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Study: Windows Web Browsing Market Share Down Nearly 10% Over Past 6 Months

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Following up on its earlier report on iOS browser market share, ad network Chitika today released new results from a study which analyzed the impact mobile computing has had on traditional web browsing trends. In examining traffic across it network from August 2011 to February 2012, Chitika says that Windows web browsing market share has declined by almost 10%.

WinZip iOS App Lets You Crack Open .Zip Files From Anywhere

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Having access to your documents and pictures is really easy these days. About a million services, including Dropbox and iCloud, allow you to sync your stuff between devices, but there's one little thorn in our collective cloud-syncing side: it's called a .zip file. Fortunately, WinZip has just launched on the Apple App Store and it effectively rids us of this particularly annoying issue. After installing, a single tap will let you get a peek at what's inside the .zip file. If you tap again, you'll be able to look at individual files, even if you don't have the associated applications installed on your iPhone or iPad.

Analyst: Facebook Will Make $1.2 Billion Annually From Mobile Ads

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No, Facebook is not advertising yet on mobile platforms. Yes, that hasn't stopped people from speculating on what it will mean when it does. The latest: an estimate of how much the social network stands to make from mobile advertising: dollarsignr1.2 billion a year in the U.S. and its five biggest markets in Europe -- the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. The numbers come from UK-based analyst firm Mobile Squared, which also has worked out that Facebook will be making an average revenue per mobile user of around dollarsignr6.5 per year -- some dollarsignr2 more than Facebook currently makes per users online, using figures supplied in its S-1 earlier this month.

RVIP Karaoke: The Most Amazing RV On Earth Is Now Much More Than A Hobby

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You'll never forget your first time. Huddled in a hallway three feet wide, arms reaching every which way for a cup or a beer or the microphone. It's hot and it's messy and it's noisy and everyone is pushing against everyone else but it doesn't matter because your best friend is at the front of it all belting Total Eclipse of the Heart (how did she just hit that note) — and the world outside is whirling by in a blur. It's incredible. And now the RVIP Karaoke RV is ready to take the country by storm. Today, the people behind this legendary tradition are announcing that they're turning their passion into a full-fledged company. The papers have been filed, they're fully insured, and the RV fleet has doubled in size (to two — with more on the way).

“Etsy For Eco” Ethical Community Raises $300,000+ In Seed Funding

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Ethical Community, an online, eco-friendly marketplace (which has plans for a snazzier name in the works!), has secured a £200,000 ($316,640 USD) round of seed funding from a syndicate of angel investors, the company is announcing today. Founded in 2009, the marketplace has signed up over 850 sellers from around the world, who have now listed over 7,000 eco-friendly, organic and natural products including clothing, jewelry, health and beauty products, food and drink items, pet items and more.

Brightcove Shares Pop Over 30 Percent On First Trade; Valued At Nearly $400M

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Online video service Brightcove has just made its public debut on the NASDAQ under the symbol 'BCOV', with an opening trade of $14.50. This is up over 30 percent from the company's original pricing of $11 per share, after setting the range of $10-$12 per share. At $14.50 per share, Brightcove is valued at $382 million. Brightcove sells online video publishing and distribution services, including Brightcove Video Cloud, an enterprise-friendly online video hosting and management platform, and Brightcove App Cloud, a software application development and management platform designed to help customers publish and distribute video through software apps across multiple Internet-connected devices.

Real Estate Site VivaReal Raises Cash To Be The Zillow For Brazil

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VivaReal.com.br, a real estate marketplace in Brazil, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from a number of angels and investors, including Greg Waldorf, Simon Baker, Shaun Di Gregorio, Wences Casares, Micky Malka, Ariel Poler, Gordon Rubenstein, 500 Startups, Jeff Fluhr, Errol Damelin, Florian Pass, Monashees Capital and Kaszek Ventures. As co-founder Brian Requarth tells me in more developed markets like the U.S., property searchers have the option to find almost all the inventory for sale or rent online. In Brazil, a fraction of the listings are available online and it is still a highly fragmented marketplace. In the U.S., we have the MLS, which is a centralized database for rental and for sale listings, but in Brazil there's no such mechanism in place.

