As Google Reader is closing at the beginning of July, more and more services are competing to get the users’ attention as their favored RSS reader. A brand new service that wants a slice of the pie is EldonReader, which was launched only a couple of weeks ago. There are plenty of nice features and ... [read more >>] Google has pushed Chrome 28 to the beta channel. The latest release comes with a few interesting new features, though most of the work is under the hood. One notable addition is the new threaded HTML parser, which is now part of Blink, which brings a 10 percent speed increase in loading DOM content, i... [read more >>] With Twitter rolling out the two-factor authentication just a few hours ago, Kim Dotcom takes a step forward and says that he’s the inventor of this feature. And he has a patent to prove it. The Megaupload founder didn’t come up with this type of authentication yesterday, but a long time ago. ... [read more >>] Microsoft played a game of chicken with Google and seems to have lost, it is now making changes to the YouTube app for Windows Phone which violated YouTube's terms of service. But it may have gotten what it wanted out of the entire thing, to make Google look like a bully which won't allow others t... [read more >>] The Kindle Store is stocked with books from all genres in the world, but now Amazon takes it a step further and launches Kindle Worlds, a new publishing platform that promises to pay writers royalties for stories inspired by established works. The company has partnered with Warner Bros. Television Group&r... [read more >>] Last week we were telling you that Google had silently killed off its SMS Search feature. With the growing number of individuals with a data plan, that seemed to be a good idea for Google, but there are still people out there who would like to use the service.
Gnosis Media Group went ahead and launched it... [read more >>] Yahoo unveiled a major update to its photo-sharing service that basically redesigned the entire user experience. Furthermore, it gave users more free storage space, which is also handy. The newly redesigned site is available for all users and its features might attract new customers as well. As soon as ... [read more >>] Yahoo has confirmed that it has acquired Tumblr after several days of rumors regarding the transaction. “Per the agreement and our promise not to screw it up, Tumblr will be independently operated as a separate business. David Karp will remain CEO. The product, service and brand will continue to be ... [read more >>] Ever since news came about that Yahoo was in advanced talks to Tumblr for a buyout, users have gone into frenzy, scared of what the deal could mean to them.
However, most of their fears don’t have a solid ground to them.
For instance, one of the main worries the users had was that the blogging pla... [read more >>] Yahoo has bought Tumblr for a whopping $1.1 billion (€856 million), after the company’s board approved of the acquisition during a Sunday evening meeting.
The price is slightly higher than what Facebook paid for Instagram last spring, Wall Street Journal reports.
Since Yahoo has already annou... [read more >>] |
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