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Meet Dubs, Doppler Labs’ Reinvention Of The Lowly Earplug

 If you feel like you’re losing your hearing, it’s because you are. In fact, more than six million people in the United States between the ages of 18 to 44 suffer from hearing loss. To tackle the problem, Fritz Lanman’s … Continue reading

Supply Chain Industries for Unconventional Oil and Gas Production Now Support More than 500,000 Jobs and Will Represent More Than 40 Percent of All Unconventional Oil and Gas-Related Jobs by 2025, New IHS Study Says

Dateline City: WASHINGTON Providers of materials, capital goods, construction and well services, professional and other services and logistics represent a sizable portion of the economic activity generated by the unconventional oil and gas boom WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A sizable and growing portion … Continue reading

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Skype Gets An iOS 8-Friendly Update With Interactive Notifications

 Microsoft’s Skype messenger got a major update for iOS 8 today, which includes all-new interactive notifications that take advantage of what Apple has made possible with its latest OS update. The new notifications in Skype let you respond to various … Continue reading

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Twitter Tests A “TestLab” For Features Before They Roll Out To The Public

 Twitter, regularly tinkering with the look and features of its news-sharing platform to drive more usage, could be experimenting with yet another way of introducing people to new things that it’s trying out. A new TestLab account has appeared on the service that encourages users … Continue reading

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Apple Sells 10 Million iPhone 6 And 6 Plus Devices During Launch Weekend

 Apple has officially confirmed a total of 10 million iPhone 6 and 6 Plus sales during their initial weekend on sale. This is a new record for an iPhone launch, besting the 9 million iPhone 5s and 5c sales from … Continue reading

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Tilt My Blinds Lets You Retrofit Your Existing Blinds To Make Them Smarter

 Tilt My Blinds, which is currently on track to be successfully crowd funded on Kickstarter, offers a clever way to get in on the home automation action by letting you control your blinds’ ’tilt’ mechanism via a smartphone app, dedicated … Continue reading

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On-The-Go Freelancers Get Business A Business Management Tool With PocketSuite

 Calling all photographers; dog trainers and dog walkers; handymen; hair stylists and makeup artists, plumbers and pool boys. Your on-the-go businesses now have access to the same type of management software tools that other, more sedentary, small business owners have … Continue reading

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On-The-Go Freelancers Get A Business Management Tool With PocketSuite

 Calling all photographers; dog trainers and dog walkers; handymen; hair stylists and makeup artists, plumbers and pool boys. Your on-the-go businesses now have access to the same type of management software tools that other, more sedentary, small business owners have … Continue reading

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Two-Factor Authentication Startup Duo Security Raises $12 Million From Benchmark

 Five-year old startup Duo Security has emerged as a leader in providing secure but easy-to-use two-factor authentication technology to a fast-growing number of enterprise customers. To bolster its growth, the company has raised $12 million in Series B financing from … Continue reading

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Handy Acquires London-Based Home Services Startup Mopp To Quickly Grow Its UK Business

 A few months ago, on-demand home services startup Handy opened up its first international office and launched services in London. In an effort to quickly grow its business there, today the company is announcing it’s acquired local competitor Mopp, which … Continue reading