LinkedIn to Buy Pulse Newsreader for More Than $50M

And the winner is … LinkedIn!
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Google Brings Field Trip Local Exploration App to iOS

Field Trip, the location-based local info and trivia app from Google’s experimental Niantic Labs division, crossed over to iOS today. The app isn’t a blockbuster hit — it has been downloaded hundreds of thousands of times in the past 30 days – but the Android version got a good review from our Bonnie Cha.

Does the iPad Merit Its Own Email App? Meet Birdseye.

Would email suck less if it were pretty, large-form and swipable?
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Seesaw Decision-Making App Helps Ask Friends for Opinions

Which chocolate should I eat? Which razors should I buy?
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Rick Smolan’s Newest Project Will Try to Breathe Life Into Big Data

“Big data” is a buzzphrase hated for its vagueness, but Rick Smolan’s book format brings out all sorts of specificity and examples.
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Lift Launches Incredibly Simple Personal Motivation App

Lift is “a portable support community,” according to co-founder Tony Stubblebine. Just don’t expect bells, whistles and badges.
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The Secret Life of NPR’s Terry Gross (Video)

Ever wonder what Terry Gross does after she wraps up her “Fresh Air” show on NPR and ever-so-sincerely thanks one of her guests?
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Instagram by the Numbers: 1 Billion Photos Uploaded

Instagram, the social photo app that has grown to 30 million registered users in the 18 months since it launched, debuts its much-awaited Android version today.
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Twitter Acquires Social Summary Tool Summify

Twitter has acquired Summify, a small start-up that smartly aggregates links shared by users’ friends on social networks.
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Q&A: Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi Takes on Tech

Jildy, Whose Patents Google Owns and Facebook Licenses, Launches Its First App

Cliqz Social Reader Finds News by Tracing User Networks

HighlightCam Stitches Mobile Videos Into Automagical Highlight Reels

Selena Gomez Makes Her First Tech Investment

PlayUp Launches Group Messaging App for Live Sports

AllFacebook Founder Launches Holler to Help People Connect Offline

Chewsy Tells Us What We Really Want to Know: What’s Good to Eat Nearby

Cooliris Raises $9.6M, Gets Social With Mobile Photo-Sharing App

Android Market to Finally Get In-App Payments, Improved Discovery. When? "Soon."

Collecta: Another Real-time Search Engine Bites the Dust