Friday, October 19, 2012

Top Stories of the Day // October 19, 2012

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Today's Top Stories // Oct 19, 2012

Blackboard: With Both Co-founders Now Gone, It's The End Of An Era For The Education Software Giant

This week, in a letter addressed to "The Education Community," Michael Chasen stepped down as the CEO of edtech software giant, Blackboard. In a way, it's the... read more

There's A 3G Samsung Chromebook Coming Soon And It's Just $329

Wait! Belay that order for the $249 Samsung Chromebook! There's a 3G model coming and it's just $329. That's a great deal.... read more

Interview With Reddit Troll, 'Violentacrez', On Anderson Cooper [Video]

Notorious smut peddler, "Violentacrez", gave his first Interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper last night. After being outed by Gawker last week, the 49-year-old... read more

Raspberry Pi Mini Computer: Tiny $35/$25 Price-Tag Could Be Squeezed A little Lower -- But Don't Expect Sub-$20 Pi

How low could the Raspberry Pi mini computer's price-tag go in future? Eben Upton, founder of the not-for-profit Raspberry Pi Foundation and the man behind the... read more

Source: iPad Mini Will Hit Stores And Ship To Early Buyers November 2

Apple's iPad mini is almost certainly set to be announced next week at an event in San Jose Tuesday, and we're now hearing that it will ship a week and a half... read more

Google Adds 25 Million New Building Footprints To Google Maps On Desktop And Mobile

Google just announced that it has added 25 million new building footprints to Google Maps. Most of the company's recent announcement around mapping had to do... read more

Binder Reviews On Amazon.com Fill With Romney-Related Comments

OK, it's no Three Wolf Moon t-shirt, but it's still pretty funny. Following Mitt Romney's comment about "binders full of women" at this week's presidential... read more

French Law Endangers Google's 'Very Existence', Threatens Country-Wide News Boycott

What happens if Google boycotts an entire country's news content? We might get to witness such a trade war if Google excludes French news from its search... read more

Self-Serve Ad Platform SiteScout Now Has 5,000 Customers, $20M In Revenue

Digital ad startup SiteScout has mostly stayed out of the tech press for the past couple of years, but the company says it has been growing quickly in that... read more

Is DataHug's Social CRM App Turning Into The VC's Secret Weapon?

A lot of people are going after something that's been dubbed the social CRM - companies like the much written about Brewster for instance. But there is more... read more

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