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Vizify rolls outs badges, analytics, and custom backgrounds to customize your landing page

Landing page creator Vizify continues its quest to plot your Internet portfolio with several new features.
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Hands on with AOL’s Alto: A webmail client that’s big on beauty, and has decent brains to boot

AOL is introducing a new webmail application, Alto, that groups your various inboxes into one stylish stop.
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Visual.ly plays matchmaker between infographic designers and data-hungry companies

There’s no denying the grip infographics have on us. These bite-sized, data-packed, visual stimulants have become a news source in their own right. They’re easily shared, easily consumed – not to mention easy on the eyes. One startup that’s been there since the beginning of this infographic heyday is Visual.ly. The company got its start […]
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Etsy and the rest of the Internet are riding Breast Cancer Awareness Month all the way to the bank

Be on the lookout for breast cancer fundraising scams as online marketplaces "pinkwash' themselves to make a dime.
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Facebook sold you out, changed its mind, and now it’s getting sued

Data crawler Profile Engine is fighting back after losing Facebook indexing access.
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The democratization of digital photography continues with latest Lytro update

The novel Lytro camera now adds manual controls to its innovative arsenal of features.

Growing pains for the ‘sharing economy’ model: New York residents fight back against Airbnb renters

As collaborative consumption continues to disrupt our economic system, some residents are fighting the change that comes with Airbnb renters.
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How much will iOS 6 change App Store rank?

As if optimizing for the App Store couldn't be more of a puzzle, the iOS 6 makeover adds a new level of confusion.
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Goodbye SEO, hello ASO: The time for app store optimization is now

As apps continue to takeover our digital activity, it's high time to turn our attention to ASO for the good of outside developers as well as app discovery.
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Hate iOS 6 Maps? Here are the best alternative map apps

There's been heavy backlash to the new Apple Maps, so check out some of the best alternative GPS options available in the App Store.
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News360 partnerships seek to bridge the curator-publisher divide

In a confusing, tense, and exciting industry, news curation app News360 adds a bevy of new publication partners.
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LetsListen marries music with Google hangouts and invites SoundCloud tracks to the party

LetsListen combines video, social, streaming, and your own music files to launch its social listening application within a music locker.
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Twitter’s war on third party developers continues

Twitter has made a reputation for itself by pocketing the rewards of outside app makers' work. Will developers get tired of this game and stop building for the site?

Facebook face recognition fallout: Should you be worried?

Facebook is once again under fire for its privacy settings, prompting an EU investigation and renewed user concern. But is facial recognition technology where we finally draw the line?
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How CouchSurfing should use that new $15 million

CouchSurfing his outgrown its humble roots to attract some serious money from investors. But what should the free travel site do with the money?

Social chat client ooVoo unveils four-way mobile video chat

As the market keeps experimenting with social video, ooVoo continues to build its social chat app.
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Ridejoy launches iPhone app to help crowdsource the open road

A new iPhone app from Ridejoy wants to put the convenience -- and human connection -- back into road trips.
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Hands on with the Zeen beta: Creation trumps curation here

From the brains behind YouTube comes Zeen, a new publishing platform. Check out our first impressions.

Canon vs. Nikon: There’s an infographic for that

Canon! Nikon! CANON! NIKON! And so it goes. Trouble deciding which camera brand really is the best? Infographic artists lay it out for us.
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Path.to hits new jobs markets this month; first up: Seattle and Portland

Path.to is growing its eHarmony for jobs service, starting with Portland and Seattle, and moving on to other new tech markets.

Spoiler alert! Ways to fix the Olympics’ social media spoiler problem

Olympics coverage is everywhere, and while information at your disposal is generally a good thing, killing the element of surprise is not. Here are a few ways you can alleviate some of the social spoilers.
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Post-earnings call, the debate over Facebook’s mobile ads reaches new heights

The skepticism over Facebook's ability to reach users with mobile ads piques again as the industry weighs in on its future.
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Picnic pivots from ShopMyPins to help tackle Pinterest’s context problem

Picnic is a new toolbar extension that gives Pinterest items a little bit of background.
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SmartAsset can control the confusion of massive money decisions

SmartAsset takes all those confusing spreadsheets filled with financial information and turns it into bite-sized grafs to help you make investments go down more easily.

Mirrorly’s new scanning technology could get you out of the dressing room and into new clothes

Upcoming startup Mirrorly combines Kinect with its new scanning technology to create what's supposedly a highly accurate digital way to try on clothes.
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Highlight issues first big update, adds group messaging and better battery life

SoLoMo standout Highlight issues its latest version after a quiet post-SXSW period.
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First look: the Nikon D800 leaks

Nikon's preparing a new DSLR, the D800, and now images have surfaced showing it off in all its boxy glory.
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A new look at Kickstarter’s hidden failed projects and how to be funding-friendly

Kickstarter has come under fire for allegedly hiding failures to boost its reputation, and while new research shows that unsuccessful projects are certainly hard to find, there's also some new insight on what gets popular ideas funded.
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Developer tested, developer approved: StoryTeller wants to be the CMS platform for the future

Content is everywhere, and new content management system StoryTeller wants you to control it - all of it. As long as it has an API.
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VoiceBunny crowdsources voiceover acting and cuts out middlemen on both sides of the market

New startup VoiceBunny wants to evolve the voiceover acting and hiring system by automating it all with its simple to use platform.
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Twitter overhauls search and discovery with autocomplete, spell correction, and more

Twitter's real time noise will get some much-needed clean up with new additions to search and discovery including autocomplete and spell correction.

Hands-on with the Google+ app for iPhone

Google+ for the iPhone impressions. Like Google+, the app has a simple setup and easily gives you a comfortable mobile experience

They’ll be back… they all come back: GM considers returning to Facebook advertising

After announcing it was done with Facebook ads, General Motors might go back to the social network after all.
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All your contacts are belong to us: What apps are uploading your address book and why

After the Path fallout, are you wondering what other apps you've given your address book over to? Spoiler alert: it's a lot of them.