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Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world.
Today, we’re looking at three particularly interesting storiesGoogle could be looking to snap up crowdsourced driving directions app Waze, according to a report from Bloomberg ThursdayAT&T has added a tiny fee — which could have a big impact — to its cellular plans. Finally, some more info on Digg reader, the RSS reader offered as a replacement for the…
Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world.
Today, we’re looking at three ways that tech giants are expanding their reach. Google’s Chrome browser added conversational search. In its single biggest market expansion in the tablet space, Amazon increased the availability of Kindle Fire. And Twitter finally announced two-factor authentication to help keep accounts secure.
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Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world.
Microsoft announced the Xbox One Tuesday. The console will replace the nearly 8-year-old Xbox 360 as the company’s flagship entertainment deviceApple will reportedly build more third-party social networks into its next operating system. Finally, a new study from Pew research shows 94% of teens surveyed have Facebook accounts and spend most of their social…
RunKeeper dramatically affects the way many people around the world stay healthy, and has plans to do a whole lot more. Available for iOS and Android, the mobile app lets you track your workouts, and then share your fitness achievements everywhere from Facebook to your employer’s healthcare plan.
The highly successful app currently has more than 19 million users around the world, two-thirds of which are outside in the United States.
The idea for the app came while founder and CEO Jason…
Internships are becoming an increasingly popular way to differentiate yourself from the hoi polloi; in fact, interns are 70% more likely to be hired as full-time employees with a company than candidates with no experience at the company.
Not only are interns getting hired more often — but there are companies that offer incredible perks and incentives to attract strong candidates. For example, Amazon interns earn $5,366 as a monthly salary, and Disney interns get free admission to all parks…
Your inability to land a job might be blamed on the economy, your chosen college major or just the fact that you’re not a code-happy engineer
For many, it’s less about finding a job and more about finding a good job. Those are the underemployed in the Millennial generation who don’t show up in unemployment reports
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Meanwhile, the older generations have one word for what Millennials are experiencing: Entitlement, or wanting to have things…
Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world.
Today, we’re looking at three particularly interesting storiesGoogle is rolling out some fresh apps for Glass. The company announced Thursday at I/O, Glass will soon get a handful of new featuresAndroid 4.3 is reportedly set to show up in the wild next month. And Yahoo is reportedly ready to “do a deal” with Tumblr.
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NASA’s first space shuttle, the test orbiter Enterprise, was named after the fictional starship on Star Trek in response to fans staging a write-in campaign. But did the agency’s use of the term “space shuttle” also stem from the television series?
“The Galileo [shuttlecraft] is such an important part of Star Trek and not only to Star Trek, it was important to literally the consciousness of the space program,” Alec Peters, a Star Trek superfan, recently told SPACE.com. “It really is the…
Everyone’s favorite smart watch — the Pebble — just raised $15 million in Series A funding. The company also released the next evolution of its official SDK, now known as the PebbleKit.
Led by Charles River Ventures, the $15 million Series A isn’t the biggest amount of funding we’ve seen in the hardware space, but it’s impressive when you consider the context of the round — and Pebble’s crowdfunding roots.
Pebble remains one of Kickstarter’s most endearing stories. More than 68,000 backers…
Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world.
In today’s top stories: Google had a busy first day at its I/O developer conference, issuing updates for just about everything — from Google+ and Gmail to Maps and Search. Android smartphone ecosystem in Q1 2013 was completely dominated by Samsung. Finally, Apple’s App store hit 50 billion lifetime downloads Wednesday.
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