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May 25 12 3:56pm EDT

A Big Fat Geek Survey

It’s good to be a geek these days, with more than half of Americans (51 percent) defining geeks as professionally successful, up from 31 percent in 2011, a new survey finds. And when it comes to tech gadgets, they're not like everyone else.  Continue


May 25 12 2:27pm EDT

Phasing Out Instagram

Instagram will probably be phased out by Facebook's new Camera product. But a detailed look at Zuckerberg's own words reveals the careful craft of his original Instagram announcement. Continue


May 24 12 1:49pm EDT

UberConference Is Victorious!

UberConference may have won the TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield, but the war has only just begun. Continue


May 21 12 6:30pm EDT

Ark Floats, Olive Branch Unseen

What would Facebook and Google do together if they weren’t trying to destroy each other? In it’s simplest form the answer to that question is probably build a search engine for social networks. Continue


May 21 12 4:39pm EDT

Teach the Internet to Forget

The author of Digital Vertigo says that privacy is a valuable commodity, and those who can teach the Internet to forget will reap rewards for their efforts. Continue


May 17 12 3:30pm EDT

Microsoft Patent Begs the Question:
Who Needs Developers?

Think Microsoft has an app-developer shortage? Well, if the upcoming Developer Summit doesn't pay off, they may have a plan B—make developers unnecessary. Continue


May 17 12 11:38am EDT

Mozilla's Monitor-Me-Not

Marketers thrive relative to what they know about their users—and according to the chair of Mozilla, they aren't too thrilled about the search engine's Do Not Track feature. Continue


May 16 12 5:30pm EDT

Google's Brain Gets Humanized

Google's new Knowledge Graph attempts to humanize the way the search engine serves up the collected knowledge of humanity. Continue


May 16 12 12:19pm EDT

Pandora Demographics Aim Wedding Proposal

She said, "Yes." And no doubt her creative new fiance deserves a ton of credit, but in a first, so does Pandora and its team of tech experts. Continue


May 15 12 2:50pm EDT

New York Techies Get Mappy Way to Job Hunt

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg today announced the Made in New York Digital Map showing the city’s tech startups and job opportunities. There are currently 324 tech companies hiring in the nation's second-biggest tech market, including 59 based in the same location. Continue


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