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Twitter is testing different multi-photo layouts in tweets
2015-02-12

Twitter is apparently testing a new way of displaying multiple images in a tweet. We’ve tested the feature on Twitter.com and the (...)

Those Bitstrips avatars you see on Facebook can now be placed in any photo
2015-02-11

Remember six months ago when you couldn’t scroll through Facebook without seeing Bitstrips avatars of your friends in not quite (...)

Twitter acquires Niche, a service that connects brands to internet celebrities
2015-02-11

Twitter today announced it’s acquiring Niche, a startup that provides monetization strategies and software to the community on Twitter (...)

Fleet of 40 ‘driverless pods’ to hit the UK’s footpaths later this year
2015-02-11

A trial run of 40 LUTZ Pathfinder driverless pods will take to the streets paths of Milton Keynes in the UK later this year, (...)

Pipes 2.0 makes it even easier to keep up with the topics you’re interested in
2015-02-10

Pipes, the news app that launched last year to help you follow the topics that interest you most, has today received a big update with (...)

Yelp gets into the delivery business with Eat24 acquisition
2015-02-10

Yelp is about to get a bit more useful. The app and site you check before you eat anywhere new just announced that it has acquired (...)

Why Twitter launched Curator, a Storify competitor
2015-02-10

As it gets more aggressive about growth, Twitter wants to be useful to just about everyone — including the media. Curator, (...)

Here are the first startups selected to exhibit at TNW Europe 2015
2015-02-10

This year’s TNW Conference Europe will see 150 carefully selected startups exhibit their products and pitch their ideas to 3,500 (...)

Prezi’s Nutshell iPhone app animates your photos
2015-02-10

Presentation platform Prezi has launched its first standalone app and it’s got nothing to do with wowing your bosses. Nutshell (...)

Photographers brave the cold for a love-themed #MashMeet
2015-02-09

When it comes to a good photo op, nothing will stop Instagrammers from getting the best shot — not even sub-freezing temperatures. Last (...)

Affinity Photo, a brand new image editor for the Mac, splashes onto the beta scene
2015-02-09

Serif, a UK-based graphic art and design software company, has just dropped a new photo editing app for the Mac to compete with Adobe (...)

Watching people code could be the next big thing in live streaming video
2015-02-09

Twitch made streaming video games into a hugely popular phenomenon, so what could be next big livestreaming thing? Perhaps it’s (...)

Imgur adds features for everyone as it phases out Pro subscription
2015-02-09

Imgur recently introduced a GIF-making tool to bring more users to its site, and now the image host is providing all its users with (...)

Boston Dynamics shows off new robot dog, dooms us all by kicking it
2015-02-09

Google-owned Boston Dynamics has been making incredible robots long before it was purchased by Google. Today it showed off its latest (...)

Twitter: Government requests for your data spiked 40% since summer
2015-02-09

Like it or not, governments are more curious than ever about Twitter users. The social network released its latest government transparency (...)

Skype for Android now supports offline photo sharing
2015-02-09

If your main form of communication with a friend is via Skype, it’s been frustrating for Android users to send photos while (...)

Apple releases ‘noteworthy’ update to Swift programming language, new Xcode beta
2015-02-09

Even though Apple hasn’t shipped iOS 8.2 yet, the company today made available iOS 8.3 beta to developers. The update comes (...)

Netflix is now available in Cuba
2015-02-09

Netflix is today hitting a new Caribbean country: Cuba. As of today, Cubans with internet connections and “access to international (...)

HubPress makes it easy to build your blog on GitHub
2015-02-09

There are already a few tools out there for building static pages on GitHub – Jeykll, Octopress and Awestruct among them – (...)

AMC is coming to Sling TV’s $20 monthly streaming service ‘in the coming weeks’
2015-02-09

Looks like someone’s read our Sling TV review! In addition to opening Sling TV for all interested users today, the company has (...)

Google acquires photo backup service Odysee
2015-02-08

Google has acquired self-serve mobile backup service Odysee for an undisclosed sum today. The company will join the Google+ team, (...)

6 important things to know about how your brain learns
2015-02-08

This post originally appeared on the Crew blog. Whether you want to learn a new language, learn to cook, take up a musical instrument, (...)

Collaborative problems: We’re not all social networkers
2015-02-08

David Arnoux is Head of Growth and co-founder of Twoodo, helping teams organize using simple #hashtags. This post originally appeared (...)

Sink into the ’50 Shades of Grey’ spirit with an erotic Lego trailer
2015-02-07

Lego has proven to be superlative at keeping up with the popular culture. So it should come as no surprise that in anticipation of (...)

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