RIM Cuts 5,000 Extra Staff After Reporting Loss, Microsoft Tie-Up Possible

News updates all day from Fast Company. After posting an adjusted net loss of $192 million, its first net loss in eight years on revenues of $2.8 billion for the first quarter, smartphone giant RIM is said to be facing enormous pressure.

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Pinterest: The Next Social Frontier for Music

Pinterest is steadily growing out of the stereotype that it's just for sharing recipes and planning weddings. The social scrapbook already plays a central role in the social media strategies of visual artists, publishers and certain types of businesses. Now, with the addition of features for pinning music and video, musicians are catching on.

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Blip launches studio focused on branded content

Blip, one of the more successful platforms for distributing online video through YouTube, is launching a new L.A.-based production studio focused on branded entertainment. Steve Woolf, previously VP of content for New York-based Blip, will run the new studio operation from his newly minted position as senior VP of content and president of Blip Studios.

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Instagram adds minor web functionality, ability to like and comment

Minor updates to Instagram's website today comes as the originally mobile-centric site begins to move further toward desktop interactivity. Users will now be able to like and comment on Instagram photos through the Instagram website, and they'll be able to follow new users as well. Instagram [...]

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Best Android Keyboard?

Your keyboard is one the fundamental ways you interact with your Android phone, and whether you use the stock Android keyboard (which is getting an big upgrade in Android 4.1 Jelly Bean) or you've picked up one of our favorite alternative keyboards or prefer a completely different one, we want to...

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