GE Ventures Officially Opens for Business in Silicon Valley (Video)

Apparently, they also bring good Internet of things to light.
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Will Bloomberg Disclose How Heavily Reporters Mined Customer Data? (It Watches Them, Too.)

Bloomberg tracks its employees as much as it does its clients. It probably knows exactly how many times a controversial function was used by its reporters.
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Belly Now Aims Its Loyalty Platform at National Enterprise Businesses

Chicago-based Belly said it was rolling out its customer loyalty and marketing platform to larger national enterprise clients. The startup has been aimed at the consumer market and smaller businesses since its launch in 2011, focused on increasing customer engagement, driving repeat business and helping attract new customers. Belly said it has been working with 40 national chains representing more than 500 current locations, using a system that includes a tech platform, an in-store tablet, analytics and marketing, as well as helping clients do email campaigns, social media integration and other mobile marketing.

Actian to Acquire Big-Data Startup ParAccel

Actian rolls up its third acquisition in five months.
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Jerry Yang Is Back (And Investing More Than Ever)

Frankly — and I would know — the Internet pioneer also seems better than ever.
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How and Why We Track: Confessions of an Ad “Tracking” Company

By most estimates, the first online ad appeared roughly 20 years ago. As a technology, cookies have been used for almost as long.
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Pinterest Adds Free Analytics Tools

Pinterest on Tuesday is launching a set of online analytics tools for verified website owners to see graphs and visual grids of what content from their sites is being pinned and repinned, who’s pinning it, and what’s getting clicked on. The goal of the free product is to encourage high-quality content on Pinterest, the company told AllThingsD.

IBM Knows When to Acquire and When to Divest

Also, Big Blue bets bigger than before on Big Data.
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Big Blue Makes a Big Bet on Enterprise Mobility

As important as Web commerce and data analytics. Which means really important.
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Twitter Confirms Bluefin Labs Buy

As we reported yesterday, Twitter has acquired Bluefin Labs, the social media analytics company. One change from our earlier report: We hear that Twitter ended up paying around $90 million, plus earn-outs, for the startup. More from Twitter’s blog here.

How IBM Is Watching How You Shop Online