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TechCrunch: Keen On… Peter Hirshberg: Why Smart Entrepreneurs Should Care About Smart Cities
Last week, representatives of many of the world’s leading cities – including London, Boston, Mexico City, Barcelona and Christchurch – came to San Francisco to learn from Silicon Valley entrepreneurs about how to make their cities smart...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 11:46am -07:00T (228 words)
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TechCrunch: Google+ Gets A Refresh For Android To Mirror Its 41 Update Extravaganza From I/O, Adds New Location Section
Today, Google updated its Google+ app for Android to get up to speed with all of the changes announced during last week’s I/O Developers conference. In all, there were 41 new updates, including a new stream, photos experience and Hangouts.
The Andr...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 11:46am -07:00T (429 words)
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TechCrunch: AT&T Will Begin Enabling Pre-Loaded Video Chat Apps, Like Hangouts, For Those On Any Data Plan Later This Year
As AT&T comes under the gun for blocking Google’s new video chat app Hangouts on its cellular network, the company is today hoping to put a better spin on the news by offering a new statement detailing its changing position on support for pre-loaded...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 11:46am -07:00T (598 words)
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TechCrunch: Amazon Studios Picks Up “Alpha House” Comedy Series Starring John Goodman, Gives “Zombieland” The Axe
In the wake of releasing eight comedy series pilots into the wild last month, Amazon is starting to make decisions concerning which pilots will be purchased for development and which will get the axe.
According to Reuters, the company has chosen to build ...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 10:31am -07:00T (403 words)
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TechCrunch: Study: Free Computers Don't Close The Rich-Poor Education Gap
According to a new study, we really don’t have to worry too much about the nearly 1 in 4 children without access to FarmVille at home.
“Our results indicate that computer ownership alone is unlikely to have much of an impact on short-term scho...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 10:31am -07:00T (435 words)
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TechCrunch: Tumblr Updates iOS App With New Path-Like Interface
Tumblr is still shipping. Despite all the noise surrounding the Yahoo-Tumblr acquisition, the company has just pushed out an update to its iOS application introducing a new user interface that now includes the almost Path-like post chooser, previously in...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 10:31am -07:00T (277 words)
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TechCrunch: Siri Competitor Maluuba Brings Sports Results And TV Schedules To Its Android And Windows Phone Apps
Maluuba, the Waterloo, Canada-based Siri competitor and TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2012 Battlefield finalist, today announced that it has added two new features to its voice-powered personal assistant app for Android and Windows Phone: sports and TV schedules....
Dateline: 2013-05-20 9:16am -07:00T (333 words)
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TechCrunch: E-Commerce Startup Monogram Launches A Publishing Platform For Shoppable Fashion Magazines
Last fall, fashion commerce startup Monogram launched an iPad app that was aiming to be kind of like a mobile, shoppable magazine for those hip to fashion. It had all the makings of a great mobile commerce app: It looked good, it was easy to use, and it a...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 9:16am -07:00T (588 words)
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TechCrunch: Dijit Brings Its Personalized Social TV App To PCs With The Launch Of NextGuide Web
If the last few years have all been about building compelling mobile-first or mobile-only experiences, the latest trend seems to be bringing those experiences back to the web. (Just look at Instagram!) Anyway, with that in mind, social TV startup Dijit be...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 9:16am -07:00T (404 words)
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TechCrunch: Jolla's Software Chief Says Co-Creation Is What Makes The MeeGo Startup's Phone Hardware So Special
Jolla, a Finnish startup formed in response to Nokia’s decision to ditch MeeGo in favour of Windows Phone, has finally taken the wraps off the smartphone hardware that will be paired with its “unlike” Sailfish UI. Being a startup is chal...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 8:01am -07:00T (1505 words)
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TechCrunch: Neverware Raises $1M To Keep Schools' Computers Quick Like Lightning
There is no sadder moment than the one where you realize it’s time to upgrade your computer. The load times are too slow, the battery no longer holds a charge, and it’s just too damn heavy. Now, imagine a school with dozens of outdated compute...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 8:01am -07:00T (434 words)
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TechCrunch: Yahoo: Expect Ads On Tumblr To Ramp Up Significantly In 2014
After announcing its deal to acquire Tumblr for $1.1 billion, mostly in cash, Yahoo today started to lay out some of the details for how it intends to make use of the property while trying to stick to its promise “not to screw it up.” Expect m...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 8:01am -07:00T (1075 words)
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TechCrunch: Yet Another TechCity Report Confuses Tech Companies With Web Agencies And Consultants
A new report commissioned by research giant GfK claims that the growth of the high density cluster of technology companies in East London (dubbed Tech City by the UK government) is being “stunted” by a talent shortage and lack of access to cap...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 5:31am -07:00T (301 words)
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TechCrunch: Mobile Payment Startup Payvia Buys Mogreet To Add Messaging-Based Marketing To Its Payment Platform
Some more consolidation afoot in the worlds of mobile marketing and mobile payments: Payvia, one of the many startups working in the area of carrier-based mobile billing, is buying Mogreet, a mobile marketing company that delivers campaigns via text, vide...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 5:31am -07:00T (599 words)
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TechCrunch: Bloom.fm Is A Mobile-First Music Streaming Service That's Playing To A Different Tune
The news that Google has launched its own all-you-can-eat music steaming service, catchily named ‘Google Play Music All Access‘, didn’t come as a surprise. There had been rumours that the search giant was planning to create a Spotify/Rdi...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 4:16am -07:00T (488 words)
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