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Snapchat has started charging $0.99 for extra replays

The struggle to find a way to monetize your service is one that many startups are painful familiar with, and Snapchat is definitely one of them. Advertisements have been the...

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Facebook is testing out temporary profile pictures

Anytime a cause becomes popular on social media, there's a good chance that some of your friends on Facebook are going to change their profile picture to an image that...

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The iPhone 6S promo confirms that it has an even crappier battery

As with any smartphone, the iPhone has its strengths and it has its weaknesses, and the device's battery is definitely one of the latter. The iPhone's notoriously small battery is...

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Adblock Plus has released a web browser for Android and iOS

Blocking ads on a desktop is as simple as installing an ad-blocking add-on or extension to your web browser, but things get significantly more tricky when you're browsing the web...

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China is still cracking down hard on VPN services

VPNs are used for much more than bypassing regional Netflix restrictions. In countries where free speech is obstructed by censorship, VPNs are an invaluable tool for people who want to...

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SleepSense automatically turns off your TV when you fall alseep

I'm one of the many people who likes to fall asleep while watching TV, which is fine by itself, but the fact that the TV remains on while I'm asleep...

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The world’s top tech companies have formed an open media alliance

Tech companies have made their hatred of closed video formats very clear, especially the kind that require the companies to pay royalties to patent holders. That's why many of these...

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Apple and Cisco are teaming up to create a Fast Lane for iOS users

Apple may have programmed hundreds of millions of consumers to throw money at it whenever it releases a new gadget, but the company has always struggled to sell its products to enterprise customers. In order...

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Facebook is cracking down on stolen videos

It's easy to ignore stolen videos being posted to your website when the people that they belong to are just regular users, but now that Facebook has become one of...

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Garrett Camp is taking control of StumbleUpon once again

After co-founding StumbleUpon more than a decade ago, Garrett Camp served as the company's CEO from 2001 to 2012, even while the company was under the control of eBay before being bought...

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