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CellScope Develops Digital First Aid Kit

CellScope, which was born in a UC Berkeley bioengineering lab, has secured $1 million from Khosla Ventures to develop hardware and software that could push the limits of remote health care services

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Is Elon Musk A Real Life Tony Stark? [Infographic]

Elon Musk recently made headlines when his space venture, SpaceX, completed the first commercial space flight. Is the ambitious entrepreneur the closest thing we have to billionaire playboy Tony Stark?

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GoHealth Raises $50 Million For Health Insurance Comparison Shopping

GoHealth, a Chicago-based company providing health insurance comparisons directly to customers, has received an investment of $50 million from Norwest Equity Partners this week.

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Comcast To Litigious Pornographers: Don’t Shake Down Our Customers

Comcast has refused to hand over identifying data on users accused of downloading copyrighted material, arguing that the plaintiffs were using the court system to identify targets.

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SinglePlatform Acquired By Constant Contact For $100 Million

New World Ventures portfolio company SinglePlatform has been acquired this week by Constant Contact Inc, a marketing firm specializing in web content. The startup has been acquired for a total sale price of $100 million.

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MaKey Turns Bananas Into Piano Keys, Closes Kickstarter Round With 20x Goal

MaKey MaKey, a USB connectible board that can turn any object into a touch sensitive button, has just finished a fundraising round on Kickstarter at 20 times its goal.

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‘Feel Me’ Smartphone App Creates Digital Intimacy

Feel Me is a smartphone application that believes the kind of communication that breeds true connection is just as much about the content shared as is it is about connecting with the presence of the other person.

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Crowdsourced Jukebox Startup Raises $1.2 Million

A startup with a novel twist on the classic jukeboxes that are now often left to decay in greasy spoons and dive bars has raised $1.2 million in a seed round.

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Vertical Urban Farm’s Technology Makes Food Out of Waste

Waste equals food in John Edel’s vernacular. Edel is the founder of “The Plant,” an old meatpacking facility that will grow food sustainably while producing zero net waste.

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We’re #StillRelevant, Says Twitter NASCAR Promotion

Twitter debuted its first TV ads and a high-profile partnership with NASCAR this weekend, in an effort to bolster the advertising potential of hashtag pages, and to introduce the service to new consumers.

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