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Google Planning Wireless Networks To Connect The Next 1B People - WSJ

If Google had its way, everyone in the world would be on the Internet, using Google services. To bring that goal to fruition, Google is reportedly working to build cellular networks in Africa and Southeast Asia to help bring hundreds of millions of people online for the first time.

Marissa Mayer Has Already Made One Big Mistake With Tumblr

Yahoo's $1,1 billion acquisition of Tumblr is already being hailed as a brilliant move, securing a younger Internet demographic and a fertile field for native advertising, an innovative business model where content from brands lives side by side with users' contributions.

Microsoft And Google Declare A Truce In Their YouTube Fight

Google and Microsoft are finally shaking hands and agreeing to work together over Microsoft's controversial YouTube app for Windows Phone devices.

iOS 7 Rumor Watch: 'Black, White and Flat All Over'

It's widely rumored that Apple's new iOS 7, to be unveiled at WWDC next month, will ditch the company's ill-fated love affair with "heavy textures," also known as skeuomorphic design, for a more flattened take on the user interface.

3 Reasons Why Digital Detox Is So Enticing

"What does this button do?"  That was the cryptic yet clever final tweet from John Mayer in 2010 when he abandoned his 3,7 million followers.


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Google Has A Trojan Horse To Disrupt TV: Really, Really Big Data

It's a huge year for TV's future. Yet for all the excitement about Web-first soap operas, data-driven programming and the disruption of broadcast, the Internet TV "inflection point" that 2013 has become is just the beginning.

Geek Film Review: Iron Man 3 Reveals It's A Tech World After All

Iron Man 3 is a great - nearly classic - summer blockbuster, filled with awesome special effects, stellar performances, fewer plot holes than explosions and a heartfelt geek message at its core: technology drives and inspires us, enables us to save the world - and how we control our tech ultimately

Making Android Pay: 5 Tips To Topping The Charts On Google Play

This post is the third in the ReadWrite series Making Android Pay, focusing on the opportunities and challenges that mobile developers face trying to make money from Android Apps.

Hulu On The Auction Block

Four companies are reportedly making bids for online video service Hulu, which has apparently put on the auction block after a disagreement between owners News Corporation and Walt Disney Company on how to operate the TV steaming service.

A Modest Proposal To Stop The iPhone Crime Wave

If you haven't heard, we're in the midst of a rampant and sometimes violent iPhone crime wave. In San Francisco, smartphone theft accounts for nearly half of all robberies in the city. Most of these are iPhones.