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Field Testing Microsoft’s New Surface 2, And Surface Pro 2 Tablet Hybrids
Microsoft has two new Surface tablets that are currently up for preorder, and a crop of refreshed accessories. I’ve had the Surface 2, Surface Pro 2, and new Touch and Type covers for a few days now, and can report on their performance. The above video clip has all the hardware specifics that you could possibly want. TechCrunch’s previous coverage of the new tablets, including an… Read More
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AmEx Partners With VeriFone To Allow NYC Taxi Passengers To Pay For Cab Fares With Rewards Points
Similar to other credit cards, AmEx card holders have been able to use the rewards points they earn for flights hotels, retail purchases and access to concerts and sports events. Today, AmEx is taking this a step further by allowing users to access membership rewards points at point of sale, via a VeriFone integration. In a new partnership announced today, AmEx will allow card holders to use their… Read More
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Ketchuppp Is An App That Wants To Help Friends Catch Up In Person — Not On Facebook
Are you spending too much time looking at what your friends are posting on Instagram and Facebook, and not enough time hanging out with each other IRL? The founders of Ketchuppp think so. Their answer to this problem is of course another app -- one that’s designed to help you meet your buddies when you happen to be near enough to do so. In other words: a proximity-based social networking app. Or… Read More
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OKpanda Lands $1.4M From 500 Startups, Mafia Wars & Tapjoy Founders To Bring Better English Language Learning To Asia
That's how a new startup called OKPanda hopes to stand out from the noise. Co-founded by serial entrepreneur and app developer Adam Gries and Nir Markus, the former co-founder and CTO of popular multiplayer-games-as-a-service startup PlayerDuel, OKPanda wants to help change the way people learn English in Asia, beginning with Japan. To support its mission, OKPanda has raised $1.4 million in a… Read More
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HTC’s CEO Sheds Some Operational Responsibility To Focus On Product Amid Falling Market Share
Today the Financial Times reported that HTC's CEO Peter Chou will relinquish some of his daily operational responsibilities to Cher Wang, another of the company's founders. Chou will use his now freer schedule to focus on HTC's smartphones. Read More
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They still hang on in there selling used games and new releases, but the long-predicted death of the video game store has not wavered. It's happening inch by inch, but may speed up considerably with the release of new game consoles. As we all go 100% digital in our games, game stores will eventually just go away. Read More
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Apple Pushes New Version Of OS X Mavericks GM To Quash Last Minute Bugs
The consensus is that Apple currently plans on announcing the details of OS X Mavericks availability and pricing during this week's event in San Francisco. We're hearing that, in order to kill some last-minute bugs, a quiet update has been made to the Gold Master version of Mavericks previously shipped out to developers. Read More
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VCs Try A New Method: Curated Events
VCs have long thrown events for portfolio startups to share knowledge, and learn from each other and from previous successful entrepreneurs. Last year’s Kleiner Perkins CEO Summit featured fireside chats with Bill Gates, Colin Powell and Al Gore. Google Ventures CEO Summit last year included Sergey Brin and Ron Conway, among others. And most other firms hold similar CEO and founder summits… Read More
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The NSA Hacked Former Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s Email While He Was In Office
Documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden demonstrate that the National Security Agency (NSA) hacked the email of former Mexican President Felipe Calderon while he was in office, according to a report in Der Spiegel. The operation, dubbed “Flatliquid,” exploited a mail server to garner access to the account. The compromised system was also in use by other Mexican… Read More
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Cooliris Reports Big Growth in Asia And 3B Connected Photos
Over the past year or so, photo service Cooliris has been announcing a number of international partnerships with companies like Renren, Yandex, and most recently Baidu. Earlier this week I met with Cooliris CEO Soujanya Bhumkar and VP of Business Development Sebastian Blum, who told me that these efforts have been paying off. There are now 3 billion photos connected to the Cooliris service, and 1… Read More
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Skim Is Snapchat For Text
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How Healthcare.gov Doomed Itself By Screwing Startups
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Apple Product Placement Architect Suzanne Lindbergh Confirms Departure To Jawbone
Apple executive Suzanne Lindbergh, who has been with the company for 25 years, confirmed via email today that she has accepted a new position with speaker and Bluetooth accessory maker Jawbone. The marketing specialist had the official title of "Worldwide Director of Buzz Marketing" at Apple, which put her in charge of making sure Apple products showed up front-and-center in both big and small… Read More
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Twitter’s #Music App Could Be On The Way Out, Says New Report
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