July 14, 2014
Timberman Is The New Flappy Bird
Gamers looking for a new way to spend time waiting in line or on a commute should go check out Timberman, the latest indie game to take the…
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July 14, 2014
Google Brings Ingress Location-Based Game To iPhone And iPad
Google has brought its Ingress game to iOS, with a launch of the app for iPhone and iPad released late yesterday. The app has been available for two…
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LinkedIn Acquires Newsle To Deliver More Relevant News About Your Connections
LinkedIn announced today that it has acquired Newsle, the machine-learning startup founded to help users pare down the ample noise coming across social networks and give them relevant…
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Google’s Leaked Play Store Redesign Foregrounds Media And Summaries
Google has a new look for all of Android coming with Android L, the final public release of which should arrive sometime this fall. The latest version sports…
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Apple Asserts Its Commitment To Privacy In Response To Report By China’s CCTV
Apple has published a statement via its Chinese website as a follow-up to a report on the state-run CCTV last week that claimed its devices could present a…
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Screenshot Claims To Show Off The Coming Windows 8.1 Start Menu
Mostly lost in the noise surrounding the World Cup final, a screenshot floated around the Microsoft-watching community. The image picked up attention because it contains what some claim…
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With Publicize, Former Tech Blogger Conrad Egusa Offers A More Affordable Approach To Startup PR
We’ve written about several attempts to rethink PR for startups, including PressFriendly (which offers customers a virtual “pitch builder”) and AirPR (which created a marketplace connecting startups and…
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Winners Of The Techcrunch London Meetup: GiftGaming, Rook And Keekla
The Techcrunch London Summer Meetup rolled into town this week as part of our Summer Tour to promote TechCrunch Disrupt in London on October 20-21. We had a…
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Stream (What It Feels Like To Be At) The World Cup On Snapchat
You can watch the World Cup final game on ESPN or Univision, but Snapchat is transporting all its users to Brazil today through clips of people celebrating in…
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Looking For A Niche, Cheap Hotel? Try The Poshpacker
Ever been intrigued in a hotel after looking at its brochure only to find it not so compelling when you set foot in it? Next time, try taking…
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