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Google’s India election map lets you watch the votes roll in from the world’s largest democracy

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by on May 16, 2014 at 6:11 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, India, india election

The world’s largest democracy, India, is reporting its election results today and, as ever, Google is making the information easier to parse. The search firm has put all the data together on a map so you can watch the results of 500 million-plus votes as they are announced. The company has teamed up with Nielsen, which supplies the data for its live results portal. Clicking on a district pulls up the latest local voting data, while you can view the current standings from a national level — including all 543 constituencies — too. Bonus for data geeks: Socialbakers has ‘real time’ stats on…

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Adobe blames day-long Creative Cloud outage on database maintenance

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by on May 16, 2014 at 6:02 am
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Adobe put out a blog post at around 10:30 Pacific Time, telling users that database maintenance was the cause of the massive 28-hour technical failure that prevented many of its over 1 million subscribers from logging into their Creative Cloud subscriptions. The blog post, signed by the Adobe Customer Care Team, is less of an explanation than an apology and an assurance that it would not happen again. The text of the post, in its entirety, reads: Several Adobe services were down or unreachable for many of you over the last 24 hours. The failure happened during database maintenance activity…

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Circle’s Bitcoin-powered financial platform is a glimpse at the future of money

May16
by on May 16, 2014 at 4:01 am
Posted In: Around the Web, bitcoin, Insider

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Digital currency startup Circle today emerged from stealth with the launch of its banking service that it believes will take Bitcoin mainstream. The company made the announcement at the Bitcoin 2014 conference in Amsterdam. Circle bills itself as doing for virtual currency what Skype did for Voice over IP by building a consumer-ready product to supplant paid services (long-distance calls) with technology that made calling free. In a similar way, Circle is utilizing the benefits of Bitcoin – instant, secure, global and free – to help customers store money and make payments. The core Circle product is completely free. The…

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GREE Ventures announces a new $50m fund for tech startups in Japan and Southeast Asia

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by on May 16, 2014 at 3:01 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia

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There’s more positive news for entrepreneurs in Asia this week. Hot on the heels of Monk’s Hill Road’s new $80 million fund, Japanese mobile gaming giant GREE has announced its second fund, which weighs in at ¥5 billion — that’s around $50 million. Like the first fund, the new fund — which is managed by GREE Ventures — is targeted at young tech companies based in Japan and Southeast Asia. In particular, GREE Ventures says it is looking to identify opportunities for startups in the consumer Internet, mobile services, marketing technology, and cloud service sectors. Monk’s Hill Road’s fund targets a mixed bag…

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