Monday, April 15, 2013

Top Stories of the Day // April 15, 2013

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Today's Top Stories // Apr 15, 2013

YouTube Adds "Tape Mode" To Select Videos In Celebration Of Video Casette Recorder's 57th Birthday

There isn't much to miss about old-school VHS tapes. They are fuzzy, show static, have bad audio, and are generally difficult to navigate around —... read more

Microsoft Reportedly Preparing To Jump On The Smartwatch Bandwagon

Apple, Google, LG, and Samsung are all reportedly working on wrist-worn computing devices behind closed doors, and it seems like that little club of big... read more

Investment Firm Expects AWS Will Hit $20 Billion In Revenues By 2020

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Malware On Mobile Grew 163% In 2012, Infecting Around 32.8M Android Devices, Report Says

Mobile service provider NQ Mobile today released a study of malware covering 2012, using data gathered from the company's Security Labs. It found that malware... read more

Facebook Links Up With Attorneys General In 19 U.S. States For Teen Social Networking Safety Program

Facebook is taking a step today in its bid to position itself as the privacy-respecting social network: it is announcing an alliance with the U.S.'s National... read more

Savvy SoCal Students Bring Their Take On Laser Tag To Kickstarter

I was fortunate enough to spend a solid chunk of my adolescence strapped into an ill-fitting vest and shooting lasers at friends of mine, but a group of... read more

The Bootlegger Modular Pack On Kickstarter Is Three Very Different Backpacks In One

San Francisco-based Boreas Gear, Inc. is funding its latest product through Kickstarter, in an attempt to build a modular pack system that provides three bags... read more

AppGratis Protests App Store Ban With User Petition As Paid Promotion Criticisms Mount

AppGratis, the French app promotion and discovery platform startup that was recently ejected from the App Store on the grounds that it violates Apple's... read more

Alipay Launches Sound Wave Mobile Payments System In Beijing Subway

Alipay has launched a new payment system in the Beijing subway that uses sound waves to connect smartphones with ticketing machines. The sound wave payment... read more

Dish Makes $25.5B Bid For Sprint To Snatch It Out Of Softbank's Hands

A dramatic turn of events in the ongoing story of U.S. carrier consolidation: Dish Network is launching a $25.5 billion bid for number-three carrier Sprint,... read more

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