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Today's Top Stories // Jul 5, 2013

Fly Or Die: Samsung Galaxy S4 Active

We first caught wind of the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active back in May, before it had been announced.... read more

HTC Suffers Another Bad Quarter, With Profits Down 83% In Its Q2

HTC has just put out unaudited results for its Q2, with profits down 83% on last year. The Taiwanese phone maker, which is battling for oxygen in the fiercely... read more

Oliver Samwer, Marco Boerries And Sonali De Rycker Join TechCrunch Disrupt Europe

We're delighted today to announce the first round of speakers for the first-ever TechCrunch Disrupt Europe conference, to be held in Berlin this October.... read more

STABiLGO Kickstarter Hopes To Take Its Action Sport Video Stabilizer To Market

Watching GoPro footage makes it clear that there is basically nothing cooler than first-person action sport shots. And for those who are spending the day at the... read more

Google Glass Could Soon Get Device Locking, Music Player And 'Boutique' App Store, Firmware Reveals

Google Glass is still a pre-release product that's fairly rough around the edges, compared to a lot of shipping consumer hardware, but new clues (via Slashgear)... read more

How Health Trackers Could Reduce Sexual Infidelity

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Google Ordered To Amend Its Unified Privacy Policy In Europe By September

Google's unified privacy policy continues to draw the attention and ire of data protection watchdogs in Europe. In the latest development, the U.K.'s ICO has... read more

Jordanian Startup Dakwak's Translation And Localization Platform Helps Web Sites Go Global

Jordan might not seem like the most obvious place for a tech hub, but the country is leading the Middle East's growing startup industry. 500 Startups' current... read more

Goodbye Mr Silva — Now It's Time To Test Tech City Yourself

It was December 2009 and I was headed to a Christmas party at Number 10 Downing Street. This wasn't exactly a regular diary date for me. Two years in to working... read more

Samsung's Quarterly Earnings Suffer On Slowing Growth, Gives Apple Room To Shine In The Fall

Samsung has missed expectations for its quarterly earnings guidance, which is bad news since those expectations were already pretty low. The slowing growth of... read more

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Job Hunting Social Dos And Don'ts | Next Level Of Social Collaboration

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  Friday, July 05, 2013
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Take Social Collaboration To Next Level
Social collaboration for teams is important, but here's how to scale up using "creation spaces" of forums, videos and other networked tools.

Social Do's And Don'ts For Job Hunters
In the job market? Consider these 5 ways your social presence can smooth your path, and 5 ways it will trip you up.

Salesforce, Benioff Must Beware Oracle's Embrace
This new relationship holds much promise for Oracle, not so much for Salesforce. It reminds me of Captain Ahab's relationship with the great whale.

Why U.S. Must Invest In Internet-Connected Infrastructure
A hybrid infrastructure that combines physical foundations such as roads, buildings and the power grid with the Internet and sensor networks will pay off for the U.S.

Microsoft Understands Its Windows 8 Mistakes, Finally
At Build conference, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer acknowledges that aspects of Windows 8 have bugged users -- and promises to address the issues.

This Email Will Self-Destruct: AT&T Seeks Patent
Demand for self-deleting messages is on the rise, as demonstrated by Snapchat's $800 million valuation and AT&T's related patent filing.


 
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