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San Mateo’s Mohamed Lahna Aims For 2016 Paralympic Triathlon

SAN MATEO (CBS/AP) — Mohamed Lahna removes the prosthetic he uses for everyday activity, attaches another to his right leg worn specifically for running, then takes off around the bright blue track at the College of San Mateo among all the lunch-hour walkers and joggers. Tucke...

Google fights gag order

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Facebook Now Has 1 Million Active Advertisers

Facebook now has more than 1 million businesses actively advertising on the social network, the company announced Tuesday. The "vast majority" of those advertisers are small businesses, according to Dan Levy, Facebook's director of small business, who announced the milesto...

Good to be King: Candy Crush Saga developer plans IPO

At least one developer believes our future is a digital-candies-based economy. Candy Crush Saga developer King is hiring banks to help it pursue an initial public offering (IPO) in the United States, according to the Wall Street Journal. Candy Crush Saga is one of the most-played a...

YC startup Ink raises $1.8M to make software more open-minded

July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Tickets On Sale Now Y-Combinator startup Filepicker.io has rebranded as Ink and announced the close of its $1.8 million seed round. The “file system as a service” startup went through YC’s Summer 2012 class...

John Mayer’s New Album ‘Paradise Valley’ To Drop August 13: See The Pastoral Cover Artwork