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Amazon is opening its first physical bookstore today
Amazon got its start as an online bookseller, and now — over 20 years later — it's decided to sell books the old-fashioned way. On Tuesday, Amazon will open a store in Seattle called Amazon Books. Not only is it one of Amazon's first physical locations, but it's...
FreshBooks Referral Program Update
You’ve been helping others discover a better way to run their business by using the FreshBooks referral program. Now, a new, more rewarding way to recommend FreshBooks will be made is coming to your account. Starting November 19th, when you...
Microsoft just buried the hatchet with another huge and bitter rival, Red Hat
Microsoft and Red Hat struck up a major new partnership on Wednesday. They're giving Red Hat's Linux operating system a starring role on Microsoft's cloud computing service, Azure. Linux is a free and open source competitor to Windows offered by a number of...
Why Austin is Shaping Up to Be the Next Silicon Valley
According to the annual Kauffman Foundation report, Austin, Texas, ranked No. 1 for overall startup activity in 2015. Entrepreneurs are drawn to the Texas Greenbelt because of the increase in VC activity. New business is booming in Austin, and here's why the city is...
Facebook No Longer Counts Third-Party Apps And Still Has 1.55 Billion Users
Some say Facebook inflates its monthly active user count by including people who shared from or used a Facebook-connected third-party app. But today Facebook quieted those critics with a 10-Q update to its SEC filing that says it now only counts people who used...
Blue Coat acquires cloud security startup Elastica for $280M (Updated)
Update at 9:06 a.m. Pacific on Monday, November 7: Blue Coat has just announced the acquisition. The company paid $280 million for Elastica, not more than $300 million, according to a statement. Blue Coat Systems, a security vendor owned by Bain Capital, is...