Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Top Stories of the Day // March 20, 2013

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Today's Top Stories // Mar 20, 2013

Jawbone Releases Android UP App, Makes Wristband Available In European Apple Stores

Jawbone announced today that its app for UP, the company's movement-tracking wristband, is now available for Android on Google Play. The $129 UP was previously... read more

Gridcase's Reactor Is A $149 iPhone 5 Case With A Battery-Boosting Built In Hand-Crank (Or It Will Be If It Gets Crowdfunded)

One of the criticisms Android fans like to level at the iPhone is its non-get-at-able battery -- meaning you can't carry a spare (or rip the battery out to hard... read more

Amazon Rumored To Be Working On A $99 7-Inch Kindle Fire HD

How low will Amazon's tablets go? We're now hearing that a $99 Kindle Fire 7" tablet is in production, and will be shipping this year. At a price that low, the... read more

Google Embeds March Madness Bracket In Search, Because Screw Sports Sites

Who wins basketball games is an immutable fact. No one owns that information, so why should some random sports sites get the windfall of traffic as millions of... read more

Amazon Launches 'Send to Kindle' Button For Web Developers & WordPress Blogs

Amazon just launched the Send to Kindle button, which clips Web content and saves it to Kindle readers and apps, for Web developers and WordPress bloggers. The... read more

Withings Smart Body Analyzer Now Available For $149.95, Here's How It Performs

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The TechCrunch 'Lean In' Roundtable, Part 1: Controversy, Fear, And How To Fight It

There has been a lot of buzz about Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's new book Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, which made its chart-topping debut in... read more

Fashion Site Nasty Gal Flirts With Free Shipping To Encourage Shoppers To Splurge

LA-based online fashion outlet Nasty Gal, which picked up almost $50 million in funding last year in two rounds (both from Index Ventures), is now using some of... read more

ShareThis Aims For Mobile, With $23M Series C Led By T-Venture, Acquisition Of Social App Platform, Socialize

Palo Alto-based publisher platform ShareThis, the maker of those "social sharing" buttons scattered across the web, is today announcing having closed on $23... read more

After Pushing Silent Update To Some, Facebook Releases Updated Android App For All On Google Play

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