Yahoo! confirms Tumblr deal for $1.1 billion (via AFP) Yahoo! confirmed on Monday it would acquire blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion (725 million pounds), saying the two companies “share a vision to make the Internet the ultimate creative canvas.” The two firms confirmed weekend reports of the tie-up, in a deal which helps the struggling Internet… Read More »
By DAVID NATHER, TARINI PARTI and BYRON TAU | 5/14/13 7:36 PM EDT Updated: 5/15/13 10:27 AM EDT The Internal Revenue Service asked tea party groups to see donor rolls. It asked for printouts of Facebook posts. Continue Reading Acting IRS Commissioner dodges questions Reid on IRS: ‘Not the first time’ Latest on POLITICO Report: Stevens declined security Bush AG: I didn’t subpoena on leak Issa sets IRS hearing next ... Read More »
By Stephanie Buck via http://mashable.com/2013/05/09/curator/ When you were four, you imagined “engineers” as men in striped overalls who shouted “all aboard!” from trains. Later you learned that most engineers study more than just locomotives: mechanics, chemicals and even complicated structures like roller coasters.Similarly, you pictured “curators” as snobby museum employees who talk about brush strokes and Impressionism. Today, however, curation ... Read More »
Microsoft looks to woo Android users with Switch to Windows Phone app (via The Inquirer) SOFTWARE GIANT Microsoft has launched an app for Google’s Android mobile operating system that tries to lure users to Windows Phone. The app, subtly named “Switch to Windows Phone”, claims to make it easy to switch from an Android phone to a Windows Phone handset. ... Read More »
App messaging overtakes SMS texts for the first time (via The Inquirer) THE NUMBER of traditional SMS texts being sent has been overtaken by instant messages on chat apps such as WhatsApp, research firm Informa has said. Informa’s figures show that over one billion more app or “over the top” (OTT) messages were sent per day on chat apps in ... Read More »
(Erik “Big Easy” Shaltis and T-Money Green) My name is Erik Shaltis and I host an internet talk show on www.RawRadioX.com/ … Raw Detroit is myself and T-Money Green. We try and represent the city of Detroit in many aspects. Artists… Musicians… Authors…Athletes… Local Business Owners. We will Interview and talk to anyone who has a positive impact on Detroit ... Read More »
Samsung announces the 6.3in and 5.8in Galaxy Mega smartphones (via The Inquirer) KOREAN PHONE MAKER Samsung unveiled yet another duo of Android smartphones on Thursday, the 6.3in and 5.8in Galaxy Mega handsets. The 6.3in Samsung Galaxy Mega, besides being far too big to be classed as a smartphone, is a cheaper alternative to the Samsung Galaxy Note 2. Its mid-range ... Read More »
Google’s next Nexus 7 tablet will shun Nvidia in favour of Qualcomm (via The Inquirer) HARDWARE DESIGNER Google is working on a sequel to its Google Nexus 7 tablet, which won’t have an Nvidia Tegra 3 chip but rather a Qualcomm processor. Reuters reported that Google is currently working on its second generation Nexus 7 tablet ahead of its release ... Read More »
‘Facebook phone’ may ring true April 4 (via AFP) Facebook fueled fresh talk Friday about its own mobile phone after the leading social network scheduled a press announcement for next week. Shortly after the Facebook invitation went out for the April 4 event, the technology news site TechCrunch reported the announcement would be a modified version… Read More »
How much was GoodReads worth? My calculation says $3 billion (via Pando Daily) By Bryan Goldberg On March 29, 2013Earlier today, BusinessWeek speculated that Good Reads — the terrific social network founded by Otis Chandler and Elizabeth Khuri Chandler — was acquired for about $1 billion. Like most people who read this headline, I immediately clicked the article, drove a… Read More »
By JAMES NYE | dailymail.co.uk Sunday evening’s episode of the History Channel’s hit series ‘The Bible’ threw up an awkward coincidence when viewers noticed that Satan bore a remarkable resemblance to President Obama. Twitter exploded into life during the airing of the latest edition of the Mark Burnett-produced series with most noting the striking similarities between the 44th President and the devil played ... Read More »
AFP - Google has retaken the role of superstar of the tech sector with a stunning stock rally as rival Apple flounders. Google has hit fresh all-time highs in recent weeks, and closed Friday at $831.52, capping a nearly tenfold rise from its public offering price in 2004 of $85. The stock is up about 17 percent so far in 2013. ... Read More »
By Jeff Blagdon | theverge.com Nevada’s legislature made interstate online poker legal today, passing a bill that lets it form compacts with other states to let their residents play across borders without the need for federal gambling legislation. Declared to be an emergency measure, Bill AB114 was passed unanimously in both the Assembly and Senate on Thursday, reports The LasVegas Sun, before being signed into law by governor Brian Sandoval later ... Read More »
By Philip Elliott Associated Press President Barack Obama (Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press) Washington — The White House is downplaying its draft immigration proposal as merely a backup plan if lawmakers don’t come up with an overhaul of their own. It won’t be necessary, Republican and Democratic lawmakers alike are telling the Obama administration. White House chief of staff Denis McDonough ... Read More »
by Brad Reed | http://bgr.com We were surprised last summer when we learned that there were still 3 million lost souls who were trapped in AOL dial-up hell, since we figured that dial-up Internet service had gone the way of POGs and Beanie Babies as ’90s trends that had been mercifully relegated to the dustbin of history. But as Business Insider’s Henry Blodget points out, AOL’s (AOL) dial-up ... Read More »
Clair Byrd, Scoop.it 2012 was a big year for social media. Facebook officially took over the world, Twitter collectively told the world they didn’t want to play anymore by locking up their API, and Pinterest made everybody with time to kill happy by sucking them into a near endless supply of beautiful food imagery and cat pictures. 2012 was also, quite possibly, the ... Read More »
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