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  Firefox OS coming to Telefónica in 2013, Sprint and others to follow

  By Louis Goddard on July 2, 2012 09:02 am + 68 comments

  Mozilla made a big announcement about its long-awaited Boot to Gecko (B2G) project today, officially Continue reading…

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  Beats acquisition of MOG finally official

  By Jeff Blagdon on July 2, 2012 04:51 am + 14 comments

  After months of rumors and false starts, it’s finally being confirmed that music streaming service Continue reading…

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  Good Deal: 30 percent off 1Password for Mac OS X, Windows, and iOS

  By Dante D'Orazio on July 2, 2012 04:29 am + 38 comments

  1Password is a favorite around The Verge offices: the cross-platform application beautifully syncs Continue reading…

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  Fetishizing the offline in the digital age

  By Sam Byford on July 2, 2012 02:06 am + 21 comments

  The constant flow of information around us, aided and abetted by the proliferation of Continue reading…

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  Leap second bug: Reddit, Mozilla, and more experience technical issues

  By Andrew Webster on July 1, 2012 02:48 pm + 37 comments

  More than a decade after the Y2K scare, a single extra second has caused problems for a number of Continue reading…

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  27-year-old internet community The WELL up for sale

  By Aaron Souppouris on July 1, 2012 02:02 am + 27 comments

  The WELL (Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link), an internet community that was formed 27 years ago, has seen Continue reading…

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  Google Currents to become a preinstalled app in Jelly Bean

  By Dante D'Orazio on June 30, 2012 06:47 pm + 38 comments

  It looks like Google Currents is about to get promoted to the highly-vaunted "bundled app" status. Continue reading…

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  Gaikai ported to Chrome Native Client, which is a bigger deal than it sounds

  By Sean Hollister on June 30, 2012 01:11 pm + 25 comments

  Gaikai, the streaming game service, can let you play games in a browser window. That's impressive, Continue reading…

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  Tumblr introduces new Pinned Posts feature

  By Kimber Streams on June 30, 2012 08:18 am + 11 comments

  Tumblr has a new function for those vying for attention on the dashboard: pinned posts. Similar to Continue reading…

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  Twitter portends changes for 3rd party apps, ends LinkedIn integration

  By Dieter Bohn on June 30, 2012 01:10 am + 21 comments

  There's drama in the Twitterverse today thanks to a blog post from Twitter and another from LinkedIn Continue reading…