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YouLike Is A Dating Site That Thinks The Key To Finding Love Is Hate

15 minutes ago - Techcrunch
Ok, admittedly, the headline is a slight misrepresentation. However, in the best online dating tradition, not only did it hopefully catch your attention but it has more than a grain of truth, too. YouLike, a startup backed by the founders of Turkish eBay clone GittiGidiyor (which in 2011 was acquired by the online auction giant for $217 million), d... by Steve O'Hear

KDDI's HTC J One variant packs a microSD slot, additional camera features (video)

55 minutes ago - Engadget
These days, the presence of a microSD slot on new handsets is arguably more important than the amount of storage on the inside. One such slot found its way onto the Chinese variants of HTC's One, and now Japanese network KDDI has unveiled its model -- the HTC J One (aka HTL22) -- also with expandable memory on the spec sheet (up to 64GB cards suppo... by Jamie Rigg

Sony Xperia UL announced for Japan: 5-inch 1080p display and 15-frame burst photography skills (video)

1 hour 21 minutes ago - Engadget
The FCC might have spoiled the surprise, but Sony's now gone official with yet another smartphone and this one's for its native Japan. The Xperia UL appears to be a slightly thicker riff on the Xperia Z, matching the display of the company's early-2013 flagship, while adding a Snapdragon 600 processor to the 5-inch 1080p screen. It's worth noting t... by Mat Smith

Nook Simple Touch reportedly getting web browser, email client on June 1st

2 hours 10 minutes ago - Engadget
Remember that web browser that was found hiding in the Nook's search function? It's time could be nigh. According to a leaked memo acquired by TechCrunch, Barnes & Nobel will be updating the Nook Simple Touch and Simple Touch with Glowlight with an email app, web browser and an updated store next month. The update will reportedly be sent over the a... by Sean Buckley

Singapore's MediaCorp Invests $40M In Luxury Online Retailer Reebonz

2 hours 30 minutes ago - Techcrunch
MediaCorp, one of Singapore’s two largest media companies, has poured $40 million into Reebonz in a deal that values the designer brand flash-sales site at about $200 million. This is the first time that MediaCorp has invested in an online retailer, according to a story on Channel News Asia (a site that is also owned by MediaCorp). The media cong... by Catherine Shu

Pinterest Launches Pins With More Info And A New Button For Mobile Apps

3 hours 18 minutes ago - Techcrunch
Pinterest announced two new features today that will help make the Web site more attractive for potential advertisers. The first is pins embedded with additional information about products, recipes and movies. The second is a Pin It button that is now available on nine mobile apps. The company says that its new features are a “first step toward m... by Catherine Shu

ASUS Transformer Book review: meet ASUS' first detachable Ultrabook

4 hours 44 minutes ago - Engadget
More Info ASUS announces line of Transformer Books ASUS Transformer Book shows sudden sign of life: 13-inch Core i5 model coming to Japan this week ASUS Transformer Book hybrid PC gets May 21st release date For a while, it looked like ASUS' Transformer Book would turn out to be vaporware: after debuting to much fanfare a year ago, it encounter... by Dana Wollman

LG to demo 5-inch unbreakable and flexible plastic OLED panel at SID 2013

Yesterday - Engadget
LG's got quite a bit in store for us this week at SID's annual display exhibition in Vancouver. In addition to that 55-inch curved OLED TV we first heard about last month, the company will be demonstrating a very nifty 5-inch OLED panel. Created for mobile devices, the display is constructed of plastic, making it both flexible and unbreakable -- ce... by Zach Honig

The New “Handmade”

Yesterday - Techcrunch
Amid grumblings of a “general fatigue” when it comes to software-based startups, a potentially transformative technology called 3D printing is poised to reach critical mass and mainstream awareness. Today’s news headlines about the technology tend to focus on the extreme possibilities in being able to print objects on demand – from the terr... by Sarah Perez

How would you change Lenovo's IdeaPad U310?

Yesterday - Engadget
Fussy about boot times, carry-weight or weak battery life? Then you probably gave Lenovo's IdeaPad U310 a wide berth. The thing is, aside from those flaws, it was otherwise a very solid Ultrabook for those whose wallets couldn't stretch to a premium model. We want to know, did you buy one? If so, what did you think of it, and let's imagine you were... by Daniel Cooper

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