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Facebook’s EMEA Head Joanna Shields Is Leaving To Become CEO Of London’s Tech City ‘Silicon Valley’ Effort

October 20, 2012
Facebook’s EMEA Head Joanna Shields Is Leaving To Become CEO Of London’s Tech City ‘Silicon Valley’ Effort

Surprising news for a Saturday evening in London. Joanna Shields, the vice president of Facebook’s European, Middle East and Africa operations, is leaving the company to become the chief executive of the Tech City Investment Organisation, a David Cameron/Conservative government initiative to develop a technology hub in the East End of London to rival...

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.XXX was just the beginning — get ready for 1934 new top level domains

October 20, 2012
.XXX was just the beginning — get ready for 1934 new top level domains

Microsoft wants .docs, .windows, and .xbox. Amazon — and 12 other applicants — wants .app. Seven different companies want .love. These companies, and plenty more, are asking ICANN, the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, for no less than 1934 different top level domains …  a huge expansion of the 280 currently in use,...

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Zuckerberg admits: If I wasn’t the CEO of Facebook, I’d be at Microsoft

October 20, 2012

STANFORD, CA: Entrepreneurs flocked to Stanford University to hear Mark Zuckerberg, the T-shirt wearing chief executive, open up about the early days of Facebook. Since the social networking giant’s IPO in May, this is one of only a handful of public appearances. It proved to be a rare window into the mind of Facebook’s...

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Xbox Live removes Facebook & Twitter apps you weren’t using

October 20, 2012

Microsoft is “retiring” two social media applications on its Xbox Live media platform. Speaking to IGN, Microsoft said it removed both the Facebook and Twitter apps in the latest update to the Xbox Live dashboard to streamline the media center’s overall functionality. The company didn’t mention when or if the social apps would reappear...

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The ‘Magic Glove’ And 8 Other Ridiculous Inventions Patented By Apple

October 20, 2012
The ‘Magic Glove’ And 8 Other Ridiculous Inventions Patented By Apple

Ian Gavan/Getty Images Lady Gaga visits Harrods London for the launch of her debut fragrance on Oct. 7, 2012. The glove she’s wearing is not patented by Apple. It seems like Apple gets a new patent every few days. Just on Tuesday, it won patents for a 3D remote mechanism and for a technology...

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It Must Be Really Frustrating For Other Founders To Watch Airtime And Color Fail

October 20, 2012
It Must Be Really Frustrating For Other Founders To Watch Airtime And Color Fail

Color It must be really frustrating for first-time entrepreneurs to look at Color or Airtime. While they’re struggling to raise money for their startups as unestablished names in tech, serial entrepreneurs like Sean Parker and Bill Nguyen are able to raise tens of millions of dollars on almost sheer clout — and then their...

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Miley Cyrus And Other Celebrities Are Flocking To A New, Twitter Competitor

October 20, 2012
Miley Cyrus And Other Celebrities Are Flocking To A New, Twitter Competitor

How to Employ New Graduates (Without Driving Yourself Crazy) My Say Contributor 15 images Photos: Twitter Millionaires 6 Fast-Growing Tech Companies Ilya Pozin Contributor 5 images Photos: 5 Ways To Get Rich Online Miley Cyrus seems to think so. As does Ashley Tisdale, David Guetta, Paris Hilton, Chris Brown, and thousands of others who...

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Developer depression: Isolation is the biggest problem

October 20, 2012

Last week, a student asked a bold question: “Is Your Facebook a Lie?” The article, written by London College of Fashion Student Libby Page and published on The Guardian’s Blogging Students platform, addressed the isolation she felt as a new student in London, which was magnified by the seemingly awesome time that her friends elsewhere...

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Evernote Moleskine notebook review: When digital and analog elegantly collide

October 20, 2012
Evernote Moleskine notebook review: When digital and analog elegantly collide

When I was offered the opportunity to trial the first fun of the Evernote Notebooks by Moleskine I jumped at the chance. As the staff of TNW knows, I already do the vast majority of my work within Evernote, so having a physical notebook in which I could write, then export that data to...

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The Humble eBook Bundle tops $1 million in sales with three days to go

October 20, 2012

By now you’re probably familiar with Humble Bundles. The short version of the story is that they’re bundles of digital goods which are sold for at least one cent, but at a “pay what you want” scheme. The money is then divvied between the creators, the Humble groups and charitable organizations. The latest of...

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