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    How Ashton Kutcher And Marissa Mayer Getaround

    By Sophia Horowitz August 2, 2012

    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCdvlZsIybI]Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer, Ashton Kutcher, Menlo Venture’s Shervin Pishevar and Google’s Eric Schmidt are the biggest names that make up Getaround’s $13.9 million Series A round, which was just announced today.

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    Internet to PandoDaily: Sorry, We Don’t Want the Stuff in Your Garage

    By Sophia Horowitz July 31, 2012

    A few weeks ago, PandoDaily managing editor Nathan Pensky had a foosball table to get rid of, and wanted to sell it on the Internet. This was clearly intern work, but Sarah Lacy (being the angel that she is) suggested I make a story out of it. So for the past month, I’ve been going from cyber door to cyber door…

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    The Magic of Leap Motion Is Now at Developers’ Fingertips

    By Sophia Horowitz July 31, 2012

    Being able to control a computer screen with your finger is no longer just a mediocre superpower. Its what over 26,000 developers are dying to be a part of. Today, the San Francisco based Leap Motion is releasing its developer application numbers to the world. They have “developers in 143 countries and all 50 US states,” the company says,...

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    Springboard Welcomes New Accelerator Class of Women Led Companies

    By Sophia Horowitz July 27, 2012

    As with many stories in history, Springboard was started by a few people who were pissed off with the way things were. Kay Kopolvitz and Amy Millman wanted to know why VCs weren’t backing more women. The answer they got? They just weren’t seeing many pitches from women to begin with. That, they decided, was a problem they could solve….

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    CelebJuicer: The Big Data Company TMZ Interns Dream About

    By Sophia Horowitz June 29, 2012

    “Hey, my new show airs tomorrow, and I hear we’re in the same time slot. I’ve always dreamed of sharing a night with you…” “is ur bed is big enough for steven, randy and jen too? ;)” If you can believe it, that first line was said by “Golden Girl” Betty White, and the next by host of “American Idol,”…

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The Week in Review

Tuesday

Bitcoin What to watch as the bitcoin drama develops Study shows that Lumosity brain games can rehab your brain The best photos from last week’s PandoMonthly with Brian Lee Dept. of Homeland Security freezes accounts between Dwolla and bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox It always comes down to math When everything rides on a single cold call Finovate: Quantopian debuts live data trading for consumer quants Amanda Palmer puts on a ninja gig BlackBerry: A funhouse visionary haunted by Research in Motion We mapped out Dave McClure’s latest batch of 500 Startups companies Number 8 Wire entrepreneurialism: How a cultural myth can inspire a country Can software help wireless customers save money? Bitcoin investors rush in: Liberty City Ventures raises $15 million dedicated fund The launch of the Boost Bitcoin Fund brings more capital to an area of growing investor interest Melon turns to Kickstarter for its mental performance measuring EEG headband RelayRides acquires Wheelz as the car-sharing industry consolidates

Wednesday

search_barAAA “Commerce has become marketing and marketing has become commerce” Lessons from a rare $2 billion LA tech win: “I was competing with both hands tied behind my back” Skift’s approach to building a new media company: It’s as much about data as it is about news RelayRides suspends New York service after cease and desist The future of search: Answer, converse, anticipate US authorities launch their first attack on bitcoin Google is keeping iCloud’s promises For startups with university roots, an exit is priority number one Give me that old bitcoin religion Chartbeat crosses the Chinese wall with ad sales tools, focusing on quality over clicks IPO candidate Plex Systems grabs Eloqua CMO Heidi Melin to grow its cloud ERP platform Vessel launches its “command center” to help mobile developers kill faulty software Ticketfly adds Fanbase customer analytics platform to help venue owners pack events With Thirst’s Droplet, the vision for news on Google Glass becomes a little clearer

Thursday

dixon_2 For Chris Dixon the next big thing might be bitcoin The center of tech is shifting from Silicon Valley to “application towns” like New York and LA Chris Dixon: The consumer Web has gotten too good, enterprise companies are cutthroat Portland startup launches transit mobile ticketing service. Is this the future? We are real people trying to do real things With 2 million users, “secrets app” Whisper launches on Android As venture capital becomes a commodity, it’s all about community What CEOs could learn from comedians How Microsoft, Google, and Square use hardware to market their software and services A federal shield law for journalists would be virtually useless San Francisco: Get your ticket to see John Doerr at PandoMonthly now! Scroll down: The future of online media is in the cards Marqeta now powers Facebook Card loyalty and payments tech, announces $14M Series B round Berg Cloud Sandbox: A tool to unite connected devices and the companies that make them Two years of stealth and $11M in VC later, EdgeSpring launches a data analytics platform for the average man

Friday

underdog_bite_coin Bitcoin is legal, but mainstream adoption will mandate playing by the rules For the Internet of things, will it be verticals or horizontals? A bitcoin bubble could be good for everyone New Zealand-based Vend raises $8M without turning to the Valley Hotseat: Gravity’s Amit Kapur defends the integrity of the MySpace mafia PandoHouse Rock: A history of 3D printing, from prototypes to pistols With the bleeding stopped, ShoeDazzle is in the market for a strategic acquisition or investment Bitcoin’s consumerization continues with Perk, a rewards platform and Web browser for normal people How to become a VC without leaving home Gliph joins Boost.vc, launches bitcoin messaging and payments app Zinio’s new subscription product only solves half a problem Facebook ponders its place in the Internet of Things The Apathy Epidemic: Why your startup will suck you dry

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