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Visual identity platform startup Vizify gets acquired by Yahoo

Yahoo has acquired Vizify, a company that turns social media data into interactive visual aids such as infographics and videos, adding to the Internet giant’s string of acquisitions designed both...

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Popular Bitcoin exchange BTC China launches Litecoin trading

Popular Bitcoin exchange BTC China announced on Tuesday that they’ve launched Litecoin trading effective immediately. The service says it’s added Litecoin trading due to popular demand, putting the exchange behind BTC-e in terms...

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Postach.io might be the next big blogging platform

In the same way Medium is particularly appealing for those already using Twitter, Postach.io is a simple blogging platform that's specially designed to link up with Evernote. Although Postach.io is still in beta,...

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You can track Google’s Project Loon Internet helium balloons in real time

If you point your browser to Flightradar24.com and zoom off the coast of New Zealand, you’ll see 7 slow moving aircraft: these are actually helium balloons, part of Google’s Project...

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Windows Phone 8.1 will reportedly support custom backgrounds

Windows Phone 8.1 may still be a month away from its official debut, but the rumor mill is making the wait easier today by leaking some new details of the...

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Vietnam bans banks from handling Bitcoin

Vietnam has banned its banks from handling Bitcoins, saying the virtual currency is not legal tender in the communist nation. Bitcoin, invented in the wake of the global financial crisis, is...

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Tencent expands WeChat to desktops

Tencent has expanded its reach from mobile phones to desktop computers by officially announcing a native Mac version of WeChat, its popular messaging app. Announced February 27 on Tencent’s official microblog, WeChat for...

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Smart car device Automatic gets support for IFTTT

If there was any device we could stand to be a little smarter for us, it’s our cars. They cost thousands of dollars upfront, are financially draining to maintain and...

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LINE users will soon be able to create and sell their own stickers

Rumors of yet another messaging app being sold pinned Naver's LINE app to Japanese phone carrier, SoftBank. The app maker denied the claim yesterday, and today announced that it's adding several new...

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Chinese clone of Vine reaches 160 million views in a single day

While short video sharing apps such as Twitter’s Vine have increasingly won over western fans, Chinese app users have largely limited the majority of their internet communication to static text...

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Intel launches Merrifield, its new 64-bit Atom processor

Intel announced two new 64-bit mobile processors designed for Android smartphones and tablets today during a presentation at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The 22nm dual-core Merrifield and larger quad-core Moorefield boast faster speeds which...

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It’s doubtful that Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox’s will survive

The survival of Bitcoin-trading exchange Mt.Gox was in doubt Monday after its CEO left the digital currency's top advocacy group and the exchange's website went offline. Mt.Gox chief executive Mark Karpeles resigned...

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