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App Tracker uTest Raises $43M From Goldman Sachs For Future Acquisitions And IPO

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A startup known for its mobile application testing, uTest, has more than doubled its funding to date as it pursues acquisitions and an eventual IPO, raising $43 million in a late-stage Series E round...
    






Proposed spy phone record shift draws resistance

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Proposal to shift surveillance phone record retention away from government drawing resistance WASHINGTON (AP) — Telephone companies are quietly balking at the idea of changing how they...
    






China video sites confident public will pay

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China's video industry confident it can beat piracy, persuade public to pay for online content BEIJING (AP) — When media studies student Liu Zhiqi settles down to watch a movie or TV...
    






Microsoft Expects To Make Another Xbox

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Will we see a Playstation 5? How about an Xbox…um…two? As soon as Sony and Microsoft announced the PS4 and Xbox One, complete with robust cloud capabilities, pundits such as myself started wondering...
    






Birst: Making Data Into The World’s Most Valuable Natural Resource

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While the 20th century was about oil, the next century is going to be about data. This is what the CEO of IBM, Ginni Rometty, thinks. She calls data a “natural resource.” While it’s heady stuff, the...
    






Best- And Worst-Performing Cloud Computing Stocks Jan. 6 To Jan.10 And Year-to-Date: Tracking Veeva Systems

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The five highest performing cloud computing stocks year-to-date on the Cloud Computing Index are Qualys (NASDAQ: QYLS), Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ:RVBD), Workday (NYSE:WDAY), Juniper Networks (NYSE:...
    






Beats Music Aims To Take Streaming Mass Market

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Beats Electronics, the fashion headphone behemoth led by Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre, has officially announced its plans to launch a music streaming service in the U.S. on January 21. Dubbed Beats...
    






Prada Appears To Follow Italy’s Latest Fashion Trend: Tax Transfers, Allegations Of Evasion

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Clearly, the fashion gods are angry. Last year, Italian tax authorities took on the fashion house of Dolce & Gabbana, eventually imposing a fine of 343.3 million euros ($439.70 million U.S.) as...