Daily Archives: March 25, 2013

Will T-Mobile Unveil Its Plans For The iPhone Tomorrow? (DT, AAPL)

March 25, 2013
Will T-Mobile Unveil Its Plans For The iPhone Tomorrow? (DT, AAPL)

perivision.net See Also The Future Of Mobile Commerce Is Bright 10 Great Apps That Are Still Exclusive To The iPhone BILL GROSS: The Future Of Making Money In Mobile T-Mobile is holding a press event in New York Tuesday to go over its new budget-friendly cell phone plans and officially announces its...

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CHART OF THE DAY: Yahoo Shares Are Quietly Soaring Under Marissa Mayer (YHOO)

March 25, 2013
CHART OF THE DAY: Yahoo Shares Are Quietly Soaring Under Marissa Mayer (YHOO)

When you weren’t looking, Yahoo‘s stock soared 50 percent in the last year. In this chart, we mark off the major events since Marissa Mayer was named CEO. The three big reasons for the stock’s lift: Mayer brings some excitement to the company, she’s returning billions in cash to shareholders, and Yahoo still has...

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Why You Should Sell Your Video Game Before It’s Complete

March 25, 2013
Why You Should Sell Your Video Game Before It’s Complete

YouTube/RoosterTeeth Jeffrey Silberman Jeffrey Silberman is a second-year law student at New York University Law School, studying venture capital, private equity and copyright law. Recent Posts In early September of 2012 on the Greek island of Lemnos, two Czech nationals were caught by Greek military police taking pictures and video of military installations. The...

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Down a CEO, Hulu said to hold talks with potential buyers

March 25, 2013

Hulu has held talks with parties that could purchase it, Reuters reported today, leaving the online video giant in a period of uncertainty. The company’s recent removal of its CEO adds to the doubt. Precisely what the future of Hulu is when its long-term leadership and home are questions isn’t clear. Reuters notes that...

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Google continues showing animated Gifs love, now supports the format in Google+ profile pics

March 25, 2013
Google continues showing animated Gifs love, now supports the format in Google+ profile pics

Following the move to bring Gif support to Search, Google has shared that it will now support animated Gifs as Google+ profile photos. The company announced this news today on its Google+ page, in direct contrast to Twitter’s move to drop support for such images back in September. According to the announcement, animated Gifs...

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Facebook’s Hacker Cup competition sees first repeat winner as Petr Mitrichev nabs $10,000 prize

March 25, 2013
Facebook’s Hacker Cup competition sees first repeat winner as Petr Mitrichev nabs $10,000 prize

This past weekend, Facebook held its third annual Hacker Cup championship in its Menlo Park headquarters. The winner of the top prize of $10,000 was Petr Mitrichev from Russia. Interestingly enough, Mitrichev was also the 2011 champion and is the only repeat winner in the competition’s history. In the Hacker Cup, Facebook brought 26...

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My Time With Mailbox: 1M Users, But Still Not Perfect

March 25, 2013
My Time With Mailbox: 1M Users, But Still Not Perfect

Mailbox, the iOS email app that was purchased by Dropbox last week, has just filled one million reservations, the company announced in a blog post last week. I wanted to spend some time with the popular app to see if the substance meets the hype. Spending Time With Mailbox Using a slow-but-steady waiting list...

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Windows Blue’s Goal: You WILL Love Metro (Eventually)

March 25, 2013
Windows Blue’s Goal: You WILL Love Metro (Eventually)

Microsoft’s Windows 8 balances the old way of doing things — the Windows desktop — with the tiled, touch-enabled “Metro” interface. With a new “Windows Blue” build that leaked over the weekend, Microsoft is inexorably pushing users toward the new user interface. Reports from the Verge and elsewhere indicate that the changes are, by...

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Yahoo Buys Summly — Paying $30M To Kill The App, But Keep Its 17yo Founder

March 25, 2013
Yahoo Buys Summly — Paying $30M To Kill The App, But Keep Its 17yo Founder

Yahoo has made another bold move in the mobile space by acquiring news reading app Summly. While the deal is not yet closed, sources tell AllThingsD that Yahoo ponied up $30 million in cash. That hefty sum is notable because Yahoo is also killing the Summly app, but holding onto its creator Nick D’Aloisio, who built...

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New York Times closes another loophole in its digital paywall

March 25, 2013
New York Times closes another loophole in its digital paywall

Look out, media cheapskates — the New York Times is losing patience with your skinflint ways. After imposing a metered paywall last year to restrict how many articles non-subscribers can read for free, the Times is clamping down on popular tricks to get around the wall. The latest casualty is NYClean, a bookmarklet that...

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