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Grokr Debuts A “Google Now” For iOS Usersview story

http://techcrunch.com – Grokr, a mobile startup backed by $4.2 million in funding from NEA, U.S. Ventures, Triple Point, and Lerer Ventures, is today announcing a new mobile application for iOS that aims to rethink how search should work on mobile. (IT news)

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Checkthis Updates Its Social Posters: Share Visually Compelling Content Without Setting Up A Blogview story

http://techcrunch.com – Checkthis received a major update today, making it more than ever a visual complement to the text-only updates on social networks. The service enables users to create compelling posters and share them with their friends. But users now get realtime reactions, a web profile with all of their posters, and notifications. (IT news)

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Bing Gives Its Social Sidebar A More Streamlined Lookview story

http://techcrunch.com – Bing‘s social sidebar, which displays relevant results from friends and experts on social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and Foursquare, is one of the defining features of Microsoft’s search engine. (IT news)

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Twitter’s Native App For iOS Updated With Image Filters, Auto-Enhance, Cropping And Scalingview story

http://techcrunch.com – Twitter’s iOS native app initially got left out of the update party that brought Instagram-style filters powered by Aviary into the mix, but that omission has just been fixed. The 5.2 update for Twitter has just gone live on the App Store, making filters available to iPhone and iPad users. (IT news)

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Official Twitter app gets updated with photo filters, wages war against Instagramview story

http://www.talkandroid.com –   It’s no secret that Twitter has been tightening its belt when it comes to allowing its competition to access its services. Today Twitter tightens that belt one notch tighter with an update to its official Twitter app that adds photo filters. This seems to be a direct attack against its biggest photo sharing competitor – Instagram. (IT news)

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Twitter Releases Its 2012 Year In Review, And It’s An Immersive And Personal Experienceview story

http://techcrunch.com – This is the time of year when most consumer-facing companies put out their “Year In Review”, which reflect upon what happened on its service during that particular year. It’s pretty straight-forward stuff usually, but Twitter is a different type of company. (IT news)

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SPOKEnPHOTO Album Arrives On The iPad, Letting You Share Voice With Pictures And Organize Those Memoriesview story

http://techcrunch.com – Toronto-based SPOKEnPHOTO launched with a simple concept in mind: to help families and loved ones separated by geography stay connected via not only shared images, but also voice recordings attached to those pictures to help better tell a story. (IT news)

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Need to Root / S - Off / etc, but have a faulty micro USB connectorview story

http://forums.androidcentral.com – Hi Everyone, I want to root, S-Off, etc - and install a custom ROM on my HTC Desire HD, however I have a unique challenge in that the micro USB port on my phone is faulty. It will charge if I use a micro USB cable from a WD My Passport, portal hard drive, because for some reason these are a little larger than the standard micro usb cable. (HowTos)

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Singly Launches “App Fabric” Platform For Developers To Speed Up Integrations With Dozens Of Servicesview story

http://techcrunch.com – Singly, a startup aimed at simplifying the integration of third-party services in both web and mobile applications, is today launching its platform into open beta. (IT news)

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McAfee revamps mobile security app with new App Lock featureview story

http://www.talkandroid.com –   McAfee is one of the more popular antivirus protections available to PC users, and with the malware on Android devices, they’ve stepped in to provide their trusted protection on smartphones and tablets, too. Recently, McAfee updated their Android application with a refreshed user interface and an innovative new App Lock feature. (IT news)