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Mr. Moshi Goes To TechCrunch — Michael Acton Smith To Speak At Disrupt

 The TechCrunch Disrupt Europe conference will take place from 18-21st October 2014 in London. You can grab an early bird ticket right here. Over the weekend we’ll have a free hackathon, which you can apply for here. On Monday and … Continue reading

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LinkedIn-Owned SlideShare Gets Its First iOS App

 Better late than never? LinkedIn this morning announced it has at last rolled out the first-ever iOS app for SlideShare, the presentation and content-sharing platform it acquired back in 2012. The new app was built using Swift and is optimized to work … Continue reading

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Google’s Play Newsstand App Makes Reading Print Magazines On Phones Easier

 Google’s Play Newsstand app lets you read news from free and paid sources ranging from blogs and newspapers to The New Yorker and everything in between. The app has been available for Android for about a year and the iOS … Continue reading

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Why Your Geography Does Not Control Your Destiny

 Editor’s note: Harley Finkelstein is the Chief Platform Officer at Shopify, the Canadian-based company behind the commerce platform that lets anyone sell online and in-store. Follow Harley on Twitter @harleyf Now more than ever, geography no longer controls your destiny … Continue reading

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YesVideo’s Legacy Republic Is Building A Freelance Workforce To Digitize Family Photos and Videos

 YesVideo announced a new initiative today that aims to recruit an army of “Legacy Makers” to help digitize family photos and videos. For those of you who aren’t familiar with YesVideo, the company was founded back in 1999 and focuses … Continue reading

Box Said To Further Delay Its IPO

Box, an enterprise-facing cloud storage and productivity company, is said to be further delaying its initial public offering (IPO). The delay could last until its fiscal fourth quarter, which ends after the first month of the new year. This is … Continue reading

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After Quietly Acquiring SnapSaves, Groupon Launches Snap, Paying You To Shop

 Groupon continues apace with its strategy to evolve from online daily deals giant into a wider e-commerce player, with an emphasis on mobile and local purchases. Today the company is launching a new app called Snap — which provides you the user with … Continue reading

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Rocket And Zalando IPOs Fail To Excite Markets, But It’s Early Days

 If there is one thing Europe has been lacking in in the last five years or so it’s tech IPOs. London has bravely kicked things off in the last year with IPOs from companies like Just Eat. But the German … Continue reading

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Gracenote Acquires Australian Metadata Provider HWW for $19 Million

 Another day, another Gracenote acquisition. The Tribune-owned entertainment information company has bought yet another metadata provider — this time Australia’s HWW for $19 million USD. The purchase is designed to extend Gracenote’s reach into an international while also providing it … Continue reading

Smartwatches Storm Wearables Market; Flexible Displays are Critical

Multimedia Dateline City: EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Contacts Defense, Risk & Security; Healthcare/Pharmaceuticals; Economics; Country & Industry Forecasting; Design & Supply ChainIHS Media Relations, +1 303 305 8021press@ihs.comor Design & Supply ChainJonathan Cassell, +1 408 654 1714jonathan.cassell@ihs.com Wearable electronics are going … Continue reading