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TheNextWeb  about an hour ago:

Adblock Plus for Internet Explorer is now available to download in beta -

The developers behind the popular Adblock Plus browser extension that blocks online advertisements has just released the first version compatible with Internet Explorer (IE).
TheNextWeb  just under two hours ago:

Soundwave is a new take on sharing your music taste on the go, and lets you discover what others are listening to around you -

Last.fm has fallen from favor in recent years. That’s a shame as its best feature – the ability to log every song you listen to from virtually any source on.
TheNextWeb  just under two hours ago:

Personalized content marketing company Idio secures $2.35m to take ‘Big Content’ to US -

The UK-based personalized digital content marketing company Idio has secured $2.35 million from Notion Capital in its first round of external funding since the service launched in 2006.
TheNextWeb  3 hours ago:

China’s Youku Tudou collaborates with Qualcomm to boost quality of videos on mobile platforms -

Chinese online video giant Youku Tudou has announced a collaboration with chip giant Qualcomm today, which would allow viewers access to higher quality videos on the site when using most.
TheNextWeb  3 hours ago:

Can you predict someone’s taste in movies based on their taste in music? Apparently yes. -

If you’re a heavy metal fan, you’re probably unlikely to own a copy of “He’s Just Not That Into You” on Blu-Ray (though TNW’s resident metalhead Alex Wilhelm tells us.
TheNextWeb  4 hours ago:

Logitech launching Harmony remote for iOS and Android in US/Europe in August, priced $99.99 -

Logitech announced plans to scale down its work force in March, the result of which would see it focus on mobile products.
TheNextWeb  4 hours ago:

Fashion-focused French e-commerce site Rad raises $3.3m to expand into the UK and Germany -

Paris-based Rad, an e-commerce site that touts itself as a “discovery platform for cool fashion, art and design products”, has raised €2.
TheNextWeb  5 hours ago:

Rdio responds to new competitors by adding related playlists and autoplay to iOS app -

Digital on-demand music streaming service Rdio has updated its iOS app to feature song stations, which allows you to start a station based on any song and then automatically churns up other.
TheNextWeb  6 hours ago:

Messaging app Kakao Talk finally lands for PCs, available now in Korea and worldwide from 26 June -

Users of Korean mobile messaging app Kakao Talk can finally chat with their friends across devices now – from their smartphones to the desktop.
TheNextWeb  7 hours ago:

LinkedIn suffers outage due to DNS issue, after its homepage is replaced by a domain sales page -

Business-focused social network LinkedIn is continuing to recover from a DNS error that took the site offline for an hour.