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Yahoo is buying all the things! Maybe even...

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Facebook Home expanding to more devices

by Steven Loeb, May 10, 2013 | Comments

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HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4 users now have access to the interface, but ratings are still slipping

When Facebook Home passed the 500,000 installs number on Google Play roughly a week after its release, it was seen, by some, as a sign that the interface was not living up to expectation. I mean, Instagram, had passed one million Android users in a single day, so why couldn't Home match that? There are a number of reasons that I have pointed ...

Fertility tracker Ovuline teams with Fitbit, Withings

by Faith Merino, May 9, 2013 | Comments

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The data-driven fertility monitor unveils updated Smart Fertility product

The quantified self movement is picking up steam. In the last week alone, Fitbit has revealed its newest product, the Flex, and Jawbone has acquired BodyMedia. Now, Ovuline, the health monitoring service for fertility, is partnering with Fitbit and Withings and releasing a brand new version of its Smart Fertility product. Arriving just in time for Mother’s Day, Ovuline’s new, ...

Hipmunk launches direct booking option for hotels

by Faith Merino, May 9, 2013 | Comments

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The startup ventures beyond aggregation to offer direct purchases

When Hipmunk—the all-you-can-eat buffet of travel sites—raised $15 million in a Series B last year, CEO Adam Goldstein said, “we need to go big or go home.” The remark hinted at big things to come, and now it looks like Hipmunk has made a decisive move to “go big.” The company announced Thursday that users can now book hotels directly ...

Path to be a featured app on three Sprint devices

by Steven Loeb, May 8, 2013 | Comments

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Path to be one of a group of apps to be highlighted in Sprint's Discover-it Widget

Path, the social network built around exclusivity, is looking to branch out. The company is teaming up with Sprint to offer its app as a one-touch download on Samsung Galaxy S4, HTC One and Torque devices. It will be one a part of a "best-in-class group of high quality apps for their Discover-it Widget," Path announced in a blog post Wednesday. Other ...

HotelTonight makes reviews visual with Snap Your Stay

by Faith Merino, May 8, 2013 | Comments

	Now users can review their hotel stays with images A few years ago, I stayed in a really raunchy Days Inn in Ogden, Utah. (I was there for a conference, get off my back.) I stayed there for one night and I didn’t sleep at all because I was about 99.5% sure that the creepy guy at the front desk was going to climb down through the warped acoustic ...
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Yahoo said to be showing interest in buying Hulu

by Steven Loeb, May 8, 2013 | Comments

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With the Dailymotion deal dead, Yahoo still in the market for a video site

With the deal between Yahoo and Dailymotion all but dead (at least for now), it seems that Yahoo has already moved in its quest to purchase a video site. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and top executives at Hulu have already begun meeting and talking to each other about a possible acquisition, according to report from AllThingsD on Tuesday. Hulu, which is owned ...

Yahoo and Microsoft extend search revenue agreement

by Steven Loeb, May 7, 2013 | Comments

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Yahoo stock hits five-year high, closing above $26 for first time since 2008

Microsoft had extended the guarantee of search revenue that it provides to Yahoo, as per the companies' search partnership, it was noted in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday. In 2009, Yahoo and Microsoft signed a 10 year lincensing agreement, which allows Microsoft Bing to power Yahoo's Web search .The deal allows Yahoo to control the look of its own search site, but ...

New YouTube Trends Map shows video popularity by region

by Steven Loeb, May 7, 2013 | Comments

	Videos can also be broken down by both gender and age I always feel a little late to the party when it comes to the most popular YouTube videos. By the time I get around to watching them, it seems like the cool kids have already moved on to the next thing. It's so fast paced that it's really hard to keep up. YouTube is attempting to solve that problem by introducing a ...
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Microsoft has sold 100 million licenses for Windows 8

by Steven Loeb, May 7, 2013 | Comments

	Windows Blue update is now slated for "later this year" It's been a while since Microsoft provided any numbers for Windows 8 operating system, which went on sale in late October of last year. In fact, the last time the company gave an indication of any progress was over four months ago, in January, when Microsoft announced that the system had sold 60 million licenses in the roughly two and a ...
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Fitbit kicks it up a notch with new wristband, the Flex

by Faith Merino, May 6, 2013 | Comments

	The wearable monitor means no more losing your Fitbit device In the world of the quantified self, there are so many devices from which to choose. You can go with the Jawbone Up, or the Nike Fuelband, or the Fitbit One. Now, in the words of Jillian Michaels in her sadistic 30-Day Shred videos, “it’s time to kick it up another notch.” (“No!” you scream, sweaty and red-faced in your ...
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Hearsay Social unveils new social selling platform

by Faith Merino, May 6, 2013 | Comments

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Sales professionals need social media tools just as much as marketers do

There’s no shortage of social marketing solutions for the enterprise and the SMB alike. In fact, a year or two ago it felt like we were in the midst of a social marketing baby boom of sorts. Everyone had a way for you to easily and quickly connect with your customers/users through social media. Hearsay Social has been pretty unique ...

Women in gaming: Ignored or victims of sexism

by Steven Loeb, May 6, 2013 | Comments

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Big Fish Games rode to success by catering to women, only a few others are following suit

In a recent interview I did with Paul Thelen, the founder and CEO of casual and social gaming company Big Fish Games, I asked him what separated his company from the multitude of online game developers out there. His response was simple: women. Women, mostly aged 25 to 75, he said, make up around 90% of the company's four million PC users, and six million mobile ...

Google Glass gets its first YouTube integration app

by Steven Loeb, May 4, 2013 | Comments

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App lets users upload videos directly to YouTube from Glass without having to go through Google+

If I were ever to use Google Glass, one of the first things I would probably want to do it would be to take video of something cool happening right in front of me. I mean, isn't a major selling point that you can take pictures and videos without having to fumble around with a device or camera? And then, ...

Mountain Dew apologizes for ad via promoted tweet

by Faith Merino, May 3, 2013 | Comments

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Mountain Dew's controversial ad has been called the most racist commercial in history

If you were one of the lucky ones who got a chance to see the awful new Mountain Dew commercial before it was pulled for offending like, everyone—congratulations. You’ll be able to tell your grandchildren that this actually happened. Now, not only has PepsiCo pulled the ad, Mountain Dew is literally paying the price: the company has been apologizing to ...

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