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What's Up With Whatsapp? Facebook Might Want To Buy It, That's What

Whatsapp, the multiplatform mobile messaging app that has been one of the runaway success stories for ad-free, paid services, has been in talks to be acquired... read more

News Corp's iPad-Only Newspaper, The Daily, Shutting Down, Brand And Some Staff Folded Into New York Post

News Corp today announced that The Daily, it's iPad-only digital newspaper publication, would be stopping its standalone publication effective December 15,... read more

The New iMac: Designed By Apple In California, Assembled In USA

Your next Mac could be assembled in America. Apple is assembling at least some of the new, ultra-thin iMacs within the USA. The backside stamp containing the... read more

Happy Birthday, SMS!

On December 3rd, 1992 in the little town of Newbury, Berkshire, a UK programmer sent his best mate a few lines of greeting using a unique new technique called... read more

Crazy-Stupid Or The Future? SoPost Wants To Turn Your Twitter Handle Into A Physical Address

Chalk this one up as crazy-stupid or the future: SoPost, a new UK startup launching today, is on a mission to reinvent the postal address by mapping things like... read more

iTunes Event Taking Place In Moscow On Dec 4: Is Russia Finally Getting Apple's Music Service?

At long last, Apple appears to be approaching a launch date for iTunes in Russia -- and it could come as soon as tomorrow. A tipster has forwarded us an email,... read more

Droplet Plans To Disrupt Mobile Cash With No-Charges Payment App For iPhone

It's so simple and disruptive I wonder why others haven't really tried it. Droplet is a mobile money app on iOS that lets you load cash onto your phone and send... read more

Dropbox Follows The Tech Crowd, Opens Dublin Office -- Says First European Office Will Be Hub For International Ops

Dropbox has become the latest tech company to open an office in Dublin -- land of Guinness and low corporate tax rates. Dropbox said the new office, its first... read more

An Interview With Dan Gilbert, Self-Made Hometown Billionaire And The Leader Of The Detroit Renaissance

After mastering the mortgage pitch, Dan Gilbert is now attempting to sell an even bigger product: Detroit.... read more

Taxibeat Launches Its Taxi Driver Marketplace And Smartphone App In Paris Just In Time For LeWeb

What is it about taxi startups launching in time for LeWeb? Then again, you can't beat a captive audience. And so it is that Taxibeat, the hail-a-cab smartphone... read more

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