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| Liz Gannes / Re/code: |
Dropbox acquires two more startups: collaborative document tool Hackpad and photo sync app Loom — As It Becomes an App Platform, Dropbox Gobbles Up More Than One App Startup Per Month — Once a simple way to move stuff around between devices and people, Dropbox now wants to be a platform …
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| Jan Senderek / Loom: |
Dropbox acquires Loom, will shut it down and migrate users to Carousel by May 16 — Loom is joining Dropbox — We have some exciting news that we wanted to share with you. Loom is now officially part of Dropbox, and we couldn't be happier to join forces!
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Tweets: @roidrage and @spencerchen
| Kelton Lynn / The Twitter Blog: |
Twitter launches mobile app install ads, integrates MoPub ad-buying — A new way to promote mobile apps to 1 billion devices, both on and off-Twitter — We are excited to announce new ways for marketers and developers to drive app installs and app engagements using our new mobile app promotion suite …
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Tweets: @adambain, @nafisjamal, @kateherbert, @stephenpmc, @rsarver, @ralfonsi, @sacca, @kirstinestewart and @mopub
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Launches “Nearby Friends” With Opt-In Real-Time Location Sharing To Help You Meet Up — Today Facebook begins rolling out a new opt-in feature called Nearby Friends. It lets friends see approximately how far away you are from them, and you can share your exact, on-going location with them for a limited time.
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Thanks:@anthonyha| Kim Zetter / Wired: |
Grams, a Tor-accessible search engine for contraband, aims to be the Google of Dark Web — New ‘Google’ for the Dark Web Makes Buying Dope and Guns Easy — The dark web just got a little less dark with the launch of a new search engine that lets you easily find illicit drugs and other contraband online.| The Sonos Blog: |
Sonos software update lets it connect completely wirelessly, $50 Bridge unit no longer needed — Our Vision for Rock-Solid Wireless, Evolved — From the archives: drawing of the original Sonos architecture, 2003. — We created the Sonos Wireless HiFi System to provide music lovers …
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| Chris Velazco / Engadget: |
GoogolPlex intercepts Siri commands, lets it control third-party apps like Spotify and Google Maps — College kids gave Siri new powers and now you can too — We already know Apple is working on improving Siri, but gosh dangit, the folks in Cupertino just aren't moving as fast as some would like.
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| Alex Hern / Guardian: |
Tor may be forced to cut back capacity after Heartbleed bug — The secure service may have to remove vulnerable servers affected by the bug, the network's co-founder warns — Tor, the secure networking service, may have to close down an eighth of its capacity as a result of the Heartbleed flaw.
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
RunKeeper's new Breeze app tracks every step you take — RunKeeper is one of the most popular run-tracking apps for the iPhone, and today it's launching a new app called Breeze to take count of how much you're walking around too. The app works only on the iPhone 5S and is based around … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Aereo Launches ProtectMyAntenna.org To Explain Its Position Vs. Broadcasters — Aereo is about to present its case to the U.S. Supreme Court, but first it wants to present its case to you. Today, the startup launched ProtectMyAntenna.org, a website designed to inform its users about Aereo's tech … | Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Amazon to expand Fire TV's voice search with support for Hulu Plus, Crackle, and Showtime — Amazon announced today that the voice search functionality in its Fire TV media streaming box would soon be expanded to include information from Hulu Plus, Crackle, and Showtime Anytime.
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| Janko Roettgers / Gigaom: |
LG releases open source Connect SDK, wants every TV to behave like Chromecast — Mobile app developers just got a bit of a break when it comes to bringing their content to the TV screen, courtesy of LG: The consumer electronics maker released an open source Connect SDK Thursday …
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After reaching a “consensus” with Twitter, Turkey's telecommunications agency will blur “malicious content” on the service — Twitter posts to be blurred to eliminate ‘malicious content,’ minister says … Turkey's telecommunication authority will pixelate Twitter posts …
Tweets: @nycjim
| Adam Satariano / Bloomberg: |
Apple is planning to integrate song-identification into iOS 8, in partnership with Shazam — Apple Said to Prepare Song-ID Feature for IPhone Software — Apple Inc. (AAPL) wants to help you name that tune. — The company is planning to unveil a song-discovery feature in an update …
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| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Lending Club Raises $115 Million, Acquires Springstone Financial for $140 Million — Lending Club, the online market that connects borrowers looking for loans with individuals with the money to fund them, has acquired Springstone Financial for about $140 million in cash and stock, the company said this morning.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Drop in Tech Stocks Hits Startup Funding — Venture Capital, IPO Investors Get Cautious About Silicon Valley — Tech stocks have taken a pounding over the past month, putting pressure on the ecosystem for financing startups and taking them public. — The market's recent downturn …
Tweets: @wsjgraphics
| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Eye-Fi Cloud backs up every photo, no matter what you use to take it — The SD card maker branches out into cloud storage — Seamlessly backing up your photos and making them easily shareable seems to be the dream for cloud storage services. Dropbox and Google have put a lot of effort … | Matt Buedel / Journal Star: |
Twitter account impersonating Peoria, Illinois mayor leads to police raid, arrests — Fake Peoria mayor Twitter account prompts real raid of West Bluff house — Police searched a West Bluff house Tuesday and seized phones and computers in an effort to unmask the author of a parody Twitter account …
Tweets: @katharine_blair, @tjangelo, @jonathanwpeters and @sarahgfink
| Seth Fiegerman / Mashable: |
Weibo Stock Rises 19% on First Day Despite Investor Concerns — Weibo stock closed at $20.24 a share, an increase of just under 20% on the day, despite investor concerns leading up to the initial public offering. — Weibo priced its IPO at $17 a share, at the low end of its proposed price range …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Samsung And Amazon Team Up For Custom Galaxy Kindle E-Book App — So much for trashing the Kindle. Today Samsung is announcing a new app, Kindle for Samsung, created in partnership with Amazon, that will let Galaxy device users using Android 4.0 and up, starting with the Galaxy S5 … | Christopher Mims / Quartz: |
Amazon and Google are in an epic battle to dominate the cloud—and Amazon may already have won — In technology, it's sometimes good to let a pioneer figure out the pitfalls of a new market. Apple's iPod transformed music listening after countless lesser MP3 players failed to make a real dent.
Tweets: @mcwellons
| Russ Garland / Wall Street Journal: |
U.S. Venture Capital Investment Highest Since 2001 — Venture capital investment continued to trend upwards in the first quarter of 2014 with $10.74 billion raised by U.S. based companies, up 18% from the fourth quarter of last year and the most raised since the first three months of 2001.Sponsor Posts
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