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Instagram reaches 27 million registered users, shows off upcoming Android app — Instagram, the photo-sharing app that has taken a definitive lead on iOS, said it has surpassed 27 million registered users. — Co-founder Kevin Systrom didn't disclose daily active users.
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Peter Thiel, university-hater, heads to campus — (Reuters) - Peter Thiel, the superstar Silicon Valley investor, has famously dismissed university as a waste of time and money, and even offered students cash to drop out. — But his views apparently do not apply to himself - or to Stanford University.
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Khan Academy: The future of education? — (CBS News) Sal Khan is a math, science, and history teacher to millions of students, yet none have ever seen his face. Khan is the voice and brains behind Khan Academy, a free online tutoring site that may have gotten your kid out of an algebra bind with its educational how-to videos.| Ryan Block / gdgt: |
Why the new iPad's Retina Display matters — Specs are specs, and every time a new device is announced we expect the numbers to ratchet a little higher. This is the stuff that makes people (especially tech pundits) so cynical of upgrade cycles: the typical incremental updates don't tend …
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| Matthew Belloni / Hollywood Reporter: |
Les Moonves: Steve Jobs Approached CBS for Apple TV Content — The CBS CEO spoke at the UCLA Entertainment Symposium on Saturday, which also included a panel on negotiating talent deals. — CBS CEO Leslie Moonves said Saturday that he was approached about a year ago by Steve Jobs …
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Apple: iPad preorders sell out, demand ‘off the charts’ — If you are hoping to score a new iPad from Apple, you might have to wait. Apple's website shows March 19 as the earliest ship date for online orders of its popular tablet computer. And there is a limit of two per customer on the number of tablets that can preordered.| Dina Bass / Business Week: |
Can Kinect Make Windows Cool Again? — Tom Smith, chief marketing manager for Nissan (7201:JP) North America, planned to unveil the redesigned Pathfinder at the Chicago Auto Show in February. His problem: Although much of the allure of the new Pathfinder is in its upgraded interior … | Bloomberg: |
Iphone Fails to Gain China Share as Samsung Lead Triples: Tech — Apple Inc. (AAPL) got a second partner in China to sell the iPhone in the world's biggest mobile-phone market. The deal may be too late to catch Samsung Electronics Co. (005930), with a market share that's three times larger and growing.
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Walmart Buys Facebook's Birthday And Holiday Reminder App Social Calendar — It looks like retail giant Walmart has made another acquisition. The e-commerce giant has bought Social Calendar, an app on Facebook that allows you to get birthday and holiday reminders by email and SMS …
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Review: iPhoto for iOS out-does Adobe for mobile image editing — Apple released the final piece of its iLife suite for iOS on March 7, delivering a universal version of iPhoto for iPad and iPhone (sorry, iPod touch users). We spent some quality time with the app using an iPad 2 and iPhone 4 …
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Stores Smarten Up Amid Spam Flood — Retailers have started to wear out their welcome in customers' email inboxes, forcing stores to rethink their spam strategies. — Last year, the nation's top 100 retailers by e-commerce revenue sent recipients an average of 177 emails apiece …
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