Saturday, November 30, 2013

Top Stories of the Day // November 30, 2013

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Today's Top Stories // Nov 30, 2013

How To Sell Your Business And Make And Lose Millions

First I totally gave up. I thought there was no way to sell my web services business. It started when I was in the offices of Loud Records, run by Steve... read more

Agent Makes Your Smartphone A Little Bit Smarter

You can't teach an old phone new tricks. Hah! Just kidding. Of course you can. This isn't 1998. Agent is an app that aims to make your Android... read more

Google’s Android 4.4 Update Seems To Hurt Video Playback Performance On Nexus 7

Google's Android 4.4 KitKat update is rolling out to Nexus devices globally, and I was eager to get it on my Nexus 7 tablet. Turns out, it's possible I... read more

Hands On With Jolla’s First Phone — The “Spearhead Device” For Its MeeGo-Successor Sailfish OS

The first handset from Finnish smartphone startup Jolla is simply called Jolla. It launched last week, after around two years in the making. TechCrunch got... read more

This Week On The TechCrunch Gadgets Podcast: PS4, Xbox One, And The Sense 3D Scanner

Happy Thanksgiving, dear readers. What are you thankful for? My list is short, but sweet: I'm thankful for you guys, gaming consoles, and 3d scanners. read more

Yahoo Users Anonymous: A Transcript

This is what happened: Scene: A Silicon Valley church basement. Folding chairs, coffee, cigarettes tucked behind ears. Jon EVANS, a tall man with a shaved... read more

Record-Breaking Black Friday Online Spending Up 19 Percent; Mobile Sales Surge 43 Percent

After a strong Thanksgiving holiday push in e-commerce spending, Black Friday online sales are already up more than 7 percent in 2013 over the same period last... read more

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Gillmor Gang Live 11.29.13 (TCTV)

Gillmor Gang - Robert Scoble, Kevin Marks, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor. Live recording session for today has... read more

Keen On… The Future of Money: Kickstarter and the Bitcoin Climax

Having raised over $37,000 on Kickstarter to make a TV show about the future of money, Heather Schlegel knows a... read more

Meet Omakase, The Charity That Wants To End The Tech Industry's Giving Problem

The average salary of Silicon Valley tech professionals is $101,278. So it's pretty embarrassing that shortages... read more

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Friday, November 29, 2013

Top Stories of the Day // November 29, 2013

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Today's Top Stories // Nov 29, 2013

Apple Not Impressed That Court-Appointed E-Book Compliance Monitor Made $138,432 In First Two Weeks

Apple has issued a formal objection to the court-appointed lawyer assigned to monitor its compliance with the decision handed down in its e-book pricing fixing... read more

Amid Some Fistfights, Walmart Sells 1.4M Tablets On Thanksgiving, iPad Mini A Top Seller

Walmart is already crowing about Black Friday and we're only a couple of hours into the actual day itself. That's because depressingly, Black Friday has somehow... read more

Money Dashboard Gets $4.4M To Tell UK Bank Users What They Spend On

One thing the UK, a huge finance market, has been lacking in recent years is something equivalent to Mint.com. Now Money Dashboard hopes to fulfil at least part... read more

Let’s Sit Out Black Friday, Shall We?

It's Thanksgiving in the States and tomorrow is the biggest shopping day of the year. In fact stores will be open tonight so you can elbow your way into a scrum... read more

As Nadella And Mulally Lead In Microsoft’s CEO Hunt, The Internal/External Debate Continues

According to Bloomberg, the potential pool of candidates being considered for the role of next CEO of Microsoft has narrowed, at least for the moment. Ford... read more

Mt.Gox Launches Bitcoins.com To Explain What The Heck A Bitcoin Is

It's Thanksgiving! And, judging by the fact that you read tech blogs, you're probably at least a bit of a geek. Know what that means? Today's the day you get to... read more

Journaling App LifeCrumbs Turns Your Favorite Photos Into A Visual Calendar Of Happy Memories

The holidays are often less than merry if you have to deal with things like balancing work with travel, financial stress or seasonal affective disorder. I... read more

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Keen On… The Future of Money: Kickstarter and the Bitcoin Climax

Having raised over $37,000 on Kickstarter to make a TV show about the future of money, Heather Schlegel knows a... read more

Meet Omakase, The Charity That Wants To End The Tech Industry's Giving Problem

The average salary of Silicon Valley tech professionals is $101,278. So it's pretty embarrassing that shortages... read more

TC Cribs: Inside SoundCloud, The Berlin-Based Startup Fueled By Music (And Club-Mate)

Berlin is buzzing with entrepreneurial energy at the moment, and SoundCloud is one of the companies that has emerged... read more