As Social Bookmarking Reignites, Venture-Backed Clipboard Acquires Clipmarks & Amplify

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Clipboard, the web clipping service founded by former Overture vet Gary Flake, has just completed the acquisitions of two competitors, Amplify and Clipmarks. The startup, which is taking on the challenge of reviving social bookmarking, is backed by many top notch investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, SV Angel, Betaworks, DFJ, First Round, CrunchFund (note: TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington is a founding partner in CrunchFund) and others. Current Amplify and Clipmarks users will be invited to join Clipboard via email, but anyone else can request an invitation to the Clipboard private beta directly from the the service's homepage.

Motorola Droid 4 Review: This Keyboard Rocks, But That’s About It

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The Droid 4 doesn't look much like its other Droid siblings, but it does promise the same stellar keyboard and a solid construction. At dollarsignr199 it won't break your wallet, but it will offer most of the same specs we're seeing go for dollarsignr300, including a 4G LTE radio. If thin and light is important to you, the Droid 4 probably isn't what you're looking for, but keyboard purists should start getting excited... right... now.

Google: Unlocking The Door For More Android Originality?

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It sometimes feels like a absurd story without an ending, trying to track who is attacking whom in the mobile patent game. But Google has now secured one patent that may demonstrate how companies are figuring out ways of getting around would-be infringement issues -- and possibly produce more differentiated products in the process. A Google patent, published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, looks like it could pave the way for a new way of unlocking a mobile device. The news comes just as Android-handset maker Motorola, which Google is in the process of acquiring, got a ruling against it in Germany for another mobile unlock patent, in an ongoing case filed by Apple.

Feel Free To Run Samsung’s New Memory Cards Over With A Truck

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There’s little doubt that Samsung knows how to put together a handsome television or smartphone, but to produce a stylish memory card — well that’s another story entirely. Samsung's certainly willing to give it a shot though, and the end result is their new line of brushed metal SD and microSD cards.

Imitation Is The Sincerest Form Of Stealing Someone’s Design: HipChat vs Messages

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Clearly there needs to be a workshop or CBT or something on trademark in Cupertino because Apple simply cannot stop infringing! As you see here, the handsome icon for the Messages app looks a lot like a reversed version of the icon for HipChat's group chat service. HipChat CEO Pete Hurley took it in stride, assuming that they would be the ones who would have to change their logo in order to appease the great Moloch of West Coast.

ProView Is Suing Apple Over The Rights To An iMac Clone

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Patent trolls - mere shells of companies that go after potential infringements in order to rack up some hefty legal fees and maybe a settlement or two - don't have an institutional memory. Take the great iPad in China debacle. What you see above is ProView's "iPad." The eagle-eyed among you will note that is bears more than a passing resemblance to the old iMac, circa 1998.

Foxconn Increases Wages, Raises Pay By 16-25% For Chinese Workers

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Foxconn is under increased scrutiny as of late. The nearly 40-year old company assembles a big portion of the world's electronic goods but many are questioning its treatment of workers. But nothing calms a troubled soul like cash. The company just released a statement indicating pay raises for Chinese workers just before the Fair Trade Association is set to interview employees about life at Foxconn. The base pay of junior level worker in Shenzhen is now at 1,800 yuan (dollarsignr290) per month and, if the worker passes a technical examination, it will be raised to 2,200 yuan. Three years ago the base pay was just 900 yuan per month.

More Backpedaling: Netflix Brings Back the $7.99 DVD-Only Plan

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Netflix is looking to make things right again. The company just reintroduced its DVD-only subscription plan. Consumers are finally able to sign up for this plan without also paying for (or trying) Netflix streaming. As Softpedia points out, this option briefly disappeared last fall as the company was trying to realign after the Qwikster disaster.