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Google's Knowledge Graph Wants You to Search and Stay

Earlier today Google announced its Knowledge Graph product, which it says will allow users to get information about things, people or places, instantly. It’s essentially an enhancement for Google Search…

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Facebook IPO's Tax Implications

A fascinating report in Fortune today has laid out in simple terms why the timing of Facebook’s initial public offering (IPO) is important from a tax perspective. In an IPO, certain shares…

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Google Releases iOS Version of Schemer

Today, Google released an iOS version of its recommendation service Schemer. We covered the service when it launched in private beta last December. It’s a way to find cool things…

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Gmail Now Surfaces More Contact Information In Search Results

The “socialification” of Google products continues with some very cool tweaks announced by the Gmail team today. The product has improved its contact search and will now surface more information…

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Monmouthpedia: The World's First Wikipedia Town, Set to Go Live

The Internet of things is becoming easier to grasp as household appliances, pot plants and other objects are connected to the Internet to let us know more about them or…

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Soluto: Set up Dropbox Accounts Remotely for Others

We first covered Soluto last year, a startup with $18million in funding behind it and a crack team of PC enthusiasts. The platform allows Windows users to help other PC…

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Zuckerberg: The Musical

This will be by far the best thing that you have seen today, if you’ve been keeping clear of archived Metallica concerts. Ladies and bruces, we have the Zuckerberg Musical…

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Comcast/Xfinity Brings Skype Calling to 10 Markets This Week

Skype is launching its previously announced partnership with Xfinity today in two markets, Boston and Seattle. The video-calling-via-TV service will also be available to Xfinity subscribers in Detroit, Indianapolis, Miami,…

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Pinterest's Next Round Would Value it at $1B

There’s been considerable speculation that social media sensation Pinterest is preparing to raise additional funding as it marches towards dominating a massive new vertical on the web. The pinning site…

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US Patent Backlog Remains Huge

Good news, friends, the US patent backlog is down to 640,000, which The Hill reports as the lowest level in years. Bad news, friends, the patent backlog is a comically embarrassing 640,000….

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Jumio Releases Netswipe Mobile SDK

Digital payments startup Jumio has today released its Netswipe Mobile SDK, which allows developers to add credit card scanning capabilities to their iOS apps. With this release, Jumio is giving away…

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GetTaxi v2.0 Lands on Android

We’ve seen a surge in taxi apps in recent times, with the likes of Hailo securing $17m in series A funding, and Uber rolling out a new mobile-friendly site aimed…

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Let's Put an End to This "Instagram for Video" Nonsense

In the tech space, we have a tendency to explain things by drawing comparisons to other services that you may already be aware of. You might be familiar with headlines…

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Tech News in 5 Minutes - The Daily Dose

Facebook amends its S-1. Yes, again. No, this is not a repeat of yesterday. DISH Network could find itself on the wrong side of CBS’s programming decisions. Flipboard now has…

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CBS Peeved About Auto Hop

Dish’s bold move to help consumers skip advertisements on the TV screens is rankling the top brass of television. Despite being difficult to track, and not too hard to avoid,…