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The Acumen Fund: Pulse

CEO: Jacqueline Novogratz, CIO: Brian TrelstadHow do investors make smart choices without data or measuring tools? Answer: They can't. So the Acumen Fund, led by CEO Jacqueline Novogratz, is launching...

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MAINGEAR Unveils Ultra Energy-Efficent Gaming PC

Custom computer manufacturer MAINGEAR Computers has unveiled the Pulse--an energy-efficient, small PC that the company claims is the world's greenest gaming PC. Gaming PCs are, of course, some of the...

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Facebook on Pulse: Yahoo Goes Social

Yahoo calls it "increasing your social IQ," and seasoned social networkers might just call it bandwagon-jumping. We are, of course, referring to the relaunch of Yahoo Profiles--now called Pulse--a...

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Flipboard iPad App Pretties Up, Declutters Your Social Web Life Into Magazine...

Flipboard, like Pulse before it, looks to take advantage of the iPad's power and size to show certain information in a new and fun way. This time, it's Facebook and Twitter feeds.Developers are...

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5 Ways iPad's Pulse App Creators Applied Design Thinking to Their Business

Grad students Akshay Kothari and Ankit Gupta were struggling to come up with a new software product for the iPad. They turned to the Institute of Design at Stanford. Six weeks later, they launched news...

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Laptop Webcams to Double as Desktop Heart Docs Thanks to MIT

MIT discovers yet another use for a simple webcam: measuring your pulse rate. It's desktop video-chatting and heart physician in one tiny unit.MIT discovers yet another use for a simple webcam:...

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How Trojan Slipped Into CES

Why is the condom maker showcasing its sexy wares at the Vegas electronics show?The annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is filled with sexy gizmos, but the event itself isn't a showcase for...

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AOL's Editions: A New Digital Magazine That Aims to Be "Like Pandora for...

The upcoming iPad app is designed to deliver news in a new, interactive way. Can it challenge existing apps such as Flipboard and help return AOL to relevance?Ahead of an as-yet-uncertain release date,...

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Bing Launches iPad App Featuring Flipboard-like News

Today, Microsoft launched Bing for the iPad, an app that integrates the company's search engine with Apple's tablet, and highlight's the company's aim to make Bing a more visually rich experience....

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Personality Test: Which iPad Reader App Are You?

New readers help you cut down on overload, find new stuff, watch TV news and read easier. Here's a guide to finding the one to fit your lifestyle ... and party habits.

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Personality Test: Which iPad Reader App Are You?

New readers help you cut down on overload, find new stuff, watch TV news and read easier. Here's a guide to finding the one to fit your lifestyle ... and party habits.

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Celebs Crowdsource With Talenthouse, Pulse Raises $9M, Comcast Touts Gigabit...

The Fast Company reader's essential rundown of who's breaking into and shaking up your tech space--updated all day.Celebs Crowdsource With TalenthouseLegendary comic creator Stan Lee is looking for a...

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Percolate: The Microblogging Platform Where Tumblr And Twitter Go To Hang Out

The startup, currently in its "double secret alpha" version, taps into your RSS and Twitter feeds, culls content based on your interests--the stuff that "percolates up"--and then lets you share your...

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How The Ugliness Of Google Reader Spawned A Booming Startup

If you've ever experienced Google Reader, the web-based aggregator of RSS feeds, then you've experienced ugly. It's a basic utility lacking any design appeal, cluttered with text and blue hyperlinks....

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Scribd Debuts Float, A Netflix-Style Competitor To Pulse, Flipboard, Instapaper

Document-sharing service Scribd, the world's largest social publishing site with more than 75 million monthly readers, launches an iPhone and web content-reading app. Will its UI and design help it...

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AOL iPad Mag "Editions" Missed The Memo About The AOL Way

The iPad magazine looks gorgeous and works about as well as Zite, Flipboard, et. al. It even understands if you're not into AOL content. And it's cool with that. Why? Its creators, David Temkin and Sol...

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Microsoft Now Monitoring Tweets From IT Types With "Pulse"

Microsoft's British office is embarking on an ambitious new project to find out just what IT workers and developers think of their iconic products.Microsoft has embarked on an ambitious social media...

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Pulse: A Cheap System To Help Buildings Become More Energy Efficient Through...

Real-time analytics can result in massive savings: If you know something is wrong with your energy use, you can fix it right then. A new system in Australia lets building managers see everything that’s...

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Pulse Launches Premium Sources With WSJ As Inaugural Partner

News updates all day from Fast Company.One day after Flipboard and The New York Timesannounced a paid content partnership, Flipboard competitor Pulse and the Wall Street Journal have announced one of...

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Pulse Launches A Newsy Web App With A Hand From Microsoft

The duo built a HTML5-powered web page that fills up with news stories from your channel feeds.Pulse and Microsoft have built an HTML5-powered web page that fills up with news stories from your channel...

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How News360 Uses AI To Turn Up Smart News From Unexpected Sources

The news reader service uses artificial intelligence to find the best quality stories, regardless of the size or prominence of the source or how many people are sharing them.In a digital media...

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LinkedIn Buying Pulse For Up To $100 Million: Report

Take resumes, add content. Stir.LinkedIn has scooped up news aggregator app Pulse for a decent pile of cash. The social networking site for professionals has been steadily adding to its diet of resumes...

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