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Benchmark Capital is a venture capital firm responsible for the early stage funding of some very successful startups. In 1997, the firm invested $6.7 million in eBay, which became worth more than $5 billion by the spring of 1999. Other high profile investments include Ariba, Juniper Networks, Red Hat, and Twitter.

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Avatar Maker Gizmoz raises $6.3M and launches Free Service

Avatar Maker Gizmoz raises $6.3M and launches Free Service
Startup Gizmoz today announced that it secured a $6.3 million Series A investment from Benchmark Capital and Columbia...
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Chilean Anti-Corruption Resource: A Crowdsourced Database of Social and Political Connections

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In countries where a small minority of social circles have a majority of the political and economic power, personal relationships can affect major decision-making, a serious concern of anti-corruption activists. A new web platfo ...
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Microsoft plans to update Xbox 360 Dashboard UI for 2013
Microsoft plans to update Xbox 360 Dashboard UI for 2013
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Yahoo to Buy Tumblr and Update Flickr
Yahoo to Buy Tumblr and Update Flickr
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Middle Eastern Telecom Accused of Working With Saudi Arabia to Spy on Citizens

Source: techPresident

Mobily, an arm of the state-owned Middle Eastern telecom giant Etihad Etisalat, has been accused of working with Saudi Arabia to develop software that would allow the government to bypass protections for social ...
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First POST: Compromises

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Top officials from President Barack Obama's campaign arm, which was recently rechristened as Organizing for Action, are working to dampen the passionate grassroots opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline, just as the organization l ...
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What The Other Silicon Valley Immigration Group Is Doing This Month

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A bipartisan coalition of political advocacy, business and tech groups are moving ahead to launch a social media blitz next week designed to persuade members of the Senate to vote in favor of immigration reform ...
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You Don’t Have to Go to College to Succeed. Really?

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In 1997’s big hit, Good Will Hunting, Will Hunting scoffed, “You wasted $150,000 on an education you coulda got for a buck fifty in late charges at the public library.” Fifteen years on, this idea has taken root as people e ...
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In San Francisco, Accelerating a "Civic Technology" Industry

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With $140 billion in federal, state, and local money going towards IT this year, investing in government technology start-ups might seem like a good idea. But Silicon Valley conventional wisdom holds that government agencies and tech startups make st ...
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Fighting Fires With Data, New York City Launches New Safety Inspection System

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Mayor Michael Bloomberg announces a new inspection system. Photo: NYC Mayor's Office Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced today that New York City has implemented city-wide a new risk based inspection system focused on fire safety that is driven ...
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