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So we did the hard work and sifted through hundreds of AngelList profiles to come up with the ultimate “Airbnb of” or “Airbnb for” list. Some observations: Most common: Airbnb of car sharing, or its many variations. Second most common: Airbnb of … [Continue reading]

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Today’s launch with Orange Switzerland marks the latest in a series of telecom partnerships for Spotify in Europe including Telia (Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway), Virgin Media (the UK), Yoigo in Spain, SFR in France, KPN in the … [Continue reading]

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The trouble with an “AutoRip for Books” mostly seems to be that no one has a real incentive to offer it yet How About An Amazon AutoRip For Books? - SplatF Exactly. … [Continue reading]

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Now we are seeing the emergence of a group of companies who seem to be hungry buyers for technology. Just take a look: we are not even ten days into 2013 and we have already seen had two big acquisitions by what we in the Valley don’t see as … [Continue reading]

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GitHub continues to build out its unique social network with Contributions, a new addition to profile pages that displays the projects developers created and what they are contributing to, as well as a calendar that shows all of their … [Continue reading]

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Meanwhile, Foursquare is also changing the amount of information available to venue owners. Currently, they can see check-ins at their locaitons from the past three hours, as well as location ‘mayors’. From 28 January, when the new policy comes into … [Continue reading]

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Just keep in mind the rule of vaporware: there’s an enormous chasm between “We’re working on something” and “We have something ready to sell”. Daring Fireball Linked List: WSJ: ‘Google Designing “X Phone” to Rival Apple, … [Continue reading]

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Under this agreement, Nielsen and Twitter will deliver a syndicated-standard metric around the reach of the TV conversation on Twitter, slated for commercial availability at the start of the fall 2013 TV season. Nielsen and Twitter Establish Social … [Continue reading]

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I think we’re beginning to uncover the edges of a world where lack of x86 compatibility is no longer the kiss of death it used to be. It’s unclear to me that Intel can ever reach equivalent performance per watt with ARM; Intel’s … [Continue reading]