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These Are The Top 20 Tech Investors You Should Follow On Twitter -
If you follow the right investors on Twitter, you can gain a lot of insight into how they think, the types of startups they find most interesting, and markets that are ripe for disruption.
Flickr Has A Secret 'We're Hiring' Ad Only Engineers Can See -
Flickr is hiring a select batch of software and mobile engineer.
To make sure that only the right kind of candidates apply, the company hid its "We're hiring" ad in the source code of the newly redesigned website's front page.
You Can Fit A Lot Of Kindergartners In A Tesla Model S [Video] -
Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk is the father of five young boys (twins and triplets), and that's part of the reason the Model S is designed to fit seven people.
CHART OF THE DAY: This Is The Younger Audience Yahoo Gets With Tumblr (YHOO) -
The reason Yahoo bought Tumblr for $1.1 billion is that it wanted a younger audience. This chart from comScore shows just how young that audience really is.
YELP: Trust Us, We're Not Screwing With Reviews -
Social review site Yelp has a big problem: Angry small-business owners. This week, Yelp published a fiery blog post defending itself, yet again, against claims that it extorts money from small-business owners.
Apple Devices Dominate Mobile Video Traffic -
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Google Is Planning To Build Its Own Wireless Network (GOOG) -
Google is developing plans to build its own wireless network in emerging markets, Amir Efrati at The Wall Street Journal reports.
A Suicide Prevention PSA Makes A Brilliant Use Of Ad Pre-Roll -
Publicis Brussels has created an ad for the Belgian suicide prevention line, Centre du Prevention de Suicide, that makes creative use of the pre-roll skip ad feature.
Yahoo Has Submitted A Bid To Buy Hulu (YHOO) -
Yahoo has submitted a bid to buy Hulu, Peter Kafka at All Things D reports.
There's no word on the price.
INFOGRAPHIC: Inside The Mobile Real-Time Bidding Ad Ecosystem -
Real-time bidding, or RTB, is a style of programmatic buying in which digital advertising opportunities are auctioned off in real-time.
Steve Jobs' Family Has Secretly Been Giving Away Money For 20 Years (AAPL) -
One of biggest criticisms of Steve Jobs was that he was not very philanthropic.
While he became a billionaire thanks to Pixar, he wasn't known as an activist like Bill Gates who pledged to donate the bulk of his fortune to causes he believed in.
Meetup Founder Scott Heiferman: Have Patience And Guts To See Your Startup Through -
About four years after it launched, Meetup decided to charge for its services, which allow users with common interests to organize face-to-face meetings offline.
CHART: Teens Are Sharing More Of Their Data On Social Media -
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The Guy Who Created Google+ And Then Redesigned Facebook Has A New Job (FB) -
Paul Adams, Facebook's global head of brand design (and a former Google alum), has left the company to take a position with Intercom, a company that makes customer communications, messaging, and analytics tools.
A Massive Star Wars Lego X-Wing Has Landed In Times Square [PHOTOS] -
"Star Wars" fans rejoice: A full-size Lego X-Wing has landed in Times Square, New York City.
Apple Should Be Furious That It Has Such A Tiny Sliver Of The Smartphone Market (AAPL, GOOG) -
Apple's share of the smartphone market does something weird to people who blog about/love Apple products.
SEX AT WORK: Please Take The Survey! -
A couple of days ago, a BusinessWeek columnist, Liz Ryan, got everyone all hot and bothered by writing about sex at work.
Hedge Fund Tiger Global Has Invested $50 Million In Blogging Platform Wordpress -
Tiger Global has invested $50 million in web developer company Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.
How Consumers Are Using Their Phones, And What It Means -
Mobile is no longer a communications utility, but a media distribution hub. According to eMarketer, mobile now accounts for 12 percent of Americans' media consumption time, triple its share in 2009.
Smart Charging Stations For Electric Cars Could Be Easy To Hack -
Even though Tesla’s recent sales numbers painted a positive picture for the often beleaguered company, it’s still very early days for the electric vehicle market.
