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Belkin WeMo Crock-Pot Review: Not The Smartest Of Smart Devices, But It Gets The Job Done

 Belkin is going all-out on the connected home, with products ranging from connected lighting systems to smart outlets. But one of its oddest offerings might just be a collaboration with slow cooker industry leader Crock-Pot, whose name is essentially synonymous … Continue reading

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Your iOS GIF Keyboard Is Finally Here, Thanks To Riffsy

 Arriving today on iOS, Riffsy GIF Keyboard can be installed alongside all your other keyboards to send out funny animated GIFs via SMS, Twitter, Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp in the same way you would send a text. Read More

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PayPal Enables Bitcoin Transactions For Merchants Selling Digital Goods

 Bitcoin’s momentum among key merchants and platforms on the web keeps accelerating. After hinting at it a few weeks ago when Braintree enabled Bitcoin-based transactions for PayPal developers, the company is now enabling Bitcoin across the PayPal network for merchants … Continue reading

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Robinhood Raises $13M To Democratize Stock Market With Zero-Commission Trading App

 Half a million people have already signed up for Robinhood‘s unlaunched zero-fee stock trading service. Now the startup has raised $13 million to hire talent to make its app totally secure so it can start adding people from its private … Continue reading

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Google Currents For iOS Now Called Google Play Newsstand Following Big Redesign

 Google Currents, Google’s magazine-like news reading iOS app and a competitor to Flipboard, is rolling out a redesign and a handful of new features, including a way to subscribe to topics you’re interested in, instead of only subscribing to publishers, … Continue reading

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Google Has Tightened Its European Search De-Listing Request Process

 Forget.me, an online service for Europeans wishing to submit de-listing requests to search engines asking for outdated or irrelevant personal information to be de-indexed, has put out new details of the nature of requests it is helping to process — … Continue reading

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The iPhone 6 Plus Gets Bent

 Every year, Apple announces a new iPhone. And every year, we go through a very similar cycle. First it’s rumors and leaks, and then spy shots from factory lines, and then the announcement comes! And then it’s reviews, and long … Continue reading

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Business Goals Platform BetterWorks Leaves Stealth With $15.5M Led By KPCB

 BetterWorks, a new, cloud-based platform designed to help employees set and reach business goals — and the newest project from gamification pioneer Kris Duggan of Badgeville — is coming out of stealth today, as the startup of the same name announces … Continue reading

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Akeneo Raises $2.3 Million To Replace Excel For Catalog Management

 It currently takes more than four months for a famous luxury company based in Paris to put new collection items on its website. It’s a nightmare for multiple people who have to fight with Excel to add all the relevant … Continue reading

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Ray Ozzie’s New Venture Talko Launches An App For Collaborative Voice Communications

 After two and a half years, former Microsoft chief architect Ray Ozzie and his team are finally ready to reveal what they’ve been working on. Called Talko, their new mobile app is designed to change the way consumers and enterprises … Continue reading