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Samsung’s Galaxy Note is big, bold, and hopelessly dorky (review)Editor's Pick More than three years after Android launched, all too many Android devices look the same. But you can’t say that about Samsung’s mammoth Galaxy … |
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Will Twitter ever be a contender in the war…
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For years, Google and Facebook have been waging trench warfare for big-brand ad budgets. Billions of dollars are at up for grabs, and since …
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PlayStation Vita: THE hardware review
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There is something extravagant about the release of a new game system: the promise of new and previously unheard of software experiences … hardware …
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Taser unveils new wearable police cameras, starting with BART
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For geeks, small head-mounted cameras streaming to iPhones seem like cool, sci-fi inspired gadgetry. For cops, they may be the best way to record …
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Jeremy Lin, women in VC, and the bigotry of…
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Jeremy Lin is the talk of the NBA. Sportswriters everywhere are busy cranking out column inches on what people have called the ultimate Cinderella …
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8 tips for entrepreneurs from a founder-turned-VC
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A friend of mine recently asked me a simple question: “After four years as a VC, knowing what you know now, what basic tips …
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An unexpected dinner with Twisted Metal’s David Jaffe
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It was 10 p.m. on a cold night in San Francisco, Calif., and David Jaffe was hungry. The creator of Twisted Metal for the …
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The DeanBeat: Crowd-funding gives hope to mid-size game developers
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Double Fine Productions turned video game funding practices upside down last week when it raised more than $1.75 million through the crowd-funding site Kickstarter …
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Why iCloud integration on Apple’s Mountain Lion OS fails
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Apple is making a big deal about how its newly-announced Mountain Lion operating system comes with built-in iCloud syncing and storage. But if you …
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New Microsoft trend aggregator reveals we are all horrible people
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Would you trust the masses to tell you what stories are important? A new site from Microsoft called msnNOW shows you what topics are …
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Backyard brawl! After losing in China, Proview files lawsuit against Apple in the U.S.
The Chinese firm Proview is suing Apple in California to the tune of $2 billion, alleging that the Cupertino giant committed fraud when it used a shell company set up by one of its law firms to buy the iPad …
Game Closure raises $12M for HTML5 cross-platform games
Game Closure has raised $12 million in a first round of funding for its HTML5-based cross-platform multiplayer game business, which aims to provide tools to developers that can help them deal with one of their most painful tasks: taking a …
iPhone 5 may sport a new “micro” dock connector
Apple may be getting ready to ditch the current dock connector used in iPods, iPhones, and iPads in favor of a smaller version — meaning you’ll possibly have to keep up with yet another adapter to use all the latest …
Game analyst Michael Pachter: The Wii was a bubble, but social gaming isn’t
Michael Pachter, an oft-quoted video game analyst, said the social gaming explosion of the past few years isn’t a bubble; rather, the Nintendo Wii was a bubble, where users tried out a hot new fad and moved on to something …
Apple acquires app discovery tool Chomp
Apple reportedly acquired Chomp today, a mobile-application search tool. Because searching through the App Store for something new is a pain in the app.
Chomp is an application itself, as well as a website. It lets you search by keyword …
Why you need to be at DEMO Asia next Wednesday
The inaugural DEMO Asia is the premier launchpad event for high-tech Asian products.
It’s also a great place for non-Asian companies to launch products into the Asian marketplace.
The event — taking place next Wednesday, February 29 – March 2 …
Facebook behind budget on Q1 ad revenue, sources say
Facebook’s newest advertising product, expected to be unveiled on Feb. 29, leaked to the web yesterday. The ads themselves would appear to be a natural evolution of the company’s primary money-making business, but perhaps there’s more to these new sponsored …
Blockbuster adds to Dish Network growth, but retail stores are headed for death
Satellite television provider Dish Network has Blockbuster to thank for ending a nearly two-year drought of new subscribers, according to the company’s fourth quarter earnings report.
Dish beat analysts’ estimates by adding 22,000 new subscribers and boosting earnings to $313 …
Tumblr bans blogs that promote eating disorders and suicide
Tumblr, a photo-heavy blogging platform that has attracted a lot of teens, announced today that it will ban blogs containing content that promotes anorexia, self-mutilation, and other harmful behaviors.
In a company blog post, Tumblr said that it previously did …
Apple’s shareholder meeting: no dividends yet, Facebook a “friend”
Apple held its shareholder meeting today and discussed its pile of cash, its relationship with Facebook, and how to elect members to its board.
The meeting began with a push from shareholders for Apple to require a majority vote by …
EnerVault raises $15M for environmentally friendly batteries
Flow-battery startup EnerVault announced a $15 million round of funding Thursday, which will help the company move forward with its first energy storage system installation.
Flow batteries aren’t well know, but they can be powerful energy storage devices. Instead of …
Google+ is now coming to Google Voice
Google made a brief announcement today stating that Google Voice would be getting Google+ integration.
On the official Google Voice blog, we read that the two services will be linked by bringing information from your social Google+ circles into your …
Google said to pick Senior VP Dennis Woodside as new Motorola Mobility CEO
Google Senior Vice President Dennis Woodside has been selected to become the next CEO of Motorola Mobility, according to Bloomberg. Woodside will replace current CEO Sanjay Jha.
The move comes just a week after both the U.S. and E.U. approved …
Protesters demand “ethical iPhone” outside Apple’s HQ
Protesters demanding better working conditions in factories lined up outside of Apple‘s Cupertino headquarters today as the company held its first shareholders meeting since the death of co-founder Steve Jobs.
Rights organization SumOfUs.org rallied protesters at the headquarters to hand …
Facebook’s ad revenue will hit $5B in 2012, but growth rates have peaked
Facebook is set for a record-shattering initial public offering and, according to a new report, it will bring in more than $5 billion in advertising revenue this year. But Facebook’s financial future may not be as bright as the eye-popping …
Buffer tweets for you, when the time is right
Buffer, a social network scheduling service, chooses when to send out your status updates for you and just added LinkedIn to its repertoire, along with Facebook and Twitter.
Several companies have taken on the service of scheduling tweets and Facebook …
Spotify makes its desktop app more DJ-friendly with crossfading & gapless playback
Streaming music service Spotify is launching an updated version of its desktop application today that’s aimed at the casual-to-serious DJ crowd.
Until now, Spotify users listening to playlists hear a momentary silent gap between songs, which some people find disruptive …
Playstation Vita could make $2.2 billion this year, if given essential price cut
Sony’s new PlayStation Vita handheld console will sell 12.4 million units globally this year, bringing in revenue of around $2.2 billion, according to research company Strategy Analytics.
This figure assumes a drop in price from $250 to $180 during 2012, …
Pulse grows from 1 to 11 million users in 2011, works on monetization
Pulse, which makes a news reading app for Apple and Android tablets and smartphones, threw a party in the penthouse of the Kimberly Hotel last night to celebrate it big growth. “These guys offered to pay me for using our …
NeuroSky launches Focus Pocus learning app that kids can control with their minds
NeuroSky has a new wizard-themed game kids can control with their brain waves — possibly improving their learning abilities at the same time.
The company has been launching toys and other products that let you control things with your own …
