6 Free Apps to Organize a More Efficient Carpool

1. Carpool School Edition

This app is designed specifically for students who carpool to school. Find out who lives near you and invite them to form a carpool group. You can add members of your group manually or import them from your contacts.

The app lets you manually create

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When Google acquired Motorola Mobility, Larry Page said the move would help "supercharge the Android ecosystem," but first, the firm needs to reorganize. That seems to be starting — the company just announced that it will be closing a third of its 94 offices and laying off 20 percent of its workforce,

Backers & Hackers Start Playing With App.net

Over the weekend, budding Twitter competitor App.net reached its funding goal of $500,000. Already the service has an alpha website and an API, allowing backers and hackers alike to play with it. As to be expected, the early users are geeky – and mostly male. It’s fun watching a nascent service find

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Samsung refreshing Series 7 Gamer with 3D display, AMD Radeon HD 7870M

If Samsung’s first dedicated gaming laptop wasn’t built to your liking, you’re about to get another option — the Series 7 Gamer is due for a refresh. The company’s Samsung Tomorrow blog pegs the new build as the Series 7 Gamer Yellow 3D, which outshines the subtle design we praised in our review of

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App.net Raises $600K to Build an Ad-Free Alternative to Twitter

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Tech M&A Volume Slows In Q2 As Big Deals Take Center Stage

When it comes to mergers and acquisitions in the technology industry, deal quantity has given way to quality — or, at least, to deal size.

According to Pricewaterhouse Coopers’ latest US technology M&A Insights report for the second quarter of 2012, M&A deal transaction volume decreased by 15 percent

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