Thursday, March 21, 2013

Top Stories of the Day // March 21, 2013

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Today's Top Stories // Mar 21, 2013

Apple Patents iPhone Drop Protection Mechanisms That Are Built Right Into The Device

A new Apple patent filing describes a variety of methods to protect a dropped iPhone during a fall, lessening damage through a number of clever systems. The... read more

How The Internet Is Erasing The Religious Right's Political Power

The religious right isn't having a good year: the new Republican National Committee roadmap almost entirely excludes religious issues, a majority of young... read more

Google's Play Store Android App May Soon Get Another Facelift

Google's been awfully busy these past few weeks, but it seems that between sunsetting Reader (and pissing off most of the internet in the process) and rolling... read more

To Improve Conversations, Facebook Will Launch A Reply Feature And Most Active Threads On Pages And Popular Profiles

Facebook is preparing to roll out a new feature on Pages and popular Profiles that will help increase interactions with fans and readers: Replies. Up to now,... read more

U.S. Department Of Defense Reportedly Planning To Buy 650,000 iOS Devices After Nixing BB10 To Cut Costs

The U.S. Department of Defense will order 650,000 iOS devices to replace older BlackBerry devices that are incompatible with the new BlackBerry 10 operating... read more

Google's Eric Schmidt Says The Ball Is In Apple's Court For Google Now On iPhone And iPad

Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt was on stage today at the Google Big Tent Summit in India, and he discussed a range of topics, including Google Now.... read more

Canon Unveils World's Smallest DSLR, The SL1, Along With Barely Updated T5i Entry-Level Rebel

Canon has indeed introduced a new, very small DSLR as rumored earlier in the week. The SL1 (as it's known in the U.S.) is "world's smallest and lightest DSLR... read more

British Airways Launches UnGrounded 'Innovation Lab In The Sky' To Solve Problems By Putting Techies On Planes Together

British Airways today announced the first of its "UnGrounded" innovation lab flights that will assemble 100 Silicon Valley luminaries on a flight to London to... read more

Google's Schmidt Says Chrome & Android Will Remain Separate -- But Don't Be Fooled: Two Years Ago He Confirmed They Will Merge

Google's Eric Schmidt has said Mountain View will keep its two OSes, Android and Chrome, separate after all, according to a Reuters report. Schmidt, who is in... read more

YouTube Announces That It Has Hit One Billion Monthly Users, Which Is Roughly Ten Super Bowl Audiences

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