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Thursday, November 28, 2013

Top Stories of the Day // November 28, 2013

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Today's Top Stories // Nov 28, 2013

Report: NSA Considered Revealing Porn Habits To Discredit Radicals

I feel like when people freak out about the unknown threat to mass government surveillance, they're secretly worried a clandestine agent will reveal their... read more

Gaming’s Next Revolution Will Be Live Streamed, And The PS4 Has A Nice Lead

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Google Ejects Android ROM-Maker Cyanogen’s Installer App From Play — Citing Developer T&C Violations

Well that didn't take long. Google has removed Cyanogen Inc.'s alternative Android ROM installer app from its Play store. Cyanogen raised $7 million from... read more

Microsoft Publishes Sexist Form Letter To Help Dudes Convince Women To Let Them Buy An Xbox One

Today Microsoft released a form letter for "guys" to send to "women" to encourage their partners to let them buy an Xbox One console, as it will be for "both... read more

PowerUp 3.0 Is A Bluetooth Module That Turns A Paper Plane Into A Lean, Mean App-Controlled Flying Machine

There's something intrinsically appealing about a choreographed blend of low and high tech. To wit, meet PowerUp 3.0: a Bluetooth device that turns a... read more

Google’s Rumored YouTube Streaming Music Service Shows Up In Android App Code

Google has been rumored to be building a streaming music service into its YouTube property, which is a little confusing because it also has its... read more

Facebook Testing A ‘Save For Later’ Feature, Chasing That Engagement Carrot

Facebook is looking at implementing an Instapaper- or Pocket-like "Save for Later" feature, according to AllThingsD. There's no offline access at the moment,... read more

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Keen On… The Future of Money: Kickstarter and the Bitcoin Climax

Having raised over $37,000 on Kickstarter to make a TV show about the future of money, Heather Schlegel knows a... read more

Meet Omakase, The Charity That Wants To End The Tech Industry's Giving Problem

The average salary of Silicon Valley tech professionals is $101,278. So it's pretty embarrassing that shortages... read more

TC Cribs: Inside SoundCloud, The Berlin-Based Startup Fueled By Music (And Club-Mate)

Berlin is buzzing with entrepreneurial energy at the moment, and SoundCloud is one of the companies that has emerged... read more

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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Top Stories of the Day // November 27, 2013

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Today's Top Stories // Nov 27, 2013

Microsoft Enlists Pawn Stars To Mock Google’s Chromebooks

Microsoft's anti-Google Scroogled campaign is showing no signs of slowing down. Its latest target is Google's Chromebook. Microsoft has enlisted the stars of... read more

TC Cribs: Inside SoundCloud, The Berlin-Based Startup Fueled By Music (And Club-Mate)

Berlin is buzzing with entrepreneurial energy at the moment, and SoundCloud is one of the companies that has emerged as an anchor to the city's growing tech... read more

Moto G Review: Motorola Bridges The Gap Between Cheap And Good In Smartphones

Motorola has done its best to deliver a premium experience with an affordable price tag with the Moto G, the little sibling to the higher priced Moto X. Both... read more

FlatClub, An Airbnb For Elite Universities, Lands $1.5M Investment To Scale Up

Last year FlatClub, a sort of Airbnb for top university students and their alumni, launched across 30 U.S. and UK universities (such as Columbia Business... read more

Wire, A Would-Be Snapchat Competitor From Ex-Amazon Engineers, Raises $1.8 Million

Wire Labs, a company founded by ex-Amazon engineers Piragash Velummylum and Jordan Timmermann, has raised $1.8 million in seed funding for their new - what... read more

Priceonomics Dumps Price Guides To Marry Its True Love, Blogging (And Data Crawling)

Stop what you're doing and read "Diamonds Are Bullshit" or "What Happens To Stolen Bicycles?". This is content marketing, and Priceonomics is very good at it.... read more

Google Makes Talking To Your Computer Slightly Less Crazy With Speech Search Chrome Extension

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TC Cribs: Inside SoundCloud, The Berlin-Based Startup Fueled By Music (And Club-Mate)

Berlin is buzzing with entrepreneurial energy at the moment, and SoundCloud is one of the companies that has emerged... read more

Fly Or Die: Kindle Fire HDX 8.9

In early October, we brought you our thoughts on the seven-inch Kindle Fire HDX, of which John is a huge fan. Today... read more

CrunchWeek: The Xbox One & Playstation 4, The Rise Of QuizUp, The Fall Of Turntable.fm

It's time for a new episode of CrunchWeek, the show in which a few of us writers sit ourselves down in front of... read more

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