Monday, October 1, 2012

Top Stories of the Day // October 1, 2012

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Today's Top Stories // Oct 1, 2012

The Kindle Paperwhite Is A Reader's Dream

The e-reader arms race moves at a glacial pace. Barnes & Noble does one thing, Amazon follows. Amazon adds a feature and, slowly but surely, B&N adds... read more

FreedomPop Opens Its Freemium Internet Service To The Masses With New Public Beta

It's been nearly a year since a company called FreedomPop announced its intentions (through a cryptically ambitious press release, no less) that it planned to... read more

An Analysis Of Market Demand For Web Programming Languages

Editor's note: Marc Gayle is a Rails developer and founder of 5KMVP, where he builds Minimum Viable Products for just $5K. Follow him on Twitter. ... read more

(R)evolution

I love my iPhone. I love connectivity. I hate the resulting obligation of connectivity - and that removing one's self from it now makes you the crazy person,... read more

Up Close With The Next Big Home Commodity: LED Lighting

Editor's note: Sal Cangeloso is the editor of Geek.com and wrote a new book on an odd topic. It's called LED Lighting: A Primer to Lighting the Future and it... read more

Yandex Gives Google A One-Two Punch In Russia: A New Browser And App Store For The Local Search Giant

Yandex today is doubling down in its ongoing battle to make sure that Google doesn't eat away its market share in Russia, with the launch of two products that... read more

Apple's Reported Indian Retail Store Plans Run Up Against Local Sourcing Roadblock

Apple is reportedly considering the opening of physical Apple Retail locations in India, but the WSJ reports that that could be a problem because of an Indian... read more

Square Competitor mPowa Inks Multi-Million-Dollar White Label Deal With First National Bank, South Africa

Square is gearing up to launch its first international services by the end of this year, but in the meantime, one of its many dongle-based mobile payment... read more

Resignation Media Hires CEO John Ellis To Run Tapiture, Its Fast-Growing Pinterest For Men

The idea of a "Pinterest for men" is something that gets thrown around a lot — a few months ago, it seemed like I'd get a pitch for a new one every day.... read more

Dish And The Dream Of Internet TV

So Dish is the latest company interested in building an Internet TV service, as Bloomberg reported last week that it was in talks with various networks about... read more

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