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GroupMe ‘Experiences’ Helps Friends with the Dreaded Task of Splitting the...
A little less than a year after being acquired by Skype for an estimated $80 million, GroupMe's* founders Jared Hecht and Steve Martocci are still in startup mode. Today the company released...
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Facebook, Skype Give Cosmetic Surgery Industry a Lift
One day in 2008, while using the popular videochat service Skype, Tina Consorti had an uncomfortable realization. She didn’t like how she looked on the little web screen. Her chin was sagging a bit,...
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Skype Bug Could Be Sending Your Messages to Other People
(Photo: Pro Hacking Tricks) If you've got a case of the Mondays, prepare for your day to get even Mondayer. According to Engadget, a Skype bug following a June update included a bug where "instant...
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From Skydrive to Skype, We’re Not Safe From Microsoft’s Hairy Eyeball
The eye in the cloud. (Microsoft) Microsoft-owned Skype won't come clean on whether its architecture allows for wiretaps. When it comes to Skydrive, the software giant's cloud storage service,...
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Skype: We’re Not Eavesdropping On You, Honest
Skype's hairy eyeball only works in China. Skype has taken to its company blog to reassure users that recent structural changes do not mean Skype has enabled snooping capabilities for itself or The...
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On the Heels of Three Exits, NYC’s Thrive Capital Raises $150 Million Fund
(Photo: Crunchbase) Thrive Capital, the New York-based venture capital firm helmed by 26-year-old Josh Kushner*, announced today that it has successfully raised a $150 million fund for early and later...
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Beware the Dorkbot: Skype Worm of Doom Holds Your Computer for Ransom [Updated]
(Photo: Pro Hacking Tricks) Hackers are spreading new malware attacks via Skype contact lists. Unassuming Skype users are lured into clicking on infected URLS from anxiety-inducing messages like, "lol...
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Booting Up: Etsy’s Closing in on 100M. Products Sold
Mr. Dickerson. (Twitter.com) Worst nightmare for workday Skype gossipers: It appears until very recently there was a vulnerability that made it possible for anyone who knows your email to hijack your...
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Fear Not, Meatsacks: Cambridge Tackling Killer Robots, Other ‘Existential Risks’
Smile, Sarah! (Photo: Terminator Wikia) Good news for those of you kept awake at night by terrible apocalyptic visions and/or whose name is Sarah Connor: The BBC reports that the University of...
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Booting Up: Tim Cook Has Feelings Too Edition
Space! (Photo: NASA) Tim Cook's not sure where you all got the idea he's robotic. [Bloomberg Businessweek] He also confirmed Apple is bringing some manufacturing back to the U.S. No guarantees how...
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Going to the Skype Chat and We’re Gonna Get Internet Married
This is a picture of a romantic Skype cake we found on the Internet. (Photo: bridalwave.tv The Internet's already disrupted meeting and mating; why not shake up the institution of the wedding itself?...
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Psych! Ashton Kutcher Was Playing Dumb This Whole Time, Says Ashton Kutcher
(Photo: ScreenRant) Prolific startup investor and jOBS star Ashton Kutcher has news for everyone: he's a total brainiac, not unlike Steve Jobs! The whole time he was playing dumb bro characters in...
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Snapchat Users Annoyed by Sexts—When They Come from Naked Spammers
Not us. (Photo: Naked Security) Welcome to the big leagues, Snapchat! This week the photo-sharing app experienced a startup Bar Mitzvah, of sorts, when it was inundated with its first major spam...
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