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There’s no way Google will acquire Twitter, but maybe it should

There's been a lot of talk these past few weeks about whether or not Google is going to acquire Twitter and whether such a move would be smart. At this...

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The EFF wants to know if police are recording your biometric data

The United States is covered with surveillance cameras that law enforcement can use to track people, but new technology has opened the door to new levels of tracking that use...

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The first Firefox OS-powered Chromecast competitor is already dead

Firefox OS suffered yet another blow to its adoption yesterday when crowd-funded Chromecast competitor Matchstick announced that it will no longer be developing the Firefox OS-powered dongle due to issues...

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A well-known Appe artist is now leading Pinterest’s design team

Pinterest recently published a blog post where it talked about its diversity problem and how it wants to start hiring more women and minorities, and the most recent addition to...

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I can’t tell if Yahoo’s new messaging app is brilliant or just stupid

Yahoo's new messaging app wasn't widely discussed when it first launched earlier this month because, at the time, it was exclusive to Hong Kong and Taiwan, but now that the...

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eBay is boiling itself down to just the basics

Now that the only thing driving eBay's growth and profitability (PayPal) is gone, the company needs to figure out how to survive on its own. In its first major business...

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Facebook is asking users to skip YouTube and upload videos directly

Facebook is now encouraging users to upload their videos directly to the social network rather than uploading them to YouTube and posting a link. The company has been aggressively expanding its share...

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Even LinkedIn’s co-founder thinks the website could use a redesign

Design isn't everything, despite what some would have you believe, but it's certainly important. One of the biggest complaints that people have with LinkedIn is that the website's design is...

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Apple needs to start updating its built-in apps separately from iOS

Like it or not, smartphone makers are always going to bundle apps with their devices, but at least most of these companies have the decency to keep those apps regularly updated. Apple, on...

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Pause is one of the most unique and interesting music discovery apps

Shuffler.fm separated itself from the plethora of music discovery apps by taking a more visual approach to the process, and nothing exemplifies this as much as the company's Pause app. The...

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