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A new company is offering to develop your awesome startup ideas for you, and then pay you for them

You know those awesome startup ideas that you come up with but  lack the time and ability to actually develop? Well a new company called Assembly will crowdsource your ideas for...

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12 words cost Facebook $18 billion in valuation

"We did see a decrease in daily users specifically among younger teens." Everything was going so well. Revenue was up. Profit was up. Users were up. The stock was up....

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Pinterest will show you pins you may want to like

It's no longer a matter of following boards that interest you. That's not good enough for Pinterest. Now, they want to show you what THEY think you'll like as well....

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UN to take on asteroids

They may have challenges bringing peace to the world or keeping Iran from building nuclear weapons, but that won't stop the United Nations from trying to stop any impending asteroid...

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The tech surge will not help the government website

The government seems to only know a few solutions to just about every problem. A "surge" is one of those solutions, but it will not help in the case of...

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Nintendo has ceased production of the Wii

It was a great console in its time, one that far exceeded the excitement, buzz, and sales of its successor. Now, the Wii will no longer be built. Nintendo is...

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Keep your guns safe with fingerprint scanner

The fear of an intruder taking your gun can be alleviated with this fingerprint scanning lock box... unless they chop off your hand first, of course. When guns fall into...

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Two iPhone releases head in opposite directions

The C is pushed down while the S is getting pushed up. Apple has the prototypical good-news, bad-news scenario on its hands, with soaring sales of its flagship iPhone 5S...

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LinkedIn’s mobile moves are significant for recruiting

Social media sites often take the road of expanding outside of their niche. LinkedIn continues to make their advancements within their niche and a couple of recent moves are significant...

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iOS Facebook ads are much more profitable than Android

If you're advertising on Facebook (and if you're a business, you probably should be), you might want to focus on iOS ads much more than Android. The numbers don't lie...

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Even the dark net needs a search engine

In many ways, it's like trying to find ninjas in the woods at night. You're not supposed to find them. With the dark internet gaining more traction over NSA surveillance...

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The real purpose of the iWatch

If you ask most people who are a little knowledgeable about the upcoming iWatch, they would probably say that it's a way to enhance the iPhone. That's not so according...

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