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Former eBay Employees Charged In Cyberstalking

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The release states that former eBay employees arrested on Monday (June 15) included James Baugh, 45, of San Jose, California former senior director of safety and security, and David Harville, 48, of New York City, former director of global resiliency.

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PayPal Provides $5M In Grants To Support Minority Businesses

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The grants are part of the San Jose, California-based worldwide online payments system’s $530 million pledge made earlier this year to strengthen minority communities and fight for economic equality and racial justice. “To PayPal Holdings Inc. provided $5 million in grants to support Black-owned businesses in the U.S.

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Subscription Business Models Lead B2B VC Funding

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Venture capital appears to be picking back up in the B2B technology startup community. Operating a platform that helps organizations manage their documents, eFileCabinet recently announced $11.5 FundingXchange targets small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with its solution to connect firms to capital. eFileCabinet.

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Adevinta Signs Deal To Buy eBay’s Classifieds Division For $9.2B  

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“eBay believes strongly in the power of community and connections between people, which has been essential to our classified businesses globally. Adevinta operates in 15 countries and its portfolio includes nearly three dozen digital products and websites. The combined company expands its reach to 20 nations. “We

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Automakers Rev Up Venture Capital Engine With 38 Investments in 2017

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The automaker is also reportedly joining the Open Platform operated by Lyft for autonomous cars. Peck is confident this will happen: “We believe they have the capability to quickly make self-driving, autonomous taxis in residential communities a reality,” Peck said in an announcement. What’s New.

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Siri Gets Smarter And Emojis Become Memojis

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The big day – or the big first day – of WWDC arrived this afternoon, with the audience in San Jose getting an extensive tour of the most exciting things Apple has to offer its large and global community of developers.

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Can Atari Turn Nostalgia Into New Hotel And Gaming Success?

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Even so recent news does show that the brand — now owned by a France-based operation after Atari all but faded out after the late 1970s and early 1980s video game craze and the massive industry crash that followed — is making a play to take part in the emerging trend of making hotels more attractive to gaming-minded consumers.

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