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Medium opens to anyone with a Twitter account

The blogging platform, which we recently noted was a great place to post content, is opening to all who want to share their thoughts. In its weekly digest email, publishing platform Medium today quietly announced that registration is open to all. You’ll still need a Twitter account and an email addr

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Pinterest plays nice with Getty Images

The company known for frivolous image sharing has signed a deal with the company known for rabid copyright attacks and the end result is a better service for the users. It’s been a busy week for Pinterest. The company on Friday announced a new deal with Getty Images that will provide more deta

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Huge week in tablets sets the stage for war

Microsoft and Apple are converging on the battlefield with tablets in hand. This is going to be an excellent holiday season for gadget lovers. This was a big week for tablets. Microsoft’s improved Surface tablets went on sale Tuesday, the same day Apple announced is next-generation iPad tablet

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Limited talk minute plans are (nearly) dead

AT&T eliminated all but one of their limited minutes plans for talk and text. They are the final holdout. The days of worrying about minutes ticking away on your cell phone plan are nearly gone. As of today, AT&T is dropping the availability of its old plans for new smartphone subscribers, a

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Nintendo pulls away from online gaming for now

Nintendo has never been good at online play. They have tried, failed, tried again, and failed again. This time, it’s as if they’re completely giving up. The upcoming Wii U platformer Super Mario 3D World, like many other Nintendo games, won’t have online multiplayer. If you want to

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Data brokers are still in Rockefeller’s crosshairs

If you’re going to make someone on Capitol Hill angry, it shouldn’t be West Virginia Democrat Senator John D. Rockefeller IV. He doesn’t slow down. He doesn’t give up. He doesn’t give in. A Congressional probe into the multibillion-dollar data brokerage industry – compa

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Snapchat hopes they’re worth $3.5 billion

They said no to Zuckerberg’s billion dollar offer. Now they’re going for another round of funding. This time, they hope they’re worth more than the chats that disappear after they’re sent. Only a few months after closing a Series B round of $60 million that valued the ephemer

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Did NSA.gov suffer from a DDoS attack?

As of the posting of this story, their website is not responding. It hasn’t been responding for several hours. Is the US government’s spy agency experience a DDoS attack? The website for the United States National Security Agency suddenly went offline Friday. NSA.gov has been unavailable

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Technology: the US government’s kryptonite

They try. They really do. President Obama has been arguably the most tech-friendly and tech-savvy president the country has ever seen. He cannot, by himself, turn a culture of backwards technological blunders around. Washington DC is destined to always suck at modern technology. MILLIONS of American