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Grindr Seeks Sale, Says Report

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Los Angeles-based gay dating app and website developer Grindr is looking for a buyer, according to Bloomberg. Bloomberg said that Grindr has hired investment banker Raine Group to advise the company on a sale. Grindr was founded by Joel Simkhai. READ MORE>>.

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Lynda.com Inks Massive, $103M Funding Round

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Lynda.com said today that it has raised a big growth round from Accel Partners and Spectrum Equity, and also reported that the firm exceeded $100M in topline revenues last year. According to Eric Robison, the firm's CEO, the funding round will go towards increasing the firm's global reach and expanding content.

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MyLife Snags Siegel As Chief Product Officer

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Siegel was most recently at Pictage, and also served as VP of Web Development for Rent.com, in addition to serving earlier as VP of Web Development at Stamps.com. Sigel reports to MyLife founder Jeffrey Tinsley. according to MyLife, Siegel will be responsible for extending the consumer experience on the site.

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Founders Fund and Peter Thiel Inject $28M into Asana

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According to reports Asana is now valued at $280 million after the $28M investment. Asana serves team from diverse industries, including medical research, mobile networks, professional sports, political campaigns and of course, software and web development. Asana also saves on time wasted in meetings.

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Pragmatism with Flavor

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But a newly minted developer given access to Hacker News can develop ADD in a week's time, waste countless hours reading the opinions of professional and amateur technology opinion-makers, and nervously fidget about selecting the hippest framework and libraries to (briefly) avoid the scorn of hacker pop culture.

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RescueTime Seeks To Introduce Great People To Great Companies

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RescueTime , the makers of a web-based time management tool, has come up with another service aimed to help companies find potential new employees. Touted as the “CarFax report for potential new employees&# , RescueTime Introductions promises not to find a candidate that is 100% perfect for a position.

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Web Second, Mobile First

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I have talked with people in the industry who tell me that mobile movie sites convert ticket sales much higher than desktop websites. BUT … I’ve talked to a number of eCommerce sites that also report much higher conversion rates than standard web. They are limited in size. How awesome would that be?

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