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10 tweets that gripped the world
2013-09-17

Twitter is synonymous with many things. It’s where people go to catch up on the gossip of their favorite TV shows, see what their (...)

Google purchases entire output of a 240MW Texas wind farm, will start producing energy in late 2014
2013-09-17

Google today announced it has invested in yet another wind farm, this time a 240MW one outside of Amarillo, Texas. Called Happy Hereford, (...)

Now Uber Lets You Share Your ETA With Friends
2013-09-17

Uber, one of the bigger beasts of the sharing economy, has launched a new feature that allows its users to tell their friends what (...)

Twitter and Facebook are blocked again in Iran, ‘technical glitch’ blamed for brief access
2013-09-17

Internet users in Iran were able to log into Twitter and Facebook using domestic carriers for the first time in four years yesterday, (...)

Twitter encourages German voters to engage with political parties ahead of September 22 election
2013-09-17

With Germany’s general election fast approaching on September 22, it seems Twitter is recognizing its role in the process by encouraging (...)

How You Can Help With The Devastating Floods In Colorado
2013-09-16

Last week, torrential walls of water slammed eastern Colorado, inundating highways, homes, and leveling some 30 bridges. The most (...)

NBC and Fox Lead the Way in TV Network Online Chatter
2013-09-17

With fall comes new TV seasons, and social media analysis firm NetBase has analyzed seven shows to find the opinions expressed across (...)

Spammers are back on Twitter, and this time they’re coming after you through lists
2013-09-17

Twitter users are finding themselves dealing with a new, but ambiguous onslaught from spammers. But instead of directly getting your (...)

The Devastating Floods In Colorado And How You Can Help
2013-09-16

Last week, torrential walls of water slammed eastern Colorado, inundating highways, homes, and leveling some 30 bridges. The most (...)

Google updates AdSense to support serving ads on HTTPS pages
2013-09-16

Google today announced it has updated its AdSense platform with support Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS). In other words, (...)

Google acquires Bump, the mobile contact and file-sharing service, no plans to shutter ‘for now’
2013-09-16

Bump, the app that lets people interact and share information with each other by bumping their phones together, has been acquired (...)

Google Analytics to drop Internet Explorer 8 support at the end of 2013
2013-09-16

Google today announced that its Analytics service will stop supporting Internet Explorer 8 at the end of the year. As a result, Google (...)

Revealed: Most Influential Emotions on Social Networks
2013-09-16

One well-known feature of social networks is that similar people tend to attract each other: birds of a feather flock together. So (...)

Box unveils Notes, its take on Google Docs that’s coming to all users in 2014
2013-09-16

Cloud storage platform Box today unveiled a new feature designed to allow its customers to create content right from within its service. (...)

DataSift adds support for Tumblr to its social data and analytics platform
2013-09-16

Social data platform DataSift has added another big name to its growing list of data sources, this time bringing in Tumblr. Starting (...)

China’s Baidu under pressure as third- and fourth-placed search rivals team up in $448m merger
2013-09-16

Rumors were aplenty that Chinese tech company Qihoo 360, which launched a search engine of its own last year, was at the forefront (...)

Office, school or government block a website you want to read? Use Google Translate.
2013-09-16

Here’s an incredibly useful trick for anyone who lives in a country that restricts access to websites, or uses a controlled version (...)

Google Glass gets app-based data sharing, removing the need for a dedicated tethering plan
2013-09-16

The ‘Explorer Edition’ of Google Glass is very much in beta, as evidenced by a range of recent updates for the wearable device, (...)

Twitter Experiment DMs You Recommendations on Who to Follow
2013-09-15

While Twitter rolled out its stealth IPO last week, it was also busy working on another under-the-radar project designed to add (...)

Google Street View car crashes into TWO minivans and a parked vehicle – driver runs off [Photos]
2013-09-14

Google’s map services are increasing important for drivers — particularly after the company scooped up smart navigation service (...)

Google Keep code hints at future Google Drive integration and support for video playback
2013-09-14

Ever since Google launched Keep, its rival to note-taking apps like Evernote, there’s been an assumption that the service will integrate (...)

Twitter #Music charts are now available inside Rdio
2013-09-14

Twitter released a Spotify app for its #Twitter Music service this week, but the company isn’t forgetting other streaming sites (...)

Windows Phone’s big problem isn’t a lack of apps
2013-09-14

So, the iPhone event came and went, people argued on Apple’s innovation credentials, the Android vs. iOS debate reared its head (...)

Why outsourcing innovation is going to be big for the tech industry and beyond
2013-09-14

Paul Jozefak, co-founder and managing director of innovation laboratory Liquid Labs, argues that outsourcing innovation will become (...)

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