Thursday, September 5, 2013

Top Stories of the Day // September 5, 2013

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Today's Top Stories // Sep 5, 2013

The Death Of Nintendo Has Been Greatly Under-Exaggerated

I love Nintendo. I love Nintendo. I love Nintendo.... read more

Elon Musk To Traverse The U.S. Using A Model S And Tesla Superchargers In 6 Day Trip, With Only 9 Hours Spent Charging

The Tesla Model S is doing remarkably well, despite the challenges it still faces in terms of convincing average consumers that it can meet their everyday... read more

Yahoo Picks A New GeoCities Logo

After months of hype and countless dollars, Yahoo! has unveiled the next big move in its ambitious transformation: a slimmed down logo. read more

Stanford University Is Going To Invest In Student Startups Like A VC Firm

Stanford University is going to start directly investing in students' companies. Stanford is also giving a $3.6 million grant to StartX, a non-profit startup... read more

iPad 5 And iPad Mini 2 Likely Arriving In Q4 2013, Per Analyst Report, With iPad 2 Remaining In Production

Apple's iPad 5 and iPad mini 2 (generational markers, likely not official names by the way) will probably arrive later this year, as has been reported... read more

From Jailbreaks To App Store Awards, Developers Grow Up iPhone

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Secret-Sharing App Whisper Snags $21 Million From Sequoia, Adds Roelof Botha To Its Board

Secret-sharing app Whisper has closed a new round of funding, bringing in $21 million at a $75 to $100 million-post money valuation. The round, as originally... read more

Dash Robotics Reveals A DIY High-Speed Running Robot Kit, Which Hobbyists Can Own For Just $65

Dash Robotics is using crowdfunding to help build its first hobbyist robot for home robotics enthusiast, with the aim of providing advanced tech for very little... read more

Path Monetizes With A $14.99 Per Year Premium Subscription And Introduces Private Sharing

'Private' social network Path is getting a little more intimate, with new features that will allow its users to share moments with specific friends rather than... read more

The Dextrus Robotic Hand Wants To Make Advanced Prosthetics 100X Cheaper Via 3D Printing

The Dextrus hand is the working prototype resulting from Joel Gibbard's Open Hand Project, an open source hardware initiative that aims to lower the cost of... read more



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