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HTML5 vs. Apps: Why The Debate Matters, And Who Will Win

HTML5 is a new technology that allows developers to build rich web-based apps that run on any device via a standard web browser.Many think it will save the web, rendering native platform-dependent apps...

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$8.5 Million Says Silicon Valley Investors Are Still Happy To Throw Money At...

So, we're confused.Supposedly there is a quietfundingcrunch for startups trying to raise their first rounds of venture capital.Wealthy individuals and incubators like Y Combinator have launched dozens...

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An Airbnb Host Says The Site Didn't Warn Him He Could Be On The Hook For...

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'BYOD' Is The Bane Of Corporate Information Security

All it takes is one employee stuffing his daughter's thumb drive into a company computer and suddenly a 'Hello Kitty' animation has taken over every computer screen in the office.It's malware.In an...

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A Failed Partnership In Mexico Has Landed Yahoo With A $2.7 Billion Judgment

A Mexican court has ruled Yahoo in breach of a contract with a former partner, Ideas Interactivas, and hit it with a $2.7 billion judgment, Yahoo announced.The judgement is not final, and Yahoo says...

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Here Are Whimsical Photos Of A Little Man Made Out Of Amazon Boxes

In the Japanese comic bookYotsuba&! there is a character made out of cardboard boxes.He's called Danbo.Later, Amazon Japon adopted this character for marketing, making the boxes Amazon boxes.Now...

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Here Are The Most Popular Songs Of 2012, According To Spotify

Spotify has released its list of the 100 most popular songs of 2012 throughout the entire world.The number one most streamed song was Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know." Unless you live under a...

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You Have No Choice But To Look Up To These 17 Tech Execs

If you're familiar with Malcolm Gladwell's "Blink", then you're aware of the Warren Harding Effect, which suggests most powerful people are tall, which gives them an advantage in business.Gladwell...

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EYE-TRACKING: The Cool New Technology That's Changing The World

The ability to determine the location of a person's gaze is opening up an enormous range of new applications...ELIMINATING "zombies" on product packaging is good for sales--but first they must be...

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How To Get People To Use Your iPhone App Over And Over Again

New York investor Fred Wilsonrecently noted that some consumer internet companies are struggling to master mobile behavior:Distribution is much harder on mobile than web and we see a lot of mobile...

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ATTENTION CITIZENS! Apple, Google, Amazon, And Facebook Have Declared World...

Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon are at each other’s throats in all sorts of ways...IT IS an epic story of warring factions in a strange and changing landscape, a tale of incursions and sieges, of...

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8 Ways To Design A Beautiful, Useful App, From The Co-Founder Of Instagram

Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger recently spoke at a 500Startups event. He shared eight ways to design a beautiful, functional app.Here are his tips via The Next Web's Ken Yeung, who was there taking...

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A Look At The Epic Battle Between Google, Apple, Amazon, And Facebook

Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon are at each other’s throats in all sorts of ways.It is an epic story of warring factions in a strange and changing landscape, a tale of incursions and sieges, of...

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Google's New Acquisition Sure Makes It Seem Like It's Gunning For Amazon

Google has made an interesting new acquisition that suggests it may be attacking Amazon's shipping business.It just bought BufferBox Inc, a Y Combinator startup, for an undisclosed sum. BufferBox is a...

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REVIEW: The New iTunes Is Worth The Upgrade (AAPL)

Apple rolled out a massive upgrade for its iTunes music player this week called iTunes 11.iTunes is now in its 11th iteration, and with this version comes a brand new design that places emphasis on...

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I Had A Strange Dream About Steve Ballmer Last Night...

This isn't a news or analysis post, so if you're looking for one of those, please go here.It's also not a philosophical work-related post, how-to post, management post, advice post, or any of the other...

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There Are 2 Obvious Reasons Groupon CEO Andrew Mason Wasn't Fired (GRPN)

It's been a rough week for Andrew Mason, the Groupon CEO who emerged unscathed from a meeting with his board of directors Thursday around which there was speculation he might be fired.But there are two...

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HTC Has Decided Not To Sell One Of Its Signature Windows Phones In The U.S....

HTC announced this week that it would not sell its upcoming Windows Phone 8s in the U.S., according to a company statement provided to Engadget.The 8s is a budget version of HTC's well-reviewed Windows...

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Here's What It Looks Like Inside Apple's New Impossibly Thin iMac (AAPL)

The hardware repair wizards at iFixit just completed their teardown of Apple's new iMac. The most notable change in the new desktop is the design. The new iMac is only a few millimeters thin at the...

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How One Guy Gamified His Google Interview And Won The Job

Former Lot18 employee Jon Guerrera is big into gamification.  So when Google offered him the chance to interview for an Associate Account Strategist position, he decided to make the process more fun.He...

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