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AT&T Assures Support For All Video Chat Apps By Year's End
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Museum buffs and tourists might want to download Google's Field Trip app right now.
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Congress concerned Google Glass a privacy risk
A group of eight Congress members sent Google CEO Larry Page a letter last week expressing concern over Google Glass privacy and requesting more information about how the company obtains and uses personal information.
Yahoo Is Purchasing Tumblr For $1 Billion. Will Yahoo Kill The Uber-Hip Blogging Platform?
It's official: After several days of rumors, Yahoo [NASDAQ: YHOO] has all but confirmed that it will be purchasing the blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion.
Facebook Home not the big hit anticipated
The E-Edition includes all of the news, comics, classifieds and advertisements of the newspaper.
Interview with Concrete, hardcore band from New York
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Tech Hubs Flourish Outside of Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley has long been at the forefront of the tech startup scene, but thanks to the growth of emerging companies in other areas of the U.S. and worldwide, the West Coast is no longer the only tech hub sparking startups and innovation.
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5 Tech Stocks You Should Have Bought Instead of Facebook
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg looks on during a media event at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California, March 7, 2013.
Unusual Apps: Two Useful, One Pointless, and That's the Point
During Google's #io13 yesterday, it was announced that 48 billion apps have been installed globally.
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High-Profile VCs Caught up in Bitcoin Mania
Just since April, notable firms such as Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, Google Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Union Square Ventures have invested $9 million in three bitcoin-related companies: BitPay, CoinBase and OpenCoin.
Google Offers a Suggestion to the Utility Industry
Creative ideas come from everywhere, but it's not often you see a search engine giving utilities business advice.