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Silicon Alley Insider  12 hours ago:

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.

Silicon Alley Insider  12 hours ago:

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.

Silicon Alley Insider  13 hours ago:

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.

Silicon Alley Insider  13 hours ago:

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.

Silicon Alley Insider  14 hours ago:

Apple Devices Dominate Mobile Video Traffic -

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Silicon Alley Insider  14 hours ago:

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.

Silicon Alley Insider  14 hours ago:

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.

Silicon Alley Insider  15 hours ago:

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.

Silicon Alley Insider  16 hours ago:

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.

Silicon Alley Insider  16 hours ago:

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.