaptive Insights, a fast-growing startup that sells cloud-based services to finance and other… Read More



Network Processing Powerhouse Kentik, Formerly CloudHelix, Raises $12.1 Million in Series A Funding

Jun 30, 11:01AM

img_home_todays (1) Kentik (formerly CloudHelix), a cloud-based networking analytics company, disclosed Tuesday that it had closed a $12.1 million Series A funding round in addition to announcing that it was now launching its major service from stealth, Kentik Detect, a SaaS product that enables “full visibility across an unlimited number of networks of any size for real-time, actionable insights… Read More



Europe To End Mobile Roaming By 2017, But Backs An Internet 'Fast Lane'

Jun 30, 10:32AM

European Commission The European Union has agreed a preliminary deal to scrap mobile roaming charges across the region by June 2017. The European Parliament previously voted to scrap roaming fees by the end of this year — but the European Council pushed to keep them in place until the end of 2018. The European lawmakers have now apparently agreed a third way of mid 2017. Read More



Klear, Formerly Called Twtrland, Gets $1.5M To Grow Its Social Media Analytics Platform

Jun 30, 10:01AM

Klear Twtrland, which wants to make comprehensive social media analytics easy to understand, has raised $1.5 million in new funding from Altair, GIG, and TMT. It is also rebranding as Klear, since the platform now looks at data from Facebook and Instagram in addition to Twitter, and plans to integrate other social networks, including Pinterest, Google Plus, and LinkedIn. Read More



Baidu To Invest $3.2 Billion Developing Online-To-Offline Services In China

Jun 30, 8:51AM

baidu China’s Baidu, the company best known for its dominant search engine, said today that it will invest more than $3 billion in its offline-to-online businesses over the next three years. Read More




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