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Edmunds sets stage for AI with data infrastructure consolidation

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Rokita has been with Edmunds for more than 18 years, starting as executive director of technology in 2005. But in a world that moves at internet speed, that data rapidly falls out of date. Twenty to 30 years ago, the internet became entrenched within every company,” Rokita says. “We

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How a bot-fighting test turned into edtech’s most iconic brand, Duolingo

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So in 2005, he launched reCAPTCHA. Users would complete the security test while also helping to digitize books for the Internet Archive. In 2009, he sold reCAPTCHA to Google , a transaction conducted just a year after the internet giant had purchased a license to one of his other research projects , a game focused on image labeling.

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Virtual social network IMVU raises $35M from China’s NetEase and others

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The line between social networking and gaming is increasingly blurring , and internet incumbents are taking notice. Founded in 2005, NetEase is now known for its news portal, music streaming app, education products and video games that compete with those of Tencent. We have many shared business philosophies and complementary know-how.

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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

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Its Agentware internet search tools are used by enterprises including Barclays Bank and Unilever and sold as shrink-wrapped software through retail outlets. November 2005: Autonomy agrees to buy search technology developer Verity for $500 milllion, its third acquisition of the year after NCorp (in February) and etalk (in June).

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Software supply chain platform Cloudsmith raises $15M Series A led by Tiger Global

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Cloudsmith , a cloud platform for software supply chain management, has raised a $15 million Series A funding round led by Tiger Global, which it claims is the largest-ever Series A funding round in Northern Ireland since 2005 (according to PitchBook data). The company plans to use the new funding to hire 60 new employees and expand its U.S.

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Payall lands $10M in a16z-led seed round to help banks facilitate more cross-border payments

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In the mid-1990s, he co-founded WildCard Systems, an early independent processor of prepaid cards, that was acquired by eFunds in 2005 for about $250 million. There are places where internet companies are better and there are places where banks are set up to succeed. Palmer knows a thing or two about payments.

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DNSSEC?—?Helping Secure The Internet

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Helping Secure The Internet First Published: March 7, 2014, By Dirck Copeland?—?Technical Technical Consultant The DNS (Domain Name System) is one of the most critical protocols in use on the Internet. Milestones and goals were placed on government agencies and Internet operators to get DNSSEC deployed into the critical infrastructure.