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Google Glass review (Explorer Edition) — Stand in a line of people in just about any major metropolitan area in the world and you'll see the same thing: slouched shoulders and down-turned faces staring glumly at smartphone screens. Some people never look away, completely immersed in whatever … | Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Google gets people ready for Glass with new how-to video — Google's Project Glass is still exotic, futuristic, and distant — it's available only for extremely early adopters, including “creative individuals” who were let in through a Twitter and Google+ contest.| Stephen Kenwright / Branded3: |
The antisocial network: Path texts my entire phonebook at 6am — Last night I went to bed blissfully unaware of the catastrophic faux pas I made earlier in the day - I signed up to Path, the social network/private messaging service. — For anybody who hasn't used it before … | Jennifer Van Grove / CNET: |
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Who Has Your Back? 2013 — When you use the Internet, you entrust your conversations, thoughts, experiences, locations, photos, and more to companies like Google, AT&T and Facebook. But what do these companies do when the government demands your private information? Do they stand with you?| Dustin Curtis: |
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In iOS 7, Apple wants to own your car's console with Maps and Siri integration — Apple plans to move aggressively into the in-car integration space later this year, according to multiple people familiar with the initiative. Apple is working with car makers to deeply embed iOS's Maps … | Steven Musil / CNET: |
Google releases schedule for 2013 I/O conference — Annual developers conference will feature more than 120 sessions on Android and Chrome, as well as a single three-hour keynote event. — Google has published the schedule for its 2013 Google I/O conference, which features more than 120 sessions … | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google Makes It Easier To Turn Its Chromebooks Into Public Internet Kiosks — Google always said that its Chromebooks were “for sharing,” but even though they always had a guest mode, they weren't necessarily set up to be used as public Internet kiosks. Today, Google is changing … | Ravi Narasimhan / Twitter Advertising: |
Twitter Ads now generally available for U.S. users — When we built our self-service ad platform last March, our goal was to create an experience that would be powerful and also extremely easy for anybody to use. Whether you're an individual looking to grow your personal brand … | Vivek Wagle / The Airbnb Blog: |
Introducing Airbnb Verified ID — Trust is the key to our community. — There is no place for anonymity in a trusted community. That's why we're dedicated to providing our users with the best decision-making tools possible. — We believe that the right technology can help lay the foundation for trust in other people.| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Digg finds over 40% of respondents are willing to pay for a Google Reader replacement, beta coming in June — Digg on Tuesday released the results of its second Google Reader survey, which it conducted last week. In the process, the company revealed what sharing and “Read later” … | Bloomberg: |
BlackBerry CEO Questions Future of Tablets — BlackBerry Focused on ‘Crazy Multi-Taskers’: Heins — BlackBerry (BBRY) Chief Executive Officer Thorsten Heins said he sees a limited future for tablet computers, an indication he may shelve plans to build a follow- up to the smartphone maker's ill-fated PlayBook device.| Chris Velazco / TechCrunch: |
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Dwolla raises $16.5M from Andreessen Horowitz to help it scale, double staff and open SF office — Des Moines-based payments startup Dwolla has raised a $16.5 million series C round from Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Village Ventures, Thrive Capital, and Union Square Ventures.| John Cook / GeekWire: |
Cheezburger cuts 35% of staff as it looks to make transition from desktop to mobile — Cheezburger today announced that it is cutting 24 employees, or about 35 percent of its staff, as it struggles with the changing economics of more people viewing content on mobile devices.| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Belkin finally announces availability of Thunderbolt Express Dock, now shipping for $299 — Back in February, Belkin finally started accepting preorders for its much anticipated Thunderbolt Express Dock that was originally supposed to ship last September. Reports earlier this month noted … | Joab Jackson / PC World: |
Novell offers mobile file sharing for the enterprise — In an effort to help enterprises get a handle on the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend, Novell has released enterprise file sharing software that it claims is as easy to use as commercial cloud storage services such as Dropbox, Microsoft Skydrive, and Google Drive.| Reuters: |
Intel CEO backs SoftBank's bid for Sprint over Dish's offer — (Reuters) - Intel Corp Chief Executive Paul Otellini said in a letter to the Federal Communications Commission that he supports SoftBank's bid for Sprint Nextel Corp, rather than Dish Network's counter offer.| NBC Bay Area: |
After Work-From-Home Ban, Yahoo Expands Maternity Leave — Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, who sparked an uproar and hurt her image as a working mom when she banned telecommuting two months ago, is now offering employees generous new family leave benefits. — Under the new policy … | TechCrunch: |
Announcing The CrunchBase Venture Network — We knew CrunchBase was big. We knew because there are 2 million people using the startup database each month. We knew because more than 120k people have contributed 1.6MM data points on companies, entrepreneurs, fundings, exits and more.| Robert Gedarovich / Skype Blogs: |
Skype Video Messaging: Preview for Windows Desktop Users — Today we've released the preview of Skype Video Messaging for Skype for Windows desktop on Windows 7 or above. This feature will also be made available shortly for Skype for Windows 8. Skype Video Messaging lets you record … | Terrence O'Brien / Engadget: |
Log In with PayPal simplifies shopping, uses your account on merchant sites — There's no shortage of single sign-on solutions out there. But where as Facebook, Twitter and Google all have a heavy focus on social (obviously), PayPal's take on the field is built around commerce and privacy.| Rachel King / ZDNet: |
Cisco jumps on gigabit Internet craze with new wireless offerings — Summary: With AT&T and Google (among others) warming up for a gigabit Internet war, Cisco is jumping in the fray with some new products to support the speedy connections. — The words “gigabit Internet” … | David Cohen / AllFacebook: |
Facebook Promoted Page Like Ads Go Global — Promoted page like ads, which Facebook initially rolled out in the U.S. last December, were made available on a global basis Tuesday. — The social network said promoted page like ads are primarily targeted toward advertisers that are newer …
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Website traffic analytics: How to read your data and take action — Traffic is up. Sessions look healthy. The dashboard is full of green arrows and yet — conversions are flat, revenue targets are slipping, and the leads coming through aren't closing.
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