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PicTricks emerges from beta to let real humans fix your photos

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by on May 29, 2014 at 11:35 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Product Launches

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So you have a poorly lit, badly composed photo. Join the club. Despite exponential growth in the quantity of photos shot for social networks, blogs and personal albums, it seems the quality of those pictures has not improved. PicTricks, an online service that just emerged from an extended beta, gives those who lack that photo fixing sleight-of-hand another choice. You can ditch the do-it-yourself phone and tablet photo editors and sophisticated desktop software in favor of a warm and sensitive human being to entrust with your precious shot. PicTricks is not an app and it is not a Web photo…

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It’s confirmed: Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is buying the LA Clippers NBA team for $2 billion

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by on May 29, 2014 at 11:14 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

UPDATE: It’s confirmed — Shelly Sterling has issued a press release announcing that she has signed a binding contract for the sale of the Clippers to Ballmer at a price of $2 billion. Our original story follows. Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s former CEO, has found something new to do with this time. According to the LA Times, he just won the bid to become the new owner of the Los Angeles Clippers NBA team. Ballmer will reportedly pay $2 billion for the honor, making the Clippers worth about two-third of a Beats. The sale, which is pending approval, sets a record for the league. The Clippers went…

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Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is reportedly buying the LA Clippers NBA team for $2 billion

May29
by on May 29, 2014 at 11:14 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s former CEO, has found something new to do with this time. According to the LA Times, he just won the bid to become the new owner of the Los Angeles Clippers NBA team, . Ballmer will reportedly pay $2 billion for the honor, making the Clippers worth about 2/3rds of a Beats. The sale, which is pending approval, sets a record for the league. The Clippers went up on the auction block after current owner Donald Sterling was punished after a recording emerged of him making seemingly racist comments. Despite Ballmer’s Seattle roots, he has pledged to keep the Clippers in LA. I’m personally…

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Amazon reportedly adding music streaming to Prime this summer

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by on May 29, 2014 at 9:46 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Amazon is gearing up to add music streaming to its Prime offering as early as June or July, BuzzFeed reports. Before you get too excited, the selection is said to only include songs that are at least six months old. With Apple now jumping into streaming music through its Beats acquisition, this should be an interesting year for the space. According to the report, the service already has deals with two of the three major music labels, as well as a number of independent record companies. ➤ Amazon Prime To Offer Music Streaming Service — With 6-Month-Old Songs [BuzzFeed] Thumbnail…

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Amazon reportedly adding music streaming to Prime this summer

May29
by on May 29, 2014 at 9:46 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Amazon is gearing up to add music streaming to its Prime offering as early as June or July, BuzzFeed reports. Before you get too excited, the selection is said to only include songs that are at least six months old. With Apple now jumping into streaming music through its Beats acquisition, this should be an interesting year for the space. According to the report, the service already has deals with two of the three major music labels, as well as a number of independent record companies. ➤ Amazon Prime To Offer Music Streaming Service — With 6-Month-Old Songs [BuzzFeed] Thumbnail…

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