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Barcelona Disses Plans For A Space Hotel

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Do you find yourself bored by the typical hotel's amenities? Butler services, organic mini bars and other bells and whistles just don't do it for you anymore? Well how about staying in a hotel with a vertical wind tunnel? And maybe after that you can unwin

Want to Meet Top VCs? Score Face-Time With Donation

On the heels of the $610,000 coffee date with Apple CEO Tim Cook, online charity auction platform CharityBuzz is offering lunches with some of Silicon Valley's top venture capitalists.

The technology that links taxonomy and StarTrek

This is the third story in a multi-part series on taxonomy and speciation. It's meant to help you as you participate in Armchair Taxonomist a challenge from the Encyclopedia of Life to bring scientific descriptions of animals, plants, and other living things out from behind paywalls and onto the In

Another Facebook Home Staffer Flies The Coop; Android Head Of Product Bubba Murarka Joins DFJ As General Partner

After losing mobile product head and Facebook Home team member Charles Jolley to Battery Ventures, Facebook is facing another departure from a previous Home staffer.

Salesforce Joins Datahug's $4M Series-A, While Valley VCs Love Its "Who Knows Who' Platform

Last October, Datahug, a "business networking automation" startup, which is also being used by VCs, secured a million Series A financing led by European VC DFJ Esprit. But it's now adding to that pot.

Good Technology Raises $50M On Its Road To An IPO

Mobile device management company Good Technology has raised $50 million, according to a Securities and Exchange (SEC) filing. A company spokesperson confirmed the fundraising but had no comment about the purpose of the raise.