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Pastebin Upgrades Service, Adds Private Pastes (All While Being Under Attack)
- Wed, 22 Feb 2012
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Everyone’s favorite way to share thousands of pages of sensitive information (and dump PHP code that you might use later) has upgraded to what it’s calling version 3.1. This new version, in addition to some cosmetic changes, includes one major upgrade: private pastes.
The system currently supports public and “unlisted” pastes – two types excellent for anonymous sharing – but the private pastes require users to...
Rapportive Announces Acquisition By LinkedIn, (Basically) Confirms $15M Price
- Wed, 22 Feb 2012
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After reports earlier this month that LinkedIn was buying contact management service Rapportive, the startup just published a blog post confirming that yes, it has been acquired.
For those of you who don’t use it, Rapportive is a Gmail plugin that shows you the latest social network updates from whoever you’re corresponding with. (I’ve gotten so used to seeing the Rapportive window next to my emails that I sometimes forget that...
Keen On… Gracenote: How To Make Data Pay In The Music Business (TCTV)
- Wed, 22 Feb 2012
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While the early history of the Internet is littered with the corpses of music start-ups, not all digital music companies have failed. Take, for example, Gracenote. Founded in 1998, the Berkeley based company was sold to Sony in 2008 for $260 million and is one of the real pioneers of the evolving digital economy. Gracenote has built its business out of maintaining and licensing a massive (currently 100 million tracks) database of information...
Google’s Diversifying Display Ad Business Could Pass Facebook’s, eMarketer Guesses
- Wed, 22 Feb 2012
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Research firm eMarketer has put together a few interesting data points that show Google doing better in display ads than you might have realized. That is, by growing this business across properties and networks that it at some point acquired — YouTube, DoubleClick, and mobile (AdMob) — it’s set to pass Facebook’s own display business.
The social network had the highest online ad sales of any company in the U.S. last year,...
Tugg Lets Audiences Choose What’s Playing In Theaters
- Wed, 22 Feb 2012
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There’s a new startup called Tugg unveiling itself today that promises audience members that they can create their own movie screenings at local theaters.
It’s led by Nicolas Gonda, who was a producer on The Tree Of Life. When I asked why theaters would want to do this, Gonda and his co-founder Pablo Gonzalez (they’re CEO and COO, respectively) said via email that the idea came from Gonda’s work with filmmakers — this is s...
Asus To Transformer Owners: “Here Is Your Unlocked Bootloader. Happy Now?”
- Wed, 22 Feb 2012
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The AsusTransformer Prime was the great, grey hope for many Android lovers – until they realized that the bootloader was locked it was impossible to upgrade or install a new bit of firmware onto the device. Asus has finally relented, allowing folks to download an unlocked bootloader and install it over the “official” Asus bootloader.
The best part?
(Founder Stories) Warby Parker: “Why Should A Pair Of Glasses Cost More Than An iPhone?”
- Wed, 22 Feb 2012
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If you’ve ever shopped for a pair of prescription glasses, you’ve probably seen first hand how expensive a set can be. Warby Parker’s co-founders are right there with you.
Both fed-up and puzzled over paying hundreds of dollars for a product that’s been around for hundreds of years, the Warby Parker team is shaking up the eyewear industry by selling prescription glasses online, at a price tag of just $95 a pair.
Having...
The Daily Muse, The Community For Professional Women, Looks To Reinvent The Company Profile
- Wed, 22 Feb 2012
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Job boards and company profiles on job sites can be fairly uninspiring, and bland. Usually there’s a boring description of a job, followed by a list of skills needed followed by a boring description of the company.
Enter Y Combinator-backed The Daily Muse, which is a community for professional women. Today the site is launching company profiles: a new job board that not only presents company backgrounds in a compelling way, but also aims to...
Retickr Raises $1.5M For A Social News Reader That Learns What You Like
- Wed, 22 Feb 2012
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Retickr, a social news reader application for Mac OS X, received a big update today, as well as a new round of funding. The startup just closed its Series A of $1.5 million led by the Lamp Post Group, the investors who had previously put $150,000 into the company’s seed round.
The app, which combines RSS, social networking updates and news, is not your standard feed reader, but rather attempts to personalize your news reading experience the...
Here’s The Epic Borderlands 2 Launch Trailer
- Wed, 22 Feb 2012
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Back during the heyday of CrunchGear (now known as TechCrunch/Gadgets), we couldn’t get enough of Borderlands. The game masterfully combined the game play of a FPS with the best elements of an RPG. In a scene full of Call of Duty clones Borderlands is completely novel. Gearbox just released the launch trailer for the second installment and it promises more of the same big gun, big monster madness. The game launches on September 18th. Hey...
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