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Apple and AdRoll enable iOS ad retargeting — with extra data from iTunes and the App Store
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That Kate Upton TV ad for Game of War targets manly man shows for men
These 5 smartwatch uses will make you stop loving your smartphone
Mozilla’s 2013 annual report: Revenue up just 1% to $314M, and again 90% came from Google
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Mobileys innovation challenge announces winners
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The future of homework is … video games
Indoor Atlas uses magnetic variation to map the great indoors
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Vimeo teams up with Chilling Effects to publicly track copyright complaints
Beddit gathers momentum for its non-wearable sleep monitor
This tiny version of DayZ plays in your browser, and it’s pretty darn cute
A Polish perspective on Hatred, the controversial game about mass murder
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Assembly helps developers find collaborators and launch their product, picks up $2.9M
Livefyre updates its social content platform with app-creating Studio
Aereo dream finally dies as company files for bankruptcy
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50+ demographic represents a $30 billion market opportunity
FailCon comes to France to teach entrepreneurs how to, well, you know
Silicon Alley blues: Fab may be latest high-profile NYC startup to sink
The secret to creating a huge company, according to Peter Thiel
Uber’s legacy hangs in the balance: Digital robber baron or respectable innovator?
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16 Bitcoin startups investor Tim Draper has personally funded
