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How Startups Can Become The Unexpected Parental Leave Champs
Work hard, write code, get rich. The technology business is rarely regarded as anything other than fast-paced and family-phobic. But the last few months have felt like a summer of change, as companies’ parental leave policies came under the spotlight, with businesses large and small falling over themselves to offer staff greater and greater benefits. Read More
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Household Expenses App Splittable Raises $1.2M Funding
Splittable, the London-based startup that makes an app to help manage and share household expenses, has raised $1.2 million in new funding to further build out the software and increase marketing. Barry Silbert Launches Digital Currency Group With Funding From MasterCard, Others
Less than a week after selling SecondMarket to NASDAQ, Barry Silbert has announced the official launch and and first round of funding for Digital Currency Group. Talking onstage to TechCrunch Editor John Biggs today at Money 20/20, Silbert announced that the company has closed a round from Bain Capital Ventures, Transamerica Ventures, FirstMark Capital, MasterCard, and New York Life,… Read More
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ADP Drops Lawsuit Against Human Resources Startup Zenefits
The legacy payroll company ADP on Tuesday dropped its defamation lawsuit against its quickly growing competitor, Zenefits. In a major victory for the startup, a U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed the lawsuit with prejudice. Per the terms of the settlement, ADP stated it has no reason to believe problems exist with the security of Zenefits software. Zenefits… Read More
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Minibar Alcohol Delivery Service Launches Subscriptions So You Can Keep Drinking
Minibar, the digital service layer connecting delivery liquor stores with consumers, has today announced the launch of a new subscription feature, letting users set up recurring deliveries. With subscriptions, users can place a particular order on repeat for once a week, once every two weeks, once every three weeks, or once a month. These deliveries are scheduled for the same day of the week… Read More
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Sony Music Tries To Force Creator To Pull Video It Licensed From Him
In the ongoing saga of big companies failing to understand what they are doing on the Internet we point you to Sony Music vs. Mitch Martinez. Mitch is a videographer who makes cool visuals and runs a 4K stock video site. A few months ago Epic Records licensed his inky video for a song called Bloodstream. Everything seemed fine, right? Good song, good video. Good fun! Then a few days ago Sony… Read More
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Connectifier Raises $6M More For Its AI-Based Recruitment Search
A couple of weeks ago, LinkedIn announced a new version of its recruitment product, giving HR teams the ability to look for new hires that most closely match the profiles of employees they already know and like. But LinkedIn was not the first to use search technology, machine learning and so-called “entity recognition” to update and improve the hiring process. A much… Read More
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Ditch The Faux Hoverboard And Commute With Gi FlyBike, A Foldable Electric Bike
Forget electric skateboards and faux hoverboards, one startup is trying to convince commuters to stick to the good old-fashioned bicycle. Meet the Gi FlyBike, a folding electric bike that can travel up to 40 miles on one charge. The bike, which is now available on Kickstarter, will also be for sale on Amazon Exclusives, the e-commerce company’s online store featuring… Read More
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The American Egg Board May Have Used Public Funds To Conspire Against Hampton Creek
The American Egg Board (AEB) may have violated federal laws by using public funds to try to obstruct Hampton Creek from selling its eggless mayonnaise alternative “Just Mayo.” The USDA has now opened an investigation. Hampton Creek accuses the AEB of conspiring to thwart sales efforts in Whole Foods grocery stores and has obtained a series of emails under the Freedom of Information… Read More
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Vinod Khosla has stepped down as a director of the San Francisco-based payments company Square as it prepares to go public.