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Touchscreen maker FlatFrog nabs $25M from Intel Capital

18 Jun

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The touchscreen market's a hot one, and for Swedish touchscreen maker FlatFrog, it's about to get hotter. Intel's investment organization Intel Capital is investing $25 million in FlatFrog and its operations.

FlatFrog's patented touchscreen technology is built on planar scatter detection (PSD), which uses light to register inputs rather than the capacitive input-based technology behind most current touchscreens. This allows PSD displays to register more than 20 simultaneous inputs, not just from fingers but from gloved hands and pencils as well.

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Ikea TV hits European stores -- but don't bother buying one

18 Jun

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The Swedes are the first to get their hands on the new HDTVs from Swedish furniture store Ikea. The Uppleva TV, an all-in-one TV/cabinet/audio system is now on sale at the company's Stockholm store for roughly $1,000, and will trickle into other European locations in the next few weeks.

Uppleva went on sale June 14 in Sweden and is set to go on sale in Berlin, Germany on July 2, …

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Financial advising service Nutmeg gets its own $5M investment

18 Jun

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London-based investment management service Nutmeg has raised $5.3 million. Still in private beta, Nutmeg promises to help you reach your financial goals with personalized investments and long-term savings advice.

Nutmeg asks you a series of questions to figure out where you are financially and what you hope to achieve, such as buying a home, starting a business, or sending your kid to college.

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Why Joe Biden is wrong about private equity execs

18 Jun

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Taking charge, creating jobs, handling tough decisions - that's exactly what we need in our leaders, Mr. Vice President.

FORTUNE -- Private equity executives and plumbers. In an obvious shot at Republican presidential candidate and Bain Capital chief Mitt Romney, Vice President Joe Biden said a few weeks back that they're equally prepared to be President -- which is to say not at all.

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The GigaEU Radar: Three European events to watch this week

18 Jun

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The big noise in European startup events this week is all about LeWeb, which is spinning off from France for the first time.

And don't forget as well that our very own Structure -- the top cloud computing event, now in its fifth year -- takes place this week in San Francisco. If you're in the Bay Area, there are…

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Thankfully, Software Is Eating The Personal Investing World

18 Jun

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Editor's note: Nick Shalek is a Founding Partner of Sutter LLC. Previously, he worked at the Yale Investments Office, the firm responsible for managing the Yale Endowment.

Liquidity fever is in the air in Silicon Valley. I felt this viscerally last month when a friend from Facebook came to me to talk investing. A talented engineer who has been at the company for more than five years, my friend just reaped a…

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