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 | Frederic Lardinois Microsoft is kicking off its Build developer conference today at 9am. The company has already announced that it will unveil Windows 8.1 in a Preview version... read more | |  | Colleen Taylor It's become crystal clear over the past couple of years that Brit Morin, the former Googler who has been dubbed Silicon Valley's answer to Martha Stewart, is... read more | |  | Natasha Lomas India pushed past Japan to become the third largest global smartphone market in Q1, according to a new report by Strategy Analytics. The analyst notes it's the... read more | | | |  | Gregory Ferenstein In celebration of equal rights, the proudly gay-friendly search giant has hidden a fabulous easter egg for users who search "gay." This isn't the first time... read more | |  | Ingrid Lunden Contentful, a startup out of Berlin, is today releasing a beta of a platform that it hopes will be the future of how companies manage their content in a... read more | |  | John Biggs A Danish company called Create It Real has built a software package that recognizes digital gun part models and prevents them from being printed. The software... read more | |  | Natasha Lomas The European data protection activists behind the Europe v Facebook (evf) campaign group, that has long been a thorn in Facebook's side in Europe, have filed... read more | |  | Ingrid Lunden LinkedIn, the social network used by people for job hunting and making other business connections, is adding two more enhancements to its homepage that... read more | |  | Greg Kumparak Hey, aspiring game developers! Listen up.... read more | |  | Alex Williams Voxer is making its entrance into the business world with a set of new high-end features for its walkie-talkie style, push-to-talk service.... read more | | | | To forward this newsletter to a friend, click here. | | |
