Hands on with the remastered Rdio for Android

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Rdio , a music subscription service offering more than 12 million tracks, released a new Android client on Monday. The application is a full re-write of the software, rather than an update to the existing code, and better supports Android 4.0 smartphones and tablets , allowing the app to be controlled on a device’s lock screen. I switched away from buying digital albums to Rdio’s $9.99 a month subscription several months ago and find it to be a great way to enjoy music

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Rdio Releases New Android App, Ought To Be Ashamed Of Its Windows Phone App

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Today, Rdio is releasing a brand new application for Android phones chock-full of fresh features, which is awesome. Mainly because it gives me an excuse to write up a related rant I would have published at some point anyway

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Hulu And TiVo Announce Top Super Bowl Commercials, But Where’s The Tech?

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The 2012 Super Bowl has come and gone, while you’re left to clean up the beer cans, wash off that face paint, and get back to planning your next pivot. The game itself provided more than enough excitement, with the New York Football Giants eking out a win over the star-crossed Tom Bradys and Bill Belichicks.

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CowBird: Thoughtful Storytelling

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I was fortunate to recently receive an invite to Cowbird. It is a very beautiful and purposeful place on the interwebs for storytelling and building a history of interconnectedness and interdependence through an interface that encourages the recording of characters and places and seeks a depth in the online reflections of its contributors

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Kenexa Acquires E-Learning Solutions Company OutStart

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In an effort to expand its reach into the e-learning market, Kenexa , a publicly listed provider of business solutions for human resources and talent management, has agreed to acquire Boston-based OutStart . Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed

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Twitter: In The Final 3 Minutes Of The Super Bowl, There Were 10,000 Tweets Per Second

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Big TV events are becoming an increasingly popular catalyst of activity on social media, with sporting events being at the top of the list.

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Ahead Of Its IPO On Th NYSE, Yelp Shows Growing Losses

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It may now be obscured by all the hoopla surrounding Facebook’s going public, but back in November the popular user-generated review site, Yelp , filed to go public and planned to raise $100 million ahead of its IPO (at an expected $1 to $2 billion valuation).

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Facebook Could Jumpstart HTML5 Platform With App Bookmarks On News Feed

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Facebook’s late-comer HTML5 mobile app platform lags way behind the Apple App Store and Android Marketplace. Yesterday I spotted Facebook’s latest effort to catch up — a test showing bookmarks for third-party applications at the top of the mobile news feed

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How Facebook Really Stacks Up Against Pre-IPO Google

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Now that Facebook is preparing the biggest tech IPO in history, it is possible to compare its financials and potential market value to Google’s when it went public.

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Gillmor Gang 02.04.12 (TCTV)

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The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, Kevin Marks, John Taschek, and Steve Gillmor — trembled in the face of Facebook’s IPO and all-out war on the open Web, also known as Google.

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