Monday, October 29, 2012

Top Stories of the Day // October 29, 2012

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Today's Top Stories // Oct 29, 2012

As Google And Amazon Fight Up, Apple Refuses To Fight Down

After this past week's Apple event, one thing stood out to me above all others. And just to make sure, I watched the event again. Same result.... read more

Why The Future Of Search May Look More Like Yahoo Than Google

Rewind to the late 90s. Almost everything you needed – email, news, sports, stocks, maps and more – was conveniently on one site: Yahoo!. Yahoo! was the... read more

New Nexus 7 Pricing Confirmed: $199 For 16GB, $249 For 32GB

Google is dropping the price on its 7-inch tablet. The 16GB model will soon cost $199, down from the original $249 MSRP. Likewise, a new model, a 32GB flavor,... read more

Badabing! For iOS Helps You Find All Of Your Facebook Friends' Bikini Pics

Ok, so this app made me feel really dirty when I downloaded it. It's called Badabing! and it basically goes through your friends' photos on Facebook to pull out... read more

Amazon Gets Feisty, Updates Homepage To Talk Smack On The iPad Mini

Competition in the low-cost tablet space has been heating up for a while now thanks to strong new hardware from the likes of Asus, Google, and Barnes &... read more

Microsoft Releases Windows 8 Companion App For Syncing Media With Windows Phone 8 Devices Ahead Of Big WP8 Reveal

Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 event takes place later today -- where we expect to find out exactly how the integration between WP8, Microsoft's new mobile OS, and... read more

Major Wireless Carriers Hunker Down For Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy, what may essentially be the biggest storm to hit the North Eastern seaboard in history, is barreling toward us, through the Atlantic, at this... read more

To Successfully Launch A Product, You Have To Tell A Compelling Story

"The art of narration and dramatic presentation, together with a keen sense of the oral epic style, became a characteristic quality of the Russian people."... read more

Nokia Fully Details The Windows Phone 8-Powered Lumia 822, Coming To Verizon This Fall

Nokia today officially announced that it will be offering the Nokia Lumia 822 as part of its "Fall portfolio," bringing the Windows Phone 8-powered Lumia 820... read more

The Prop 37 Phenomenon on Facebook

Over the past two weeks, I've been involved in a Facebook ad campaign whose results are astonishing.  It's a political campaign supporting California's... read more

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Friday, October 26, 2012

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Top Stories of the Day // October 26, 2012

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Today's Top Stories // Oct 26, 2012

Following The Letter Of The Law: Apple Publishes Non-Apology To Samsung On Its Website To Comply With U.K. Court Ruling

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Scenes From Microsoft's Packed Times Square Surface Launch

Driving through Times Square is a tricky proposition even on normal nights, but for a few moments tonight it was basically impossible to cruise down 7th Avenue.... read more

Get An iPhone 5 That Looks Like Unicorn Poop For Only $1700

Apple only offers its iPhone 5 in sober black or white/gray, and while I respect their minimalist design sensibilities, some people might want more color... read more

Here Comes The Nexus 4 Smartphone, 3G Nexus 7 Tablet, And The Nexus 10 iPad Killer

Google is about to throw down. At next week's NYC Android event, the big G is expected yell "me too!" and reveal a full line of Nexus devices. Watch out, Mr.... read more

Apple's iPad Mini, 4th Gen iPad Now Available For Pre-Order – Wi-Fi Only Versions Deliver November 2

If you're looking to get your hands on an iPad mini after the big reveal this past Tuesday, now's the time to pre-order, and shoppers can choose any version of... read more

Video Game Journalist Out Of A Job For Calling Out Dead-Eyed, Dorito-Hoarding Journalists

In the great, wide world of journalism, games journalism is a weird animal. Those who "practice" - and practice it well - face a barrage of PR perks, free... read more

Cars That Fly *And* Float: Explaining Apple's Q4 And Beyond

Apple's Q4 2012 results were mixed. As usual, reading Twitter, you'd think this was the end of the world. Nevermind that Amazon managed to post a loss on $13.8... read more

Unpinned: Facebook Shuts Down Test Of Its Pinterest-Style Collections Feature

No so Pinteresting after all. Facebook began testing Collections on October 8th. But today I found that product photos users collected had disappeared and links... read more

HTC Sweetens The Deal For Its Windows And One Phones With Best Deals Service In Europe

To drive more consumers to its handsets in Europe, HTC is turning to exclusive content. Today the company is launching a daily deals service called Best Deals,... read more

Apple Adds 8 New Currencies Supported In App Store, Including Russian Ruble, Indian Rupee And Saudi Riyal

Apple continues to go global with its App Store ambitions: the company has made eight additions to the list of supported currencies. The new currencies are the... read more

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Thursday, October 25, 2012

Top Stories of the Day // October 25, 2012

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Today's Top Stories // Oct 25, 2012

Google Has Given Us The Gift Of One Click Access To Docs, Sheets And Slides...Oh My!

I use Google products for pretty much everything, including documents, spreadsheets (ew) and slide presentations (double ew). Now that these products are... read more

Microsoft's Antoine Leblond: Windows 8 Will Have More Apps In Its Store Than Any Other Platform Had At Launch

There's been a lot of chatter about the amount of apps in the Windows Store ahead of this week's Windows 8 launch. Earlier today, I had a chance to sit down... read more

One More Thing, Ad Infinitum

In almost every case, the conventional wisdom is that Apple follows but does not lead. The iPad happened long after the first Windows tablets flopped and the... read more

Hands On With The Canon 6D, An Affordable Full-Frame With Wi-Fi On Board

Besides spending some time with the Canon EOS M, I also got to test out the Canon 6D, a new full-frame offering from the camera-maker that's set to arrive later... read more

Zillow Adds 1.8M Foreclosed And Pre-Foreclosure Homes To Its Real Estate Listings

Online real estate service Zillow is expanding its real estate listings today by adding "pre-market inventory" — specifically, homes that have either been... read more

Google's Heart-Warming Videos Supporting Marriage Equality Laws This Election

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Dhingana Raises $7M For Free, Streaming Indian Music

Dhingana, a startup with a free service for streaming Indian and Bollywood music, has raised $7 million in Series B funding.... read more

Hands On With The EOS M, Canon's First Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens Camera

Canon waited quite a while to get into the mirrorless interchangeable lens camera (MILC) market, biding its time as competitors like Olympus, Panasonic and Sony... read more

12 Generous Startups: $10,000 Worth Of Web Tools (From Box, Twilio, HotGloo And More) Offered Free To 1,000 Young Startups

Q: What do you do when you've shut down one startup before getting work on the next one? The answer, in Matthieu Vaxelaire's case, is help out some other... read more

Get Thee To The MacHeistery: 18+ Seriously Good Apps Are Going For $29

I would have posted this sooner but I just noticed that amazing indie game Braid and Bioshock 2 just ended up in the MacHeist bundle and popped over to the site... read more

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