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Google+ gets a major update, simpler UI and heavier focus on Hangouts (video)
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Google isn't quite calling it version 2.0, but today's update to its flagship social product is just that. As with most Mountain View projects, the new Google+ will rollout gradually, but as it does it may just lure back some of those who jumped ship early on. The UI...
Bump Narrows Down Product to Contacts and Photos
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Bump was first known as that nifty way to digitally share contacts by physically bumping smartphones together. Over the last three years, it also became an app for sharing photos, other apps, calendars and songs. No longer. Bump is making some dramatic cuts to reduce confusion in its product and...
Google brings DoubleClick Ad Exchange to China, despite its core business continuing to slump there
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Google’s search business may be sinking in China but the Mountain View-based giant has buoyantly introduced its DoubleClick Ad Exchange in China, as it looks to boost its business in the country. DoubleClick itself has been active in China for some time but the launch adds the real-time ‘Ad Exchange’...
Canon touts EOS Rebel T4i with improved video focusing system, EF-S 18-135mm and EF 40mm silent lenses (hands-on)
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There wasn't much reason to upgrade with last year's T3i, but that's certainly not the case with the Canon EOS Rebel T4i. This new entry-level DSLR packs a redesigned 18-megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor with brand-new focus capabilities, enabling the camera to use both phase- and contrast-detection autofocus when paired...
Canon touts EOS Rebel T4i with improved video focusing system, EF-S 18-135mm and EF 40mm silent lenses (hands-on)
Tim Cook pays a visit to a Foxconn factory, smiles for the camera
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We can't say we're particularly surprised, but Apple CEO Tim Cook managed to take some time out of his whirlwind tour of China to pay a visit to a Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou charged with making those shiny new iPhones. The above shot of the bespectacled executive in the...
Apple's new iPad constrained by Retina display supply, 'sound labor practices'
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Demand for Apple's new iPad remains strong, but production of the device has reportedly been limited by supply of Retina displays, as well as a new focus on employees at Foxconn that has resulted in worker hours being cut....
China Telecom introduces corporate iPhone deal as it seeks to overcome recent slump
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China Telecom, the country third largest operation and recent new Apple partner, is wooing corporate customers with a deal aimed at increasing sales of the iPhone 4S and boosting its 3G business, according to The Standard. Beijing-based companies that buy 10 iPhone 4S devices, registered with China Telecom’s subscriber plans,...
Foursquare simplifies iPhone and Android apps in striking redesign
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Location-based social network Foursquare has redesigned its popular iPhone and Android applications with new focus on simplicity and encouraging more interactions between users with likes and mentions, the company announced today. Foursquare has attracted 20 million users to its service to date, but that certainly pales next to Facebook’s...
Who wants to live forever? This immortal worm knows how | Brady Haran | Notes & Theories blog
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Viewer comments left beneath a YouTube video inspired a scientist to investigate how a worm defies ageingInternet forums have a reputation as a haven for troublemakers, timewasters and trolls. As someone who spends his days uploading films to YouTube – and drowning in the resultant torrent of comments – I'm...
Amazon Studios expands into TV series, looks to load up on content for streaming
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Amazon has had a content development division for some time but today it's announced plans to expand from just movies to developing (and distributing, via its Instant Video service) original comedy and children's series. The new focus follows the competition like Netflix and Hulu which have both dived headlong...
2012 Ford Focus Electric test drive: behind the wheel of Ford's $39,200 electric car
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Despite consumer uptake that hasn't quite lived up to the hype, the market for electric vehicles continues to expand, with Ford the latest entrant with the 2012 Ford Focus Electric. A zero-emissions electric vehicle with a 76-mile range and a top speed of 84 miles per hour, the car...
App Location Analytics: Placed Exits Stealth Mode With $3.4M In Its Pockets
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With the number of apps growing by the day, companies offering analytics on how they are performing have taken on a new focus, and the recent acquisition of Chomp by Apple has put the area positively on the map. Now a company is emerging, Placed, that is zoning in...
Introducing the Android for grid batteries: GELI
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Networked energy storage will fundamentally disrupt the energy sector, Ryan Wartena, founder and CEO of Growing Energy Labs Inc (or GELI), tells me in his startup’s small lab and office space in the South of Market area of San Francisco. Wartena, a chemical engineer who previously set up a battery...
Google gears up for March Madness with live ESPN Google+ hangouts and more
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Yes, it’s March Madness time. The time where everyone who attended a popular college magically becomes a basketball fan. Google is getting into the college basketball mix with some fun initiatives this year, led by some Google+ interaction, Google Earth tours of stadiums, and handy search tricks. First things first,...
The BGR Show: Episode 4 – Top 9 apps for iPhone, Android, iPad
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App discovery is a major problem, and most people (normal people, not regular BGR readers) really have no idea how to find great apps for their smartphones and tablets. I’ve even seen people who haven’t installed a single app on their iPhone or Android device. We’ve focused on our...
