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Would You Buy An Apple iWatch?

There has been a flurry of blog posts lately about the rumored iWatch, or smart watch, from Apple. Here’s TechCrunch’s coverage of the rumor. Diehard Apple fans will probably be drooling over the possibility as anything new from Apple tends to make their mouths water (though I always caution that Steve Jobs shut down anything [...]

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YouVersion’s Christmas Story Tracker

Launched in 2008, the YouVersion Bible App was created by a team at LifeChurch.tv to help engage people with the Bible. Among the first 200 apps offered as part of Apple’s app store, YouVersion is now recognized by Appsfire and ranked #3 and #9 Best App of All Time for iPad and iPhone, respectively. Now, YouVersion [...]

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Vizify Partners With Twitter to Launch Your Year on Twitter

Twitter launched a new feature this morning called Year on Twitter along with Vizify, the service that gives you an infographic social resume which we included in our Top 100 Twitter Tools of 2012. I asked Vizify’s Todd Silverstein to answer a few questions regarding this new partnership. What is Year on Twitter and how [...]

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In Defense of Silicon Valley (Why Jason Pontin is… Right)

Update 3-4-13: Let it be known that I’ve come to basically agree with Jason’s POV in his Why We Can’t Solve Big Problems. At least I can admin it. My apologies to Jason. Is Silicon Valley technology real technology? Hopefully that seems like a dumb question to you, but I must bring it up because [...]

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I Wish Best Buy Would Live On, But Here’s Why It Will Die

Oh Best Buy… the last bastion of electronic superstoreness left over from the good ol’ nineties. How I mourn thee. People have been calling Best Buy Amazon’s showroom for quite some time now in jest, and, while that might be true to some extent, the thing Best Buy really has going for it is that [...]

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iOS 6 Panorama Camera Function Review + Tips

If you just purchased the iPhone 5, upgraded to iOS 6 on a previous model or are thinking about doing either, one feature you are sure to love is the new panorama feature on the built-in camera app. I played around with it this weekend in the mountains while the aspens were turning bright yellow [...]

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Paid Apps Make My iPad Worthwhile

According to TechCrunch, most apps (89%) that are downloaded are free apps. What’s interesting to me is the fact that I get the most value from paid apps, not free apps (which seems a bit ironic). Just like anyone with an iPad/iPhone (or Android device, which I don’t have), I’ve loaded up on free apps. [...]

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Radar: ‘Instant Lab’ for iPhone Polaroids + More

Radar keeps you informed on the latest in cool and useful tech. Follow @DailyTekk on Twitter to stay up-to-date. Here’s what’s on my radar today: Instant Lab: The New Polaroid Experience for Your iPhone The Verge turned me onto a new Kickstarter project called Instant Lab today. Looks interesting. It will print photos from your iPhone, Polaroid-style. If you like [...]

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Radar: Is Apple’s CEO Starting to Slip? (Animated GIFs, Naked iPhones)

Ready for another daily tech update? Here’s what’s on the radar today: Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, appears to be de-Steving the company. That’s a bad thing. Animated GIFs: sometimes funny, always pointless. It’s the trend that won’t die. The agonizing decision of whether or not your iPhone should wear a case or go naked. Is [...]

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Radar: Twitter’s Missing Feature (App.net, Smartphone Addiction, and More)

Here’s what is on my radar today: Twitter’s Missing Feature Twitter is awesome. It makes sharing information very easy. Where it still needs improvement is in the consumption of that information. Specifically, I’d like to more easily be able to sift through tweets from friends, family or brands in a segmented way rather than all [...]

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Inside Box

Kimber Lockhart is Director of Engineering at Box, where she leads the web application engineering team that builds most new [...]

Game of Fame: Bloons Tower Defense

Stephen Harris is the co-founder of Ninja Kiwi, a developer and publisher of flash web games and mobile games. He [...]

Inside Klout

Here to share the inside scoop on Klout is Katelin Holloway, Director of People. As described by a coworker, “Katelin [...]

Game of Fame: EDGE

Matthieu Malot, lead artist of EDGE Extended, shares with us a bit of background and inside information on EDGE (Mobigame‘s [...]

Inside Shazam

Today, Phil Kench has shared some inside information about Shazam where he is the Senior Product Manager. Read on to find [...]

Should Tech Companies Employ Remote Workers?

Are remote workers a good investment? This is, not surprisingly (given the times we live in), a burning question that [...]

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