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Google’s Schmidt offers $1M in grants, talks WhatsApp and Motorola

Google's exec chairman wants to support big ideas for big problems

Is Microsoft becoming an open source advocate?

Microsoft has been showing some signs of warming to the open source world lately.

Zuckerberg wants Facebook to be the world’s Internet on-ramp

He uses his Mobile World Congress keynote to talk about the Internet.org project

Google yanks option to restore Chrome’s old-style new tab page, riles users all over again

Google digs in its heels, tells users to find an add-on if they don't like the new new tab page

Facebook rethinks what happens to your posts after you die

New changes do away with previous visibility restrictions

LinkedIn gives users the blocking feature they asked for

Blocking others will also remove them from a user's network

Trying to Make Sense of Facebook’s Massive Bet on WhatsApp

Vonage Business Solutions’ President: “A good year for a company like ours.”

Company Reports Solid Business Revenue Growth, Plans for More to Come

Sidecar testing new trending tool for activity hot spots

The feature would show users heavily trafficked areas for rides

Tip of the Hat: WhatApp users are the big losers in Facebook deal

While WhatApp and Facebook will get some significant benefits from the $19 billion deal, it's unclear what happens to users of the messaging app