Posts Tagged ‘ insider ’

New Factual Resolve API Will Help Clean Up, Complete Location Databases

New Factual Resolve API Will Help Clean Up, Complete Location Databases

Open data platform Factual.com is launching a new API for developers of location-based services called Resolve . The API is an entity resolution API that makes partial records complete, matches entities against one other and assists in the process of de-duping and normalizing datasets. What this means is that developers can simply tell...

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Dogs On Tiny Rocking Chairs: Will A Groupon IPO Injure Them?

Dogs On Tiny Rocking Chairs: Will A Groupon IPO Injure Them?

Hurrah! It’s time again for my favourite week of the year: the week when tech writers are given a much needed break from the day to day drudgery of reporting and analysis and are instead encouraged to spend time away from their keyboards; having dinner with family members, taking long walks with husbands...

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"HTC Pays Microsoft $5 Per Android Phone, Says Citi (MSFT, GOOG)" and related posts

Business Insider Microsoft gets $5 for every HTC phone running Android, according to Citi analyst Walter Pritchard, who released a big report on Microsoft this morning. Microsoft is getting $5 for every Android phone that HTC sells (Rant)

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Twitter Kills The #Dickbar

Twitter Kills The #Dickbar

Yes, it’s happened. Three days after Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey comes back in to head product, the dreaded #Dickbar , or the Quickbar that inserted trending topics and promoted ads into your tweet-stream on the iPhone, is dead. Business Insider  reported that the Dickbar was a mistake in the first place, having been...

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New Apple TV sales to hit million-unit mark this week

New Apple TV sales to hit million-unit mark this week

In a brief press release this morning, Apple announced that it expects the iOS-based Apple TV to pass the one million mark in units sold sometime later this week. The release also notes that iTunes users are renting/purchasing TV episodes and movies by the truckload (400,000 and 150,000 per day, respectively), although it's...

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