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Top Stories of the Day // February 22, 2014

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Today's Top Stories // Feb 22, 2014

Plan To Make Silicon Valley Its Own State Gets Green Light To Collect Votes

Back when we first found out about investor Tim Draper's plan to break California into six different states (including one for Silicon Valley), we weren't sure... read more

WhatsApp Was Valued At ~$1.5B In Final Round Before Sale

WhatsApp did a great job of being surreptitious about its funding while growing into a messaging monster. But as they say, the truth always comes out. In... read more

Bye Bye, WhatsApp: Germans Switch To Threema For Privacy Reasons

Swiss startup Threema probably didn't expect this. In 24 hours, the startup has doubled its user base, according to Süddeutsche. It is now sitting at the top... read more

Goldman Sachs Takes On Bitcoin

The eye of big finance is finally turning towards cryptocurrency. Responding to requests from clients, Goldman Sachs has put out an early assessment of Bitcoin... read more

TestFlight Owner Burstly Acquired By Apple

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Meet Hyv, A Startup That Can't Wait For Phone Unlocking To Be Made Legal

On Tuesday, the House of Representatives will vote on legislation on phone unlocking (H.R. 1123). In January 2013, a decision by the Librarian of Congress made... read more

Facebook Tests Mobile “Highlights”, A Cheat Sheet To Your Friends’ Lives

Facebook said there were just big fixes in its 7.0 iOS update it released yesterday, but actually there's a big new feature it's testing called Highlights.... read more



TOP VIDEOS

Ask A VC: Vegas Tech Fund's Jen McCabe On The Next Big Hardware Opportunity

In this week’s episode of Ask A VC, VegasTechFund’s Jen McCabe joined us in the studio to talk hardware,... read more

CircleUp's Ryan Caldbeck Channels His Passion Into A Creative Financing Marketplace

As crowdfunding is all the rage today, there are entrepreneurs like Ryan Caldbeck of CircleUp who approach opportunities... read more

Keen On… Big Bang Disruption: How The Innovator's Dilemma Has Become The Innovator's Nightmare

According to Downes, the innovator's dilemma has now been replaced by what he calls the "innovator's nightmare".... read more

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