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Nokia shareholders approve $7.2 billion deal for sale of devices business to Microsoft

Nov 19, 2013

It's the end of an era for Nokia as its shareholders approve a $7.2 billion deal with Microsoft to sell all of Nokia’s...

Twitter expands its emergency alert services to the U.K. and Ireland

Nov 17, 2013

Twitter has launched Twitter Alerts in the U.K. and Ireland. The service allows organizations to send emergency, relief, or charity...

Candy Crush Saga has been installed over half a billion times

Nov 15, 2013

Just one year after being released, Candy Crush Saga has reached over half a billion lifetime installs and boasts over 1...

Google is becoming Apple’s biggest competitor in the education market

Nov 13, 2013

Google has launched Google Play for Education, an extension of Google Play that is designed specifically for K-12 schools. The new...

Facebook enables students to gain college credits for open source contributions

Nov 13, 2013

Open Academy is a new program launched by Facebook that sets up a special class where students get college credit for...

Windows Store sees a nearly 40% increase in downloads from June

Nov 12, 2013

Despite numerous issues and criticism since its launch, the Windows Store for applications on Windows 8 and 8.1 has seen a 38.56%...

A messaging app brought in $100 million in revenue last quarter

Nov 11, 2013

A Japanese instant messaging app called Line brought in a whopping $100 million in revenue last quarter. The company that...

3D Systems releases a cheap and simple 3D scanner

Nov 11, 2013

South Carolina-based 3D Systems has released a $399 3D scanner called the Sense. The Sense is supposed to be much cheaper...

New online design studio lets you build HTML5 ads

Nov 11, 2013

Flite has launched a new online design studio that lets you build HTML5 ads. This is the latest in a...

Use Prefundia to crowdfund your crowdfunding campaign

Nov 10, 2013

Prefundia is a new startup that aims to help projects get crowdfunding before they launch their crowdfunding campaigns, essentials crowdfunding...

iDevice: How technology is causing us to lose (or gain) our identity

Nov 9, 2013

We are what we surf on, right? That would be a silly statement except for the fact that in today's...

How Stephen Elop intends to reform Microsoft should he becomes CEO

Nov 9, 2013

An article concerning potential Microsoft CEO Stephen Elop shows us some of his plans to reform the company. These plans include...