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The micro-blogging site buys some help in the mobile security department. Twitter has acquired Whisper Systems, a tiny security start-up that makes software for Android smartphones and other mobile devices

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Oversharing is an overwhelming problem online. Keeping up with all your news and interests and social channels can be exhausting--it's why innumerable aggregators exist (from Huffington Post to Reddit and Pinterest) to help us manage our consumption habits. Today, the startup Flavors.me takes another swipe at the problem, launching a new version of the service aimed at tackling our social media A.D.D

Forget holiday shopping; the online version of Black Friday is a great opportunity to score great deals on wares for your business. The online equivalent of Black Friday —minus the crowds, early morning hours, and badly behaving people—is here. What started as a made-up holiday several years ago has turned into a real event

On the next important front of The Great Tech War, 2012.

Mobile devices have completely changed the way we consume music. It wasn't so long ago that I would physically go to a store to browse for an album. Today, I can stream pretty much any song ever recorded on my smartphone, for free, anywhere I have access to the Internet

If you do it right, your website can be the best marketing tool you have. Ilya Pozin, founder of the Web design firm Ciplex, on how not to screw it up. I’m continually surprised by how many people call my design company with very firm ideas about what they want on their business website and yet, they haven’t thought through some of the most basic questions first

One junior high schooler and his mobile game totally changed the fate of this app development platform. The circumstances may differ, but for successful startups there’s always a tipping point

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The makers of Postagram and other photo printing apps want to build their business into a dominant, gift-focused e-commerce venture. But how?

The e-commerce giant secretly bought the Siri-like speech recognition start-up in September. Let the yapping begin: Amazon.com quietly has acquired a Siri-like speech recognition start-up called Yap

The e-commerce giant secretly bought the Siri-like speech recognition start-up in September. Let the yapping begin: Amazon.com quietly has acquired a Siri-like speech recognition start-up called Yap. The e-commerce giant apparently bought the Charlotte-based company in September, but neither company made a public announcement–Amazon's foray into voice control a la Apple's Siri was uncovered by The Atlantic 's discovery of an SEC filing .

Seven (somewhat snarky) new rules for public speaking in the social media era. It was painful to watch. Jon Bond, the former ad giant turned social media honcho, was actually getting heckled at the Pivot Conference

The execution of Col. Muammar Gaddafi earlier this week closes one chapter on Libya’s version of the “Arab Spring” movement.