Posts Tagged ‘ people ’

British police arrest 5 in tabloid bribery probe (AP)

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British police arrest 5 in tabloid bribery probe (AP)

AP - The criminal investigation into British tabloid skullduggery turned full force on a second Rupert Murdoch publication Saturday, with the arrest of four current and former journalists from The Sun on suspicion of bribing police.

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Typical Android User is Anything But Typical [INFOGRAPHIC] (Mashable)

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Mashable - What are Android users like? Are those who use Google's smartphone operating system and its associated gadgetry male or female? What sort of clothes do they wear? Are they married? Do they wear watches? Get your answers to those questions and lots more in this infographic from the people at Bluestacks, makers...

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Twitter 2012: Bigger and More Ads (Mashable)

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Mashable - People predicted rioting when Twitter decided to post ads within its feeds. However, those protests never materialized. Instead, Twitter was used to mobilize protests in the streets in Egypt, Yemen and Tunesia. The two instances are related. As Twitter became a globally recognized entity, it also began efforts to monetize itself earnestly...

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Fly Or Die: Path 2.0

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The new Path app has been out on the iPhone for about a week, and it’s been getting good reviews among the early-adopter set. In this episode of Fly or Die , John Biggs and I go through the pros and cons. Pros: The app’s design is gorgeous, with elegant little flourishes like...

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Tonchidot CEO Talks 3M Downloads, Augmented Reality, And New App

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Tonchidot CEO Talks 3M Downloads, Augmented Reality, And New App

When I was in Japan earlier this week, I ran into Tonchidot CEO Takahito Iguchi at the TechCrunch Tokyo conference and dragged him back to my makeshift studio for an impromptu interview about the state of augmented reality and mobile apps. Tonchidot launched its Sekai Camera app at TechCrunch50 in 2008 before anyone...

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