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Visual identity platform startup Vizify gets acquired by Yahoo

Mar 5, 2014

Yahoo has acquired Vizify, a company that turns social media data into interactive visual aids such as infographics and videos,...

Popular Bitcoin exchange BTC China launches Litecoin trading

Mar 5, 2014

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...

Postach.io might be the next big blogging platform

Mar 4, 2014

In the same way Medium is particularly appealing for those already using Twitter, Postach.io is a simple blogging platform that's specially designed...

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

Mar 2, 2014

If you point your browser to Flightradar24.com and zoom off the coast of New Zealand, you’ll see 7 slow moving...

Windows Phone 8.1 will reportedly support custom backgrounds

Mar 2, 2014

Windows Phone 8.1 may still be a month away from its official debut, but the rumor mill is making the...

Vietnam bans banks from handling Bitcoin

Feb 28, 2014

Vietnam has banned its banks from handling Bitcoins, saying the virtual currency is not legal tender in the communist nation. Bitcoin,...

Tencent expands WeChat to desktops

Feb 28, 2014

Tencent has expanded its reach from mobile phones to desktop computers by officially announcing a native Mac version of WeChat, its...

Smart car device Automatic gets support for IFTTT

Feb 26, 2014

If there was any device we could stand to be a little smarter for us, it’s our cars. They cost...

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

Feb 26, 2014

Rumors of yet another messaging app being sold pinned Naver's LINE app to Japanese phone carrier, SoftBank. The app maker denied the...

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

Feb 26, 2014

While short video sharing apps such as Twitter’s Vine have increasingly won over western fans, Chinese app users have largely...

Intel launches Merrifield, its new 64-bit Atom processor

Feb 25, 2014

Intel announced two new 64-bit mobile processors designed for Android smartphones and tablets today during a presentation at Mobile World Congress in...

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

Feb 25, 2014

The survival of Bitcoin-trading exchange Mt.Gox was in doubt Monday after its CEO left the digital currency's top advocacy group...