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Vine: 12 Ways to Make Your Videos Stand Out by Mashable on 05:45 PM

You've had some fun with Vine, but now you want to get serious. Here are 12 tips to turn you into a Vine pro.With Vine, you have six seconds to really impress a viewer. Thankfully, six seconds is(...)

How Microsoft Can Take Over the Living Room by Mashable on 05:45 PM

As all eyes look toward Microsoft's announcement of the next generation Xbox and its bid to take on the PlayStation 4 in the gaming space, the company also has an opportunity to broadly take over(...)

Brow.si wants to make mobile websites behave like native apps by GigaOM on 05:30 PM

The platform could give publishers a new tool in their quest to monetize online content. Not only does it let mobile websites issue push notifications, but it also introduces new real estate for (...)

Devastating Photos of the Oklahoma Tornado Aftermath by Mashable on 05:30 PM

A massive mile-wide tornado struck the town of Moore, Okla., near Oklahoma City on Monday, destroying homes, schools, businesses and vehicles, among other things.Reports say that the tornado has (...)

Why Social Media Is the Front Line of Disaster Response by Mashable on 05:30 PM

Nearly one million people are affected by natural disasters each year. In the U.S. alone, some 400 people die from disasters that cost the economy $17.6 billion. Helping respond to these cataclys(...)

How Marissa Mayer Will Use Tumblr by Mashable on 05:30 PM

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, who announced on Monday that the company acquired popular social blogging site Tumblr for $1.1 billion, said she will use the site often to share her experiences and inte(...)

Live Blog: Live From The Reveal Of Microsoft's Next-Generation Xbox by TechCrunch on 05:30 PM

It’s Xbox day! Almost exactly 8 years after the announcement of the Xbox 360, Microsoft is back with another one. We’re live on the ground at Microsoft’s Xbox campus in Redmond,(...)

Hoping To Ride The Crowdfunding Wave, Celery Lets Sellers Accept Pre-Orders, Charge When Products Ready To Ship by TechCrunch on 05:30 PM

Airbrite, a Y Combinator-backed e-commerce startup, is debuting its first product today called Celery (its name a play on the world “sell”). Celery is designed to be a “pre-com(...)

Handling 5M actions, EasilyDo brings its smart assistant app to Android with a widget and event list by TNW on 05:15 PM

Smart assistant service EasilyDo today released an Android version of its app, making it accessible to more users. With this version, users can have the app better track what’s happening...(...)

Polar extends its voting service to the Web, allowing users to find polls across devices by TNW on 05:15 PM

Polling startup Polar has launched topic pages that are accessible from the browser. The launch of this feature now makes it possible for users to find polls across different devices,... Keep rea(...)

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