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CrunchGear  4 hours ago:

Rocket Internet's Lazada Lands $100M As It Seeks To Become The “Amazon Of Southeast Asia” -

Lazada, the e-commerce site founded by Rocket Internet in a bid to build the "Amazon of Southeast Asia," announced today that it has landed another $100 million from returning investors Holtzbrinck Ventures, Kinnevik Investment AB, Summit Partners and Tengelmann Group, as well as new investor, Belgian-based family-owned investment holding company Verlinvest.
CrunchGear  8 hours ago:

30 Days In, Bitcoin Angel Group BitAngels Doubles Network To 120, Puts First $100K Into Seasteading Venture, Blueseed -

As has been written ad nauseam, we've seen a lot of activity in the wild and whacky world of cryptocurrency of late, thanks primarily to the tech industry's new obsession with Bitcoin.
CrunchGear  8 hours ago:

EMC Acquires Israeli Storage Startup ScaleIO For $200M-$300M To Compete Better With The Cloud Kings -

Palo Alto-based ScaleIO is one of a new generation of startup storage providers that's using intelligent software to help big companies streamline and converge their data storage operations at scale, across thousands of servers.
CrunchGear  9 hours ago:

Why Makerbot Is Like Apple -

When we first discovered that Makerbot was looking to partner with Stratsys I was a bit non-plussed. Makerbot, as I've noted before, has a certain indie cred that makes this move a bit unpalatable.
CrunchGear  9 hours ago:

Well Done, Microsoft -

The reveal of the Xbox One didn't go as Microsoft hoped. Gamers loved the system, but hated the absurd restrictions placed on the games.
CrunchGear  10 hours ago:

Microsoft Heeds Gamer Feedback, Dumps Xbox One DRM Restrictions -

Attention gamers: you win. The folks at Redmond infuriated many when it revealed that the Xbox One would come with a long list of potential caveats -- there was the automated 24 hour check-in to keep the console in playable condition, and the restrictions on who you could share disc-based games with, not to mention the fact that it would shipped region-locked.
CrunchGear  10 hours ago:

Twitter Acquires Local Discovery Startup Spindle, Will End Spindle Service -

Twitter acquired Spindle, an app for local discovery, today. The Spindle team will move to San Francisco and shutter the Spindle app.
CrunchGear  12 hours ago:

Wired Editor Michael Copeland Joins Andreessen Horowitz To Lead New ‘Content Strategy' -

Wired Senior Editor Michael Copeland is joining venture firm Andreessen Horowitz. We've confirmed with the VC firm that Copeland will be leading Andreessen's new 'content strategy.
CrunchGear  12 hours ago:

Twitter Adds Easier Column Navigation To Tweetdeck For Power Users -

Twitter added new features to Tweetdeck today that makes it easier to arrange and consume various feeds.
CrunchGear  12 hours ago:

Founder Stories: Airbnb's Nate Blecharczyk On Being The Only Engineer For The First Year -

This week on Founder Stories, I sat down with Airbnb co-founder Nate Blecharczyk. One of the things that strikes me as original to Airbnb's founding team is that, unlike most startups I can think of, two of the co-founders are designers, and Blecharczyk, who's a co-founder and CTO, is an engineer.