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Rumors say Twitter will be expanding its core feature set. Here’s how that helps the company win.

Merging two struggling biotech firms from opposite sides of the globe solved a lot of financial problemsdespite some logistical headaches.

A social network with more privacy controls, Mark Zuckerberg's latest passion, a new ranking of top VC firms, and the rest of the day's entrepreneur news. Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today.

Two very big developments are about to happen in the NFC space, and together they might eliminate credit cards as we know them. Google has been courting the idea of NFC technology for a while, and it now seems poised to launch a potential game-changer (as Google is wont to do). The Wall Street Journal reported that an announcement from Google on Thursday will reveal its new NFC mobile-payment tech

Provided with real information, will car buyers start making more informed decisions? When you're purchasing a car, it's easy to see the gas mileage of your potential new rides. They're plastered right there on the window; a helpful tip from the EPA.

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"Existing models don't go away until they are replaced by models that work better," PayPal's Anuj Nayar tells us. "The consumer needs to see the benefit beyond, 'This is just cool.'" When it came to the perhaps over-embellished headlines from Square's announcement yesterday--the end of the cash register as we know it!--PayPal spokesperson Anuj Nayar couldn't help but chuckle. After all, PayPal has been in the payments business roughly 12 years and boasts 98 million users

Every business needs to keep their people connected and communicating. Here is how to select a cell phone plan to meet the needs of your staff while keeping costs low

Did you ever wonder what you and your childhood friends would be when you grew up? Could I have predicted that my rebellious attitude would lead me to form my own company ? Or what about my friend, Paul Brooks

Dorsey and Square COO Keith Rabois talk to Fast Company about their unintentional, design-driven revolution, what it means for the cash register space, the deals space, and the future of buying ... everything

INQ just revealed that its so-called Facebookphone is getting a location-based services layer supplied through Foursquare , with the check-in game deeply embedded in the OS. This move adds all sorts of additional powers to the phone without requiring running an app, and it's a real coup for Foursquare.

You know what you love about the iTunes App Store: You enter your payment information once, and then immediately, all of the world's digital content is available at your finger tips.

It looks like the iPhone 5 won't be out until later this year...but there is plenty to talk about already. Here's our summary of the hottest hints on Apple's next big trendsetting device. The iPhone--love it or hate it--has played a huge role in redefining the entire smartphone genre.

"My life and biz is so intertwined in every way that it's hard to make that clean separation on and offline." That's what Candace Alper (@ NameYourTuneCDs ) said on Twitter when I asked about the importance of separating your personal and business life on Facebook. As an entrepreneur who runs a made-to-order children's CD company, she is comfortable mixing business with pleasure online