11:40 AM - Sunday, May 19, 2013
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SAI: Silicon Alley Insider
It's all but official. Yahoo's board has reportedly approved the plan to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash. Tumblr's board has reportedly agreed to the deal, too. So, unless something goes wildly wrong, then Yahoo is going to own Tumblr, the . . .
6 hour ago
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TechCrunch / Jordan Crook
YouTube turns eight years old today, reminding each of us in some odd way how young or old we really are. Remember, the company launched back in 2005, the same year that Michael Jackson was found not guilty of child molestation, and Lance Armst . . .
18 hour ago
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allthingsd.com / Peter Kafka
Does Tumblr host a lot of pictures of naked people? Yep. But they've got an ad plan that deals with that.
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allthingsd.com / Kara Swisher
Done (just like we said).
5/17/2013
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Mobile Magazine / Andrew Grush
Google has now changed its stance on the whole “loaning” part of its Google Glasses policy.The post Google Changes Its Mind on Loaning Out Google Glasses, Now Allows It appeared first on Mobile Magazine.
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TechCrunch / Glenn Solomon
Editor's note: Glenn Solomon is a partner with GGV Capital. Some of his recent investments include Pandora, Successfactors, Isilon, Domo, Square, Zendesk, Quinstreet, and Nimble Storage.
Stanford-born and Seattle-based Tableau Software (DATA . . .
5/18/2013
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San Francisco Bay Area / Martha Mendoza
Silicon Valley-area hub becomes factory town
Associated Press
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Updated 11:14 am, . . .
5/17/2013
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SMSEO / Brett Reilly
A 21-year-old college student was shot and killed early Friday on Long Island after an armed man broke into the home she shared with her twin sister. The Hofstra studen twas held hostage as the...
This is a brief summary of the post. Pleas . . .
5/18/2013
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Fortune Tech: Technology blogs, news and analysis / Philip Elmer
Forget those Galaxy S4 ads, says Credit Suisse, wearables are "the next big thing."
FORTUNE -- Computers one wears, rather than carries in a briefcase, backpack or pocket, are at an "inflection point" -- a market poised to explode from $3 bi . . .
5/17/2013
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tuaw.com / Kelly Hodgkins
It's time to save some of that hard-earned cash with our Daily Deals, featuring a handy list from Dealnews and our own hand-picked selections that include some sweet deals on iOS and OS X software (all prices are USD).
Deals from Dealnews
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VentureBeat / Chitra Rakesh
President Barack Obama is known for running one of the most tech-savvy political campaigns in the history of US politics. The chief scientist of the Obama campaign's data analytics team, Rayid Ghani, shared some insights on how that campaign wo . . .
3 hour ago
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Engadget / Joe Pollicino
Info about the Iconia W3 Windows 8 tablet has already slipped out a few times, and now this 8.1-incher is live on Acer's Finnish website. While there's no mention of price or availability, the specifications list matches what's already been . . .
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TechCrunch / Alexia Tsotsis
As the Tumblr/Yahoo deal continues to be negotiated by press, and the world gears up for whatever is being announced Monday morning, Tumblr founder David Karp is probably having a very interesting weekend. It's likely, in between multiple discu . . .
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Engadget / Nicole Lee
When Valve's first hardware hire, Jeri Ellsworth, tweeted back in February that she was fired from the company, we were disappointed but also intrigued by what she meant by "time for new exciting projects." Well we finally saw what she's be . . .
5/17/2013
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TechCrunch / Darrell Etherington
Google unveiled its completely redesigned Google Maps product on the web at I/O 2013, and at a panel dedicated to the new Maps experience, Maps User Experience Design Lead Jonah Jones and Engineering Director for Maps on the web Yatin Chawathe . . .
5/17/2013
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MobileCrunch / Greg Kumparak
Uh oh.
Less than ten days after Bang With Friends made its mobile debut on the iOS App Store, Apple has seemingly changed its mind and given it the boot.
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TechCrunch / Semil Shah
Apple has a good deal of cash. And, in the Valley, the startup ecosystem -- for many reasons -- wants to see Apple spend that cash. As their cash pile continued to grow as their stock price and market cap soared, Apple's inability to provide ro . . .
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TechCrunch / Darrell Etherington
Google is under fire in the UK for its tax practices in the country, and a new key witness (who spoke to The Sunday Times) might put them in deeper hot water when he hands over a reported 100,000 emails and documents to the British Revenue & Cu . . .
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TechCrunch / Chris Velazco
Retooling the traditional public library for a more technically savvy populace is no small feat, especially when library budgets across the U.S. have been gutted these past few years.
That sad state of events has forced some libraries to ta . . .
5/17/2013
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Engadget / Darren Murph
Call us crazy, but it sure feels like Yahoo's had one heck of a spring. When it comes to spending, anyway. Just as soon as it can get one check to clear, the search icon is breaking the ink back out to write another. According to a breaking . . .