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SAN FRANCISCO –– Modern Health, a mental well-being benefits platform for employers, has secured a $9 million Series A funding round led by Kleiner Perkins. Jared Leto, Y Combinator, and Afore also participated … Read More

  Google has offices and data centers in 21 states in the U.S, and last year the search engine giant grew faster outside the Bay Area than in it according … Read More

  Movie info site Fandango says it sold more than 30% of the U.S. four-day weekend box office dollars for “Black Panther,” marking one of Fandango’s largest shares of opening … Read More

  SAN FRANCISCO — Halo Neuroscience, creators of Halo Sport, a neurostimulation headset that accelerates the acquisition of muscle memory from athletic training, has secured $13M in Series B funding. The … Read More

  When it comes to Thanksgiving pies, Americans are staunch traditionalists, according to the annual Delta Dental Thanksgiving pie survey just released. The survey has been tracking America’s sweet tooth during Thanksgiving for the … Read More

  If you liked reading President Donald Trump’s daily tweets, now he will have double the space to send out his thoughts or attacks. Today, Twitter officially increased the number … Read More

  SAN FRANCISCO – Amitree, the makers of Folio, an intelligent assistant for real estate transactions, have announced a $7.128 million Series A funding round. The round was led by Vertical … Read More

  PALO ALTO – HP Inc. has unveiled a new all-in-one point-of-sale (POS) system, the HP ElitePOS, targeted toward the retail industry. The company is working with leading retail and hospitality customers and … Read More

  SAN FRANCISCO — National wireless company Sprint continues to expand and invest in Northern California by adding more than 300 new jobs and 43 new retail locations throughout the area by … Read More

  MENLO PARK — Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park has announced the formation of Kepler’s Literary Foundation (KLF), a new, independent nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting Kepler’s position as the premier producer of … Read More

  Google is hoping to hire more diverse engineers by forming a partnership with Howard University to open a campus at the company’s headquarters. Howard is a Historically Black University … Read More

  Home Depot, the nation’s largest home-improvement chain, plans to hire 80,000 workers for the upcoming spring season. The number is the same as the company hired last year. Opportunities … Read More

  SACRAMENTO – The Office of the Governor announced Saturday that Governor Jerry Brown will undergo further treatment for prostate cancer. The 78-year old Brown has been Governor of California … Read More

  Google has partnered with Illinois-based First Alert to enable Onelink by First Alert products to work with the Google Home device and its hands-free, voice-controlled Google Assistant technology. The first … Read More

  SAN JOSE — The Grove, a 331-unit apartment complex built in 1970 in San Jose, has sold for $95.5 million. The property was sold by Kennedy Wilson Multifamily to TH … Read More

  NEWARK, CA — Logitech has introduced the Prodigy series, a new family of gaming gear that includes two mice, a keyboard and a headset. All share the same attributes … Read More

  KENILWORTH, N.J. & SAN MATEO, CA — Merck (MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, has signed an agreement to acquire privately held Afferent Pharmaceuticals for … Read More

  REDWOOD CITY — Cyara Solutions Corp., a provider of a testing and monitoring platform for businesses, has secured $25 million in Series A funding in a round led by … Read More

OAKLAND —  Music site Pandora announced its board has appointed founder Tim Westergren as CEO effecitve immediately. Tim helped lead the development of Pandora’s Music Genome Project in the early … Read More