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“Techi Two Takes” combines the best of both worlds: sourced content from trusted sites and our unique perspective. It’s where curated information meets insightful commentary, giving readers a complete, balanced view of the topic at hand.

NASA creates a cost-effective plan to search for life on Mars

Is there life on Mars? NASA is still trying to find out, discovering evidence of water in a Martian meteorite just over a week ago. But though scientists are happy to investigate...

Pinterest unveils the company’s first transparency report

Pinterest on Friday unveiled the company's first transparency report, a document detailing the number of information requests Pinterest received in the past six months from both state and federal government agencies. Unlike other...

Vevo is targeting third-parties with new apps and a mobile SDK

At an event in Austin, Texas during SXSW today, music video service Vevo revealed plans to offer a mobile SDK that will allow third-party app developers to incorporate its content. Michael Cerda, Vevo’s SVP of Product...

Hackers attack Mt. Gox’s CEO, accuse the company of fraud

Following the MtGox Bitcoin exchange losing millions to a hack and filing for bankruptcy, anonymous attackers took over the personal blog and reddit account of MtGox CEO Mark Karpeles on Sunday. After...

MSI shows off beefy gaming laptop with “3k” resolution

MSI is showing off a thin and light laptop with an Intel Haswell processor, next-gen NVIDIA graphics, and a 15.6 pixel display with support for resolutions up to 2880 x...

Anonymous messaging app Secret sets up SXSW web feed

SXSW is about to get even more interesting than normal. Secret, the app which lets you share anonymously amongst friends and friends of friends, has announced a web feed of SXSW...

NASA wants to find life on Europa, needs money from Congress first

Thinking there could be life on one of Jupiter's moons, NASA scientists are working on a plan to send robots to begin studying it. Jim Green, NASA's planetary science chief, said there's...

Omlet chat app gives users unprecedented control of their data

Omlet Chat, the world's first open mobile sharing and collaboration platform, launched at the SXSW Accelerator competition. Omlet's core technology is a first-of-its-kind chatting and distributed social network platform that...

Tiltor rewards protesters for being non-violent

Most companies, apps, and enterprise software we write about here at Crowdsourcing.org are about bringing the crowd together and harnessing the power of the collective. So when we saw a company...

DoSomething.org is trying to connect with younger people through Snapchat

Dosomething, a not-for-profit focused on making volunteer work and social change exciting to people under 25, is going after its key demographic where they’re comfortable: Snapchat. DoSomething first signed up for...

EA’s CEO discusses the companies plans for virtual reality

When you're the CEO of the second largest video game publisher in the world, people have a tendency to take what you say seriously. Case in point, Electronic Arts' Andrew Wilson recently...

T-Mobile adds some tweaks to its Simple Choice plans

T-Mobile's customer-friendly "Uncarrier" schtick seems to be changing people's minds about the country's 4th largest wireless provider, and it's not done fiddling with that formula just yet. The folks in magenta just...

Aereo CEO says the company isn’t considering selling at the moment

At SXSW, Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia spoke about the company’s recent legal troubles and the continued growth and expansion of the service. If you’re not familiar with Aereo, I would definitely recommend you...

HTC One rumored to have colored LED smart cover

We’re closing in fast on the official reveal date for the all new HTC One and with March 25th still more than 2 weeks ahead of us, we were wondering just...

Special origami microscope costs less than $0.50 to make

The light microscope changed science and medicine forever, but in the 400-plus years since it was invented, this crucial piece of equipment has gotten pretty expensive and fragile. Manu Prakash and his...

AT&T cuts $15 off of its 2GB no-contract plan

Let the carrier wars continue. AT&T has just announced that it is dropping the price of its two-gigabyte Mobile Share Value plan by $15 in total. AT&T's 2GB plan currently costs $55 as a base price....

Neil deGrasse Tyson doesn’t think private companies will lead in space exploration

Neil deGrasse Tyson took the stage at SXSW on March 8 to discuss science, technology, and education. During his keynote session, Tyson touched on topics ranging from space exploration to popular...

IBM puts its AI supercomputer Watson in charge of its food truck

We know Watson has some Jeopardy skills, but putting IBM's supercomputer in the kitchen? That's a little different. Here at SXSW, the company's set up a "Cognitive Cooking" food truck in partnership with...

Tumblr now allows you to post via phone call

Forget trying to be retro-cool by replacing your digital music with vinyl, that's so 2013. Tumblr believes that this year's trendsetters will use its throwback dial-a-post service instead. You can now make an audio...

Coupons.com’s shares gained 88% in their first day of trading

Shares of Coupons.com gained 88% in their first day of trading Friday, as the investor shopping spree for IPOs continues. The company, which provides digital coupons for consumers, saw its shares...