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By Mike Butcher George Orwell once wrote about “an instrument known as a versificator” which composed words for songs without any human intervention. Heaven knows we are probably close to that with any Justin Beiber song these days, but the music sometimes still requires a human touch. But not any more, if new startup JukeDeck…

By Sarah Perez A new mobile application called Phantom is offering a way to post personal photos and videos to blogs and social media sites, like Facebook or Twitter, which “self-destruct” like they do in Snapchat, while also offering controls that limit the number of people who can view the content, and more. The idea…

By Romain Dillet Facebook appears to be down right now for many. If you load the website, you will get an error like the one you can see below. The website has been down for around 10 minutes now. Similarly, you get a network error in the mobile apps and your content won’t refresh. Some…

By Jonathan Shieber The Genesis Generation Challenge, a $1 million competition, is now accepting applicants to vie for its pot with their ideas for non-profits or businesses that will solve some global ills. Unfortunately, it’s a terrible time for the Jerusalem-based organization to kick off its latest round of outreach. The million dollar pot is…

By Mike Butcher It’s a weird move for a online content startup to launch a print magazine. Can you imagine Buzzfeed or the Huffington Post doing that? But that’s what GiveMeSport did this week, showcasing it’s new high-end quarterly title at a celeb-packed launch in London. Outside of the usual bluster, what co-founder and CEO…