Fliike Is Your Real-World “Like” Counter

French startup Smiirl has created the Fliike, a design-oriented display of a simple metric of increasing importance to small business owners: their Facebook likes. The Fliike is meant to be displayed in a storefront to bridge the gap between a business’…

Microsoft Windows Store Hits 100,000 Apps

In an important milestone marking its ascendancy into competition with iOS and Android, the Windows app store bassed 100,000 apps in the Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, and Windows RT store. For comparison, iOS and Android each have over 800,000 apps available…

Samsung Acquires Boxee For $30 Million

In an acquisition reported at around $30 million dollars, Samsung has purchased Boxee, the smart TV provider that looked to blend TV and the web. It might not be the greatest deal for the New York/Tel Aviv startup who raised $26 million in funding to date, but…

Netflix Follows Amazon With PBS Deal

On the heels of Amazon’s PBS announcement last week, Netflix today announced a similar deal with the broadcasting network, with a few PBS exclusives thrown in. The service will become exclusive streaming video, on demand. Amazon, though, has PBS’ biggest hit on its…

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