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New Yorkers Get Free Power In The Parks

Months after Hurricane Sandy left New York scrambling for power, the city is unveiling 25 solar powered charging stations in parks and public spaces throughout the five boroughs, starting today.

Vine Will Survive!

Instagram is planning to launch video functionality in two days. But don't go deleting Vine just yet. Before shoving Vine's into the deadpool, let's just calm it down a second.

Vine has been declared by many as the "Instagram for Video.

Fab Grabs $150M At $1B Valuation (And Is Raising Another $100M+ More)

Design-focused commerce company Fab has raised that round of funding we scooped a few months ago.

Fab is announcing today that it has raised $150 million in the ?rst tranche of the company's Series D round of ?nancing.

Teambox Adds High-Definition Video Conferencing, Market Looks for Deeper Collaboration

Teambox has added high-definition video conferencing, adding to a list of providers that are adding video to their collaboration platforms.

Ooyala Sets Up R&D Center In Singapore To Chase Mobile Audiences In Asia

Video services provider Ooyala is setting up an R&D operations in Singapore, and is hiring researchers and data scientists for the facility.

Startup-PR Matchmaker AirPR Opens To The Public, As Data Begins To Reveal How To Fix A Broken Model

For pretty much as long as anyone can remember, a relationship triangle, or a "love triangle" if you will, has taken shape between companies and the PR firms that represent them and the press that covers them -- existing in some sort of recursive loop.

Please Join Us For The 8th Annual August Capital Party: July 26 In Silicon Valley

It's that time of the year again for us nerds to infiltrate Sand Hill Road, let loose, and enjoy some good food and libations. We've been hosting the TechCrunch summer party with VC firm August Capital since 2006.

Adobe's Q2 Earnings Beat Street With $1.011B In Revenue, $0.36 EPS, 700K Paying Creative Cloud Subscribers

Adobe just reported earnings for its second financial quarter of 2013. The company reported revenue of $1,011 billion and non-GAAP operating income of $247,3 for an earnings per share of $0,36 (though diluted GAAP earnings were only $0,15).

Google Fights Spying Gag Order, But Key Details Would Be Missing Even If Successful

As it promised it would, Google is fighting the government's gag order on releasing how many users are monitored by the National Security Agency.

The Series A Round Is The New Series B Round

Editor's note: Jeff Jordan is a partner at Andreessen Horowitz and is on the boards of Airbnb, Belly, Fab, Circle, Crowdtilt, Lookout and Pinterest, as well as Wealthfront and Zoosk.

The venture industry is awash with talk of the Series A Crunch.