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TheNextWeb  about an hour ago:

Pixplit, the Instagram for social photo collages, now enables private and solo ‘splits’ -

Back in December we reported on Pixplit, which we noted was like an Instagram for social photo collages, adding that it’s a lot more fun than you might think.
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TheNextWeb  about an hour ago:

Mentor launches an “anti to-do list” app for iOS, pitting itself against US rivals Lift and Everest -

Billed as an “anti to-do list” application, today sees the launch of Mentor for iOS, which aims to become your platform of choice for keeping track of what you want.
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Mashable  2 hours ago:

Rumor: Sense-Free HTC One in the Works -

Despite official claims to the contrary, HTC will be releasing a variant of HTC One with stock Android, Geek claims citing unspecified sources

HTC's flagship smartphone without the company's Sense UI should be announced "within two weeks," with a full release in the summer

Sources claim the device would first become available in the U.
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Soshable  2 hours ago:

Ruffled Feathers: Why Controversy Works on Blog Posts -

If someone asked me for a single piece of advice about blogging, it wouldn’t be a standard answer like “post regularly” or “know your audience”.
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TheNextWeb  2 hours ago:

Sony newspaper ad reveals the PlayStation 4 will launch in the UK by the end of 2013 -

Sony’s next generation video game console, the PlayStation 4, will arrive in the United Kingdom before the year’s end, an advert published today in the Metro newspaper has revealed.
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TheNextWeb  3 hours ago:

China’s online retailer LightInTheBox sets IPO terms, could raise up to $87 million -

Beijing-based online retailer LightInTheBox has set its IPO terms in a filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday, as it moves closer to becoming the first Chinese.
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TechCrunch  3 hours ago:

Flickr Suffers Outage Four Days After Major Revamp -

It appears Yahoo-owned Flickr has suffered the first significant outage after its major revamp. People online are reporting the site going down, with some tweets marked as early as 5:30PM PDT, says TNW.
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Mashable  3 hours ago:

How a Computer Model Could Help Fight Terrorism -

When Justin Bieber tweets, 39,361,876 people (and counting) immediately jump to attention. But when one of those nearly 40 million people tweet, does the Beebs see it? Does he react at all?

Communication among terrorist cells works much in the same way as Justin Bieber's Twitter account, according to mathematicians from Ryerson University in Toronto who have built a mathematical model of the way information spreads through these hierarchical networks.
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Mashable  3 hours ago:

'The Guardian' Is Finally Moving to 'Guardian.com' -

The Guardian's international editions are proliferating, but before the newspaper launches an online edition in Australia later this year, it's uniting all of its websites under a single domain, theguardian.
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TheNextWeb  4 hours ago:

Flickr’s new Fail Panda surfaces as the Yahoo-owned site suffers first downtime since its revamp -

Yahoo gave its photo hosting site Flickr a major revamp this past Monday, but already — four days later — the service has suffered its first significant outage after going.
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TheNextWeb  4 hours ago:

Russian offshore software developer Luxoft is heading towards a New York IPO -

Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on East-West Digital News, a leading English-language resource on Russian digital industries and related venture activity.
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TheNextWeb  4 hours ago:

Going global: The Guardian newspaper announces a new ‘.com’ domain for its UK, US and Australian websites -

British national daily newspaper The Guardian has unveiled plans to create a new global online identity, one that will serve as a home for its various digital properties around the.
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Mashable  5 hours ago:

3D-Printed 'Bionic' Ear Can Hear Beyond Human Ability -

Scientists at Princeton University have designed a bionic ear that can hear better than human ears.
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TechDirt  5 hours ago:

Yet Another Anti-Patent Troll Bill Introduced In Congress -

We were just talking about the third attempt by someone in Congress to deal with some aspect of patent trolling, and already we have a fourth bill.
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Somewhat Frank  5 hours ago:

Still backstage with Laura Berk of VegasTechFund at the... -

Still backstage with Laura Berk of VegasTechFund at the @DowntownPodcast #vegastech #vegas (at The Ogden)


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TechCrunch  5 hours ago:

Cubic Telecom Secures $5.2M To Create Devices That Roam Mobile Networks Cheaply -

We're all familiar with the bill shock associated with roaming abroad with our cellphones. There are plenty of players that allow you to swap out your SIM card and use cheaper traffic, including Cubic Telecom.
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TheNextWeb  6 hours ago:

Google will reportedly use Samsung’s OLED display technology for the consumer version of Glass -

Google will reportedly use Samsung’s organic light-emitting diode technology (OLED) in Google Glass – a wearable computer that should be available for consumers by the end of this year.
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Somewhat Frank  7 hours ago:

Backstage at the @downtownpodcast with @LauraBerk from... -

Backstage at the @downtownpodcast with @LauraBerk from @VegasTechFund #vegastech #vegas (at The Ogden)


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TheNextWeb  7 hours ago:

Sony aims to raise $1.5 billion from bond sale to pay off debt and invest in technology -

Sony posted its first positive financial results since 2008 this month, and next stage of its financial rebuilding sees it seek to raise 150 billion yen (around $1.
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TechDirt  8 hours ago:

District Attorney And Major TV Network Sued Over Stupid Reality Show -

Cross-posted from

The most tragically stupid decision was greenlighting a reality show about lawyers.
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