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Facebook releasing new look for News Feed today
It is very clear that Facebook's News Feed is a giant factor in site usage so one year ago the company released plans for major design changes to the site fixture for both desktop and mobile iterations. The mobile user interface tweaks were seen by mobile users without much dismay but the same could not be said for the desktop version for the unlucky few in a private test for the tweaks. The ...read more
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Humble Mobile Bundle 4 now available
The folks at Humble Bundle have rolled out the Humble Mobile Bundle 4 and this time it includes four titles for "whatever you want", Catan, Vector, Riptide GP2, and Zombie Gunship, with two titles being for only those who "beat the average", Badland Premium and Breach & Clear. The BTA game Badland Premium contains all possible in-app DLC featuring content such as the Day 2 Pack that adds 40 new ...read more
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2.5 million Raspberry Pi units sold since launch
Today the Raspberry Pi Foundation announced that it has sold 2.5 million Raspberry Pi Model B units following the device's launch in February 2012. The unit was built to encourage the practice of teaching computer science to students, the device is a credit card-sized computer that offers a wide range of features and wields open-source software support catering to hobbyist programmers.
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Facebook to retire @facebook.com email service
Facebook started the ill fated @facebook.com email service way back in 2010, it gave users the openness of chatting and sending emails via Facebook Messages. The service never really gained true momentum even while being available to over one billion active users, this stunning failure is not slated for discontinuation. The email service lacked many key features found in other web based email ...read more
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Minecraft: Pocket Edition to get 'significantly bigger worlds'
The mobile version of Minecraft - AKA: Minecraft: Pocket Edition - is being coded to allow for big changes - literally. Developer Mojang announced on its site that the team is "restructuring a lot of code to allow significantly bigger worlds in future updates," as well as tweaking creature AI and the inventory system. There's no release date for the Pocket Edition updates, but Mojang wrote ...read more
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Microsoft slips that a Facebook Messenger app "just weeks away"
Microsoft confirmed today at their Mobile World Congress press conference that they will be adding a version of Facebook Messenger to their phone ecosystem, Windows Phone OS.
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WhatsApp sold to Facebook for $16 billion
According to documents filed with SEC today, Facebook has purchased WhatsApp for $16 billion in cash and stock. As with the Instagram buyout WhatsApp will operate independently post acquisition. It is Facebook's hope that the deal will "accelerate Facebook’s ability to bring connectivity and utility to the world."
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Twitch Plays Pokemon rises to 75k concurrent viewership
Last week, a chat controlled version of Pokemon on the streaming service Twitch took the the internet by storm quickly garnering tens of thousands of viewers.
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Both Apple and Google stopping new apps with 'Flappy' in title
Both Apple and Google are now rejecting new apps with the word "Flappy" in their title. According to Indie developler Ken Carpenter and his recent tweet his upcoming game, Flappy Dragon, had failed the approval process for the iOS app store.
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SlickLogin acquired by Google - Passwords via sound
Yet another small startup company has been swallowed up by Google. It is a promising company that has a unique way send passwords to websites. The Israel based company, SlickLogin, produced a method to use sound to communicate passwords.
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