French startup Wynd just raised a $7.8 million Series A round (€7 million) for its comprehensive discovery, ordering, payment and reward solution for restaurants. This is a modern solution that can be tailored to your needs, brick by brick. It frees big restaurant chains from big software vendors who work for months on proprietary solutions. Read More
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JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday ordered the mobilization of close to 2,000 border police reservists in anticipation of a major surge of unrest.
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"We will always support all service members' rights to pursue and practice their own belief sets, whether religious or not."
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"There were still a lot of people who were tailgating."
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In the largest tech deal in history by far, Dell and partners MSD Partners and Silver Lake agreed to buy EMC today for $67 billion or $33.15 a share. This is way over the price of $27 and change that was being rumored last week, and makes the deal far bigger than the $37 billion that Avago paid for Broadcom just last May. What makes this deal even more interesting though, is that Dell with… Read More 
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"This place has got to change."
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"Iran has behaved unconscionably."
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The life of a technology journalist inexorably involves a lot of gadgetry. And while I can appreciate the sleek beauty of new Apple hardware as much as the next person, I don't routinely get excited by the prospect of unboxing any other new gizmo just because. But when the courier handed over the small white bag containing Elvie I was uncharacteristically eager to open it up —… Read More 
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Selected editorials from Oregon newspapers.
Albany Democrat-Herald, Oct. 5, on the conflicting nature of Oregon and federal pot laws:
The private recreational use of marijuana by adults in Oregon has been legal for months, and last week, you could start buying recreational marijuana at medical dispensaries that elected to join ...
"The clock was ticking…"
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Yunmake, a Hangzhou-based smart bike maker, has raised a Series A led by Shunwei Capital, the investment firm led by Xiaomi chief executive officer Lei Jun. The company did not reveal the precise amount, but an article posted to Yunmake founder and CEO Qiu Yiwu's Weibo said that the round is worth "tens of millions of RMB" (10 million RMB is equal to about $1.6 million). Read More 
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) spent over $15 million on outside public relations consultants despite employing nearly 200 full-time in house PR workers.
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We are excited to announce one of the most important speakers who'll be appearing at TechCrunch Disrupt London conference on December 7-8, 2015. He'll be joining global startups, influential speakers, VIP guests and more. And who is he, you ask? He'll be talking about how technology and digital media is changing the sports industry and the fan bases, why he backed London… Read More 
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - When the Democratic candidates for president take the stage for their first debate this week in Nevada, they'll do so in a state that serves as a reminder of why Hillary Rodham Clinton is the front-runner for the nomination.
One of the first four states to ...
Marvel, the U.K. startup that lets you turn sketches into mobile and web app "prototypes", has acquired design and animation tool Plexi. Terms of the acquisition remain undisclosed. However I understand that as part of the acquisition, Plexi co-founder Colm Tuite is joining Marvel to develop Plexi's main features within Marvel's prototyping and design platform. Read More 
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China's ministry of transportation has proposed new guidelines that would significantly increase the amount of power the government holds over ridesharing apps like Didi Kuaidi and Uber. If enforced, the regulations may provide clarity for companies, which have run into a multitude of legal headaches, but it could also force them to retool their business models and operate more like… Read More 
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"So what is it going to take to save our country?"
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