Sam Biddle
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The Guys Who Made YouTube Are Reportedly Striking Out
YouTube made Chad Hurley and Steve Chen rich as Saudi kings after they sold it off to Google. They had the chance (and money!) to build anything they wanted — and they did, a brand new company called AVOS Systems. Two years later, and it seems the YouTube duo were a one-hit wonder.
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Are Sane Adults Allowed To Ever Use 😉 ?
You probably haven’t regularly used smileys since your middle school days, when modems screeched and President Clinton rained ordnance against Bosnian war criminals. You’ve grown up since then, but the 😉 has remained inert, a relic of type. In our new modern age, is it ever OK to drop a smiley?
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The Facebook Phone: Finally Sorta Real
We’ve been talking about it for years now — half dread, half excitement — and now it’s no longer just our imaginations. The Facebook Phone is as real as it’s probably ever going to get: a complete Android takeover that converts your smartphone. UPDATE: EYES ON!
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The Next iOS Needs To Look Like This Australian-Designed Render
It’s not a good sign when the best iOS features are imaginary ones designed by people who aren’t getting paid to do it, instead of, you know, being designed by Apple, like this revamped vision for iPhone multitasking. Apple, steal this now.