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DataScience.com Acquired By Oracle

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Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Oracle said it will add DataScience.com's platform to its Oracle Cloud, to allow its customers to "fully utilize" machine learning. DataScience was venture backed by such investors as Greycroft Partners, TenOneTen, Crosscut Ventures, and Pelion Venture Partners.

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GoFundMe Buys YouCaring

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Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. YouCaring was founded in 2011, and was based in Redding, California. The companies said YouCaring was advised by SunTrust Robinson Humphrey in the deal.

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Hulu Sells Off Japanese Business

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Hulu had only launched services in Japan three years ago, in September of 2011. According to the companies, Hulu will be licensing its brand and technology to a subsidiary of Nippon TV as part of the deal, and will also be providing support services and its underlying platform to Nippon TV to support the service. READ MORE>>.

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Google Wants to Disrupt Home Automation with $3.2 Billion Nest Acquisition

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Google’s acquisition of Nest gives the the co-founders an early exit and resources to up their hardware game. Nest is not Google’s first hardware acquisition. “Google has the business resources, global scale and platform reach to accelerate Nest growth across hardware, software and services for the home globally.”

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How to Build a User Base

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Monday, May 23, 2011 -- How to Build a User Base; Reaching the Critical One Million Mark. a perks platform for small medium businesses. a perks platform for small medium businesses. Tech Coast Angels. If you've got questions, Zao's got answers.so sign up today and ask away! which was sold to Zynga Game Networks, Inc.

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Nexsan Acquired By Imation

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Imation said the buy will help provide it with a "proven technology platform" and portfolio of disk and hybrid disk/solid state storage systems. The two said that Nexsan's 2011 revenues were $82M. According to the two, Imation will pay $120M for Nexsan, comprised of $105M in cash and $15M in stock. READ MORE>>.

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Bolstering the Partner Ranks at GRP

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In 2011 the company was sold to Nordstrom for $270 million in a deal that has been widely seen as a success for both buyer and seller. We both wanted to put energy into GRP’s platform of services that provide more value to our investments than merely capital. I made some reference calls. They were effusive. He was stubborn.