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Electric cars equal $1 a gallon gas for life + $1,200 cash a year
Car buyers are notoriously fond of focusing only on the purchase price of new vehicles, without much thinking about the total cost of ownership. For electric cars that may cost twice or more what a... Continue reading »
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Has adaptive design failed? Of course not
Yesterday morning I read Peter Yared’s provocative article, ‘What’s next for mobile now that adaptive design has failed?’ which is based entirely on the misassumption that mobile users... Continue reading »
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How sensors can lead us to better self-knowledge
Like nerve endings which translate senses into electrical impulses in your nervous system, sensors can translate the physical world into the digital. In the process, they can help humans become more... Continue reading »
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Facebook’s first week is the worst of any IPO in 10 years
Facebook’s first five days as a public company saw its value drop 13.1 percent, the worst first-week performance of any initial public offering in a decade. That’s the sorry picture... Continue reading »
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Ford unveils “overclocked” turbocharger in 2013 Focus ST
Similar to the way that hardcore PC enthusiasts overclock their CPUs to squeeze out extra performance, Ford is preparing a car with an “overclocked” turbocharger. The 2013 Ford Focus ST... Continue reading »
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Why early-stage investors should be pumping up their startups with data
“Startups are the sum of the decisions made by the people who run them,” Future Simple founder Uzi Shmilovici wrote in a recent post. Uzi’s absolutely right — the earlier... Continue reading »
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Be a better boss: 12 tips to help you encourage innovation
Many entrepreneurs dream of starting their own company so they can be their own boss, call the shots, get the corner office nicest table in the co-working space. Turns out, being in charge is a lot... Continue reading »
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iOS, Android, HTML5? How to pick a tablet platform for your app
This story is brought to you by Sourcebits, a Global leader in Strategy, User Experience & Engineering for Mobile & Cloud. Follow Sourcebits on Twitter for recent news and updates.... Continue reading »
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Nvidia demos upcoming Hawken mech game using cloud graphics (video)
Hawken is one of the highly anticipated free-to-play downloadable games coming this fall. Graphics chip maker Nvidia showed a demo of the online mech-combat title today in order to demonstrate its... Continue reading »
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VBWeekly gets a visit from the undead, which is appropriate since we’re talking Facebook
This week’s VBWeekly got a little goofy, while our anchor Jolie O’Dell was traveling to the East Coast. We hit on some serious stories, including more on the Facebook drama unfolding post... Continue reading »
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Disgruntled gentleman honestly thinks he can strip Google of its trademark
Over in the land of slightly crazy lawsuits, a man from Arizona filed a lawsuit Friday to make “Google” a generic word, Paid Content reports. David Elliot filed the complaint in the... Continue reading »
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Instagram picked up 78 percent more uniques in April — thank you, Facebook
A billion dollars will buy you a lot of things, and, in the case of Instagram, one of those things happens to be exposure to millions. In April, Instagram’s website saw a 78 percent uptick in... Continue reading »
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Yahoo actually makes a good decision with death of Livestand
After all the turmoil Yahoo has gone through in the past month, the company is finally making moves on a legitimate plan to consolidate its resources on a handful of successful products and services... Continue reading »
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Cisco kills its business-focused Cius tablet
Cisco plans to effectively kill off its misguided Cius enterprise tablet, the company has announced in a blog post. “Cisco will no longer invest in the Cisco Cius tablet form factor, and no... Continue reading »
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GamesBeat Weekly Roundup
If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best games stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed. This week, game developer... Continue reading »
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Facebook games now playing in News Feed and Timeline
Leave it to Facebook to invent yet another way to keep us all glued to the site. The social network has made the status update stickier with the addition of embedded games that people can play as... Continue reading »
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For Vivid Live, YouTube adds Instagram-like tool to live video streams
YouTube is no stranger to live streaming popular events, such the Coachella Music Festival back in April. However, for its upcoming live stream of Australia’s annual Vivid Live music event... Continue reading »
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Video game series contract will be tough for Bungie, easy for Activision
The contract between Bungie, the celebrated maker of the Halo series, and Activision Blizzard was unsealed this week in litigation related to Activision’s feud with the co-founders of Infinity... Continue reading »
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Facebook testing new “star your close friends” feature
Facebook users who logged in last night may have caught a glimpse of a new feature on Facebook. The largest social network in the world is testing “Star Your Close Friends,” an... Continue reading »
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Facebook’s next big buy could be browser maker Opera
Facebook may be looking to buy browser maker Opera Software, according to a new report. A source told Pocket-lint that the social network wants to expand into the browser space and is looking to... Continue reading »
