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500px releases its own licensing marketplace that promises users a 30% Cut

Earlier today, 500px announced that it would be getting into the licensing game with a new commercial licensing site dubbed 500px Prime. Announced on the...
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Pinterest increases focus on international users with revamped mobile site

Within the last year, Pinterest has been keeping an eye on global expansion, primarily by translating its platform into a handful...
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Expedia shares rise by 14% following fourth quarter revenue growth

Expedia, the Bellevue online travel giant, saw its revenue increase 18% during the fourth quarter as it showed increases in hotel room nights...
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LinkedIn acquires job matching service Bright for $120 million

LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network on the Internet with approximately 277 million members worldwide, today announced it agreed to acquire Bright, a...
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Netflix needs a couch potato mode if it wants to grow

Is the best user interface for a TV the one that’s been in place for the last 50 or so years?...
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Netflix plans to raise $400 million in new debt for European expansion

Netflix formally announced today that it will raise $400 million in new debt to fuel international expansions, specifically in Europe, as well for...
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GoDaddy improves user protection following recent Twitter account extortion

Naoki Hiroshima’s recent loss of his single-letter Twitter handle @N to hijackers who socially engineered their way across multiple services was a stark...
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Leafly is a website and app that’s like Yelp for weed

The future is a place where you can get the urge to smoke some weed on a whim while out bar-hopping,...
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Mormon missionaries could be transitioning to the Internet age

The door-knocking days for Mormons spreading the Lord’s word may be coming to a close, the Mormon Church has started to...
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U.K. government creates a website whitelist for its porn filters

Back in December, some overzealous pornography filters in the UK that were meant to keep kids from seeing pornographic materials were flagging...
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Yahoo confirms coordinated Yahoo Mail hack

Yahoo mail users seem to be the most recent victim of mass data theft. Yahoo, in a security update posted today, claims...
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WikiMedia Foundation find and fixes critical vulnerability in Wikipedia

The possibility of Wikipedia being taken over by attackers was just foiled by quick action on the part of Wikimedia Foundation,...
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Imgur releases new analytics tools for Pro users

Imgur has slowly but steadily been adding a host of features over the last year or so. After making a big...
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Internet advertising grew by 32% last year, still far behind television ads

Display internet advertising has surged 32 per cent worldwide in the first three quarters of 2013 compared to the same period...
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Google hires creator of Aether, an encrypted social network

Burak Nehbit, creator of the Aether network, has accepted a position at Google. The 23-year-old revealed the change in role on Twitter...
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Baidu begins testing search engines for Brazil, Egypt, and Thailand

Baidu is testing new search engines for users outside China that will target markets in Brazil, Egypt and Thailand to start...
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