December 26, 2014
Tesla Announces The Roadster 3.0 With A 400 Mile Range
Tesla isn’t done with its iconic Roadster. The company just took the wraps off the next generation of the sport car. Chief among the updates is a new…
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December 25, 2014
Facebook’s ‘Year In Review’ Feature Will Chronicle Your 2014, Good Or Bad
Facebook has again unleashed its Year In Review app, automatically compiling some of the most-liked photos from your feeds over 2014 and puts them into a neat little…
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Nubeliu Is Bringing The Private Cloud To Latin America
Private cloud enterprise solution Nubeliu has raised a seed round from Latin American powerhouse investors Kaszek Ventures in the “couple of millions,” according to a source close to…
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Here Lets You Inform People You’ve Arrived With A Selfie
From the makers of meeting prep app Lowdown, Here lets you send a push notification or an automated email to let attendees know when you have arrived. Read…
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Startup Brain Power Uses Google Glass To Develop Apps For Kids With Autism
Though many developers have begun to abandon Google Glass, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based startup called Brain Power believes that the hardware still has plenty of possibilities for children with autism. Brain…
Read articleDecember 23, 2014
The “Snappening” Had No Impact On Snapchat Growth, Usage Or Engagement
No single bad PR incident can impact Snapchat’s growth or popularity, it seems. Earlier this year, the mobile social network made headlines when thousands of Snapchat accounts were hacked, causing around…
Read articleDecember 22, 2014
Datanyze Acquires LeadLedger, A Sales Tool That Tracks Tech Product Market Share
Sales startup Datanyze is announcing its first acquisition — it’s buying a similar service, LeadLedger. On a broad level, Datanyze and LeadLedger basically promise customers the same thing…
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Social Cloud Storage Platform Hive.im Raises $500,000 In Seed Funding
The cloud storage business is already crowded, with leading competitors including Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud, Box, and OneDrive. Hive.im, which just came out of beta, is one of…
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DockPhone Is The Phone Dialer Apple Forgot To Put In Yosemite
By far the best new feature Apple added to OS X was the ability to make and take phone calls from a connected iPhone. Taking a call is…
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Here’s How Microsoft Described Its Newfangled Product Called “Windows” When It Went Public
Microsoft shipped the first version of Windows on November 20, 1985. The company went public on March 13, 1986. That means that Microsoft pulled the trigger on its IPO mere…
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