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Video chat app WeCam brings friends from multiple social networks together
2014-03-27

So you’re one of those socially connected types who spend, let’s say, a fair amount of time online communicating with business (...)

Sony agrees to $68 million deal to sell more of its company buildings in Tokyo
2014-03-27

Sony agreed a deal to sell two company buildings in Tokyo for $156 million earlier this month, and now the Japanese firm is cashing (...)

Twitter is experimenting with replacing its sacred retweet button with a ‘share’ button
2014-03-26

Twitter has been busy making Facebook-like changes today — adding multiple photo upload and tagging, and experimenting with a profile (...)

Twitter expected to refocus music strategy around conversations and content after app failure
2014-03-26

After putting its #Music iOS app out of its misery last week, Twitter is preparing for another go at the music space, according to (...)

Know your clients: How to create an accurate customer profile
2014-03-26

Brian Honigman is a marketing consultant, a professional speaker and a freelance writer. This post originally appeared on the (...)

Microsoft and Dell sign patent licensing agreement covering Android, Chrome OS, and Xbox
2014-03-26

Microsoft and Dell today announced a patent licensing agreement that will allow the companies to share technology and “build on (...)

W Hotels Defends $3,000 Social Media Wedding Concierge: "To Some, This May Seem A Bit Over The Top"
2014-03-26

Considering the expensive history of weddings, is a leap to a $3,000 social media concierge really that hard to imagine?As you may (...)

Shipping Stuff Is A Hassle. Shyp Will Do It For You
2014-03-26

A service that picks up items ready for shipping, packages them up, sends them using the cheapest or fastest option, and takes care (...)

Peak: An automated project tracking and team management platform from the creators of Flow
2014-03-26

Managing a team, remote or otherwise, can be a challenge. We should know, it’s no secret that The Next Web staff list spans the (...)

In pursuit of truth: A brand’s guide to managing misinformation online
2014-03-26

Patrice Francois is co-founder and associate director at Digimind, one of the fastest growing companies in the field of social media (...)

Candy Crush Saga developer King begins trading at $20.50 per share
2014-03-26

Candy Crush Saga developer King Digital Entertainment today became a public company, after it began trading on the New York Stock (...)

Need a business idea? This is where you should be looking
2014-03-26

Rahul Varshneya is the co-founder of Arkenea Technologies and a mobile strategy advisor. He can be contacted via Twitter @rahulvarshneya. (...)

How Warby Parker Became Shorthand For Simple And Stylish
2014-03-26

How do you defuse the gamble of buying glasses online? What does beautiful design have to do with credibility? Cofounder Neil Blumenthal (...)

Oculus Rift, Kickstarter, And The Delicate Line Between Growing Fast And Selling Out
2014-03-26

The virtual reality headset was a crown jewel of the Kickstarter world. But in the wake of its $2 billion Facebook purchase, a once (...)

Facebook VP: The only limit with Oculus is our imaginations
2014-03-26

At the FT’s Digital Media 2014 event in London today, Nicola Mendelsohn, Vice President of Facebook, EMEA, took to the stage to (...)

Microsoft Azure now generally available in China, operated by data Internet services provider 21Vianet
2014-03-26

Microsoft today announced Azure is now generally available in China. The cloud computing platform is operated by data Internet services (...)

What is 4K video? A guide to the rising industry standard
2014-03-26

Derick Rhodes is a footage content producer at Shutterstock. This post was originally published on the Shutterstock blog and has (...)

UK telecoms watchdog says BT was most complained about broadband and pay TV provider in Q4 2013
2014-03-26

The UK telecoms regulatory body Ofcom today published its quarterly review of the number of complaints it receives about fixed-line (...)

Dots, the addictive mobile game, now lets you compete head-to-head with friends
2014-03-26

Dots has been out a while and, though it is a fantastically addictive game — we rate it highly — the nature of mobile gaming dictates (...)

The New York Times announces new low-cost curated subscription and Premium plan
2014-03-26

The New York Times is adding two new subscription strings to its proverbial bow, one of which includes a new curated ‘budget’ (...)

Turkish court overturns the country’s ban on Twitter, but it may only be temporary
2014-03-26

Turkey controversially banned Twitter last week, but it looks like the social network could soon be freely accessible in the country (...)

How These Simple Chalk Infographics On The Sidewalk Created A Neighborhood
2014-03-25

When stats about the people who lived in this British city started appearing in public, it drew a divided community together.While (...)

In China, Alibaba now lets you invest money in TV and movie projects
2014-03-26

Chinese Internet firms are getting more creative at targeting customers with new products — they have rolled out various investment (...)

Google’s new online tools will keep voters in India and Indonesia informed ahead of upcoming polls
2014-03-26

Google has launched a series of tools as it seeks to make itself useful to 1 billion Indian and Indonesian voters, who are heading (...)

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