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Why Windows 8 could be the next Vista
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Thinking about Windows 8 fills me with a strong sense of unease. Whether it’s the thought of using the OS on my desktop on …
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Why Reddit is cracking down on your favorite sites
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Community news sharing site Reddit is now restricting its users from submitting links from a handful of high-profile web publications, including BusinessWeek, The Atlantic, …
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Skype’s brilliant, passive-aggressive new monetization idea: “Conversation Ads”
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Skype is pushing ads into the conversation view, basically forcing its users to take in a little commercial content with each call they make.…
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PrankDial: A small developer’s struggle with the Android Market
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Since entering the Android market in February 2010, PrankDial quickly became a top-performing app with 4 million downloads and 1 million monthly active users. …
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Korean startups still fight against the stigma of failure
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In Silicon Valley, people fail. And they fail often. But one of the elements of Silicon Valley that makes it such a petri dish …
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How Starbucks is turning itself into a tech company
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The coffee was brewing as usual, and patrons were as caffeine-crazed as any other day, but something curious was happening behind the scenes at …
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GamesBeat’s E3 2012 Game of the Show…plus staff picks
Editor's Pick Here is our Game of the Show for E3 2012, the industry trade show, along with individual staff picks.
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The coolest technologies we saw at E3 2012
Editor's Pick E3 was once again like Disneyland for tech geeks. Here's the top 10 cool technologies at the video game industry's biggest trade show.
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WWDC predictions: A new iOS, Mountain Lion date, and…
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Spoiler alert! Apple is going to announce things on Monday morning at a keynote address kicking off the annual Apple World Wide Developer’s Conference …
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Screw college! This 20-year-old Thiel Fellow just sold his first company
James Proud is only 20 and he’s already sold his first company. Proud is part of the 2011 class for the Peter Thiel Fellowship – the one that encourages college students to drop out for $100,000 and the shot at …
New patent: will Apple clone you to save you from Big Brother?
Apple has just been awarded patent number 825265, which describes how Apple could create a cloned version of your digital identity in order to protect you from corporate or government electronic surveillance.
Privacy is dead, they say.
But data tracking …
Inside Microsoft’s big bid to woo mobile developers
Microsoft made a boatload of announcements today regarding Windows Phone 8, its new mobile operating system coming this fall. And it’s clear the company is making a huge push to get more developers involved with the platform.
See, if it …
YouTube co-founder’s digital magazine startup Zeen to launch next week
Most people who see a $1.65 billion exit of their company would be content to retire from the business world, but that’s rarely the case in the tech industry, as YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley demonstrates.
Hurley is scheduled to launch …
Pinterest gets more in-board actions, gives attribution to SoundCloud, Etsy, others
Pinterest is making content creators of the Internet happier today, by providing more attribution tools for sites such as Etsy, 500px, Kickstarter, Slideshare, and SoundCloud.
Pinterest allows you to take images, videos, and other content from around the web and …
Social in the enterprise: American companies experiment more, European companies integrate better
InSites Consulting, a market research firm with feet on both sides of the Atlantic, just released its six-country social-in-the-enterprise report. And it includes some surprising results, including a key difference between American and European companies.
The most obvious result of …
Redbox reveals game rental stats and trends (exclusive infographic)
Last year, Redbox turned its sight on video game rentals in a big way, and has shared some recent stats from that endeavor with GamesBeat.
Nerd-on-nerd action: 6 tech founders immortalized in graphic novels
Remember that Steve Jobs comic book? Welp, we got more where that came from.
Bluewater Productions, the team behind Steve Jobs: Co-founder of Apple has just sent us word about a new trio of graphic novels about tech founders. Think …
Facebook’s “Like” mutates, migrates to mobile apps in disguise
Facebook’s “Like” buttons, the universal symbols of middling appreciation, have finally crossed the mobile divide — but chances are you won’t recognize them.
The social network announced today that third-party developers can take advantage of a new “like” action for …
Apple says iCloud is down, fixing the issue “ASAP” (updated)
[Update 1:29pm PDT: As expected, the outage did not last too long. Apple has updated its support site to say "all services are online."]
Apple customers may not be able to access their iCloud services today, as the company …
PayPal’s website is no longer an insult to your eyes (confirmed)
Digital transactions leader PayPal has started rolling out a brand new design to its main website for some users Tuesday. [See update below.]
Unfortunately, I wasn’t one of the lucky ones to see the updated site, but I can say …
TripAdvisor launches Facebook app for foodies, dines with Yelp and Foursquare
Travel recommendations company TripAdvisor is moving to restaurant review row and taking a seat next to Yelp and Foursquare with the release of Local Picks, a Facebook application for discovering dining recommendations from friends and locals.
Local Picks, launched Wednesday …
Samsung, HTC, Huawei join Nokia as first Windows Phone 8 hardware makers
Microsoft’s Windows Phone Summit was strictly a software affair today, with the debut of Windows Phone 8. However, the company did mention who would be building the hardware for its new OS.
In addition to Nokia, which is now Microsoft’s …
Yahoo and Facebook confirm settlement talks in patent lawsuit
Yahoo, which is suing social network Facebook over patents, requested more time from the courts before being forced to reply to Facebook’s claims in the lawsuit. The reason? The two companies are attempting to settle.
“The parties are currently engaged …
Windows Phone 8 gets a strong gaming push with native code and deep ties to Windows 8
Windows Phone 8 is getting a major gaming push.
Late to the party, Windows Phone 8 will finally add in-app purchases
In-app purchases have been such a major part of iOS and Android that no app seems complete without it the functionality. Fortunately, Microsoft is finally adding it to Windows Phone 8, the company announced at its Windows Phone Summit.
As …
Yahoo partners with Getty Images, enhances image and video search
Number three in search, with 2.3 billion queries in May, according to comScore’s calculations, Yahoo today made substantial visual improvements to its image and video search functions, thanks in part to a new deal with stock photo agency Getty Images.…
No Windows Phone 8 software for you, early adopters!
Memo to early users of Windows Phone: all those juicy new features unveiled today at Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 press event in San Francisco are not for you. Microsoft has decided not to offer a full software upgrade for Windows …
Windows Phone 8′s new start screen pumps up customization (gallery)
Microsoft has officially unveiled its Windows Phone 8 operating system and, with it, a mighty change to the user interface.
The new OS features an all new start screen that features the familiar “smart tiles” design we’ve previously seen on …
Goodbye, Bing Maps: Windows Phone 8 will use Nokia Maps instead
Microsoft announced today at the Windows Phone Summit that it will drop support for Bing Maps in Windows Phone 8. Instead, the operating system will rely on Nokia’s map technology.
Among the big features with Nokia Maps are turn-by-turn directions …
