Brooklyn-based Genius, a music-annotating startup that provides context for lyrics, sells its assets for $80M, less than the total funding it raised
> @Genius — one of the most unlikable tech startups of the past decade-plus, which promised to “debunk the myth of scientific journalism” with its “homiesourcing” — just got sold for less than what in...
Twitter says it has acquired screen-sharing social app Squad whose team will join Twitter, and it will shut down the app tomorrow
with Periscope in danger Igor Bonifacic / Engadget : Twitter acquires screen-sharing and video chat startup Squad Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today : Twitter Acquires Multi-Participant Streaming ...
Twitter says it has acquired screen-sharing social app Squad whose team will join Twitter, and it will shut down the app tomorrow
with Periscope in danger Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today : Twitter Acquires Multi-Participant Streaming App Squad, Which Enables Screen-Sharing Within Chats PYMNTS.com : Twitter Buys Screen-Sha...
Autonomous checkout startup Standard Cognition buys mapping technology company Explorer.ai for an undisclosed sum
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Airware, a drone startup that has raised $118M from Andreessen Horowitz, Google's GV, Kleiner Perkins, and others, is shutting down
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Coinbase acquires the five-person team behind Distributed Systems to help Coinbase find ways to integrate decentralized identity across its services
a New Digital Identity Standard Looms PYMNTS.com : Coinbase Acquires Distributed Systems To Work On Identity Solutions Siamak Masnavi / CryptoGlobe : Coinbase Gets More Serious About Decentralized Ide...
Sources: Snap tried to buy now defunct messaging app Secret for up to $60M, but couldn't agree on price since Secret was valued at $120M in 2014 Series B round
Josh Constine / TechCrunch : Tweets: @joshconstine and @joshconstine Tweets: Josh Constine / @joshconstine : Fun scoop with juicy quotes from sources familiar with the deal. “This was the beginning o...
Sources: Snap has explored selling 360 cameras as a future product, but it's not certain it will launch them
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Oculus acquires The Eye Tribe, a 16-person startup that makes software and a $99 developer hardware kit for eye-tracking
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Oculus acquires The Eye Tribe, a 16-person startup that makes software and a $99 developer hardware kit for eye-tracking
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