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Nintendo's Confirms its Answer to Xbox Live

Announced during an investor’s program, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has finally confirmed the Nintendo Network, and stated that the online infrastructure is already in place for the service. The formal branded service will…

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Microsoft Launches Real-World 3D 'Cut the Rope'

Earlier this month we reported on Microsoft’s launch of a new HTML5 version of the ‘Cut the Rope’ game for desktop, which included new levels for IE9 users. The concept…

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Design Flashback: 13 Delicious 1970s Posters

Design Flashback is a new series that takes a break from web and mobile projects to dig up some amazing retro/vintage inspiration. Looking beyond the web brings entirely new ideas to the table, and…

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TNW's Daily Dose - Tech News in 5 Minutes

The head of the UFC says that Anonymous’ actions might very well cause SOPA to resurface. The FBI is looking for someone to build it a monitoring tool for Twitter….

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Swap's iOS App Helps You Get Rid of Junk

Selling things on Craigslist is super simple, and depending on where you live, it’s pretty easy to find a buyer for pretty much anything you want to sell. Once in…

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Twitter Brand Pages Require $25k In Advertising Spend

Early last month, Twitter revealed its new focus on simplicity and it caught some of Twitter’s hardcore users off guard. The site has become more streamlined to better serve new…

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Twitter isn't Censoring You. Your Government is.

It’s barely been a day since Twitter made the announcement that, going forward, tweets could be censored based on the local laws that govern a user’s location, and the rumour mill…

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Internet Economy on Course to Hit $4.2tr by 2016

World leaders are currently congregating in Davos, Switzerland, for the 2012 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, as they try to find ways to kick-start the global economy. Two studies released…

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This Week’s Best New Social Media Tools

It’s been another huge week in the world of new web apps and social media tools. The award for the ‘buzziest’ launch of the week has to go to Wunderkit.com – the…

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This Week at Microsoft

Did you miss this post last week? I had my feet up on my desk, pretending that vacationing at home in the Chicago winter is glamorous (protip: it’s not). But I’m back, and that…

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KeepRecipes Launches iTunes for Recipes

KeepRecipes, which was in the DreamIt Ventures NYC accelerator this past summer, is a highly social online cookbook. It now has over 10,000 members and over 50,000 recipes, and hopes to build something…

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Data & Dollars Can Save the Newspaper Industry

The newspaper industry is facing challenging times for sure, as it struggles to adapt and keep pace with the digital onslaught. As with other more ‘traditional’ industries, many newspapers were…

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Microsoft Working to Bring Kinect to Laptops?

Microsoft knows it is on to a winner with its Kinect accessory, having sold 18 million of them in a year since its launch, recently announcing that it would soon…

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Google Ireland Hit With €450 Parking Fine

On the same day we reported that Google Earth was getting a bit of a facelift, news emerged that the Internet giant had been summoned to appear in an Irish…

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This Woman Got Over 1 Million Comments on a FB Post

An American woman may have just broken the record for the most comments on a Facebook post. While seeing thousands of comments on a public page is certainly nothing new,…