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Amazon.com offers unhappy workers up to $5K to resign

Seattle, US-based e-commerce giant Amazon.com offers unhappy workers between $2,000 to $5,000 to quit their job to maintain a healthy working environment for the company and to encourage employees to pursue what they really want.

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California startup Lark steps away from hardware with new health tracking app on Samsung

Mountain View, US-based health startup Lark stepped away from hardware with the launch of its new personal health coaching app on Samsung's Galaxy S5 model.

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Madison fishing site Fishidy wins local startup contest to move on to Silicon Valley conference

Madison, US-based fishing social network Fishidy won in Madishon's Pressure Chamber contest for local startups, which was hosted by the Madison Chamber of Commerce, and got a chance to attend a conference in Silicon Valley in June.

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Michigan mathematicians claims iPhone app Entrain helps prevent jetlag

Mathematicians from the University of Michigan claims the iOS app Entrain that they have built can help travelers prevent jetlag by teaching them how to synchronize their body lock with new time zones.

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Amazon.com acquires New York digital comics distributor ComiXology

Seattle, US-based e-commerce giant Amazon.com acquired New York-based digital comic book distributor ComiXology for an undisclosed amount with plans to expand the newly acquired company.

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Ensign purchases Life's Doors home health and hospice agency in Idaho

California, US-based nursing rehabilitation services provider The Ensign Group Inc purchased the hospice, home health, and agency of Life's Doors in Boise, Idaho for an undisclosed sum.

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California-based API debugging tool provider Runscope nabs $6M in Series A round

San Francisco, US-based application programming interfaces (APIs) debugging and testing tool provider Runscope nabbed $6 million in its first funding round led by General Catalyst Partners to start selling its products.

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Silicon Valleys startup Tachyus lands $6M in funding to optimize oil and gas production

Silicon Valley, US-based tech firm Tachyus landed $6 million in a venture round led by Founders Fund to expand its workforce and use data to optimize oil and gas production.

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Station 12 raising $250M to back growth rounds of media tech startups in Europe

UK-based growth capital fund Station 12 is raising $250 million (£150 million) for its new fund that will invest in the growth rounds of media tech startups in Europe.

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San Francisco food delivery startup Munchery raises $28M in Series B funding

San Francisco, US-based online food delivery startup Munchery raised $28 million in a Series B funding round led by Sherpa Ventures to bring its service to Seattle and other places in the US.

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US business intelligence firm Decisyon lands $22M in Series B round

Stamford, US-based collaborative business intelligence (BI) platform Decisyon Inc landed $22 million in its Series B financing led by Catalyst Investors to support its global expansion.

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San Francisco-based music apps maker Smule scores $16.6M in new funding

San Francisco, US-based social music apps maker Smule scored $16.6 million in a new funding round led by Roth Capital Partners to develop its products and fuel its expansion into Asia.

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Food startup SpoonRocket raises $10M to deliver food to San Francisco and East Bay customers in 15 minutes

Berkeley, US-based on-demand food startup SpoonRocket raised $10 million in funding from Foundation Capital and General Catalyst to deliver food to customers in San Francisco and East Bay within 15 minutes.

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California's Automattic acquires New York's long-form content discovery app Longreads

San Francisco, California-based WordPress parent firm Automattic acquired New York, US-based long-form reading content discovery app Longreads for an undisclosed amount with the latter to function as it is post-acquisition.

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LA-based startup Zumbox to shut down digital postal mail service

Los Angeles, US-based digital postal mail startup Zumbox announced via email that it will be shutting down its service on April 14, 2014 due to difficulty in staying above the cost of delivering the service.

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