Saturday, August 24, 2013

Top Stories of the Day // August 24, 2013

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Today's Top Stories // Aug 24, 2013

Justdelete.me Wants To Help You Pull The Plug On All Those Pesky Online Accounts

It's tiring, isn't it? Doing everything online, I mean. Everyday you log into services tailor-made for shopping, searching, sharing, watching, chatting,... read more

Motorola's New Keyboard-Packing Droid 5 Reportedly Caught On Film

Motorola just showed off three new Droid smartphones last month (or, if you prefer, one new Droid and two spinoffs), but it's apparently not done cranking out... read more

Google Glass Isn't Coming To Best Buy Next Year, And It Won't Cost $299

Even though Google Glass is out in the wild and on the heads of around 10,000 people, there are still plenty of questions about it. For a long time now, we've... read more

Inside Ballmer's Exit And Who Definitely Won't Be Microsoft's Next CEO

Today Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced that he will retire in the next 12 months. His successor is not known, but the move marks the end of an era in... read more

Jobs, Robots, Capitalism, Inequality, And You

Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe everything will be fine. Maybe the "widening gap between rich and poor" is temporary. Maybe the steady growth in the proportion of jobs... read more

Yahoo Acquires Image-Recognition Startup IQ Engines To Improve Flickr Photo Organization & Search

Oh, so you thought Yahoo's acquisition spree was over? Not even close. A Yahoo spokesperson has confirmed that the revitalized web giant has snapped up yet... read more

FitTrip Will Take You On Tours Of The World From The Safety Of Your Gym

I'm a mediocre runner at best, and I've taken to blaming that on the dearth of idyllic running spots in my particular corner of New Jersey. For schlubs like me,... read more

How Fast Should You Be Growing?

Paul Graham wrote a great post in which he defines a startup as a "company designed to grow fast" and encouraged founders to constantly measure their growth... read more

Growth Project Manager Erin Teague Leaves Path For Quora

Erin Teague, a project manager for growth at Path, is leaving for the same position at Quora, as first reported by AllThingsD's Liz Gannes.... read more

Locket, Which Puts Ads On Your Lock Screen, Asks Users To Vote For The Ads They Want To See

Locket, the startup that pays Android users to engage with ads, is now asking those users to weigh in on the type of ads that they want to see.... read more

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