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 | Sarah Buhr | |  | James Altucher I spoke to the VC on Wednesday. He said he would have his decisions "fast." He said the great thing about his VC firm (as opposed to all of those "others") is... read more | |  | Ryan Lawler When the San Francisco 49ers take the field for their first preseason home game on August 17, fans will have a lot to cheer about. Not just because the team,... read more | |  | Sarah Buhr Yo, the simple app that just sends a "yo" to your friends, has closed $1.5 million in seed funding with a $10 million valuation and is finally ready to talk... read more | |  | Darrell Etherington | |  | Darrell Etherington | |  | Natasha Lomas Going against the freemium gaming grain, Monument Valley, the sumptuously designed, premium priced iPad game which launched back in April and snagged its makers... read more | |  | This week in tech news was a mixed bag: On the sad side, we saw thousands of layoffs from Microsoft. On the... read more | |  | The Ink and Slide are Adobe’s first foray into the hardware world, comprising a special stylus and a digital... read more | |  | It’s time for a new episode of CrunchWeek, the show that brings a few of us writers together to talk... read more | | | To forward this newsletter to a friend, click here. | | |
