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Gigaom will be making its triumphant return this August

Those of you still mourning the death of Gigaom will be excited to hear that the technology news website will be returning sometime in August. Due to long-standing financial issues,...

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Pandora is working on an all-day pass for music streaming

Have you ever felt like using Pandora but didn't want to have to choose between listening to annoying ads or creating an account and paying a monthly subscription fee for...

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Nike's fitness app has evolved into a fitness platform

Nike must have been pretty confident when it decided to enter the world of health tracking hardware all by itself but the decision has clearly paid off. Now the company...

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Lyft launches a new $3.00 carpool option

Cheaper is always better, especially for things you pay for regularly, like transportation. That's why Lyft has introduced a new kind of discounted option for it ride-sharing service, known as...

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Netflix doesn't care so much about net neutrality when it's convenient

Few companies in the United States have been as vocal about their support of net neutrality as Netflix, probably due to the fact that the company would be affected far...

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California could be getting its first hyperloop test track soon

Elon Musk may have come up with hyperloop but it's unaffiliated organizations like Hyperloop Transportation Technologies that're bringing the revolutionary rapid transit technology to reality. The organization has revealed a plan...

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How the hell is Snapchat worth more than $19 billion?

Remember back when everyone thought Evan Spiegel was insane for turning down Facebook's $3 billion offer to acquire Snapchat? Well, I'm sure Spiegel is laughing as he counts the money that Snapchat...

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MIT found a way to make chips significantly faster

Chips are getting faster every year, as they've always done, but a team of researchers at MIT claims they may have found a way to make current multi-core chips FAR...

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Ethertronics wants to make in-home Wi-Fi issues a thing of the past

Wi-Fi is kind of weird. I can get perfect connection when I'm on the other side of the house but have terrible connection a room away from the router. I'm...

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Microsoft's new system can classify images better than humans

Researchers from Microsoft claim to have developed a computer system that is actually better than humans at classifying images, which is no small feat. It has been estimated that humans...

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