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Erste deutschsprachige Eigenproduktion: National Geographic Channel zeigt "Vorbereiter" in Deutschland und Österreich

May 15, 2013
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Erste deutschsprachige Eigenproduktion: National Geographic Channel zeigt "Vorbereiter" in Deutschland und Österreich

15.05.2013 | 12:14 Erste deutschsprachige Eigenproduktion: National Geographic Channel zeigt "Vorbereiter" in Deutschland und sterreich Mnchen (ots) -- TV-Premiere von "Bereit fr die Katastrophe" am 21. Juni um 19.25 Uhr - Thementag am 21. Juni mit Dokureihe "The Day After" ab 16.00 Uhr und "Preppers in England - Bereit fr den Weltuntergang" um 20.15 Uhr…

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LA cleantech shows promise as incubator’s first company, 350Green, completes $5.2M exit

May 2, 2013
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LA cleantech shows promise as incubator’s first company, 350Green, completes $5.2M exit

The city of Los Angeles is pushing hard to emerge as a leader in the clean tech space, and it just got a bit of validation after Car Charging Group completed its acquisition of 350Green, LA Cleantech Incubator’s first portfolio company, on Thursday. After 350Green began building electric vehicle charging stations across the nation, Car…

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New Kinect hack lets you use your face as a mouse, click by winking

May 2, 2013
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New Kinect hack lets you use your face as a mouse, click by winking

It’s all but time for the market to receive a new Kinect, but that isn’t stopping hackers, developers, and companies alike from whacking around on the first version of motion-capture gadget, creating new use cases for its core technology. To that end, the following: The FaceMouse. Thomas Temme of Germany created the app, using Kinect for…

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US-based BootstrapLabs and Malaysia’s MAD Incubator launch accelerator program in Southeast Asia

May 1, 2013
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US-based BootstrapLabs and Malaysia’s MAD Incubator launch accelerator program in Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is showing signs of developing into a promising market for startups and it’s got another boost with the launch of a new accelerator program — BootstrapAccelerator Asia — formed by San Francisco-based BootstrapLabs and Malaysia’s MAD Incubator. Starting this July and based in Malaysia, the program is twelve months long and aimed at early-stage startups…

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Why Los Angeles could become the next technology epicenter

April 28, 2013
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Why Los Angeles could become the next technology epicenter

Los Angeles is one of the world’s largest and most glamorous cities — it dominates the entertainment industry, produces tremendous wealth and stands as symbol of American promise and success. That’s what made the city’s longtime status as a second or third tier technology hub perplexing. The emerging tech scene in the area comes nowhere…

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Guide launches a new Partner Program to bring premium content to its text-to-speech newsreading avatars

April 26, 2013
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Guide launches a new Partner Program to bring premium content to its text-to-speech newsreading avatars

The TV industry is at something of a crossroads, with live-streaming and video-on-demand (VoD) gaining a firm foothold in recent times. All signs seem to be pointing towards ‘online’ in terms of where the future of video lies, and one startup presenting at the Microsoft Bizspark Startup Rally today (TNW Conference Europe) is looking to…

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Kitesurfing and the sharing economy: What’s Loïc Le Meur been up to since selling Seesmic?

April 25, 2013
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Kitesurfing and the sharing economy: What’s Loïc Le Meur been up to since selling Seesmic?

Loïc Le Meur needs little introduction. The French entrepreneur is the organizer of the popular LeWeb technology conference in London and Paris, and also founded Seesmic before selling it to HootSuite in September last year. So what’s he been up to since then? Kitesurfing, of course. Speaking to TNW’s Paul Sawers, Le Meur explains all…

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Facebook Launches "Home" For Android

April 4, 2013
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Facebook Launches "Home" For Android

Nerval's Lobster writes "Facebook has announced "Home" for Android smartphones (and, eventually, tablets). It's something less than a full Facebook mobile operating system, as some expected before the company's presentation, and more like an app update. Facebook also announced the Facebook Home Program, which will work with several carriers and device makers to pre-load Home…

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SkyDrive 3.0: Microsoft gave up fighting Apple’s 30% cut and removed option to buy additional storage

April 3, 2013
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SkyDrive 3.0: Microsoft gave up fighting Apple’s 30% cut and removed option to buy additional storage

Microsoft on Wednesday released SkyDrive 3.0 for iOS out of the blue. Last time the app was in the news, we had broken the story that Apple was stopping Microsoft from pushing out an update in the App Store because the company doesn’t pay a 30 percent cut of the subscription revenue it generates. Now…

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Shire to Acquire SARcode Bioscience, Expands Presence in Ophthalmology

March 25, 2013
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Shire to Acquire SARcode Bioscience, Expands Presence in Ophthalmology

Lexington, Massachusetts (ots/PRNewswire) - Acquisition brings Shire a new phase 3 compound being investigated for the signs and symptoms of Dry Eye Disease Shire plc today announced that it will acquire SARcode Bioscience Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company based in Brisbane, California. This acquisition continues to build Shire's presence in the ophthalmology therapeutic category…

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