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McPhy Energy Accelerates Development, Appoints Sales Manager for Americas, Britain

May 21, 2013
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McPhy Energy Accelerates Development, Appoints Sales Manager for Americas, Britain

Grenoble, France (ots/PRNewswire) - Diana de Rosmini joins solid hydrogen pioneer to pursue growth opportunities in industrial, renewable energy and electro-mobility infrastructure markets McPhy Energy, a leading developer and manufacturer of solid state hydrogen storage and electrolyzers, today announced the appointment of Diana de Rosmini as Sales Manager for the Americas, Great Britain and Key…

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Twitter uses first version of its Innovator’s Patent Agreement to protect ‘user interface mechanics’

May 21, 2013
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Twitter uses first version of its Innovator’s Patent Agreement to protect ‘user interface mechanics’

Twitter launched the first version of its Innovator’s Patent Agreement (IPA) today and applied it to a patent invented by Loren Brichter in the United States for ‘user interface mechanics.’ The terms of the IPA means that Twitter can only use the patent, filed as U.S. Patent No. 8,448,084, for defensive purposes — all other…

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Swipely raises $12m to roll-out its mobile payments platform across the US

May 21, 2013
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Swipely raises $12m to roll-out its mobile payments platform across the US

Swipely, a point-of-sale payments platform that gives businesses the ability to accept smartphone payments and also manage consumer loyalty programs, has raised a $12 million Series B round of funding to help expand its network of merchants and promote its overall adoption across the United States. Shasta Ventures led the round and was joined by…

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Swipely raises $12m to roll-out its marketing and point-of-sale payment platform across the US

May 21, 2013
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Swipely raises $12m to roll-out its marketing and point-of-sale payment platform across the US

Swipely, a point-of-sale platform that uses credit card payment data to help businesses understand, retain and engage customers with powerful analytics, has raised a $12 million Series B round of funding to help expand its network of merchants in the United States. Shasta Ventures led the round and was joined by existing investors First Round Capital, Greylock Partners…

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Syrian army pushes assault on rebel-held town

May 19, 2013
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Syrian army pushes assault on rebel-held town

This citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows black smoke rising from what rebels say is a helicopter that was shot down at Abu Dhour military airbase which is besieged by the rebels, in the northern province city of Idlib,…

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Justice Dept. faulted over terrorist identities

May 16, 2013
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Justice Dept. faulted over terrorist identities

Buy AP Photo Reprints WASHINGTON (AP) — The government has allowed terrorists into America's witness protection program and has failed to provide the names of some of them for the watch list that's used to keep dangerous people off airline flights, the Justice Department's inspector general says.As a result of the department's failure to share…

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It’s official: Nokia confirms the Lumia 928, its new flagship WP8 device coming to Verizon on May 16

May 10, 2013
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It’s official: Nokia confirms the Lumia 928, its new flagship WP8 device coming to Verizon on May 16

Nokia has officially unveiled the Lumia 928, its new flagship device running the Windows Phone 8 mobile operating system. The high-end smartphone has a 4.5-inch PureView OLED display and a new 8.7-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, capable of shooting full 1080p HD video. The rear-facing camera comes with Nokia’s own PureView imaging technology and…

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Amazon’s LOVEFiLM Instant grabs exclusive access to Vikings television show in Germany and the UK

May 10, 2013
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Amazon’s LOVEFiLM Instant grabs exclusive access to Vikings television show in Germany and the UK

Amazon is beefing up its content offering on LOVEFILM Instant, its on-demand streaming service in the UK, Germany and Scandinavia, with exclusive access to the US television series Vikings. It will be the first time that any show has been distributed through LOVEFiLM before any traditional broadcast station, channel or network in both Germany and the…

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Informatik ist das beliebteste Fach in den QS World University Rankings by Subject

May 7, 2013
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Informatik ist das beliebteste Fach in den QS World University Rankings by Subject

London (ots/PRNewswire) - Die heute auf TopUniversities.com verffentlichten 2013 QS World University Rankings by Subject listen die top 200 Universitten weltweit fr insgesamt 30 Studienfcher. Darunter befinden sich Kurse wie Betriebswirtschaft, Bauingenieurwesen, Physik, Jura und weitere. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120528/533559 ) Seit Bestehen der Webseite ist dabei Informatik das bisher beliebteste Studienfach auf TopUniversities.com [http://www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings ]. In…

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Suicide attack on candidate kills 12 in Pakistan

May 7, 2013
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Suicide attack on candidate kills 12 in Pakistan

Family members stand near a boy injured in an explosion at a local hospital in Pakistani tribal area of Parachinar, Monday, May 6, 2013. A bomb blast tore through a political rally held by an Islamist party in northwest Pakistan Monday, killing many people and wounding dozens more as the country’s already bloody election race…

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