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Lightbank Invests $650,000 In Walk.by, A New Platform Connecting Local Merchants With Online Shoppers By Way Of Smartphonesview story

http://techcrunch.com – Lightbank has invested $650,000 in its own Founder-in-Residence Josh Hernandez’s new startup, Walk.by, a platform for bringing local merchants into the e-commerce world by way of smartphones. (IT news)

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Website Testing Service Optimizely Raises $28M Round Led By Benchmark, Plans Global Expansionview story

http://techcrunch.com – Optimizely, a Y Combinator-incubated startup that helps companies A/B test different versions of their websites, has raised $28 million in Series A funding. That would be a sizable Series A for most startups, but it’s a particularly big step for Optimizely, which had only raised $3.2 million thus far. (IT news)

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Burner, The One-Click Disposable Phone Number App, Comes To Androidview story

http://techcrunch.com – Sometimes you just need a temporary, disposable phone number. Why? Maybe you’re not too sure about that dude you just met, but you want to give him a chance. Maybe you don’t want weirdos from Craigslist calling you once your couch is gone. (IT news)

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Calling all new Devsview story

http://forum.xda-developers.com – If there is any devs out there that aren't on teams already please tell on this thread. I want to make my own team of Devs. Tell me if your interested. (HowTos)

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[ROM][JB4.2.2]PAC 22.1.0 True All In One [CM][PA][AOKP] [April 9]view story

http://forum.xda-developers.com – Credits Code: * FreeXperia Team - without their device and kernel tree this would not be possible. * CyanogenMod Team * ParanoidAndroid Team * AOKP Team * PAC Team * anirudh412 - testing and troubleshooting Disclaimer Code: * I'm not responsible for anything that might happen to your device. * Development for our device is in the very early stages, expect bugs. * I'll try t (HowTos)

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Badgeville Names Former Cast Iron Exec Ken Comée As Its New CEOview story

http://techcrunch.com – Gamification startup Badgeville just announced that it has appointed Ken Comée as its new CEO. Co-founder and outgoing CEO Kris Duggan will become the company’s chief strategy officer, and he will also remain on the Badgeville board. Comée was formerly the CEO of Cast Iron Systems, a cloud company that was acquired by IBM, and of PowerReviews, which was acquired by Bazaarvoice. (IT news)

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Google's Bufferbox Move To The Bay Area Didn't Surprise Swapbox, Which Remains Focused On Scalingview story

http://techcrunch.com – Who knew that package delivery would become a hot space, especially when it involves installation of physical lockers? Last week, we uncovered that Google’s recent acquisition, Bufferbox, was planning to invade the San Francisco Bay Area with its shipping service. (IT news)

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Netflix Adds Landing Pages To Feature Original Series Hemlock Grove On Xbox, Web, iPad, PS3, & Wiiview story

http://techcrunch.com – Netflix is quickly building a stable of its own original content, but those programs end up getting lumped in with all the movies and TV series that it’s licensed from other content providers. (IT news)

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Foundation Capital Raises $282M For Seventh Fund, Will Focus Mainly On Early-Stage Investmentsview story

http://techcrunch.com – Foundation Capital is announcing its seventh fund, Foundation Capital Fund VII. The VC firm has raised $282 million in new capital, bringing total capital under management to $2.7 billion over 17 years. (IT news)

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Max Niederhofer Jumps From Accel To Sunstone As A Partner To Focus On The Series A Crunchview story

http://techcrunch.com – In a widely rumored move, serial entrepreneur and investor Max Niederhofer has left his Vice President position at Accel Partners in Europe but not – as some thought – to create another startup, but to join another VC firm. This time, however, he will be a full venture partner with Sunstone Capital working out of Copenhagen. (IT news)