Top Stories of the Day // August 29, 2013

	Disrupt SF returns in 11 days with Dick Costolo, Marissa Mayer, Mark Zuckerberg and many more. Check out the agenda here and get tickets today! Today's Top Stories // Aug 29, 2013 Catherine Shu Xiaomi, What Americans Need To Know Xiaomi's smartphones are currently sold only in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, but its hire of Hugo Barra as Vice President of Xiaomi Global is a clear signal... read more Alexia Tsotsis Google Exec Departs Amidst Rumors Of Tangled Love Quadrangle We've confirmed a report today that Android VP Hugo Barra is leaving Google for "Apple of China" Xiaomi.... read more Darrell Etherington Skype Building 3D Video Calls That None Of Us Will Likely Use Skype is working on a technology that will no doubt be impressive when used once and then promptly ignored for the rest of time – 3D video calls. The project... read more Darrell Etherington Apple Working On Intelligent Brightness Control And Automated FaceTime Camera Selection Ideally, your smart device of the future anticipates your needs and adjusts itself to suit them without requiring input on your behalf. Two newly published... read more Steve O'Hear Ex-Skypers Aim To Bridge The Gap Between Email And Messaging With Launch Of Fleep When you get pitched a new messaging startup from an Estonian team comprising a number of ex-Skype engineers, you kind of have to take notice. Launching... read more Ingrid Lunden Yahoo Sharpens Its Flickr iOS App With Enhanced Filters, More Camera Tools; Makes Pro Tools Free Yahoo has just released a significant new update for its Flickr photo app for iOS, a further sign of how it wants to be not just where you go to store and view... read more Matthew Panzarino Mailbox Adds Cloud Search For Gmail And Opens Links In Chrome read more Darrell Etherington Global Founders Capital Reveals First Three Investments, Including Lingoda, GirlMeetsDress And Videdressing read more Billy Gallagher Test Driving The Evelo Aries, An Electric Bicycle For Commuters From A Bootstrapped Startup When co-founder Boris Mordkovich and his team at Evelo were ready to launch their electric bicycle company in April 2012, they took an unusual approach: They... read more John Biggs The GMax Large-Format 3D Printer Is Far, Far Bigger Than A Breadbox Given that the average breadbox is 12 inches wide by 6 inches high and deep, we can safely say that the GMax 3D printer, a Kickstarted large format printer can... read more Read more at techcrunch.com To forward this newsletter to a friend, click here.
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