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October 4, 2014 Posted By:
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The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, Dan Farber, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Friday, October 3, 2014.
@stevegillmor, @scobleizer, @dbfarber, @kevinmarks, @kteare
Produced and directed by Tina Chase Gillmor @tinagillmor Read More...
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October 4, 2014 Posted By:
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Bitcoin, the best-known cryptocurrency, recently slipped under the $400 mark, a former price floor that some viewed as a bulwark against further price pressure.
Currently trading for $338.83, bitcoin is down $29.06 in the past 24 hours, or around 7.9 percent. From its all-time highs, bitcoin is down around 70 percent.
For historical context, here’s the chart, with the current price… Read More...
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October 4, 2014 Posted By:
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By far the most exciting thing about iOS 8 — imho — is the side-door it opens into Apple’s walled garden to allow keyboard app makers to come on in for the first time. But what permissions are you granting third party keyboard app makers when you hand over the keys to your Qwerty? Read on for the lowdown…
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October 4, 2014 Posted By:
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Earlier today we reported that messaging app MessageMe was getting acquired by Yahoo — which MessageMe has now confirmed on its site, along with the inevitable news that the app is shutting down, effective November 7. Now we’ve also learned some more details. MessageMe had also been courted by Snapchat as well as an app maker out of Europe, Truecaller. And, after earnouts,…
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October 4, 2014 Posted By:
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Earlier today we reported that messaging app MessageMe was getting acquired by Yahoo — which MessageMe has now confirmed on its site, along with the inevitable news that the app is shutting down, effective November 7. Now we’ve also learned some more details.
MessageMe had also been courted by Snapchat as well as an app maker out of Europe, Truecaller. And, after… Read More...
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October 4, 2014 Posted By:
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Internet, we need to talk. In a nuanced, thoughtful, intelligent way. I don’t want this to turn into some kind of knee-jerk confrontation. But it will, won’t it? You’ll end up citing the Nazis while frothing at the mouth, won’t you? That’s what you do. Every. Single. Time. What’s wrong with you, Internet? Why can’t we just agree to disagree?...
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October 3, 2014 Posted By:
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Dash was one of the earliest and most design-focused apps to offer direct connectivity to your car via their OBD-II port, which is designed to provide mechanics with detailed stats and information. Now, the app is expanding beyond its own software with the Chassis API, a connected car platform that gives other developers access to fuel consumption and efficiency data,...
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October 3, 2014 Posted By:
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Yep — now there’s an Uber for cash.
I first became aware Nimbl earlier this afternoon, when I saw some skeptical commentary about it on Twitter. The idea, basically, is that you can use the app to call a Nimbl “runner”, who will bring cash to your location. Read More...
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October 3, 2014 Posted By:
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The EU has approved Facebook’s landmark $19 billion acquisition of messaging startup WhatsApp — determining that the two are “not close competitors”. It highlights three key areas where it believes the two do not create an anticompetitive environment for other players in this space: consumer communications services; social networking services; and online… Read More...
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October 3, 2014 Posted By:
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The fashion industry is secretly sick of being underestimated and under-intellectualized. There’s a pivotal scene in “The Devil Wears Prada” where Meryl Streep gives her assistant Andy a talking-to about the hypocrisy inherent in her disdain for fashion — as it’s given life to the blue drab sweater she is wearing. And is a trillion dollar industry. Read More...
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