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Tech news site Gigaom is closing its doors
Venture Beat - 10 Mar 2015 02:37
The company ran out of money and couldn't pay its creditors. It is ceasing publication immediately.
Sony whips up a box to store 1.5 petabytes of data on 10,000 Blu-ray discs
Venture Beat - 10 Mar 2015 23:33
The move shows that Blu-ray discs could be a great medium for long-term, "cold" storage.
Is Customer Service Going To Get Worse Before It Gets Better?
Forbes - 10 Mar 2015 22:52
Is Customer Service Going To Get Worse Before It Gets Better? Two new studies offer an interesting perspective.
Turkey's 'family' ministry wants to ban Minecraft -- just like it did with 4Chan
Venture Beat - 10 Mar 2015 22:30
Minecraft is one of the world's most successful games, but a Turkish family agency isn't happy about that.
Adobe updates Photoshop Mix with stylus support and new photo editing features
Venture Beat - 10 Mar 2015 22:22
The iOS version added stylus support, support for merging images, and the ability to paste graphics from the cloud.
Mickey, Dick, And Steve: My Three Reasons The Apple Watch Could Be A Runaway Success
Forbes - 10 Mar 2015 22:18
The technology bloggers are having at it. The fashion bloggers, equally so. Each and all with opinions relative to why the Apple Watch will—or won’t—be a hit. I am neither a technology guru, nor someone with a high...
Bring in the (mobile) clones
Venture Beat - 10 Mar 2015 22:15
Guest:There is a point where small differences in a game design becomes meaningfully different to at least some of its audience -- and it's not always obvious.
Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee just did a Reddit AMA. Here's what we learned
Venture Beat - 10 Mar 2015 22:07
A year after his last Reddit AMA, web creator Tim Berners-Lee rejoins the forum to answer more questions. So far we’ve learned that net neutrality is a good thing, the future of the Internet is bright, and Lee loves pe...
Tomorrow is today: Adobe integrates Vibes' digital wallet tech into marketing cloud
Venture Beat - 10 Mar 2015 21:21
Gaming execs: Join 180 select leaders from King, Glu, Rovio, Unity, Facebook, and more to plan your path to global domination in 2015. GamesBeat Summit is invite-only -- apply here. Ticket prices increase on March 6! If ...
iPhones will ship with Intel LTE chips inside in 2016
Venture Beat - 10 Mar 2015 21:06
The company's 7360 LTE modem chip will show up in a special version of the iPhone that will be marketed to emerging markets like Latin America, the sources say.
Microsoft shares more data center hardware specs with the Open Compute Project
Venture Beat - 10 Mar 2015 20:34
Cool -- Microsoft put lithium-ion batteries inside server chassis.
BUKU Music + Art Project Producers Bring Contemporary Music To Jazz and Blues Landscape
Forbes - 10 Mar 2015 20:25
If New Orleans had a sound, it would probably sound like Jazz - like a deep bass and high-pitched trumpet, simultaneously improvising and making sounds that actually work together to create music. It’s the sound that h...
A company fighting the meaningless cycle of clicks and likes
Venture Beat - 10 Mar 2015 20:10
A new startup, Kifi is using the techniques of viral marketing and engaging app design, not to make you click on the latest memes, but to help you find more useful knowledge.
This Pricing Mistake Could Sink Your Company
Forbes - 10 Mar 2015 20:07
There’s a simple pricing mistake which could sink your company. The “D” word. Discounts.
More speakers will share bold ideas at the GamesBeat Summit (May 5-May 6)
Venture Beat - 10 Mar 2015 20:00
Our GamesBeat Summit conference will be small, intimate, and peer-to-peer.
OwnLocal buys site builder Sidengo to help turn local print ads into digital marketing campaigns
Venture Beat - 10 Mar 2015 20:00
OwnLocal automatically extracts data to turn an ad into a digital marketing campaign that can include search engine optimization, search engine marketing, creation/hosting of an ad landing page or website, and more.
Pager dials up $10.4M for mobile telemedicine service
Venture Beat - 10 Mar 2015 19:47
Telemedicine apps that bridge the gap between caregivers and people who need care continue to attract funding.
Facebook builds new servers to outperform competitors on performance, cost per watt
Venture Beat - 10 Mar 2015 19:45
These new units, codenamed Yosemite, could beat out hardware vendors' competing products in a number of ways.
New Facebook data analysis tool shows marketers what their customers are talking about
Venture Beat - 10 Mar 2015 19:18
Called Topic Data, the tool could let advertisers make better decisions based on what their customers are saying on Facebook.
Xbox Live down for many on Xbox 360
Venture Beat - 10 Mar 2015 19:15
Microsoft says it's aware of the problem, and it is working on a fix.
These are the 10 most engaged retailers on Twitter
Venture Beat - 10 Mar 2015 18:58
SocialRank is providing more detailed data to feed your need to measure your social media success against your peers'.
You can now use Apple Pay to buy a Pebble on Kickstarter (or a game at GameStop)
Venture Beat - 10 Mar 2015 18:53
The move comes one day after Apple's big event hyping Apple Pay on the phone and on the Watch, and a week after Pebble became the most funded Kickstarter project of all time.