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Tap That Picture, Bro: Here’s Another Pinterest for Dudes

The guys who brought you The Chive — and the “Jenny the HPOA” — have a new dudetastic site.
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These Start-Ups Aren’t Goofing Off When It Comes to Microsoft’s Kinect

Eleven companies presented today to show off how they plan to use Microsoft’s motion-controlled Kinect accessory for applications beyond gaming.
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A Peek at the Big Fish Streaming Game Service That Scared Apple

Big Fish provided an early look of its streaming game service this week, which it plans to launch this summer on PCs and Android tablets — but not on Apple’s iOS.
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Nintendo Hires Senior Disney Exec to Oversee Digital Games Strategy

Nintendo of America has hired Duncan Orrell-Jones to head up the company’s very important digital strategy for the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U. Orrell-Jones, who will start July 1, will hold the title of SVP of Nintendo’s Network Business. He will work in Redmond, Wash., and report to the Nintendo of America President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime. Most recently, Orrell-Jones was SVP at the Disney Interactive Media Group.

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The Case for E-Commerce Acceleration (a.k.a., Bye-Bye, BBY?)

I believe we’re approaching a sea change in retail where physical retail is displaced by e-commerce in a multitude of categories.

Tech Companies Rejoice! IVP’s New Jumbo Fund Totals $1 Billion.

Silicon Valley’s Institutional Venture Partners is announcing a new fund today, worth $1 billion, that it will be putting toward later-stage technology companies.
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CasaHop Raises $1.2 Million for Home-Swapping Service (Video)

Why not go on vacation in someone else’s home while they stay in yours? CasaHop wants to use Internet algorithms to make those connections happen.
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QOTD: EA Unleashes a Zinger at Zynga

Just once, can Zynga publish a game that they didn’t clone from another developer?

Electronic Arts spokesman Jeff Brown’s reaction to the latest lineup from the social games powerhouse

Airbnb Redesign Turns Site Into Airbnb Magazine

Airbnb today is redesigning its homepage and iPhone app to help people explore its inventory of places to stay.
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