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Tweet Spark Capital plans to announce Monday evening that it’s closed an oversubscribed $ 450 million fourth fund, countering earlier reports that put the number slightly lower, and bringing the firm’s total management close to $ 1.4 billion. Spark Capital was founded in 2005 in Boston by Todd Dagres, Santo Politi and Paul Conway, and has invested in some well-known tech companies like Twitter, Tumblr, OMGPOP, and Warby Parker. An oversubscribed fund is one where…

Tweet Lots of startups have tried to take the videos your friends share on Facebook and turn them into some kind of social video programming, but no one has quite done it like Social Studios. The Los Angeles and Israel-based startup has hired actress Noa Tishby  to actually produce an Entertainment Tonight-like show that features videos, status updates and photos from your Facebook timeline. Your Show, which launched Monday night,…

Tweet The latest and greatest in mobile technology is on display this week at the Mobile World Congress (and you can see my colleagues’ coverage of that here). But so are the applications of that technology. Health care, education, urban planning and other social sectors stand to benefit from mobile technology and a report out Monday from the GSMA and PricewaterhouseCoopers gives a snapshot of how mobile technology could save…

Tweet According to a new report from Kantar, Windows Phone is shipping significant volume in the UK. This info shows that a significant part of Microsoft’s new customers come from rival companies. Read more… Neowin

Tweet The Penny Arcade website has given its thumbs-up to the Microsoft Surface Pro tablet, as the online web strip’s artist Mike “Gabe” Krahulik writes that the tablet is good for drawing and gaming. Read more… Neowin