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  Facebook reportedly in talks to buy Waze navigation app for up to $1 billion

  By Chris Welch on May 9, 2013 02:07 pm + 50 comments

  According to separate reports from The Wall Street Journal and Calcalist, Facebook is currently in Continue reading…

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  Netflix takes Bluth's banana stand on tour ahead of 'Arrested Development' return

  By Chris Welch on May 9, 2013 01:21 pm + 39 comments

  Throughout Arrested Development's three seasons on Fox, Bluth's Original Frozen Banana Stand served Continue reading…

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  Google launches 'Save to Drive' web button for quicker cloud uploads

  By Chris Welch on May 9, 2013 12:30 pm + 13 comments

  Google wants the process of saving files to Google Drive to be as easy and convenient as possible; Continue reading…

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  Sign of the times: RIAA now includes streaming music in digital gold, platinum awards

  By Chris Welch on May 9, 2013 12:11 pm + 21 comments

  In yet another sign of a shifting music business landscape, the Recording Industry Association of Continue reading…

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  A look inside Netflix and how Reed Hastings built a streaming empire

  By Chris Welch on May 9, 2013 09:38 am + 34 comments

  Bloomberg Businessweek today ran a feature story on Netflix and its CEO Reed Hastings, providing Continue reading…

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  Google's Timelapse project shows how the Earth has changed over a quarter of a century

  By Matt Brian on May 9, 2013 08:14 am + 53 comments

  Google has expanded its mapping platform to launch a new project called Timelapse, taking you back Continue reading…

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  NSA reveals its internet search tricks in the recently declassified 'Untangling the Web'

  By Bryan Bishop on May 8, 2013 06:14 pm + 15 comments

  The National Security Agency has declassified a version of an in-house training manual used to teach Continue reading…

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  'World of Warcraft' subscriber base drops by 1.3 million in three months

  By Chris Welch on May 8, 2013 05:54 pm + 81 comments

  World of Warcraft may still be the world's leading subscription-based MMORPG, but the allure seems Continue reading…

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  One year in, Paper for iPad gains pinch-to-zoom, integrated gallery of popular creations

  By Ellis Hamburger on May 8, 2013 04:44 pm + 42 comments

  FiftyThree today updated its app Paper for iPad to include pinch-to-zoom, one of the most requested Continue reading…

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  Donald Trump backs a Kickstarter rip-off to save crowdfunding from the hipsters

  By Adi Robertson on May 8, 2013 02:18 pm + 102 comments

  Universally respected businessman and thoughtful political figure Donald Trump has found a surefire Continue reading…