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Is digital opening up a new chapter for publishing?
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How is the publishing industry embracing the world of digital?...
Android Design guide updated with new tips for app developers
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Not all design choices are blatantly obvious, which is why it's helpful to see fresh sections being added to Google's official design guide for Android devs. There's a whole new chapter on how to create a good Settings pane, including what settings to make controllable or fixed and how...
Wildfire is Joining Google!
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Four years ago, we set out on a journey to make social media marketing easier and more effective. We thought our idea had potential, but little did we know what an incredible ride it would be. Not only have we helped to define and build an entirely new industry, but...
What Does Penguin Have In Common With A Whale? A Publishing Deal
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Pearson has been taking some decisive steps into using mobile to grow its traditional publishing business. And today sees a new chapter in that strategy: Puffin, the children’s division of Pearson imprint Penguin, has signed a worldwide deal with UK-based mobile games developer Ustwo to develop e-books based on Ustwo’s...
Google Play Books starts a new chapter in France
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Now that the legal dust has settled and Google's publishing woes in 'ol Gaul have been swept under the rug, it's back to business as usual. Starting today, the land of Jerry Lewis lovers will have access to books on Google Play, making it the fifth European country to...
The Instagram Of Social Publishing? Belgian Checkthis Moves To NYC, Gets A $910k Seed Round From Lerer, SV Angel, Index + More
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Twitter may be synonymous with the term “microblogging” but a new service launching in beta today brings a new chapter for the medium that could just find a niche in today’s distracted, busy world. Checkthis, a site dedicated to letting users create one-off, visually slick blog posts and other kinds...
The Instagram Of Social Publishing? Belgian Checkthis Moves To NYC, Gets A $910k Seed Round From Lerer, SV Angel, Index + More
A New Chapter For Yahoo Music: A Deal With Spotify, Replacing Rhapsody
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Here’s an interesting twist for Yahoo, the beleaguered internet company, and Spotify, the upstart streaming music service that is taking the market by storm: today the two have announced a global deal, in which Yahoo will integrate and promote Spotify’s music service on the Yahoo Media network, which reaches 700...
A new chapter for Pivotal Labs
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I’m delighted to announce the acquisition of Pivotal Labs by EMC. When we founded Pivotal, many years ago, it would have been difficult to imagine the company we would become. But thanks to our dedicated employees, and the support of incredible clients and partners, we have succeeded in creating something...
Dark Souls: Mizayaki on the PC version, console DLC and modding
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Dark Souls director Hidetaka Miyazaki discusses the extra content in the forthcoming PC version, plus the likelihood of a console update, whether there will be modding support and moreOn August 24, PC gamers will get to experience one of last year's finest – and toughest – console releases: From Software's...
How Major League Gaming went all-in, landed on its feet, and raised millions
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We’re big fans of Major League Gaming here at TNW, mostly because we find that the company sits at the intersection of hardware, gaming, and what one might call ‘the cult of technology.’ Major League Gaming, MLG for short, is a company that hosts competitive gaming tournaments around the United...
Inside Leica's Washington, DC store, its first in North America (photos)
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We got a chance to check out the grand opening of Leica's flagship US store in Washington, DC on Thursday — and it's a beauty. While Leica has a number of stores worldwide, this is its first in North America, and it's clear that the company plans on further...
HP confirms reorganization, PC and printer groups to merge
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Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday confirmed earlier reports of a major reorganization within the company. The firm plans to merge its Personal Systems Group, responsible for PCs, with its Imaging and Printing Group. Current boss of the company’s printer division Vyomesh Joshi will retire after 31 years at the company, and current...
Photo book company Mixbook acquires location-based chat pioneers Yobongo
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Before there were location-aware fads apps like Highlight and Glancee, there was a company who focused on creating chatrooms on the fly based on where you were located. Think AOL chatrooms with people who were ten feet away from you. Yobongo pioneered the notion that you may want to strike...
Author collectives signal a new chapter for self-publishing
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With online groups working to sift out the hidden gems, and a New York co-operative instituting a 'seal of quality', is the world of independent publishing finally getting organised?A new public service is emerging online: authors and readers who are sifting through the morass of self-published books out there to...
