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Microsoft gets a new logo for the first time since 1987 — A lot is at stake when a company changes its logo, and Microsoft changed it a number of times in its early years. — For the first time in 25 years, Microsoft is changing its corporate logo. — Microsoft, which has used its solid … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft unveils its new logo, 25 years after the original — Microsoft has just unveiled a new look and feel to its corporate logo. Following 25 years from its first introduction, this is the first major Microsoft logo change in the company's history.| Ellis Hamburger / The Verge: |
Facebook for iOS goes native, waves goodbye to HTML 5 — Facebook today announced the culmination of more than six months of work, a native version of the Facebook app for iOS that's twice as fast. “Up until now we've looked at scale,” iOS Product Manager Mick Johnson says …
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Black Widow — Twitter has an enormous advantage over Facebook in one key area: while people on Facebook tend to friend their friends, people on Twitter tend to follow their interests. The following graph from Twitter is worth far more on a per-account basis because it is directly monetizable …
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| John Cook / GeekWire: |
Dave McClure is ripping VCs again: They're f***ing arrogant and stupid a**holes — Dave McClure on his way to BC on “Geeks on a Train.” Photo via Kyle Kesterson. — Dave McClure is not your typical venture capitalist. He wears T-shirts and flip flops, and cusses like a sailor.
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Fred Wilson — The well-known investor behind the likes of Twitter and Foursquare says venture capital funds have gotten too big. — Fred Wilson, managing partner at Union Square Ventures, is a preëminent figure in venture capital. He's been at it for 25 years …
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Video Comparison of ‘iPhone 5’ Front Panel and Flex Cables to iPhone 4S Parts [iOS Blog] — Repair firm SmartPhone Medic has just posted a new video comparing several parts from the next-generation iPhone to their counterparts from the iPhone 4S. — The parts shown include the front panel … | Charles Starrett / iLounge: |
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Mac OS 10.8.1 Mountain Lion released, fixes issues in Thunderbolt, Exchange, Migration assistant, iMessages and more … Apple just released OSX 10.8.1 Mountain Lion via Software Update. The delta update weighs a paltry 7.28MB on my Retina MacBook Pro, but your mileage may vary.
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Nokia set to unveil ‘Arrow’ and ‘Phi’ Windows Phone 8 handsets with AT&T as main carrier — Nokia is planning to unveil two new Windows Phone 8 devices at a joint event with Microsoft on September 5th. Sources familiar with the two companies' plans have revealed that Nokia is working on an … | Troy Wolverton / Mercury News: |
OnLive owed $30 million to $40 million, was facing imminent shutdown — At the time of its insolvency last week, streaming game company OnLive was in far greater trouble than was publicly known. — The company owed $30 million to $40 million to various creditors and had little money to pay them.| Andy Greenberg / Forbes: |
‘Wiki Weapon Project’ Aims To Create A Gun Anyone Can 3D-Print At Home — An AR-15 semiautomatic rifle and a 3D-printed lower receiver for the weapon shown below it. Both images were posted Defense Distributed's website. — Cody Wilson has a simple dream: To design the world's first firearm … | Wall Street Journal: |
When Freemium Fails — A growing number of new businesses are following in the footsteps of successful companies such as Dropbox Inc., LinkedIn Corp., and Skype Inc., by giving away their products and services free to build a customer base. — Yet for some, the “freemium” … | Miyoung Kim / Reuters: |
LG says started production of new screen, as Apple plans product launch — (Reuters) - Flat-screen maker LG Display has started mass production of a new and thinner display, widely speculated to be for use in Apple Inc's next iPhone, and the display's production schedule remains in line … | Alina Selyukh / Reuters: |
Obama campaign to start accepting text message donations — (Reuters) - In a election dominated by multimillion-dollar donations, Democratic President Barack Obama's campaign is about to give small donors a new weapon by starting to accept text message donations for the first time in history.
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Sony Mobile To Lay Off 1,000 People, Move HQ To Tokyo From Sweden As Part of Restructuring — The crunch among handset makers who are not Samsung and Apple continues apace. Today, Android OEM Sony announced that its loss-making mobile handset division Sony Mobile Communications would be laying …
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Google Building Privacy Red Team — Google, which has come under fire for years for its privacy practices and recently settled a privacy related case with the Federal Trade Commission that resulted in a $22.5 million fine, is building out a privacy “red team”, a group of people charged … | Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
VMware launches with Windows 8 support, Parallels coming September 4th — If you're looking to run Windows on your Mac, there's good news as both Parallels and VMware have announced new versions of their virtualization software. Parallels Desktop 8 is set to launch on September 4th …
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Pandora Ships Its Biggest Android Update Yet With A Redesign, Music Exploration Features And More — Pandora has been fairly open about the fact that mobile is a major focus for the music streaming company. More than 70% of listening on Pandora takes place on a mobile device …
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Techies Fight to Save Hacker Dojo, a Popular Silicon Valley Work Space — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Hacker Dojo is equal parts shared office, lecture hall and after-hours salon for a variety of tinkerers, software coders and entrepreneurs who intend to reinvent the future. The idea for Pinterest was cooked up here.
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TVGuide.com's new iOS app: social TV for the mainstream — Christy Tanner is a little bit like the Marissa Mayer of social TV. Tanner, who is the EVP and GM of TVGuide.com and TV Guide Mobile, has a huge audience - but most of those users aren't exactly Foursquare- and Instagram-using Silicon Valley insiders.
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Facebook for Android app updated with messaging emoji, easy event creation and a bit more — If you were wondering what features would be on the way after Facebook ditched pre-Froyo Android support for its app your questions have been answered. This revision lets users easily create events …
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In Google's Inner Circle, a Falling Number of Women — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — At Google, data is king. Now the company is using data to figure out if it can anoint a few queens. — The company hopes its famous algorithms can solve one of the most vexing problems facing Silicon Valley: how to recruit and retain more women.Sponsor Posts
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What's New With Windows Azure Virtual Networking — Learn about the latest developments in the Windows Azure Virtual Networking technology.
What's New With Windows Azure Virtual Networking — Learn about the latest developments in the Windows Azure Virtual Networking technology.
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Static.com Adds Hadoop Support for Cloud Foundry — In this guest post, Jake Farrell, CTO for Static.com, explains how the major shift in the hosting industry towards platforms for high developer productivity …
Static.com Adds Hadoop Support for Cloud Foundry — In this guest post, Jake Farrell, CTO for Static.com, explains how the major shift in the hosting industry towards platforms for high developer productivity …
Rackspace Blog:
DevOps: Improved Productivity, Higher Value — Those of us who have been aligned with DevOps for some time already know that the greater agility and closer collaboration it enables deliver real business value for our organizations.
DevOps: Improved Productivity, Higher Value — Those of us who have been aligned with DevOps for some time already know that the greater agility and closer collaboration it enables deliver real business value for our organizations.
Hortonworks » Blog:
Get Started with Hadoop on Hortonworks Data Platform 1.1 for Windows — We are excited to release the Hortonworks Data Platform 1.1 for Windows as a Generally Available product.
Get Started with Hadoop on Hortonworks Data Platform 1.1 for Windows — We are excited to release the Hortonworks Data Platform 1.1 for Windows as a Generally Available product.
Unison's blog:
Skype in the browser — Whether you like the Skype app or not, until now, you've had no choice but to download something to make voice and video calls — either an app like Skype, or a Flash plugin (yikes) for your browser.
Skype in the browser — Whether you like the Skype app or not, until now, you've had no choice but to download something to make voice and video calls — either an app like Skype, or a Flash plugin (yikes) for your browser.Who's Hiring In Tech?
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