Twitter acquired the Portland, Oregon-based startup LuckySort yesterday, a company known for its ability to crunch huge amounts of texts to identify and visualize topics and trends. The company will be shutting down its product and moving its staff to San Francisco where they will join Twitter's...
Twitter wants to help advertisers identify key topics and trends
Twitter users will soon be able to watch highlights from various sporting events thanks to a deeper partnership the company is said to have reached with ESPN. Set to become official tomorrow during ESPN's upfront presentation to advertisers, the...
Aereo announced ambitious plans to launch in 22 new cities this year, and now it has just given details on the third city to receive the innovative streaming TV service. Atlanta residents will be able to access Aereo starting on June 17th — pre-registered customers will get an invite to join up for service that day, and it'll be available to all potential customers in the area one week later....
If you're looking for screenshots of Atari's 1976 blockbuster Breakout, you may be in for a surprise today. Typing "atari breakout" into Google Image Search will return a fully playable version of the game, where the images are rendered as breakable blocks.
The original version of the game was developed by a pre-Apple Steve Wozniak after his friend Steve Jobs promised Atari founder Nolan Bushnell that he could deliver a prototype in just four days. While this Google version may not have quite as storied a history, it stands out as one of the more elaborate Easter eggs we've seen from the search giant.
Google's latest breakout hit
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