The allure of MySpace may be long gone, but that hasn’t stopped Facebook from stealing a little musical inspiration from the former place for friends.
Facebook today made music a much bigger part of the social networking experience with the …
I’ll take some Swedish meatballs with that DVD Player. Ikea, everyone’s favorite warehouse of particleboard furniture, is going to start delivers consumer electronics to customers this summer starting with Europe.
You know when you go through the show rooms and …
After gaining over 2 million paying subscribers of its Hulu Plus premium subscription service, Hulu is ready for its next big challenge — evolving into the first true internet-based premium television network.
“If we’re really on our game, people will …
Those API wizards at Gnip are tearing it up: First they added Facebook Graph support. Then they got exclusive rights to redistribute the Twitter Firehose. And now they’re announcing another exclusive deal with Tumblr.
“I’m thrilled to announce that the …
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Everyone’s looking for a competitive edge both personally and professionally. Today, in countless cases, that edge comes in the form of a mobile app for iPad or iPhone and the use cases are, in many instances, fluid between the once-distinct …
Halo 4, the eighth installment of the long-running Xbox franchise, will launch on Nov. 6. The game is the latest in a series that has sold more than 40 million units — or more than $2 billion in sales at …
Update: Gmail is back online.
Google’s popular email service Gmail is having a bad day, as a myriad of users are complaining of 500 errors when trying to access their accounts, the company confirmed.
“Thanks everyone for the reports of …
Ah, we love the smell of a patent lawsuit in the morning around here. It’s something between week-old garbage and the unmistakable stench of attorney ego.
But patent lawsuits are often based on nothing more than greed and can end …
Germany-based independent mobile ad network madvertise has acquired Turkish mobile-advertising company Mobilike.
Both companies are leaders in their respective markets, with madvertise delivering 2 billion monthly ad impressions across Europe (Germany, France, UK, Spain, Austria, and Switzerland) and Mobilike delivering …
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Have you noticed how many online startups there are again recently? While it’s great for overall innovation, it can create a challenging ecosystem for budding entrepreneurs. I’ve spent more time than I care to remember, evaluating various businesses, looking at …
While Nokia has faced an uphill battle in the U.S. with its new Lumia Windows Phones, early signs suggested it would fare better in Europe. But European carriers are apparently now pessimistic of its chances to compete against iPhone and …
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The two hundred people packed into a small screening room in Midtown Manhattan on a recent Tuesday night made quite a throng. Engineers, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurs sipped Sam Adams and nibbled bits from a fruit plate. They were there …
Casino companies know how to treat their high rollers right, but it’s about time they started giving rewards and achievements to their players as well. That’s why Boyd Gaming Corporation of Las Vegas is teaming up with Gigya, which will …
Appcelerator is doing more than just letting you build mobile apps with the latest version of its mobile development framework, Titanium 2.0. Now the company is also providing an easy way to implement cloud services in your mobile apps — …
Apparently Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom is under the impression that when companies go public, it means they are a legitimate business (see Enron, Groupon, etc). Pirate news site TorrentFreak reports that before it was shut down by U.S. authorities, Megaupload …
London’s Notion Capital just raised a $100m new fund focused on cloud computing and SaaS (software as a service) startups in Europe. The fund is expected to reach $150 million by the time it closes in the next few months.…
See you later, Read It Later. The bookmarking app for web, Android, and iOS just changed its name to Pocket and launched redesigned versions of its apps.
Read It Later was originally designed to save articles on websites and social …
There’s no doubt that mobile payments are generating plenty of hype among the tech community, but how long will it be until they go mainstream?
65 percent of experts surveyed by the Pew Research Center agreed with a statement that …
It took about 24 years, but Brian Fargo finally has the cash to create the sequel to his beloved Wasteland game. Thanks to a successful campaign on Kickstarter, Fargo’s InXile Entertainment has raised nearly $3 million via the crowdfunding site.…
