HTC unveils One S, arrives with dual-core power, engineered metal finish
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HTC's new phone appears to be its middle-weight offering, but it's still with a 4.3 inch Super AMOLED display and a dual-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 inside set to do the heavy-lifting. Previously known to leak fans as the Ville, HTC's brought Ice Cream Sandwich to the fold, alongside...
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Instagram updates iOS, Android apps with 'Photos of You' feature
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Instagram has launched a new service feature, "Photos of You," through updates to its iOS and Android apps. The option lets people tag others in their photos in a manner similar to Facebook; the collected photos will eventually appear in a Photos of You profile section. The tagging also works...
More People Are Using Google+ Than You Thought, Hater
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Guess that’s what Google+ looks like? (geekword.net) Wait, so a lot people are actually using Google+? If we’re to believe a new report from the not-fake sounding GlobalWedbIndex research firm, the Google Ponzi scheme is actually the second-largest social networking site in the world, with 359 million active users. That’s...
This Is What The Next Generation Of Programmers Looks Like
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The next killer app just might be developed by a girl still in high school. Meet Kira Becker, Emily Moschella, Tara Abrishami and Anna Venetianer. Not one of them is older than 16, but they're already accomplished programmers. The four have spent the past five months developing Navi Car. Since they...
Garrett Camp's Expa Aims to Channel StumbleUpon and Uber Lessons Into New Companies
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After co-founding StumbleUpon and Uber, Garrett Camp wants to do more of the same: generate ideas, make prototypes, and turn them into companies. His newly formed Expa will be akin to startup generators from serial entrepreneurs like Evan Williams’ Obvious and Max Levchin’s HVF, Camp said. “I’ve been sort of...
Shares of Blucora spike as profit doubles in Q1
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Blucora, the Bellevue search and tax preparation company formerly known as InfoSpace, today reported a 43 percent Q1 revenue growth from the same time last year. Shares jumped nearly 10 percent in after hours trading. Revenue for the quarter was $165.3 million, with net income of $23.6 million, a growth of 107...
The future of security: Facebook friends, Google rings, and a computer just for Twitter
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Facebook today introduced a feature called “Trusted Contacts,” which allows users to designate some of their (Facebook) friends as backups in case their account is compromised. This is meant to add a new level of security to users’ accounts, requiring so-called “close friends” to determine whether someone requesting access to...
AMD upgrades FX line with new FX 4350, FX 6350 processors
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AMD has deployed a pair of new processors to the component channel. The new AMD FX 4350 and 6350 processors have been added to the line. Both processors are fully AM3+ compatible, and fit in a 900-series motherboard and bring up to 10 percent more performance than the processors they...
Apple begins countdown to 50 billion App Store downloads with a $10k gift card and best seller list
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Apple has begun its ritual countdown to the next big App Store milestone with a special section in iTunes and a list of prizes, reports Macstories. The biggest of those is a $10,000 gift card which will be awarded to the customer who downloads the 50 billionth app, with a...
Apple Begins Countdown to 50 Billion App Store Downloads
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Apple has posted a new contest on the App Store [Direct Link], offering a $10,000 gift card to whomever downloads the fifty billionth app from the App Store, similar to previous promotions. Apple said during its most recent earnings call that the company has surpassed 45 billion app downloads. Apple's...
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