2:20 PM - Sunday, May 19, 2013
7 hour ago
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Gawker: valleywag / Sam Biddle
Cash! The WSJ says "the Yahoo board has approved a deal" to make this happen, and it's hard to imagine Tumblr turning this down. One of the most unpopular companies in the world will soon own one of the most popular in history, and we'll all fi . . .
5 hour ago
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Gizmodo
The youtube.com domain name was activated on February 14, 2005, and the first public preview of the site went live eight years ago today. So...birthday!Read more...
9 hour ago
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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 . . .
7 hour ago
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allthingsd.com / Kara Swisher
Done (just like we said).
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TechCrunch / Gregory Ferenstein
Sometimes, more medical information is a bad thing. The influential United States Preventive Services Task Force recommends against most women getting genetic screenings for their susceptibility to breast cancer. Why? Because the tests are impe . . .
9 hour ago
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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 . . .
20 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.
7 hour ago
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electronista.feedsportal.com
Google is still working on a version of its head-mounted display for wearers of glasses, it has emerged. A number of Google employees roaming the Google I/0 developer event were said to be wearing the modified version of Google Glass, working w . . .
5/17/2013
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The Next Web / Alex Wilhelm
Today CNBC reported that Yahoo intends to hold a product-focused event in New York City this coming Monday. Adding to the gravity of the happening, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer will... Keep reading →
6 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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Mashable / Samantha Murphy
Silicon Valley has long been at the forefront of the tech startup scene, but thanks to the growth of emerging companies in other areas of the U.S. and worldwide, the West Coast is no longer the only tech hub sparking startups and innovation.
I . . .
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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 . . .
4 hour ago
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pcworld.com / James Niccolai
With Bitcoin all the rage and startups popping up left and right, it's hard to know who's an expert in the virtual currency and who just has an opinion. Most people would put Jeff Garzik in the former camp.
A Bitcoin core developer for . . .
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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18 hour ago
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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 . . .
11 hour ago
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Engadget / Myriam Joire
There's a new kid on the Arduino block, and it's called the Arduino Robot. Launched yesterday at Maker Faire Bay Area, it's the company's first product that extends beyond single microcontroller boards. The Roomba-like design, which we firs . . .
6 hour ago
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Gizmodo
Seriously, what is the deal with allll those janky lyrics sites? You google the lyrics for Random Access Memory and you're suddenly transported to the early 2000s. It's sort of surreal. I'm not the first person to mention this by far, and yet t . . .
5 hour ago
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TechCrunch / Darrell Etherington
Android UX and interaction design leads Helena Roeber and Rachel Garb gave a talk at Google I/O this year about the Android Design Principles (ADP) they helped create and introduced back in 2012 with the launch of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich . . .
4 hour ago
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TechCrunch / Darrell Etherington
An upcoming update will bring a web browser, email and update store app to Barnes & Noble's super affordable Nook Simple Touch line of eReaders, which will begin rolling out June 1 according to a source close to the matter who wishes to remain . . .