TechFlash: Speek co-founder lands funding for detective app; NeuStar dispute

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Speek co-founder lands funding for FlimFlam, a private detective app The company, called FlimFlam, touts the slogan "keeping the world honest." NeuStar alleges FCC withheld critical documents in Telcordia dispute The company said it "was led to believe" by the FCC that critical documents did not even exist, according to an FCC filing by NeuStar's legal counsel. Johns Hopkins startup lands $2 million contract with Veterans Affairs Baltimore's Personal Genome Diagnostics will use gene-sequencing technology to help VA doctors get ahead of lung cancer. Alibaba, $200M and the disappearing message chat? Alibaba Group chairman Jack Ma has had a long-running love affair with California’s tech scene, so it’s not surprising to hear that today, sources are saying the Chinese e-commerce giant plunked $200 million into L.A.-based Snapchat. National Technology News Judge says Kleiner Perkins can't bring up Pao's financial woes at $16M sexism trial Concur’s Elena Donio sees vast opportunities for women in tech SXSW Daily Digest: The madness begins Apple CEO Tim Cook offered dying Steve Jobs his liver: Jobs said no 5 reasons Morgan Stanley says 'wild ride' on Tesla is worth it New York pols want to spend $2M a year fighting Airbnb scofflaws Duke University's plan to turn alumni into startup investors Snapchat shoots for Final Four rights Shake Shack's rocky first earnings report

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