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Tech world reacts to GIF pronunciation

GIF: It’s pronounced ‘JIF’

Posted in News, Tech
Tagged GIF, tech, Webby Awards | Reply
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Yahoo buying Tumblr for $1.1 billion, vows not to screw it up

Yahoo Inc will buy blogging service Tumblr for $1.1 billion cash, giving the Internet pioneer a social media platform to reach the younger generation.

Posted in News
Tagged business, tech, Tumblr, Yahoo
The Yahoo logo is shown at the company's headquarters in Sunnyvale, California April 16, 2013. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith

Yahoo to acquire Tumblr for $1.1 billion cash

Yahoo Inc said it is acquiring blogging service Tumblr for $1.1 billion cash, a bold bet by Chief Executive Marissa Mayer to revitalize the struggling Internet pioneer by co-opting a Web property with strong visitor traffic but little revenue.

Posted in National
Tagged advertising, blogging, cash, internet, microblogging, purchase, sale, tech, Tumblr, user-generated content, Yahoo
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A.G. asks smartphone companies to help stop ‘Apple picking’

More cell phone thefts are becoming violent, the Attorney General said.

Posted in Local, News, Tech
Tagged Android, Apple, eric schneiderman, Google, iphone, iphones, Microsoft, NYC, Samsung, smartphones, tech, Tim Cook | Reply
'Drunk pilot' and ex-navy robotics expert Chris Paton prepares to launch the spaceship.
Credit: Kieron Monks/Metro

World’s largest ‘hackspace’ launches in London

Where science meets hedonism: a new generation of mad professors.

Posted in International, Tech
Tagged hackers, hackspace, innovation, International, London, tech, technology, world's largest | Reply
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After ATM heist, officials amp up cybersecurity efforts

Official are brainstorming new ways to keep safe from cybercrime.

Posted in Local, News, Tech
Tagged andrew cuomo, ATM, cybercrime, cybersecurity, finance, NYC, scott stringer, tech | Reply
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YouTube exec Robert Kyncl: ‘To be media star, be creative and good at math’

As Global Head of Content at YouTube, Robert Kyncl has successfully steered the company from being an online depository for cat videos to a position as an entertainment powerhouse.

Posted in Tech
Tagged Global Head of Content, how to be a media star, how to be a YouTube star, interview, Robert Kyncl, tech, Video, youtube | Reply
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VIDEO: ‘Breaking Bad’ as Lego game

To make meth, you just need to know the basic building blocks of chemistry.

Posted in Tech, Television
Tagged breaking bad, Brian Anderson, Lego, tech, Television, Video, video game | Reply
Neighbors hug under a U.S. flag as they arrive for a candlelight vigil in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts April 16, 2013 where eight-year-old Boston Marathon bombing victim Martin Richard lived. Credit: Reuters

Website cites Boston Marathon bombing as Twitter’s ‘saddest day’

A new website has produced metrics that state April 15, 2013, the day of the Boston Marathon bombings, as the saddest day on the Twitter.

Posted in News, Tech
Tagged boston marathon, saddest day, tech, Twitter | Reply
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Battlefield Dark Web: Drugs, assassins and bank fraud for sale on the ‘other Internet’

Drugs, assassins and bank fraud for sale on the ‘other Internet’, but is it turning into a warzone?

Posted in National, Tech
Tagged Dark Web, drugs, sex, tech, website | Reply
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