- Apple Is the World's Most Valuable Brand - According to Interbrand's 2013 global brand rankings, Apple has overtaken Coca Cola to become the world's most valuable brand, with its value estimated at a whopping $98.3 billion.
- Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Falon: Hashtags - Jimmy Fallon & Justin Timberlake show you what a Twitter conversation sounds like in real life. They sound silly, but here is a great explanation about why hashtags are important.
- Apple Working to Resolve iMessages Issues - "We are aware of an issue that affects a fraction of a percent of our iMessage users, and we will have a fix available in an upcoming software update," says Apple in a statement. "We apologize for any inconvenience this causes impacted users."
- Chrome For iOS Bug Shows Private Browsing Search History In Google Mobile Search Bar - A new update for Chrome for iOS adds iOS 7 support, but when you use the search/address bar in Incognito mode in Chrome, that history will show up when you return to standard browsing in Google’s mobile website search bar.
- Rdio Launches Free Music Streaming for iOS and Android - On Thursday Rdio launched a free music streaming service for iOS and Android devices in the U.S., Canada and Australia, the Associated Press reports.
- YouTube Releases MixBit: More Competition for Vine and Instagram Video - Cofounders of YouTube, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, released the latest video app, MixBit--an iPhone app that lets you record, edit, share videos.And users can also edit and share clips from other users to create their own movies; setting it apart from Vine and Instagram.
- Google Buys Flutter, a Gesture Control Startup - Google has acquired Flutter, a gesture recognition startup, for an undisclosed sum. Flutter developed apps for Mac OS X and Windows that uses the webcam to detect hand gestures and let users control applications like Spotify, Netflix and iTunes.
- Instagram to Start Rolling Out Ads in 'Next Couple Months - Instagram announced Thursday that it will start rolling out ads in the "next couple months." Instagram framed the move as part of an effort to turn itself into a "sustainable business."
And here are some cool things other bloggers are writing about:
- Referencing a Tweet in an Academic Paper by Rebecca Rosen
- How Big The Internet Of Things Could Become by Brian Proffitt
- What Does Your Facebook Profile Really Say About You? by Aviva Hope Rutkin
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