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Yahoo to Stake Future on $1.1 Billion Tumblr Purchase

May 20, 2013 8:17 AM - by: Jim Tanous

After rumors late last week, news broke Sunday that Yahoo is buying social blogging service Tumblr for $1.1 billion. The deal promises to make or break Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s career at the company.

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Google I/O 2013 Overview

May 15, 2013 6:15 PM - by: Jim Tanous

Google made a number of major announcements related to its services, products, and Android today at its I/O conference. Here’s an overview of the latest news from Mountain View.

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Google Set to Unveil Spotify-Like Streaming Music Service at I/O

May 15, 2013 9:17 AM - by: Jim Tanous

Google is expected to unveil a Spotify-like on-demand music streaming service this week at its I/O conference in San Francisco.

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Founder Jim Tanous Talks TekRevue with MacVoices’ Chuck Joiner

May 14, 2013 3:10 PM - by: Jim Tanous

TekRevue founder, operator, and janitor Jim Tanous spent some time talking with Chuck Joiner of MacVoices about Jim’s journey to creating the site, the current state of tech news journalism, and what to expect from TekRevue going forward.

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Amazon Launches Coins Digital Currency, A Bad Deal for Consumers

May 13, 2013 12:38 PM - by: Jim Tanous

Amazon today launched its new Coins digital currency. The new system allows customers to purchase coins in blocks which can be used to buy Kindle Fire content, but like similar digital currency systems, it’s a bad deal for most consumers.

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eBooks Account for 23% of U.S. Publisher Revenue in 2012

May 13, 2013 11:40 AM - by: Jim Tanous

A new report shows that the importance of eBooks has exploded in the past two years as consumers began reading on more devices, such as tablets and smartphones. eBooks now represent nearly 23 percent yearly publisher revenue in the United States.

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Track Wikipedia Edits in Real Time With the Recent Changes Map

May 12, 2013 7:41 PM - by: Jim Tanous

Wikipedia is a free, open, and editable encyclopedia that anyone around the world can change. All of these changes are tracked by Wikipedia’s edit history, and now two programmers have created a way to visually represent them.