SeatGeek tracks ticket prices for your favorite teams
When SeatGeek launched its ticket search service last fall, it had a compelling hook — users don’t just see tickets from reselling sites like StubHub, they also see SeatGeek’s predictions (based on things like the weather and the team’s...
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Google launches mobile banner ads which know where you are
Google today announced on its Mobile Ads blog that it has launched location-aware display advertisements for mobile phones. Through Google’s “location extension” feature, advertisers can now include their location and phone numbers to appear in display ads on iPhone...
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Angel investor Ron Conway: Every entrepreneur should get funded
Are there too many angel investors funding too many startups? That was the topic of some debate today at AngelConf , which was held at the Mountain View, Calif. campus of incubator Y Combinator . The opening speaker was...
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Copia Plans Low-Cost 7? And 10? Tablets As Well As E-Ink Devices
Just a couple hours ago, news broke of the $99 Copia Wave5 e-reader , or tablet, or whatever you want to call a 5″ LCD-based device focused on reading. That isn’t the extent of the lineup, however: Copia has...
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10% of applications in the App Store for iPad boast in-app purchases
App store analytics provider Distimo in its latest report once again focuses on in-app purchases across a variety of mobile application stores, Apple's App Store in particular. According to Distimo, the percentage of applications with in-app purchases is significantly...
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Why Do People Want The Kindle To Be The iPad? They’re Two Different Products For A Reason.
Amazon announced the Kindle 3 last night, and it doesn’t look too shabby at all. The most important part is the inclusion of the next-generation E-Ink display , previously only found in the too-big-for-casual-use Kindle DX . ...
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Of Course Someone Tore Down The New Magic Trackpad
I mean, the Magic Trackpad is only the latest hot gadget so it only makes sense that one meets its maker in the name of Internet gadget pr0n. ...
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Elon Musk Sat Down With Stephen Colbert, Talked Tesla, SpaceX And The Irony Of The Two
The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c ...
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‘Facebook Hacker’: All I Did Was Compile Publicly Available Information
“All I’ve done is compile public information into a nice format for statistical analysis.” So says the man who is being called the Facebook hacker. Ron Bowes, a security consultant who’s also an nmap developer, is under fire from...
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Independent mobile app store GetJar now seeing 3 million downloads per day
According to GetJar , its eponymous mobile app store is now seeing three million downloads per day . GetJar reiterated that its stats put it second only to Apple iTunes, with over 1 billion total downloads to date. At...
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