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“Path Does Not Spam Users”: Dave Morin Talks About the Hyper-Growth Pains of a “Personal Network”
The Path CEO addresses spamming accusations and concerns about his startup’s recent viral growth in an interview with AllThingsD.
Tenuous Relationship With Twitter Aside, Flipboard Reminds Us It’s Alive and Well
Two years down the road, and Flipboard seems to be doing well. Will it be able to say the same if Twitter drops the hammer and cuts off access to tweets?
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Rare Skype Bug Sends Messages to Unintended Users; Fix in the Works
A recent update to video- and text-messaging platform Skype has resulted in some errant text messages being sent to recipients who weren’t meant to see the messages. Skype, which is owned by Microsoft, confirmed in a statement to Engadget that it is “rolling out a fix for this issue in the next few days” and will notify users when a new updated version of the application is available for download.$$FB$$ Has Arrived: So Now What?
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As Privacy Concerns Grow, More Social Media Users Are “Unfriending”
More people are unfriending, deleting, and otherwise “pruning” their social network profiles.
Facebook Has 845 Million Users, Each Worth $4.39 in Revenue
Facebook has 845 million active users, it said today when it filed to go public.
Twitter Finally Discloses How Many Active Users It Has: 100M
Twitter has 100 million active monthly users and 400 million monthly visitors to its Web site, said CEO Dick Costolo in a press conversation at Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters
Is Facebook’s Growth Spurt Over?
Facebook has reportedly had two straight down months for active user growth, including unusual traffic drops during the month of May in markets where it has been available the longest.
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Early Adopter: Is the Future of User Experience Design Made of Paper and Polish?
Everyone can move a sticky note. This is the concept of the trio of creators of UXPin, a paper prototyping kit for mocking up a Web site before a single line of code is ever written. It has become popular with designers who value speed and iteration–and, now, they’ll be able to UXPin-up a whole new set of interfaces.
Spotify Signs On EMI for U.S. Launch. At Least One More to Go…
It’s getting closer: Spotify has finalized a U.S. distribution deal with EMI Music. That won’t get Spotify to America–at a minimum, it’ll need Universal Music Group on board as well–but it’s a step in the right direction. Now, about those Apple subscription fees…
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