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Start small: 5 tips for building a successful niche marketplace
2014-03-18

Leigh Middleton is the CEO and Co-Founder Six3. A lot has been written about digital marketplaces – virtual spaces in which a market (...)

Facebook mobile now shows workplace, hometown, and mutual friends at the top of other people’s profiles
2014-03-18

Facebook today rolled out a new feature for getting more information about other people on the social network. Now, when you go to (...)

8 of the best iOS apps for shooting and sharing video—beyond Vine and Instagram
2014-03-18

Let’s imagine you’re not toting a dedicated video camera or DSLR, but rather are using the the ever-present smartphone camera (...)

Bing now shows a map, your estimated travel time and mileage when you ask for directions in the US
2014-03-18

Microsoft today updated Bing with a number of new features and refinements to help you navigate from point A to point B. The search (...)

Google Chromecast listed on PC World and Currys for £30, pointing to imminent UK launch
2014-03-18

It looks like Google Chromecast will soon be available in the UK. Retailers PC World and Currys have started listing the tiny streaming (...)

MEPs vote to approve net neutrality plan that would allow ISPs to prioritize “specialized services”
2014-03-18

An Industry Committee of MEPs have today voted to approve a controversial plan that could allow service providers to prioritize certain (...)

Visual translator app Waygo adds Japanese to its slate
2014-03-18

Waygo, a mobile app that instantly translates Chinese characters into English just by hovering a smartphone camera over them, has (...)

PlayStation Vita gets Crunchyroll, NHL and Qello apps, Hulu Plus and Redbox Instant due this spring
2014-03-18

Few people buy the PlayStation Vita for its multimedia apps and streaming capabilities, but Sony is continuing to back its handheld (...)

Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment, Gree and Ubisoft sign-up to bring their games to GamePop
2014-03-18

GamePop, the ‘Netflix for games’ service from Bluestacks that brings mobile games to your TV, has announced today that Warner (...)

Appmethod: a new platform for creating “truly native” apps for Android, iOS, Windows and OS X
2014-03-18

Embarcadero, the database and dev tools maker, has launched Appmethod today, a new single code base platform for creating native apps (...)

Microsoft announces Xbox One coming to 26 new markets in September, bringing total to 39
2014-03-18

Microsoft today announced plans to bring its Xbox One console to 26 additional markets in September. The company says it will share (...)

Nook Press self-publishing platform is now available to authors in the UK and parts of Europe
2014-03-18

Barnes and Noble, the bookseller behind the Nook e-reader devices and e-reader store, has announced that the Nook Press self-publishing (...)

Giant Google Chrome-enhanced textile sculpture lights up Vancouver sky
2014-03-17

The people of Vancouver got their very own eye candy Monday, in the form of a humongous, glistening interactive art installation—called (...)

Dollarbird’s awesome personal finance-tracker arrives for Android with Pro accounts in tow
2014-03-18

Way back in July last year, we brought you news on Dollarbird, an awesome app for tracking your income and expenses courtesy of Halcyon (...)

It’s official: Apple releases 8GB version of its iPhone 5c, brings back the fourth-generation iPad
2014-03-18

UPDATE: Apple has released the 8GB version of its iPhone 5c in various European regions, including the UK and France, on its official (...)

Amazon will reportedly ship its video-streaming Android-based device early next month
2014-03-18

Rumors have been swirling around Amazon’s launch of a set-top box, and now the Wall Street Journal reports that its video-streaming (...)

Giant Chrome browser-textile sculpture lights up Vancouver sky
2014-03-17

The people of Vancouver got their very own eye candy Monday, in the form of a humongous, glistening interactive art installation—called (...)

LG rolls out its flagship G Pro 2 Android smartphone in Asian markets
2014-03-17

After taking the wraps off its latest flagship smartphone last month, LG announced today the start of sales of the G Pro 2 in Asian (...)

Maps Of Countries Made From Their Regional Foods
2014-03-17

This cartographic series is a carefully crafted 3-D visualization of edible offerings from around the world.What do you really look (...)

YouTube is reportedly building a version for kids under 10 years old, asks creators for child-oriented content
2014-03-17

As the biggest video sharing site by a landslide, YouTube attracts people from all walks of life, for better or for worse. Yet the (...)

Budding entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia are set to benefit from JFDI Asia’s $2 million funding
2014-03-17

Budding tech entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia are set to benefit from more cash in the startup ecosystem, as Singapore-based accelerator (...)

Google Play Movies arrives in 37 new markets including Chile, Finland, Portugal and the Netherlands
2014-03-17

The Android version of the Google Play Movies and TV app was updated today with support for 40 new languages. Google has also confirmed (...)

OnePlus ‘One’ smartphone will ship with a 13MP Sony Exmor IMX214 rear-facing camera
2014-03-17

OnePlus today confirmed that its upcoming ‘One’ smartphone will be fitted with a 13-megapixel rear-facing camera. One Plus founder (...)

WhatsApp reiterates Facebook purchase will not affect user privacy; company ‘values and beliefs will not change’
2014-03-17

Almost a month after announcing Facebook’s plan to acquire it, WhatsApp today published a blog post titled “Setting the record (...)

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