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Same-day booking app HotelTonight invades Europe and goes after last-minute gifts
Last-minute booking app HotelTonight is ready to alleviate your holiday headaches, be they travel or gift-related. The company announced Tuesday that it’s now offering same-night stays in more markets, particularly continental Europe, and giving
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Last.fm co-founders return to “scrobble” the web with Lumi
It takes a certain type of entrepreneur to go after the least rewarding or trickiest markets. Felix Miller and Martin Stiksel are that type. Miller and Stiksel are two of the co-founders of Last.fm,
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Pinterest now pinning in German
German-speaking social media addicts rejoice – social inspiration sensation Pinterest is now available in a native German-language version (as well as a new Dutch release). The additions up the total number of supported languages to seven, as the
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Foursquare finally adds “Promoted Updates” advertising to its model
After three-plus years, 20 million members, and two billion check-ins Foursquare is ready to grow up. The social network, which lets users check-in at restaurants, retailers, and other venues, is finally incorporating paid ads into its service,
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Lift, a healthy startup backed by Twitter founders, prepares for August launch
Stealthy startup Lift has today ever-so-slightly pulled back the curtain to reveal a snippet of its masterplan to change the way people achieve their goals. Lift is the tiny company that made a big splash
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Groupon rebounds with $559M in Q1 revenue
Still reeling from a disastrous fourth quarter and a year of tumult, Groupon beat Wall Street’s expectations and reported $559.3 million in revenue and $39.6 million in operating income for the first quarter of 2012. Monday’s
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Revealed: How Twitter’s secret offer for Instagram made Facebook pay $1B
The secret details of the $1 billion deal between Facebook and Instagram are more convoluted than anyone thought. According to our editorial partners in the Valley, Instagram’s chief executive and co-founder Kevin Systrom first got an offer and
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Facebook pulls a MySpace, adds “Listen” button to all artist Pages
The allure of MySpace may be long gone, but that hasn’t stopped Facebook from stealing a little musical inspiration from the former place for friends. “The new button will give music fans an easy way to
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