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Twitter Inc. will be joined by one of its biggest investors soon after the company moves to San Francisco's gritty Mid-Market neighborhood next month.

The $1-million "guarantee", which is underwritten by Lloyds of London, will also allow Airbnb to go "upscale" as it looks beyond its roots in letting out spare rooms to properties which now include several English castles and Frank Sinatra's former Palm Springs home.

Airbnb just announced it's upping its host guarantee system from $50,000 to $1 million.

Airbnb, the online vacation rental match-making service, announced Tuesday it will add more coverage for people who rent out their homes on the site.

What do you get when you combine two of Silicon Valley's hottest startups and apply the concept to an entirely different vertical? You get EvenPanda .

Airbnb.com is a website that connects a global network of accommodations offered not only by bed and breakfasts around the world, but also private houses and guest rooms at residences.

So, the Facebook IPO did not exactly take off like a rocket . That's a blow to those, like us, who see a tech bubble forming around every corner.

At least 20 closely held U.S. companies backed by venture capital are now valued at $1 billion or more, including the latest inductee, Pinterest.

Ooshma Garg, left, founder and CEO of Gobble, chats with prospective chef Gigi Abdalla, right, at Gobble in Palo Alto.

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That's a basic, simple example of customer pain - and as an entrepreneur that should get you really excited.

Atlassian and five other stellar companies - AirBnB, Veritable Vegetable, Rackspace, Levi's and Zynga - were recognized for making it easy for their employees to bike to work, and in doing so, attracting high-quality employees.

Sure, Hartz is busy with his day-job as CEO of online ticketing startup Eventbrite , but it's not a time management thing that keeps him from his usual angel-investing habit.

Gobble chef Alisa Chotibhongs, right, chats with Ooshma Garg, left, Founder and CEO of Gobble, during a tasting at Gobble in Palo Alto, Calif.

The speaker line-up includes more than 150 business and design leaders from a wide range of industries coming together to address the cross-cutting environmental and social concerns driving the need for radical innovation.

What would happen if we crossed Match.com with Petfinder? Could we get that much closer to solving the problem of millions of unwanted and homeless pets languishing in shelters and facing euthanasia? Sorry to be so blunt about it -- but could the answer, at least in part, be as simple as a dating service designed to connect animals in shelters with ... (more)

The house-sharing website Airbnb lists 4,881 apartments for rent in Paris, but CEO Brian Chesky is paying a lot of attention to listings like the one for a parking spot in Ile-de-France for $20 a night.

San Francisco Welcomes America's Cup Fever Construction at Pier 27 for Spectator Village Begins with Mayoral Welcome, Crowds, Digital Sailing Competition Today Mayor Edwin M. Lee and Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky announced that Airbnb has signed a 169,000 square foot lease at 888 Brannan Street in Showplace Square.

So who is next? So many large technology companies have signed blockbuster leases in San Francisco over the past few months that we surely must be running out of booming, space-devouring companies.

The frenzied pace of SoMa tech deals continues. Airbnb will announce Wednesday it signed a 10-year, 170,000-square-foot lease at 888 Brannan St., a nearly five-fold expansion over the Potrero Hill space it moved into just last year.