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    Instagram Will Get Video On June 20

    Instagram Will Get Video On June 20 On June 20, a source says Facebook will unveil that Instagram, its popular photo-sharing app, will begin to let people also take and share short videos. Call it the Vine effect. -10 http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/17/source-instagram-will-get-video-on-june-20/ Instagram,video,facebook 2013-06-21 2013-06-17 13:05:22

    techcrunch.com | Submitted: June 17, 2013, Expires: June 21, 2013

    Author: Ingrid Lunden

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    On June 20, a source says Facebook will unveil that Instagram, its popular photo-sharing app, will begin to let people also take and share short videos. Call it the Vine effect.

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    Google Buys Wavii For North Of $30 Million

    Google Buys Wavii For North Of $30 Million Google has finally closed the deal on Wavii, a natural language processing startup, for a price that is more than $30 million, we're hearing from a legitimate source. -10 http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/23/google-buys-wavii-for-north-of-30-million/ Google,Wavii,acquisition 2013-05-31 2013-04-27 00:00:00

    techcrunch.com | Submitted: April 27, 2013, Expires: May 31, 2013

    Author: Alexia Tsotsis

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    Google has finally closed the deal on Wavii, a natural language processing startup, for a price that is more than $30 million, we're hearing from a legitimate source.

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    Mashery Is Selling To Intel For More Than $180M

    Mashery Is Selling To Intel For More Than $180M We’re hearing from a source familiar with deliberations that Intel is buying Mashery for more than $180 million, in a move that shows how the chipmaker is slowly becoming both a hardware and a software company. ReadWrite had ballparked the acquisition price at 2-3x the company’s last reported valuation of $60 million. -10 http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/17/source-mashery-is-selling-to-intel-for-more-than-180m/ Intel,mashery,acquisition 2013-06-01 2013-04-17 20:30:02

    techcrunch.com | Submitted: April 17, 2013, Expires: June 1, 2013

    Author: View Staff Page

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    We’re hearing from a source familiar with deliberations that Intel is buying Mashery for more than $180 million, in a move that shows how the chipmaker is slowly becoming both a hardware and a software company. ReadWrite had ballparked the acquisition price at 2-3x the company’s last reported valuation of $60 million.

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    Amazon Working On A $99 7-Inch Kindle Fire HD

    Amazon Working On A $99 7-Inch Kindle Fire HD We are now hearing that a $99 Kindle Fire 7in tablet is in production, and will be shipping this year. -10 http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/20/amazon-rumored-to-be-working-on-a-99-kindle-fire-hd-7/ Amazon,Kindle,Fire 2013-12-31 2013-03-20 14:39:41

    techcrunch.com | Submitted: March 20, 2013, Expires: December 31, 2013

    Author: Sarah Perez

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    We are now hearing that a $99 Kindle Fire 7in tablet is in production, and will be shipping this year.

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    Facebook to show off a phone or mobile platform

    Facebook to show off a phone or mobile platform It�s not entirely clear if this will be an actual piece of Facebook branded hardware or if they will simply use hardware from a phone maker to show off some sort of new Facebook OS for mobile. That is to say, it could very well be that the Facebook Phone is more about a Facebook OS running on a phone (or a few phones). 0 http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/12/facebook-phone-yes-again/ Facebook,phone,os,mobile 2013-01-16 2013-01-14 20:49:35

    techcrunch.com | Submitted: January 14, 2013, Expires: January 16, 2013

    Author: MG Siegler

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    It�s not entirely clear if this will be an actual piece of Facebook branded hardware or if they will simply use hardware from a phone maker to show off some sort of new Facebook OS for mobile. That is to say, it could very well be that the Facebook Phone is more about a Facebook OS running on a phone (or a few phones).

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    Shutterfly To Acquire ThisLife

    Shutterfly To Acquire ThisLife We've heard a rumor that Shutterfly, the photo and personal publishing company founded in 1999, is set to acquire online photo sharing and storage startup ThisLife. We're hearing the acquisition price is around $25 million. 100 http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/03/source-shutterfly-to-acquire-slick-photo-sharing-and-storage-startup-thislife/ Shutteryfly,thislife,acquisition 2013-02-14 2013-01-03 23:00:02

    techcrunch.com | Submitted: January 3, 2013, Expires: February 14, 2013

    Author: View Staff Page

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    We've heard a rumor that Shutterfly, the photo and personal publishing company founded in 1999, is set to acquire online photo sharing and storage startup ThisLife. We're hearing the acquisition price is around $25 million.

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    Correct.

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    Facebook to buy Whatsapp

    Facebook to buy Whatsapp Facebook to purchase popular chat application, Whatsapp 0 http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/02/whats-up-with-whatsapp-facebook-might-want-to-buy-it-thats-what/ Facebook,aqusition,whatsapp 2012-12-31 2012-12-02 22:50:29

    techcrunch.com | Submitted: December 2, 2012, Expires: December 31, 2012

    Author: Alexia Tsotsis

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    Facebook to purchase popular chat application, Whatsapp

    Tracking Result:

    Incorrect, Whatsapp has denied the rumors and AllthingsD has stated the talks are not happening.

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