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Top Stories of the Day // June 25, 2013

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Today's Top Stories // Jun 25, 2013

"Facebook Reader" Is Real, But It's Not RSS Or A Google Reader Wannabe

Facebook is working on a fresh way to read news, a source tells TechCrunch, and an image leaked to us by another might show the "Facebook Reader" in action.... read more

OUYA Gets Its Official Retail Release, But The $99 Game Console Still Hasn't Reached Every Early Backer

The Android-powered OUYA gaming console is celebrating its official first day of general retail availability today, a major milestone to be sure for the... read more

How Sony's SmartWatch 2 Stacks Up To The Pebble And The MetaWatch Strata

Sony's first go at the smartwatch mostly went unnoticed – a lot of people, myself included, had to be reminded of its existence when the Pebble made big waves... read more

Sony Supersizes Its Xperia Smartphone Line With 6.4" Full HD Xperia Z Ultra Phablet

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Rent The Runway Acquires Fashion-Focused Photo Sharing And Styling App Go Try It On

Rent The Runway, the Netflix for designer clothes, accessories and jewelry; has acquired Go Try It On, a startup that allows users to share photos of themselves... read more

A Year After Microsoft Bought It, Yammer Nears 8M Users, Deeper MSFT Integration... And Klout

One year to the day after Microsoft announced that it would acquire enterprise social networking tool Yammer for $1.2 billion, the pair are today publishing... read more

European Publishers, Others Slam Google On "Abusive" Practices, Ask EC To Reject Google Proposal

It looks like it may be back to the drawing board for Google on the European competitive front: hundreds of publishers and publishing trade associations today... read more

Biba Comes Out Of Stealth With $15M In Funding For Mobile-First, Password-Free Conferencing And Messaging Service

The smartphone is changing how people work but so far the applications for web conferencing have not taken much of a mobile-first approach. Biba, a new company... read more

Barnes & Noble Reports $118.6M Loss On Revenue Of $1.3B In Q4, Plans To Open Nook Brand To Tablet OEMs

Barnes & Noble reported its fiscal fourth quarter earnings this morning, and the financials make it clear that the company is still struggling to figure out... read more

Online Book Publishing Platform 7write Raises $250,000 Seed Round From Early PayPal Investor, Others

It's not too often that a startup from 'down under' up roots to join an accelerator in Europe and then gets funded before graduating. Enter online book... read more

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