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Facebook tests the ability to share collections of curated content more publicly

Facebook’s Collections, which allow users to organize content found on Facebook — like posts, photos, videos and more — are now becoming more broadly shareable. The company says it&#

Firefox’s newest Test Pilot experiments help you track prices and email links

Test Pilot is Mozilla’s program for experimenting with some of its more outlandish ideas for Firefox and beyond. Some of those experiments make it into the browser itself, some become standalone

Instagram officially launches re-sharing of posts to Stories

No, it’s not a “regram” option. Sorry!  But today, Instagram is officially launching a new feature that will allow users to re-share someone’s Instagram post with their friend

URB-E’s launching a scooter sharing network at college campuses and hotels

URB-E, the startup that creates foldable electric scooters, is launching a transportation system designed to promote scooter sharing on colleges campuses and other large residential developments. One

SendVid Makes It Easy To Upload And Send Video

The folks that brought you Shared a few years ago are at it again. This time they're trying to make it easy to share video. Called SendVid, the new service is as simple as can be. You upload a vide

Facebook Testing A ‘Save For Later’ Feature, Chasing That Engagement Carrot

Facebook is looking at implementing an Instapaper- or Pocket-like "Save for Later" feature, according to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.mytechskool.com/2013/11/facebook-tests-instapaperpocket-lik

Shared.Com Takes On Mega, Dropbox With 100GB Of Free Storage Space

Share Media is a four-person, bootstrapped company that aims to take on Kim Dotcom. Their service, basically a way to drag and drop files and instantly share them with others, offers 100GB free with

Google Is Reportedly Working On A Service To Help You Share Your Gadgets, Clothes And Other Stuff With Friends

So here is one of the weirder rumors coming out of Mountain View we've seen in a while: as Google Operating System's Alex Chitu <a target="_blank" href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2013/06/google

Can BuzzFeed Be Stopped?

It's been a good week for old media. <i>The Guardian</i>, <i>The Washington Post</i>, <i>The New York Times</i>, and <i>The Wall Street Journal</i> have all done a superb job of reporting on the NSA/P

Twitter Releases Vine For Android Smartphones As It Tops 13M Users

Twitter has released Vine for Android, bringing the 6-second video sharing service to Google's mobile OS for the first time. The Vine app is available for Android smartphones right now, and is a free

Pocket Launches ‘Send To Friend’ Feature For One-To-One Sharing As It Hits 35M Saves Per Month

Save for later service Pocket debuted a new feature today, which allows users to quickly send content saved to their Pocket accounts to contacts from within the app. The feature uses that most old-sch

Google Launches Google+ Sign-In For Mobile And Web With New Selective And Interactive Sharing, One-Click Android App Installs

Google just <a target="_blank" href="http://googleplusplatform.blogspot.com/2013/02/google-plus-sign-in.html">announced</a> a major update to its <a target="_blank" href="https://developers.google.co

WebEx Co-Founder Launches Moxtra, A Fresh Take On Collaboration And Collection For iPad And Web

A couple of weeks ago I reported about the upcoming launch of Moxtra, a new tool from a group including many former WebEx folks that was starting a private beta for its virtual binder-based social col

Banjo Releases iPad And Android Tablet App, Focuses On Content Consumption And The Second Screen

Banjo, the location-based social network for sharing images and content tied to specific real-world locales, today unveiled its new native iPad and Android apps. This marks the first time Banjo has ma

Wappwolf, Home To IFTTT-Like Automation Tools, Launches iBeam.it For Sharing Content Across Online Services

Wappwolf, the startup offering <a target="_blank" href="http://ifttt.com/">IFTTT</a>-like automation tools like <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/12/30/dropbox-automator-is-like-ifttt-for-dropbox/"

Ping.it Launches ‘Noise-Less’ Social Platform For Sharing Web Links In A More Targeted — But Still Sociable — Way

Ping.it, a Norwegian startup that wants to cut down on social networking noise by building a more controlled sharing platform -- described as a cross between email and social networking -- has launche

Airbnb Says Today’s $117M Form D Filing Is Part Of Series B Financing [Update]

In <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/09/26/airbnb-is-raising-a-big-third-round-aiming-for-a-valuation-north-of-2b/">September</a> we broke the story about how the short-term accommodation-sharing s

Spotify For Android Gets NFC Sharing For Ice Cream Sandwich And Better Offline Mode

Without a doubt, Spotify is my service-of-choice for listening to music these days. It was a huge win when I was in Mexico, and its offline mode is an absolute life-saver. For those of you that us

Y Combinator-Backed ReelSurfer Launches To Let You Clip And Share Video From Any Website

Many businesses begin with a simple, and then nagging, frustration. For Christian Yang and Neil Joglekar, it began with Entourage. Well, <em>after</em> Entourage. In college, as big fans of the show,

RelayRides Teams Up With OnStar, Makes Car Sharing Easier For Millions Of GM Owners

Car sharing is suddenly a hot topic and a number of startups like <a target="_blank" href="http://getaround.com">Getaround</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.wheelz.com/">Wheelz</a> and <a targe
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