Global video site Viki has continued to expand its presence online after doubling down on Japanese anime with the launch of a dedicated YouTube channel, a new content deal with Hulu and exclusive access to a classic anime series. Viki has launched its Tezuka YouTube channel, which is part of the video giant’s ‘Channel’...

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In this fifth and final installment of our How To Filter The Social Web series, I’m looking at a mobile service called Prismatic. It’s a slick looking website and iPhone app that filters social news for you. Filtering news on mobile has traditionally been a tough nut to crack – and there’s no shortage...

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When I was growing up, I didn’t have a television. I read books instead. A lot of books. But I never felt left out of TV, because as I read, the book would disappear and the pictures would come alive in my mind in full living color. Eventually, I would discover computers…about the time...

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Startup Alley at TechCrunch Disrupt tricky enough to navigate when you’re being pitched every few feet by hungry young startups. So we’ve harnessed that energy into a fast run through of some of the companies out there today. One of the major themes is that social is by no means over. Plenty of startups...

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Think about when you go to a wedding (in my ripe old age, I have been to one) and you jot down a note in a big book for the couple. Imagine if instead you could record a video or audio message (or be boring and stick to the text) for them. That’s what...

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One of my favorite — pun intended — services on the web, Favstar, just got a massive redesign in advance of Apple’s event tomorrow. Does that have anything to do with it? Probably not, but I really like it. I’ve had the chance to explore the beta for a while now and there are...

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When last week, Amazon announced a whole slew of new Kindle devices including a new 7-inch Kindle Fire HD, I asked the Seattle-based company if they would send me a device. I normally don’t really review devices — that is what my colleague Kevin Tofel excels at — but this time I was a...

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Steve Kovach, Business Insider The 7-inch Kindle Fire HD. See Also FIRST PHOTOS: Check Out Nokia’s Stunningly Gorgeous Windows Phone, The Lumia 920 RUMOR ROUNDUP: Here’s Absolutely Everything You Must Know About The iPhone 5 Why Your Windows 8 Computer Will Be Unlike Anything You’ve Ever Used Before When it comes to competing with...

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Supersized data centers built in the Northwest of the U.S. could consume 10 percent of the region’s power by 2030, if the data center infrastructure isn’t made more efficient, according to an article in The Oregonian. Facebook, Apple, Google and Amazon have all built, or are building, huge data centers in the area, looking...

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TNW has a long relationship with Livefyre, one of the premier commenting services online, as one of the company’s first partners. That in mind, if you have been a TNW reader for any length of time, you’ve used or otherwise interacted with its service. Just scroll down, it’s what we have live on the site. Today...

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