Tech Takeaway: Tumblr for parents, Facebook face lifts in India [Video]
Tumblr has tapped into parents, and some Facebook users are going to great lengths to get the perfect profile picture.
Moms are joining Tumblr: Since Tumblr was bought by Yahoo, users have created 14 million new blogs. It seems many of those users are moms, or “mumblrs.”
Facebook users in India get plastic surgeries for perfect profile pictures: Some people use Photoshop to fix their profile pictures, but many young users in India reportedly are turning to plastic surgery to improve their image on social networks.
Best Buy drops BlackBerry Z10 price: In what may be a sign of poor sales, Best Buy has lowered the price AT&T; and Verizon versions of the BlackBerry Z10 smartphone to $50 from $200.
Eric Schmidt reveals the Moto X: Motorola announced this month that the Moto X will be built in the U.S., but until Thursday, we didn’t know what it would look like. That changed when Google Chairman Eric Schmidt pulled the phone out at a tech conference to make a call.
Android gets a Vine feature the iPhone can’t have: Android Vine users can now add an icon to their smartphone’s home screen so they can quickly begin recording video. This feature probably won’t be available on the iPhone.
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