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Southwest Airlines Settles On WiFi Pricing

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Southwest Airlines said Thursday that it has priced out its wireless Internet services on its fleet, and will initially charge $5 per flight for any device or flight length for WiFi service. READ MORE>>.

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What Mattered in 2012: Howard Marks, StartEngine

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2012 has been a remarkably interesting year in terms of developments in technology. We are going to see a real explosion in companies offering software for a subscription price. We were also about to build a really solid mentor network in a short period of time, pulling in about 250 CEO's and CTOs, from all backgrounds and locations.

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ServiceTitan Snags $500M, Valuing Firm At $8.3 Billion

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Rowe Price. ServiceTitan was founded by Ara Mahdessian (CEO) and Vahe Kuzoyan (President), who founded the company in 2012. Growth, Arena Holdings, Battery Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Dragoneer, Durable Capital Partners, ICONIQ Growth, Index Ventures and T.

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Friday Tech Video Roundup for December 7, 2012

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Name your own price for electronics with GreenToe. Are you a small business looking for advice--via phone--from a professional business advisor? DocStoc has just launched a new service, ExpertCircle, into beta. All about Greentoe.com, Los Angeles startup which lets you submit a bid for consumer electronics in a reverse auction.

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Honey Acquired By PayPal For $4 Billion

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In one of the biggest acquisitions out of Southern California's technology startup industry in recent years, Los Angeles-based Honey Science Corporation , which develops a savings discovery and price tracking tool, has been acquired by PayPal , in a deal worth approximately $4 billion. Honey was founded in 2012 by George Ruan and Ryan Hudson.

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TrueCar Dealer Sales Pass 700,000 Vehicles

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TrueCar--which offers up automotive pricing information and automotive configuration and quoting software--said the sales came from more than 5,500 dealer partners. TrueCar had announced it 500,000th vehicle in March of 2012.

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Spark CEO Marrazzo on Gene Therapy Pricing & Paving the Way for the Field

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Two gene therapies approved in Europe since 2012, from UniQure (NASDAQ: QURE ) and GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK ), launched. Can Spark lead the way in showing that the new kinds of payment models it is experimenting with will succeed in getting the healthcare system to pay for such pricey, one-time treatments?

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