Storify adds App.net as a source for its curated story line archives

Some good news today for users of the upstart App.net - Archival services Storify has just added the Twitter-esque service as a source for its story streams. It's the second, somewhat-major, external tool that we've seen adopt App.net, with Buffer having added the service a mere hours after the $500,000 funding goal was met.

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How I Built the Media Center of My Dreams for Under $500

Between the Blu-Ray player, cable box, laptop, and everything else hooked up to your TV, your home theater situation is a mess. Here's how I rolled all those devices into one awesome media center-the media center of my dreams-for under $500. Music by Pex Mahoney Tufvession.

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Muck Rack's New Landing Pages For Journalists Put PR Spam On Notice

Media conversation-tracking website Muck Rack is launching a new feature today: portfolio profile pages for journalists. The new pages are a big improvement over the old profile pages, which reporters had little control over and were most useful as a tweet archive.

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Google Launches Octane: A New JavaScript Benchmark Based On Popular Apps And Libraries - TechCrunch

Google's Chrome team just launched Octane, a new JavaScript benchmark suite that aims to measure real-world performance. Unlike most other benchmarks, which tend to use artificial tests developed to stress a certain feature, Octane is based upon a set of well-known web applications and libraries.

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Why Email Marketing is King

In a business world obsessed with gaining more customer intelligence, you would think that email marketing would get more respect. But just look at media spending. According to eMarketer, this year U.S. companies are spending about $64 billion per year on TV, $34 billion on print ads, and $39 billion on Internet advertising.

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