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Tech Startups Look to Revolutionize Politics

Original post by Julia Boorstin via CNBC Some of Facebook’s biggest backers, Sean Parker, Peter Thiel, and Andreessen Horowitz partner Ben Horowitz, are hoping that cutting-edge technology can change politics the way Facebook changed the way people interact. Venture firms are investing in startups that tap into data to revolutionize campaigning, potentially leveraging the playing field and empowering the […]

Site builder behemoth Wix premieres new app marketplace for 3rd party developers

Original post by HARRISON WEBER via TNW Wix, the site builder behemoth that recently threw its weight behind HTML 5, is now reaching platform status as it opens up its 25 million+ users to developers through a new app marketplace. Premiering with just 25 apps today, the Wix App Market has the potential to contort Wix into a competitor of services […]

Facebook R&D Goes Global: Opens Engineering Office In London, Its First Outside The U.S.

Facebook R&D Goes Global: Opens Engineering Office In London, Its First Outside The U.S.

Original post by INGRID LUNDEN via TC With the majority of Facebook’s 1 billion users, and subscriber growth, now coming from outside the U.S., the company is taking ever more steps to building out its global footprint to reach that audience. To that end, today Facebook opened up an engineering center in London, its first outside of the U.S. […]

Injaz UAE Company Program Competition 2012 showcases outstanding entrepreneurial skills of university students

Injaz UAE Company Program Competition 2012 showcases outstanding entrepreneurial skills of university students

Original post by AMEinfo With much anticipation and enthusiasm, Injaz UAE hosted the first ‘Company Program Competition 2012’ dedicated for university students, where 9 student-led teams from Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Al Ain competed for the winning title in Abu-Dhabi. ‘Mark The Date’ team from Zayed University clinched the top award of ‘Best Student Company […]

New York Times experiments with HTML5 iPad app

Original post by Ryan Kim via paidContent While the New York Times has been firmly on the native app bandwagon, it’s now showing some interest in web apps with Tuesday’s launch of an experimental HTML5 app for iPad . The app, which only works on Apple’s Safari browser, is available to digital subscribers of the NYT’s Web + Tablet and […]