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		<title>Google is reportedly creating its own on-demand ride service</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2015/02/02/google-is-reportedly-creating-its-own-on-demand-ride-service/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2015/02/02/google-is-reportedly-creating-its-own-on-demand-ride-service/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2015 22:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carmel DeAmicis]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google is building its own ride hailing service, according to a Bloomberg report. The company will likely be integrating its service with its self-driving car technology. There's a pretty big conflict&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Is Facebook considering venture investing?</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/12/is-facebook-considering-venture-investing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2015 21:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carmel DeAmicis]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facebook considered investing in Chinese mobile conglomerate Xiaomi, according to sources that dished to Reuters. The deal didn't pan out for a range of reasons, from political concerns to investment conflicts, but could&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The perils of the precarious: at work in the gig economy</title>
		<link>http://research.gigaom.com/report/the-perils-of-the-precarious-at-work-in-the-gig-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://research.gigaom.com/report/the-perils-of-the-precarious-at-work-in-the-gig-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2014 19:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stowe Boyd]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A set of economic, political, and societal forces is currently causing profound changes in work and in the relationship between workers and the businesses that benefit from their labor. ]]></description>
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		<title>Why developers are open to Fabric even after having been burned once by Twitter</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/10/26/why-developers-are-open-to-fabric-even-after-having-been-burned-once-by-twitter/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/10/26/why-developers-are-open-to-fabric-even-after-having-been-burned-once-by-twitter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2014 01:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carmel DeAmicis]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although some believe developers should never trust Twitter again after the 2012 API crackdown, many mobile app makers disagree.]]></description>
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		<title>If Snowball breaks through app store noise, it could be the future of messaging. That&#8217;s a big if</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/10/08/if-snowball-breaks-through-app-store-noise-it-could-be-the-future-of-messaging-thats-a-big-if/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/10/08/if-snowball-breaks-through-app-store-noise-it-could-be-the-future-of-messaging-thats-a-big-if/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2014 16:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carmel DeAmicis]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Snowball aims to make your life easier by aggregating all your messages from various chat applications in one place. Will that be enough to make it take off?]]></description>
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		<title>Google Ventures comes to Europe with $100M in its pocket</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/07/10/google-ventures-comes-to-europe-with-100m-in-its-pocket/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/07/10/google-ventures-comes-to-europe-with-100m-in-its-pocket/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2014 08:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[venture capital]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The web giant's investment arm is setting up a London office. Details are pretty sketchy when it comes to the type of investments it will make, and it certainly isn't the&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>CircleUp gets $14M to expand equity crowdfunding site that attracts food and health startups</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/03/26/circleup-gets-14m-to-expand-equity-crowdfunding-site-that-attracts-food-and-health-start-ups/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/03/26/circleup-gets-14m-to-expand-equity-crowdfunding-site-that-attracts-food-and-health-start-ups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 11:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Roberts]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[crowdsourcing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Under the JOBS Act's new crowdfunding rules, startups can advertise shares to investors. CircleUp is a platform that helps them do that.]]></description>
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		<title>Secret reportedly raises nearly $10M from Google Ventures and Kleiner Perkins</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/03/07/secret-reportedly-raises-nearly-10m-from-google-ventures-and-kleiner-perkins/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/03/07/secret-reportedly-raises-nearly-10m-from-google-ventures-and-kleiner-perkins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2014 00:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Owen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The anonymous sharing iOS (s aapl) app Secret has raised close to $10 million from Google (s GOOG) Ventures and Kleiner Perkins Caufield &#38; Byers in a round valuing it at&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Whoa! DocuSign snags $85M in fresh funding</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/03/04/whoa-docusign-snags-85m-in-fresh-funding/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/03/04/whoa-docusign-snags-85m-in-fresh-funding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2014 16:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barb Darrow]]></dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This latest round brings the company's total funding from an array of institutional investors and VCs to a whopping $210 million.]]></description>
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		<title>The Orange Chef, a quantified-kitchen startup, could make you a better cook</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/01/18/the-orange-chef-a-quantified-kitchen-startup-could-make-you-a-better-cook/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/01/18/the-orange-chef-a-quantified-kitchen-startup-could-make-you-a-better-cook/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jan 2014 16:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Fitchard]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[connected kitchen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There's a lot to like about The Orange Chef's plan to turn the lowly food scale into a virtual kitchen assistant, but it's larger goal of building creating a connected kitchen&#8230;]]></description>
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