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Barry Bonds Discovers Glassing

 Urban Dictionary might be adding a new definition to the word “glassing.” Former Major League Baseball left fielder Barry Bonds sent out a tweet and an Instagram of himself sporting a pair of Google glasses yesterday while looking off into … Continue reading

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Apple Rubs Elbows With The Fashion Elite For Paris Apple Watch Event

 Apple is at Paris Fashion Week, hosting a special event for the Apple Watch at Collette, a high-end boutique shop in France. This is the first time Apple has revealed its device in person to the public, after a press … Continue reading

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General Catalyst Commits $10M To Startups In Stripe’s Payments Ecosystem

 Another bout of news is coming from the world of online payments: General Catalyst has announced a new, $10 million initiative — called the GC Stripe Platform Fund — to help its portfolio company, payments startup Stripe, continue to scale up: GC … Continue reading

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With $3.5 Million In New Funding, Expensify Targets Concur Customers

 Expense management startup Expensify is hoping to win over some new customers thanks to SAP’s acquisition of competitor Concur. To do that, it’s making it free for Concur customers to switch to its platform, and also offering a way for … Continue reading

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Forza Horizon 2 Review: A Driving Game That Could Even Win Over People Who Hate Driving Games

 Let me start by saying I’m not a fan of most driving games. Any Gran Turismo title has left me cold, and aside from Mario Kart, Rad Racer and San Francisco Rush, I’ve mostly been content to let the genre … Continue reading

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Payment Network Dwolla Picks Up A Strategic $9.7M Led By CME Group

 On the same day that eBay announced that it plans to spin off its payments business PayPal, a smaller payments competitor has quietly announced another round of funding to continue building out its own platform. Dwolla — the startup that is disrupting payments … Continue reading

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Ebay’s Dark Binary Star Is Finally Exploding

 eBay hasn’t been a big deal since Beanie Babies. Back when an auction was the coolest thing on the web and real-time JavaScript countdown timers were all the rage, eBay’s main draw was a sort of theatre of commerce aimed … Continue reading

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Atlantic.Net Launches $0.99/Month SSD-Based Servers To Challenge DigitalOcean

 The price of cloud hosting is quickly trending downward and the latest evidence for this comes from Atlantic.Net, a hosting service that’s been around since 1994. The company is launching a $0.99 per month VPS service today that comes with … Continue reading

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A Wearable Drone That Launches Off Your Wrist To Take Your Selfie

 “Oh man, this would make a great picture. I wish there was someone else here to take our picture for us so we didn’t have to take a selfie!” Has this ever happened to you? Of course it has. You’re … Continue reading

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The Newest GoPro Models Are More Approachable Than Ever

 Today, GoPro is launching a new lineup of its durable cameras that promises to be the most approachable the now-public camera and lifestyle company has produced. Read More