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Social Discovery Apps Like Highlight Are A Recruiter’s Wet Dream At SXSW
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The history of location-based social discovery apps is a lot longer than the current hype surrounding Highlight and Glancee, currently darlings of the South By South West festival. Back in 2007 TechCrunch’s founder Mike Arrington noted the existence of social mobile apps like Lime Juice, Rummble, Mig33, ZYB, Mocospace, Aka-Aki,...
Live From Nintendo’s 2012 E3 Keynote
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The geeks have gathered, the music is loud, and paired with the graphics on the big screens, this place is basically a stoner’s wet dream. The doors of the L.A. Memorial Sports Arena have opened, and as more nerds filter in, we’ve set up shop to bring you the event...
What Google's Acquisition of Motorola Means for Android
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Google now owns Motorola. Chinese regulators followed the U.S. and Europe in clearing the deal earlier this week, removing the last barrier. Although the acquisition opens new territory for the search giant, its most immediate effect could be remaking the existing Android landscape. Will Google use its new arm to...
[Infographic] The Absurdly Explosive Growth of Instagram
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The story of Instagram is insane. Only two years ago, it was an idea. That idea sounded good enough to land Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger $500,000 to launch what was then called Burbn, but it was still only an idea. Eight months later, Instagram went live in the iTunes...
Fly Or Die: Highlight
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Opinions on the new break-out social location app Highlight certainly aren’t in short supply. Alexia thinks that friend-of-friend notifications should be customizable and that women may have trouble getting on board with the idea of constantly broadcasting their location. Eldon thinks that Highlight goes past social networking to be...
Learn Card Magic or Bellydancing with Powhow’s Live Webcam Classes
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Mr. Chu (linkedin.com) What if you could learn slight of hand or how to knit from the comfort of your own bedroom? Sounds like an introvert's wet dream, right? Shy guys and gals with a penchant for hobbies, send your thank you notes to Powhow, a New York-based startup that...
30,000 People Contributed to Bullied Bus Monitor Karen Klein’s Vacation Fund
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(Photo: Pulse2) Fundraising platform Indiegogo just released some interesting stats regarding the do-gooder campaign for bullied bus monitor Karen Klein. The fundraiser, which was launched last Wednesday by nutritionist Max Sidorov to raise money for a vacation for Ms. Klein after a video of her being bullied surfaced on YouTube,...
Star Wars-themed GPS steers Japanese geeks away from the dark side
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As if George Lucas wasn't already milking his money-printing franchise for all it's worth, comes this GPS gem out of Japan. To the (presumed) delight of fanboys everywhere, navigation maker Dinos has inked a licensing deal with Lucasfilm that conjures up an all-out, Star Wars-themed car nav system. From...
Hands On: Puma Phone Makes Me Want To Go To The Gym More [Phones]
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A few blurry pics and a viral video that was promptly yanked from YouTube have led to the official announcement of the Puma Phone, aka, the phone that makes me wish I was more sporty. When I was a kid, if someone turned up wearing Puma sneakers instead of Nike/Adidas/Converse,...
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