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Snapchat, a Growing App, Lets You See It, Then You Don't — LOS ANGELES — The ephemeral now has value, at least for users of cellphones. — More than 60 million photos or messages are sent each day through an app called Snapchat and then, after they are viewed for a few seconds, the missives vanish.
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Microsoft officially (and confusingly) discloses Surface Pro storage figures — Summary: Microsoft's Surface Pro, which the company officially calls “a powerful PC in tablet form,” went on sale today. On its website, Microsoft has officially disclosed how much data storage space you can expect to get from each model.| Ron / WinBeta: |
Surface Pro already sold out at MicrosoftStore.com, BestBuy, and Staples, hours into its launch — The Surface Pro, powered by Windows 8 Pro, was officially launched online at MicrosoftStore.com, as well as BestBuy and Staples, and within a few hours, the 128GB model of the Surface Pro is already sold out at Microsoft's online store.
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How Facebook, A Pixar Artist, And Charles Darwin Are Reinventing The Emoticon — What comes after the smiley? Facebook is trying to find out. — Facebook wants an awful lot from its emoticons: They should be able to convey complex emotions, for example, like contemplation, admiration … | Adrianne Jeffries / The Verge: |
Taxi race: can Uber and Hailo deliver a real-time revolution? — Naval Ravikant is the cofounder of the startup network AngelList and a small investor in Uber, the app that lets you order a car service or taxi from your phone. He uses Uber X to get to work, Flywheel for long trips …
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Yammer Sales Will Report To Microsoft — Starting July 1—the beginning of Microsoft's fiscal year—Yammer salespeople won't be Yammer salespeople any more, Business Insider has learned. — They'll be Microsoft salespeople. — The social-collaboration startup, acquired by Microsoft …
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Security Firm Bit9 Hacked, Used to Spread Malware — Bit9, a company that provides software and network security services to the U.S. government and at least 30 Fortune 100 firms, has suffered an electronic compromise that cuts to the core of its business: helping clients distinguish known … | Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
Twitter Hikes Its Promoted Trend Prices Again, to $200,000 a Day — Twitter's ad business is still a work in progress, but here's one positive sign: Prices for the company's “promoted trends” have been steadily rising, and are now at the $200,000 a day mark in the U.S..
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House panel to reintroduce controversial cyber bill, setting up White House fight — The leaders of the House Intelligence Committee plan to re-introduce on Wednesday a controversial cybersecurity bill that has faced pushback from the White House. — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers … | Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Former Apple Human Interface Developer Speculates on Future ‘iWatch’ — Former Apple employee and human interface developer Bruze Tognazzini published a blog post earlier this week listing his thoughts on the iWatch, a potential Apple product that made headlines late in 2012. — The Pebble Smartwatch
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Y Combinator Opens Applications For New Class, As Total Funding For Alums Reaches $1.5B, Or $3.18M Each — Y Combinator founder Paul Graham tweeted today that the accelerator's 464 startup graduates (prior to its current batch) have raised an average of $3.18 million in funding each … | Wall Street Journal: |
Toys and Apps Are Yet to Play Nice Together — Efforts to Link Tablets to Dolls and Board Games Falls Short So Far, but Industry Continues to Try — Last year, trying to show how the toy industry could remain relevant in the tablet age, Hasbro Inc. unveiled an iPad-enhanced version of its classic Game of Life.Sponsor Posts
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