Information Technology
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Twitter invests in Swirl, in-store smartphone adsApr 25, 2015 7:45 am - Swirl, which offers a platform for retailers and brands to market to customers via beacons, announced it has raised $18 million from a handful of investors, including Tw...
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Review: Azumio's heart rate appApr 25, 2015 7:45 am - One of the things I like best about running is how simple it is: Just dress for the weather (or not), throw on some running shoes and head out the door. That's one of th...
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Online fashion marketplace Poshmark raises $25 million funding roundApr 25, 2015 7:41 am - Online fashion marketplace Poshmark became popular as a way for women to buy and sell clothes harvested from the depths of closets across the U.S. Armed with a new round...
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Google Maps provides virtual outing to Mandela's island prisonApr 25, 2015 7:32 am - Visits to Robben Island off the coast of Cape Town, where Nelson Mandela spent 18 years in prison and which is now a museum, need to be booked at least two days in advan...
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Google introduces Project Fi, its very own cellular serviceApr 25, 2015 7:32 am - Google made its long-awaited jump into the wireless market Wednesday with its new "Project Fi," a program with a lofty goal: to kill the dropped call. How, you may ask? ...
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Twitter's ties to muzzle trolls with rules on threatsApr 25, 2015 7:30 am - Everyone knows Twitter has a problem with online abuse, especially Twitter. Even the company's chief executive has candidly said that the firm needs to be better about s...
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Facebook is hiring like crazyApr 25, 2015 7:25 am - Mark Zuckerberg is going to need to find some more pinball machines and rock-climbing walls. His social networking company, known for its many perks that make it a regul...
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Lyft hires Facebook, Nike executives in push to challenge UberApr 25, 2015 7:25 am - Lyft Inc. hired two vice presidents with experience at consumer giants Facebook Inc. and Nike Inc., doubling the ride-sharing startup's executive team in six months as i...
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With Hello, Facebook's focus on future of communication continues to growApr 25, 2015 7:25 am - Facebook doesn't just want to be your social hub. It also wants to be a bigger part of how you communicate in general. Now Facebook's gone a little further with the in...
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How Amazon swooped in to own cloud servicesApr 25, 2015 7:17 am - In 2004, Sun Microsystems revealed a radical plan to shake up the computing industry. It would build a series of large data centers and sell access to the computers insi...