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Los Angeles-based j2 Global , which owns a large portfolio of Internet services, including such services as eFax, eVoice, Campaigner, Livedrive, as well as online media outlets like IGN, Mashable, PCMag, Everyday Health, and others, has acquired five more companies. According to j2 Global, the five acquisition were all made in the third quarter of 2018, and included PRIME Education , The Communicator Corporation , BestBlackFriday.com (certain assets), Downdetector , and DemandShore.

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OCTOBER 16, 2018

The federal net neutrality regulation, which had guaranteed equal access to the Internet for data from all sources, is officially repealed. There are no longer federal rules ensuring that all Internet traffic must be treated equally, and no FCC protections to stop Internet Service Providers (ISPs) from engaging in blocking, throttling, or paid prioritization of content.

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Cloud9 , an e-sports firm which operates an e-sports league, has raised $50M in a Series B funding round, and set up its permanent headquarters in Los Angeles. According to the company, the funding was led by Valor Equity Partners, which will add Partner Antonio Gracias to Cloud9's board of directors. The round also included TrueBridge Capital Partners, Reimagined Ventures and Glassdoor founder Robert Hohman.

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OCTOBER 16, 2018

Technology and life sciences leaders say they’ll remember Paul Allen, the Microsoft co-founder, philanthropist, and investor who passed away Monday at age 65, as an “inspiration” whose work will impact the fields he worked in for years to come. Allen died from complications of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, according to a statement from Vulcan, the Seattle-based philanthropy and investment firm he led.

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Office leases are one of companies’ largest expenses, and if your whole team is working from home with no clear end in sight, you may be wondering what to do about your lease.

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On-demand furniture moving and delivery service Dolly said this morning that it has launched its service in Los Angeles and Orange County, as part of a broader national expansion for the company. Dolly said that it now operates its service in a total of 11 markets nationwide. Dolly's service lets users hire people to help them not just move furniture one apartment or home to the next, it also lets people hire help to move furniture between rooms, and to help with deliveries of items from retaile

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Tulerie makes its debut today, joining a growing roster of online clothing rental startups. The New York-based Tulerie focuses on high-end couture—items that retail for $1,000 to $10,000—that might be worn a time or two but mostly take up space in a woman’s closet. The company is building a two-sided marketplace, with owners of haute garments and accessories on one end, and people who want to rent them on the other.

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OCTOBER 16, 2018

J2 Global announces five acquisitions; Snap Inc.

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Westlake Village-based MannKind , which is developing inhaled threapeutics products for treating such diseases as diabetes and pumnoary arterial hypertension, and partner United Therapeutics Corporation , said this morning that the two have closed on a license and collaboration agreement they had originally announced in September. The two had announced the deal--worth up to $95M--in September, where the would collaborate over development and commercialization of a dry powder formatuion of trepro

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Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies has acquired Falcon Analytics Systems & Technologies , a West Virginia-based developer of compact, rugged gas chromatographs (GC) for industrial process control, industrial laboratory and transportable GC applications, the company said this morning. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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OCTOBER 16, 2018

Los Angeles-based U-Nest , a new fintech startup, said this morning that it has launched a brand new, mobile app to help people tackle the college savings process. According to U-Nest, its app lets users create and establish a 529 college savings plan for their child, and shortcuts what it says a process which could take "several hours" and the use of an expensive financial planner.

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Los Angeles-based Pupster announced toay that it has launched a new, "dog parenting" app, which is powered by artificial intelligence and offers up personalized dog care recommendations and tips to dog owners. According to Pupster, its AI-powered app, which runs on iOS, gives access to science-based training, customized product recommendations, and real human experts all available through that app.

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