Twitter has been working hard over the last year to make photo sharing a core part of its product, taking over the photo-hosting role from third parties and gaining deep new integration with Apple's iOS. But there's also a...Twitter: An Increasingly Great Platform For Instagram
Twitter has been working hard over the last year to make photo sharing a core part of its product, taking over the photo-hosting role from third parties and gaining deep new integration with Apple's iOS. But there's also a...A Big Idea: Y Combinator Now Lets Founders Apply Without… An Idea
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There are lots of apps for finding the right people and parties at South By Southwest this year, but what about, you know, actually going to panels and sharing your thoughts about them? Well, there's Twitter for...SV Angel Also Buying Up Foursquare Stock. Dennis Crowley Emerges As Big-Company CEO
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There's been a few walkie-talkie mobile apps that have come out on iOS and Android over the last year or two, but it wasn't until last fall that when one of them had a breakout moment. San Francisco Launches The 2012 Innovation Portfolio, From Open Taxi Data To Beta Tests In City Hall
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I've been using Facebook since its early years. So today it has the most complete and accurate set of connections to people I've known throughout my life. Exactly because of its success in assembling this group, I've avoided turning on its five...