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Canon is entering the video surveillance business with its latest acquisition

Digital camera specialist Canon announced Friday that it is acquiring open platform video surveillance software company Milestone Systems. Canon Europe picked up the Denmark-based startup to diversify its offerings, specifically...

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A new iOS app called Nutmeg makes it easy to send GIFs in text messages

Who needs words or emoticons when you have GIFs? No one. A new iOS app called Nutmeg makes sending GIFs in text messages as easy as two clicks. The death...

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Netflix is shutting down public API support for third-party developers

Hot on the heels of a new logo and look for its website, Netflix making some big behind-the-scenes changes too. Today the company sent out notice to third-party developers who...

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Apple is cracking down on fake reviews on the App Store

Apple recently began cracking down on fake reviews in the App Store, a widespread problem that can affect both App Store rankings and Top Charts. According to research done by...

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HashPlex has raised $400,000 to allow you to outsource bitcoin mining

Bitcoin miner hosting company HashPlex has completed a $400,000 seed round led by Barry Silbert of SecondMarket and senior Facebook engineer Jason Prado. Bernie Rihn, co-founder of HashPlex, said the...

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CoinVox makes it easy for you to donate bitcoins to politicians

CoinVox, the digital currency services firm for political and nonprofit organizations, today announced that it has officially launched a first-of-its-kind service to help political candidates and organizations accept contributions in...

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Singapore’s Amobee is acquiring Kontera and Adconion for $359 million

Singapore Telecommunications’ digital advertising company Amobee has said that it will buy content marketing startup Kontera as well as cross-channel advertising company Adconion. The deal will cost around $359 million,...

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Apple has started cracking down on apps that reward social sharing

With revamped policies in the iOS 8 App Store, Candy Crush and other apps that reward you for social sharing could soon be booted. Apps that provide users incentives for...

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Anonymous social networking app Secret has a new “Dens” feature

After opening up its platform to encourage worldwide exploring on Android, anonymous sharing app Secret has announced a new way for users to tailor their experience around private groups. The...

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Thai e-commerce service provider, aCommerce, has raised $10.7 million

Thailand-based regional end-to-end e-commerce service provider aCommerce today announced raising $10.7 million in a Series A round. According to an official statement, the deal was organised by the firm’s founding...

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