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Facebook leverages your Likes, age, and gender to serve ads inside third-party apps and websites

By Ellis Hamburger on September 18, 2012 05:14 pm + 17 comments

Facebook today began testing brand new ads on your smartphone, but surprisingly not inside the Continue reading…
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Microsoft's SkyDrive cloud storage gets a recycle bin, Excel surveys coming soon

By Tom Warren on September 18, 2012 01:17 pm + 26 comments

Microsoft is unveiling a new recycle bin feature for SkyDrive today. After being rumored since Continue reading…
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Pocket for Android update adds text-to-speech feature, 'no immediate plans' for iOS

By Andrew Webster on September 18, 2012 11:44 am + 103 comments

The Android version of popular article-saving app Pocket has been updated with a new text-to-speech Continue reading…
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Amazon brings Cloud Player to UK as European Kindle Fire launch looms

By Louis Goddard on September 18, 2012 08:59 am + 15 comments

Amazon has announced the launch of its Cloud Player music service in the UK, preparing the market Continue reading…
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Twitter brings big header photos to personal profiles, redesigns iPad app

By T.C. Sottek on September 18, 2012 08:47 am + 87 comments

Twitter has just updated its iPad app with some big design changes, including removal of the sliding Continue reading…
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Lenovo looks to the cloud with purchase of first software company

By Ben Kersey on September 18, 2012 04:55 am + 1 comments

Lenovo has acquired US software company acquired Stoneware Inc., according to The Wall Street Continue reading…
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Internet Explorer vulnerability exposes Windows PCs, experts suggest switching to Chrome

By Louis Goddard on September 18, 2012 04:43 am + 184 comments

Hackers have used a new "zero-day" vulnerability — a hole previously unknown to security Continue reading…
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Office 2013 packages start at $139.99 or $99.99 per year for a subscription version

By Tom Warren on September 17, 2012 05:00 pm + 385 comments

Microsoft is revealing the final pricing structure for its Office 2013 packages today. After Continue reading…
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Failure is a feature: how Google stays sharp gobbling up startups

By Ben Popper on September 17, 2012 12:09 pm + 171 comments

I stepped out of my car in the parking lot of Google’s Mountain View headquarters and, not having Continue reading…
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Google takes on Instagram and Facebook by acquiring top iOS photo app Snapseed

By Ellis Hamburger on September 17, 2012 11:31 am + 171 comments

Google has agreed to acquire Nik Software, the German developer of photography app Snapseed, for an Continue reading…