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  Flickr iOS app adds hashtags as it chases Instagram and Twitter

  By Sam Byford on March 16, 2013 10:34 pm + 24 comments

  Flickr has pushed the latest update to its revamped iPhone app, and the headline feature is a tweak Continue reading…

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  Facebook reportedly kills friend-finding for group messaging competitor MessageMe

  By Bryan Bishop on March 16, 2013 03:43 am + 19 comments

  In January Facebook caught some flack for preventing Vine users from using Facebook to discover new Continue reading…

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  Dropbox reportedly paid around $100 million for Mailbox

  By Bryan Bishop on March 15, 2013 09:15 pm + 67 comments

  Earlier this morning the creators of the popular Gmail client Mailbox announced they'd been p Continue reading…

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  After suing Austin for the right to operate, SideCar expands ride-sharing to Brooklyn, Boston, and Chicago

  By Adi Robertson on March 15, 2013 01:22 pm + 11 comments

  To launch a taxi or ride-sharing app is to live in constant legal peril. Uber, one of the Continue reading…

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  Teacher subjects third-graders to lie detector test with bogus smartphone app

  By Chris Welch on March 15, 2013 09:33 am + 119 comments

  It's bad enough that a third-grade teacher at a Virginia elementary school forced her kids to submit Continue reading…

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  Facebook nags Android users with updates outside of Play Store

  By Aaron Souppouris on March 15, 2013 05:16 am + 236 comments

  Facebook for Android is prompting users to download an update to a new build of its app, 141046, Continue reading…

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  S Health turns the Galaxy S4 into a full-fledged fitness tracker

  By Bryan Bishop on March 14, 2013 07:30 pm + 35 comments

  Last year Samsung launched its health-tracking app S Health, and the company has a new version that Continue reading…

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  Samsung Galaxy S4 doubles as a smart TV remote, with built-in IR blaster and 'WatchOn' software

  By Sean Hollister on March 14, 2013 07:26 pm + 12 comments

  Samsung's new flagship smartphone sports a feature that's becoming increasingly popular as of late: Continue reading…

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  Alfred 2.0 launches with new Workflows, better customization, and improved contact search support

  By Matt Brian on March 14, 2013 11:22 am + 23 comments

  First previewed in December, version 2.0 of the popular Mac launcher app Alfred is now publicly Continue reading…

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  CBS launches iOS streaming TV app with one-week delay for new episodes

  By Adi Robertson on March 14, 2013 10:23 am + 26 comments

  As CBS has been at the forefront of opposition to new TV tech like Aereo or Dish's Continue reading…