Thursday, October 31, 2013

Top Stories of the Day // October 31, 2013

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Today's Top Stories // Oct 31, 2013

Nexus 5 Launch Likely Coming Today, Here’s What We Know So Far

Google's Nexus 5 is not a real thing yet, but at this point it's a foregone conclusion; Google will update its Android reference smartphone, which comes with... read more

No, Madam Secretary, Prices On Healthcare.gov Are Not A “Hypothetical Situation”

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Apple Looking Into Practical Solar Charging For Notebooks, iOS Devices

A new patent application published by the USPTO this week indicates that Apple has been thinking about how to practically deliver the benefits of solar power to... read more

New FAA Guidelines Permit More Device Use, All The Way From Take-Off To Landing

For years now, most of us have been quietly not turning off our phones and devices at landing and take off, and merely putting the screens to sleep and stuffing... read more

Facebook Admits Some Decrease Of Usage Amongst Young Teens For The First Time

Facebook may be feeling the pinch from teen-focused mobile-first social networks like Snapchat, as CFO David Ebersman said on today's earnings call that... read more

Facebook’s Q3 ’13 Beats With $2.02B Revenue, $0.25 EPS, With 49% Of Ad Revenue Now Via Mobile

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Twitter Forcing Media Previews On Web Client Users Is Not Cool — But Feels Inevitable As It Preps IPO

And so it begins. Twitter, now firmly on the road to IPO, has equally firmly turned its attention to monetisation -- which means it's turning on new features... read more



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Benchmark's Bill Gurley Explains The Reason For All Those Huge, High Valuation Funding Rounds

Backstage at TechCrunch Disrupt, I got the chance to sit down with Benchmark's Bill Gurley to talk about his recent... read more

500 Startups Accelerator Batch 7 Begins, With Everything From Electronic Skateboards To Poop In A Box

It's that time of year again, time for 500 Startups to announce yet another batch of startups that just started... read more

Fitwall Is A Gym That Knows If You're Working Out Too Hard, Or Not Hard Enough

Many earnest novice gym-goers have a commitment that won’t outlast a green banana. One problem is that newbies... read more

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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

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Top Stories of the Day // October 30, 2013

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Today's Top Stories // Oct 30, 2013

iPad Air Review: Apple Makes Big Tablets Beautiful All Over Again

Apple introduced two new iPads this month at a special event in San Francisco on October 22, and the first of those to go on sale is the iPad Air, which is in... read more

Nokia Had A Stunning Q3 In North America, With Device Volume Up 367% From Last Year

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Apple Replacing ‘Limited’ Number Of iPhone 5s With Manufacturing Issue Leading To Battery Life Problem

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And The Winner Of TechCrunch Disrupt Europe 2013 Is… Lock8!

The first ever TechCrunch Disrupt Europe is drawing to a close today, after two days of incredible speakers and a dramatic pitch-off competition, not to mention... read more

Barnes & Noble Outs The $119 Nook GlowLight, We Go Hands-On

For better or worse the holidays are right around the corner, and that can only mean one thing: consumer electronics companies are slaving away on new hardware... read more

Cloud-Based Device Management Startup Soluto Acquired By Device Insurers Asurion For Up To $130M

Looks like another exit for an Israel-based startup -- this one straddling the worlds of cloud services and hardware control. Soluto, a service that lets users... read more

Fantastical 2 Brings Deep Reminders Support, Revamped iOS 7 Look To The Best iPhone Calendar

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Benchmark's Bill Gurley Explains The Reason For All Those Huge, High Valuation Funding Rounds

Backstage at TechCrunch Disrupt, I got the chance to sit down with Benchmark's Bill Gurley to talk about his recent... read more

500 Startups Accelerator Batch 7 Begins, With Everything From Electronic Skateboards To Poop In A Box

It's that time of year again, time for 500 Startups to announce yet another batch of startups that just started... read more

Fitwall Is A Gym That Knows If You're Working Out Too Hard, Or Not Hard Enough

Many earnest novice gym-goers have a commitment that won’t outlast a green banana. One problem is that newbies... read more

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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Top Stories of the Day // October 29, 2013

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Today's Top Stories // Oct 29, 2013

Apple’s Rebound Quarter In Charts

Apple just reversed its slide, if you can call it that. After three quarters in a row of slowing sales growth, Apple's September quarter — reported this... read more

Motorola Wants To Make Modular Smartphones A Reality With Project Ara

It's been a little over two years since Google announced that it would acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion, and these days Motorola has basically become... read more

Google/Motorola’s New Moonshot “Spotlight Stories” Is A Mobile Virtual Reality Movie Medium

Spotlight Stories is a new artistic medium Google and Motorola launched today that puts users inside an animated featurette if they spin 360-degrees while... read more

Smartphones Now Account For 60% Of Mobile Phones Shipped Globally, With Apple Expected To Rebound On The iPhone 5s, Says Strategy Analytics

Global shipments of smartphones are continuing to increase, growing 45% to hit a record 251 million units in Q3 2013, from 172.8 million units a year ago,... read more

Nokia Reports Net Sales Of €5.66B, €118M Profit, And 8.8M Lumias Sold In Q3

Nokia may be going through a hell of a transition period, but it released its fiscal Q3 2013 earnings this morning just like clockwork. The Finnish phone maker... read more

Hey, Arduino Fans! 1Sheeld Lets Your Smartphone Act As Many Different Arduino Shields

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SoundCloud Now Reaches 250 Million Visitors In Its Quest To Become The Audio Platform Of The Web

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TOP VIDEOS

500 Startups Accelerator Batch 7 Begins, With Everything From Electronic Skateboards To Poop In A Box

It's that time of year again, time for 500 Startups to announce yet another batch of startups that just started... read more

Fitwall Is A Gym That Knows If You're Working Out Too Hard, Or Not Hard Enough

Many earnest novice gym-goers have a commitment that won’t outlast a green banana. One problem is that newbies... read more

Watch The Disrupt Europe Hackathon Right Here

Here at Disrupt Europe in Berlin, coders have had 24 hours to try to build the best product possible. There have... read more

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