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Facebook To Buy Opera? Maybe. Here's What We Hear.

Juicy rumor coming from Pocket-lint this morning: Facebook is reportedly eyeing a takeover of desktop, tablet and smartphone browser maker Opera Software. Citing an unnamed source, Pocket-lint says the social…

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Silicon valley cannot be replicated

In the past month I’ve traveled to Berlin, Amsterdam, London and Hawaii and I keep hearing the same debate over and over again: ‘How can we become the next Silicon…

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How Long can Windows Phone Stay Obscure?

The numbers out today from IDC, in regards to European smartphone sales appear to contain good news: Windows Phone grew by more than double in the last year, with shipment…

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Yahoo! Employees Seem to Like Axis

Yahoo! came at the tech world in a blur this week, launching its new search and browsing tool Axis. Response has been lukewarm, especially since the launch didn’t go completely…

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Folders for Facebook Apps Could be a Good Thing

Now that Facebook has launched its own photography app called Camera, the company now has four standalone apps. Of course it has its main app, then Pages Manager, Messenger, and…

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IBM Doesn't Just Block Siri, it Restricts iCloud Use Too

IBM may have placed a ban on Apple’s voice-assistant Siri but it has various policies for the use of smartphones accessing and connecting to its networks, ensuring that devices on…

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Google Sued in Brazil, Lawyers Answer with Risotto Recipe

Google’s lawyers accidentally included a risotto recipe in an appeal submitted to Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice (STJ), the Brazilian website G1 reports. Here’s the offending document as published by G1:…

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Yahoo! Shuts Down its Flipboard Clone Livestand

According to Jason Del Rey of Ad Age, Yahoo! is closing up shop on its Android and iPad “Flipboard clone”, Livestand. The service was announced last February, showing that Yahoo!…

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Take A Sneak Peek at the Gorgeous Design of SlideDeck 2.1

SlideDeck 2, the WordPress plugin that lets bloggers create gorgeous, customizable content sliders without any code, is about to receive its first update, and thanks to a teaser by SlideDeck’s creators,…

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Contactless Payment Rollout on the Tube Delayed Until 2013

The roll out of contactless payments on the London Underground has been delayed by a year, after Transport for London (TfL) was forced to admit that “there is a huge amount of…

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WorkFu Taps Your Social Connections to Find the Perfect Job

WorkFu, which first caught our attention back in January pre-release, is a gorgeous Web app that uses your existing social networks to find work opportunities for you, or talent that is…

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Google's Blogger Updates Its Signup Flow

In Google’s continued efforts to streamline its entire product offering through integration, the Blogger team quietly rolled out an update yesterday to the signup process for new users. We covered…

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Distil Wins the GLUE Conference Demo Pavilion Competition

When I signed up to make TNW the media sponsor for GLUE Conference I knew that I was getting in over my head. Then, a couple of weeks before the…

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A Rare Video From Inside an iPhone Factory

You don’t get a look inside Apple’s factories in China all that often. Apple is notoriously secretive about their processes and products. That’s why the video below is so fascinating,…

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Facebook Introduces Trending Videos Feature to News Feed

Last month, Facebook introduced a feature called “trending articles” that stuck a slideshow into your news feed of popular news articles via your friends that you might have missed. It…