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Palantir Technologies Nabs $56M In New Funding, SEC Filing Shows - Wed, 16 May 2012
Palantir Technologies, the big data analysis company founded in 2004 by a team of ex-PayPal employees including Peter Thiel, has raised $56 million in new funding, according to a document filed today with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This is by no means Palantir's first go-round with venture capital investors. This is the company's 7th round of funding, according to our records.
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Sleepover Time! All-Night Hackathon Precedes Facebook IPO At Headquarters - Wed, 16 May 2012
Carrying on in the esteemed tradition of Facebook hackathons, there will be an all-nighter at the company's Menlo Park headquarters that culminates with CEO Mark Zuckerberg ringing in the NASDAQ bell ahead of the company's much, much, much anticipated IPO. There is an internal event page for the big day that has about a thousand Facebook employees RSVP-ing for the bell ringing early on Friday morning. We can't tell if there are any other big festivities prepared ahead of time. It's all up in the air. Some people may dress up though. We don't know if the gong will be used. Zuck will probably give some remarks as he has ahead of other hackathons.
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How Personal Capital Wants To Bring Money Management Into The Internet Age [TCTV] - Wed, 16 May 2012
Personal Capital, which launched last year, provides a suite of software aimed at helping people manage all their personal finances -- no matter where they are -- through one central suite of web and mobile apps. Earlier this month Personal Captial was named "Best In Show" at the FinovateSpring, a conference in San Francisco focused on all things financial and technology related, so it certainly seems to be onto something big. So when Personal Capital put out its first iPhone app last week, we asked CEO Bill Harris and product VP Jim Del Favero to stop by TechCrunch TV and give us a hands-on look at the service.
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Why The Internet Doesn’t Make Us Care More About Politics - Wed, 16 May 2012
American politics used to be fun: frequent political carnivals in the 19th century would mix parties, parades, and political speeches in an endless stream of local civic life. As a result, America had an astonishingly high turnout, between 70-90%, in presidential and local elections. Yet, the Internet has never quite captured the emotional gravity of real-life engagement, and keeps tripping up multi-million dollar campaigns designed to inject life into an otherwise passive electorate. For example, take two technology initiatives that were widely predicted to dramatically increase democratic engagement: Obama's 2008 campaign and Americans Elect. Despite the hype, Barack Obama's juggernaut of a online campaign only boosted youth turnout by a meager 2%.
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It’s Time For A Larger iPhone - Wed, 16 May 2012
The Wall Street Journal reported this morning that Apple is currently ordering larger screens for the next iPhone. With the usual nonsense, the WSJ cited people familiar with the matter and stated these screens measure at least 4-inches diagonally. Production is set to begin next month, they say. The Journal better be right, though. A 3.5-inch screen is just too small now. At this point to say anything to the contrary is pure fanboi nonsense. The standard argument that consumers don't want a large phone is tired and overused. Besides, it's effectively proven wrong by the 20 million Galaxy S II phones sold by Samsung last year. It's time for a larger iPhone.
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Greek leftist attacks EU 'poker' - Wed, 16 May 2012The leader of Greece's leftist party - predicted to top next month's election - accuses the EU and Germany of "playing poker with people's lives", as millions of euros are withdrawn from Greek banks.
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Mladic 'headed ethnic cleansing' - Wed, 16 May 2012Former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic intended to "ethnically cleanse" Bosnia, the opening day of his war crimes trial hears.
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China veterans urge Zhou sacking - Wed, 16 May 2012Communist Party veterans write to China's president to urge him to sack security chief Zhou Yongkang for supporting disgraced politician Bo Xilai.
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French PM Ayrault names cabinet - Wed, 16 May 2012France's new Socialist Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault names his government but party leader Martine Aubry will not join the cabinet.
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Robert F Kennedy Jr wife 'dead' - Wed, 16 May 2012Mary Kennedy - the estranged wife of Robert F Kennedy Jr, nephew of John F Kennedy - has been found dead, her attorney says.