How Tech Giants Are Playing The Icann Domain Game
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Icann — the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which oversees a host of Internet-related operations, including the assignment of domain names – today revealed a list of nearly 2,000 top-level domain names that businesses and other organizations have applied to own, as part of a new move to vastly...
NASA on 'brink of a new future' with SpaceX launch
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The nation's space efforts entered a new chapter today with the launch of the first commercial vehicle to the International Space Station....
Weigh in on the upcoming launch of Tesla’s Model S
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Customer rides of the Model S BetaElectric car maker Tesla will start shipping its first Model S cars this Friday (June 22), which kicks off a new chapter for the Silicon Valley company. The Model S is Tesla’s first electric sedan (and it’s second car), and it’s got a starting...
Google buys social media firm Wildfire for a reported $250M
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Google just acquired social media marketing company Wildfire. AllThingsD first reported ”people familiar with the transaction” estimate Google bought Wildfire for $250 million, “plus earnouts, employment agreements, etc.” Wildfire currently serve 16,000 customers, including 30 of the top 50 brands, and raised a reported $14 million since its founding in 2008. Both...
GeekWire Meetup Preview: Catching up with former Microsoft design director Bill Flora
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Bill Flora Microsoft and great design haven’t exactly been synonymous over the years, but the company has been changing its reputation with the rollout of the straightforward, clean and functional Metro user interface across its product line — culminating with the release of Windows 8 later this year. “I feel great...
With Surface tablet, Microsoft ready to start a new chapter as cool
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I first met Steven Bathiche when I took a trip to Microsoft’s campus to check out what the company had been doing in research and development. Microsoft PR had sworn that I would be blown away by the “cool things” the company was doing, and I wanted to see for...
Geek of the Week: Mike Foley, Bluetooth leader, prepares for new chapter
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Mike Foley wearing an early Bluetooth headset. (Photos Annie Laurie Malarkey) We almost take Bluetooth for granted, as it zips our data through the air, letting us make hands-free phone calls and sync media between devices, among countless other applications enabled by the short-range wireless technology. The industry consortium that...
Google admits tracking Safari users
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Internet giant says it circumvented security settings in browser to track users on desktops and iPhonesGoogle has come under attack for violating users' privacy and ignoring their wishes after admitting that it intentionally circumvented security settings in Apple's Safari browser to track users on both desktop computers and iPhones.A number...
Yahoo reports earnings, but without new CEO
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Yahoo reported its earnings Tuesday, posting a slight revenue decline to $1.22 billion and setting the stage for a new chapter in the company's history. The company has been busy in the past quarter, settling a patent spat with Facebook, making a deal with Alibaba, launching a new Axis browser...
Rutube, The YouTube Of Russia, Links Up With Facebook, Gets YouTube, Vimeo Videos
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A new chapter today for Rutube, the YouTube of Russia: the site, long competing against YouTube in its home market and losing, has redesigned and is now turning itself into more of an aggregator that will host content from Google’s video giant as well as Vimeo, as part of a...
This 19-Year-Old Thinks He's Building A Billion-Dollar Company -- And He Wants To Share His Story With You
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Gumroad founder Sahil Lavingia is using his own payment system to sell his book, which chronicles what it's really like to build a startup. He's so convinced Gumroad is a billion-dollar idea that he quit Pinterest -- probably the hottest startup in Silicon Valley right now -- to go...
This 19-Year-Old Thinks He's Building A Billion-Dollar Company -- And He Wants To Share His Story With You
The 404 994: Where we need to talk (podcast)
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There's gamechanging news to report in the third period of this podcast episode that will mark a new chapter in The 404, but first we'll fill you in on today's news bites! The rundown includes a study that shows leaning back from your PC screen can help you shop online,...
new chapter – ViennaTeng.com: Scrapbook
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4 Foundations of a Successful Blog
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At a recent book reading at SXSW I spoke briefly about a new chapter in the new ProBlogger book (due out next month) that is a case study of my main blog (4-5 bigger than ProBlogger) – Digital Photography School. dPS is now just a few days away from being...
The State and Future of Twitter 2010: Part Two
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The influence and promise of Twitter is only now starting to materialize. Everything that occurred prior to Chirp has lead us to this moment and as such, is almost worthy of categorization as BC (Before Chirp). Everything that happens now, is almost symbolic of a new movement (AC, After...
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