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It’s only been slightly more than 48 hours since Yahoo announced that there were buying the blogging service Tumblr, but it seems that Yahoo—under the control of CEO Marissa Mayer—is looking to gain even more attention and more specifically, users. Flickr has long been the place where people would share their photos and albums, but space was limited, unless you were willing to pay for more storage space. Mayer’s Yahoo has done away with the previous business model and is now offering all users a minimum of 1 Terabyte of...

Over the weekend, Yahoo announced they’ve made a $1.1 billion cash offer to buy out Tumblr. The deal—which is fully expected to be approved by Tumblr shareholders—will be one of Yahoo’s most sizable acquisitions since Flickr and company history. There are some pluses and minuses to this deal, for one, it will bring a lot of young users into the fold which could potentially see more active users of Yahoo’s products and services. On the flip side, Tumblr users may not take kindly to the idea that a massive company...

Maybe I need to be an executive at a major carrier or manufacturer, because I called the demise of the Facebook phone, the HTC First, before it was even released. Even the concept of Facebook Home is severely flawed. When Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg showed off the new Android launcher replacement, he did so with cleverness. He showed us how amazing it would be to see your friend’s pictures and updates on your phone instead of wallpapers. Sure the demo was amazing, because they used beautiful photographs, all professionally...

It’s been pretty obviously lately that Amazon is stepping up its game and is looking to become more than just a content provider and online store. The Kindle and Kindle Fire tablets were only the beginning. Recent rumors have suggested that the Seattle-based company was looking to make a set-top box, in the same vain as Apple’s Apple TV. With their Amazon Prime service, this doesn’t seem that far fetched. However, the bigger story is that the company is also preparing to make a run for some smartphone marketshare. It’s...

Barnes & Noble has announced a new Mother’s Day sales promotion that discounts their Nook HD and HD+ to just $149 and $179 respectively. The HD+ seems to be the better of the two deals with a cool $90 off MSRP. If you asked a us a week ago if this were a good deal, we might have said meh, it’s a good tablet, but it seriously lacks apps. But since B&N have updated these two tablets with access to Google’s Play Store and its over 700,000 apps and games, there’s no better way to say it, than GET ONE. The fact...

When you’re company is purchased for a billion dollars and you’ve grown your user base to well over 100 million users in just two years, it’s easy to say that you’ve become more than just a flash in the pan. Instagram has become more than just a fun app to use, it’s become a way for millions of people to communicate through images. It’s easy to see why the company was scooped up by Facebook, the photo app became just another avenue for social networking. Previous Logo Now that Instagram has caught on...

In an attempt to fend off competitors and to remain relevant, Barnes & Noble (BN) have decided to allow the Google Play Store to be installed (via an update) to their Nook HD and Nook HD+ tablets. Previously, BN would have required users to download apps and books from their own curated store, but as tablets like the Google Nexus and Galaxy Tab having access to the the Google Play Store (which offer hundreds of thousands of the latest apps), BN’s offering failed in comparison. Even Amazon, which has their own forked Android store...

After months of waiting and even a slightly “sweetened” deal, T-Mobile and Metro PCS are finally one. The deal was initially announced last October (2012) and faced a few hurdles along the way, like some slightly un-pleased investors, who in the end got what they wanted. But it was clear sailing after the FCC granted its approval back in March. The newly formed company will begin trading on the Stock Exchange today as “TMUS.” Regarding the newly formed company, T-Mobile’s outspoken CEO John Legere said, “The...

The folks over at Betaworks—the same team that bought and re-lauched Digg.com last year—announced today, that they’ve purchased the popular news reader, Instapaper from its creator, Marco Arment. Betaworks founder and CEO, John Borthwick, says that Instapaper is the perfect fit for Betaworks and Digg.com and especially their upcoming project, Digg Reader (a replacement for the recently terminated Google Reader). “Starting 14 months ago I began to move Betaworks into being an operating company,” Borthwick said. “In our...

It was projected and believe it or not, it actually happened (one point for analysts). In 2013, smartphones have finally eclipsed feature phones in overall sales and not just shipped phones, but actual sales. In the first quarter of this year there were over 419 million phones sold, of which 51% (or 216 million), were smartphones. It should come as no surprise, but Samsung was once again the overall leader, selling 71 million smartphones of various makes and models. Apple on the other hand sold 37 million iPhones, which is the most the...