Microsoft, Time Warner, Tencent consider Activision Blizzard purchase

Vivendi hasn't entered the next phase of finding a buyer for its majority stake in video game business Activision Blizzard. Reports in April suggested that the company was looking to make the game publishing and development business its own independent entity, but Bloomberg reported on Jul.

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An inside peek at Twitter's mobile site redesign

Twitter's mobile website has long been a bit of an ugly duckling - a third wheel if you will - since most heavy users rely on first- or third-party iOS, Android, and Windows Phone apps, but mobile.twitter.com serves an important role for the many on feature phones, dumbphones, and smartphones without dedicated apps.

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NBC, Adobe Unveil Live Olympic Streaming App

NBC which plans to stream all of the London Olympics to Web viewers this summer, will also make the games available on iPhones, iPads and some Android devices. A free "NBC Olympics Live Extra" app, created by Adobe, should be available today; like NBC's Web video, most of the app's video will only be available to pay-TV customers.

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Great Startups Need Founders' Heart, Mind and Soul

Everyone's heard startup advice about the importance of having a balanced management team. For instance, a tech whiz with no sales skills needs to have a strong salesperson on board to land investors. But a new book argues that startup management teams need a balance not only of job experience and skills, but also in their psychological makeup.

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Taking a Photo of Yourself Flying an F-16 Is the Only Good Self-Profile-Pic

The self-portrait is a risky, easily mangled gambit. It can go very wrong. So if you're going to take the plunge, go for gold and do something like shooting yourself in the cockpit of an F-16D Fighting Falcon. Here's text from the Air Force's Flickr page:

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