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Apple has hinted that it might begin allowing Bitcoin-transaction apps

Apple made a small but significant change without announcing it onstage today at its World Wide Developers Conference in San Francisco: It is now accepting “approved virtual currency” apps into the App...

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After nine years, MOG has officially shut down

MOG is officially gone. The service was once one of the largest streaming music options available, behind competitors like Spotify and Rdio, but yesterday the site was shut down for...

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Justin.tv will be removing its built-in video archiving system

Live video broadcasting site Justin.tv is freeing up space. Lots of it. The site announced today that it will be deleting all archived broadcasts that are stored on its servers...

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The Lomo’Instant Camera has raised over $500k on Kickstarter

Setting out to bring the next generation of cameras to the market, California-based  Lomography launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for the Lomo’Instant Camera. The company originally sought out $100k for the camera, and...

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Virgin Galactic is one step closer to bringing space travel to consumers

Beardy Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic is one step closer to opening its cabin doors for business, having secured authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration to launch its rocket plane from...

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A travel planning site called Hipmunk has raised $20 million in funding

Travel planning site Hipmunk announced today that it has raised $20 million in Series C financing. The round was led by Oak Investment Partners, and joined by a number of...

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A group of sixth graders have created a special app for the blind

President Obama gave first mention to the Hello Navi app development team at Resaca Middle School in Los Fresnos in his speech Tuesday at the White House Science Fair. Last...

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Google’s new Video Quality Report can measure your ISP’s internet speed

Earlier this year, Google introduced its Video Quality Report that measures the performance of your Internet Service Provider based on YouTube content playback. At the time, Google’s project was only available for...

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Satya Nadella has promised that Microsoft won’t sell off Bing or the Xbox

Speaking at Re/code’s conference in California, Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella assured gamers that the company doesn’t plan to sell its Xbox division, despite what many people advise Microsoft to do. Furthermore, he said that the...

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Western Digital new $100 media streamer doesn’t support Netflix

Western Digital has added more in-home video-streaming options and file-format support to its latest WD TV Personal Edition. The $99.99 TV box, like its predecessors, can play video from streaming...

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