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It’s been a busy time forTwitterlately, firstly with the huge furore that surrounded their announcement tochange the rules for developers, and secondly when they announced their acquisition of Tweetdeck (evidently now the two go clearly hand in hand). Now, the are two more rumoured expansions for Twitter: Adwords and photo sharing. It seems Twitter is in the process of new acquisitions that could see them expand its service offering both to advertisers and consumers, which could really see the site come of age among a backdrop that’s traditionally seen them leave the innovation to others....

In theirteardownof the iPhone 4 last year, iFixit was able toidentifythat the phone contained two microphones for noise cancellation, but they weren’t able to determine the manufacturer of the actual noise cancellation processor. Now, thanks to the folks atChipworksdecapping the chip utilized by the iPhone 4, they’ve determined that it is indeed anAudiencemanufactured part. iFixit was unable to ID the part at the time as it was unmarked on a request from Apple....

The new four-bedroom house in Charlotte, N.C., was Crystal Marie and Eskias McDaniels’s personal American dream, the reason they had moved to this Southern town from pricey Los Angeles a few years ago. A lush, long lawn, 2,700 square feet of living space, a neighborhood pool and playground for their son, Nazret. All for $375,000. Prequalifying for the mortgage was a breeze. They said they had saved much more than they would need for the down payment, had very good credit—scores of 805 and 725—and earned roughly six figures each, she in marketing at a utility company and Eskias representing a pharmaceutical company....

The secret startup weapon no one talks about: Befriending competitors Trust me, it’s worth it. Long-term: Acquisition opportunities A major goal of befriending the competition is to set up a future opportunity to acquire them. Time and time again in scaling companies, I’ve found that acquisition is an effective tool to build market share, gain new technologies, and grow a customer base. Moreover, you’re no longer allocating resources to fend off the competition, and instead, their success becomes yours....

Boris is the wise ol’ CEO of TNW who writes a weekly column on everything about being an entrepreneur in tech — from managing stress to embracing awkwardness. You can get his musings straight to your inbox bysigning up for his newsletter! A friend of mine was complaining to me about one of his projects. At one point, I said to him, “Look, if it bothers you so much, why not just cancel it?...