Top Stories of the Day // December 3, 2013

	Today's Top Stories // Dec 3, 2013 Darrell Etherington UPS Also Said To Be Testing Drone Delivery, Constant Robot Background Hum Increasingly Inevitable UPS is also looking into getting flying robots to deliver packages, according to The Verge, along with Internet ecommerce giant Amazon. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos... read more Josh Constine Salesforce Says Hackathon Winner Didn’t Cheat But Declares Tie, Gives Two Finalists $1M Each Salesforce has responded to cries of foul play in its $1 million hackathon by announcing that while winning team Upshot didn't cheat, judges weren't given... read more Matthew Panzarino Apple Buys Topsy For Price Reportedly North Of $200M, Could Use Social Signals To Bolster Siri, App Store Relevance read more Ingrid Lunden Intel Makes Another Acquisition: Hacker League, A Platform For Hackathons, Is Now A Part Of Mashery Intel's acquisition spree continues apace, with the latest being made to augment one of its other recent acquisitions. It is buying Hacker League, a popular... read more Gregory Ferenstein Three Problems Stopping Bezos’ Army Of Amazon Delivery Drones Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos isn't the only one who wants to take to the skies. Most of Hollywood wants drones for making films, police want them to patrol the skies,... read more Alex Williams Google’s Compute Engine Hits General Availability, Drops Instance Prices 10%, Adds 16-Core Instances & Docker Support read more Darrell Etherington Apple Patents Face Recognition Tech For Enhanced iPhone Privacy And Automated Controls Apple has been issued a patent by the USPO today (via AppleInsider) that describes a system for using facial recognition and detection on a mobile or desktop... read more TOP VIDEOS Fly Or Die: The Ostrich Pillow With travel ramping up over the holiday season, we thought it wise to bring you a taste of Ostrich. The Ostrich... read more Gillmor Gang: Private Practices The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor — work off that stuffed feeling with... read more 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 Get more at techcrunch.com To forward this newsletter to a friend, click here.
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