Path launches version 2.1 with music match, camera enhancements
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At an event in San Francisco today, Path’s CEO Dave Morin discussed a new release of its moment-sharing app Path. Some new features in the new version of Path 2.1, now available on the App store is: - Music match to find songs that you’re listening to - Camera enhancements...
Don't Write Windows Phone's Obituary Just Yet, Samsung's New Focus 2 Is A Winner [REVIEW] (T, MSFT)
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The Samsung Focus 2 4G LTE pleasantly surprised me. I've had it for about a week now and I don't want to give it back. That's how much I like it. And that says a lot about Windows Phone. This was my first time using one for an extended period...
FTC Shifts Privacy Spotlight From Advertisers To Data Brokers
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Advertising companies like Facebook and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) are usually on the front line of the digital privacy debate. But in a long-awaited privacy report, the Federal Trade Commission today took the heat off these familiar names and called instead for tougher supervision of lesser known firms that collect...
Danny Bilson on THQ: his last interview as the company's boss
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On Tuesday, Danny Bilson dramatically stepped down as executive vice president of games at troubled publisher THQ – but not before giving the Guardian his final interview in the roleLast week, Danny Bilson, executive vice president of THQ, flew over to London to present a showcase of the company's current...
Check out Foodspotting’s new personalized picture menus for every restaurant
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Foodspotting, once a repository for food porn, is branching out today with a new launch. The mobile app is now serving up personalized menus just for you, everywhere you go. “We’re trying to be a picture menu for every restaurant, so we’ve overhauled all our venue pages,” said Foodspotting...
StudiVZ’s answer to Facebook? Change names, go niche
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It was no secret that German social networking company VZ Networks was in trouble – just this month, the firm said it was laying off 25 developers, amid anecdotal evidence that suggests its flagship StudiVZ service is a ghost ship on the verge of sinking. There’s no stopping Facebook these...
Screw TVs — Why Isn’t Apple Building A Smartwatch?
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3.2 million dollars. That’s how much the iOS-friendly Pebble smartwatch has raised on Kickstarter in just six days. It’s the fastest growing project in Kickstarter’s history; by tonight, it’ll almost certainly have raised more than any Kickstarter project before it. Are you listening, Apple? There’s gold in them thar...
Because TVs & iPads belong together, Brightcove targets dual-screen Apple TV apps
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Soon your iPhone (and/or iPad) won’t just be the device you immediately reach for whenever a long patch of commercial interruptions comes on while watching a TV show. Today Brightcove is announcing a new set of tools for its App Cloud mobile application building service that will allow developers...
Path iOS app updated with Nike+ integration, music match, and camera enhancements
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Path’s iOS app has just been updated in the App Store introducing a number of new features including Nike+ GPS Running Stories, Music Match for identifying and sharing currently playing songs, and camera improvements including “Focus & Exposure” and “Pow!” comic book effects. Perhaps the biggest part of the...
COMMON, an accelerator for social change, needs innovators for Pitch Milwaukee
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Back in December we wrote about COMMON, a creative community for accelerating social change, and COMMON Pitch NYC. That event highlighted the brightest ideas for collaborative consumption — the ways social technologies help us to borrow, share and trade everything we need. Now, COMMON is back in our sights, following its Threadless typography competition, with a...
Nintendo bets big on “asymmetric” tablet-based gameplay — one player against several
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Nintendo is betting that a new style of gameplay will distinguish the upcoming Wii U video game console from the pack. The new focus on “asymmetric gameplay” is possible because of the new tablet game controller that comes with the Wii U. The Japanese video game company announced today it...
Ford 'Overclocks' New Focus ST: More Top-End Power, Better Fuel Efficiency
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Ford announces that 2013 Focus ST will have "overclocked," overboosted engine for better performance at high engine speed....
MetaMarkets crunches your big numbers, raises $15M
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Big data analytics company MetaMarkets has raised $15 million in a new funding round, the company announced today. MetaMarkets originally analyzed prices for online ads on mobile and regular websites for media companies in real-time.Now the company has expanded its reach to offer big data analytics for social and e-commerce...
Ford banks on Yahoo reality series to launch new Focus
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The Ford Motor Company, which will typically spend up to $100 million on a TV-rich ad campaign when it launches a new car, is creating its own original reality competition series on Yahoo to spark interest in its new Focus Electric model. Produced by Magical Elves, the Hollywood production company...
Newspapers Aren't Getting Much Out of Google+
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Even though social networks have begun to rival search in raw traffic-driving power, no one who wants to be visible online can ignore Google's influence. Google's new focus on Google+ social signals and fresh content means news organizations have to learn to understand those factors. How are they doing so...
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