Friday, January 31, 2014

Top Stories of the Day // January 31, 2014

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Today's Top Stories // Jan 31, 2014

Clinkle Gets Hacked Before It Even Launches

Clinkle is the hottest app around to have done mostly nothing. The stealth payments service, which has raised $30 million from big-name investors, has yet to... read more

Zynga Buys NaturalMotion For $527M, Signaling A New Tack For The Gaming Giant

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Amazon Prime Could See $20 To $40 Price Hike

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Zynga Lays Off 314 Employees, Or 15% Of Its Workforce

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Forgotify Only Plays Spotify Songs That No One Has Ever Played Before

Indie music? Pffft. Indie music is way too main stream, man. All the cool kids are into music that no one has ever heard. Meet Forgotify. Forgotify tears... read more

Yahoo Detects Mass Hack Attempt On Yahoo Mail, Resets All Affected Passwords

The details are a bit sparse right now, but Yahoo has just disclosed by way of their Tumblr that they've detected what they're calling a "coordinated... read more

Facebook’s New “Creative Labs” Lets The 6,000-Employee Giant Move Fast Like A Startup

It's tough to experiment with a billion people watching. At that scale, Facebook's mantras of "move fast and break things" and "Done is better than perfect"... read more

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Founder Stories: Kakul Srivastava On How Tomfoolery Will Make Our Work More Social And Fun

Mobile messaging and mobile communications tools have grown like a weed on the consumer side -- but what about... read more

Gillmor Gang: Turn Turn Turn

The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor — christen the maiden voyage, or... read more

CrunchWeek: Netflix Earnings, Stripe's Big Raise, And Snowden's Live Q&A

It's that time of week for an episode of CrunchWeek, the show that brings a few TechCrunch writers together to... read more

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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Top Stories of the Day // January 29, 2014

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Today's Top Stories // Jan 29, 2014

Facebook Saved Over A Billion Dollars By Building Open Sourced Servers

Facebook is reaping the benefits of designing its own energy efficient servers. Today at the Open Compute Summit, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that "In the last... read more

Silicon Valley Is Now Public Enemy No. 1, And We Only Have Ourselves To Blame

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Sources: Coin Is Raising More Cash

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Here's Where To Watch Obama's 2014 State Of The Union Online

PRISM. Net neutrality. Patent reform. It's always a good idea to watch the State Of The Union, but if you're someone who even remotely cares about... read more

Google Brings Chrome Apps To Android And iOS

Google's offline Chrome Apps are about to find their way to both Android and iOS. Using Apache's well-known open-source Cordova platform for turning web apps... read more

Verdict Is An Anonymous ‘Hot Or Not’ For Anything

Now, admittedly, Verdict doesn't feel like the most original app idea. Users snap a photo, upload it to Verdict, add a short description and category, and begin... read more

Google-Backed Developer Group Slams Newly Uncovered NSA App Spying

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Gillmor Gang: Turn Turn Turn

The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor — christen the maiden voyage, or... read more

CrunchWeek: Netflix Earnings, Stripe's Big Raise, And Snowden's Live Q&A

It's that time of week for an episode of CrunchWeek, the show that brings a few TechCrunch writers together to... read more

TC Cribs: Practice Fusion, Where Keeping Fit And Healthy Is Part Of The Job

Welcome back to a brand new episode of TechCrunch Cribs, the show that takes you inside the doors of the tech industry's... read more

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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Top Stories of the Day // January 28, 2014

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Today's Top Stories // Jan 28, 2014

Donald Trump Explains Apple’s Stock Dip

Noted Apple analyst and Birther Movement enthusiast Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to voice his concerns over the company's lack of "vision" and "momentum".... read more

Google Is Making A Land Grab For The Internet Of Things

Before this past December, when Google acquired seven robotics companies back-to-back, the company's ambitions in the "Internet of Things" space looked as... read more

Google Glass Gets Prescription Options With Four Titanium Frame Styles And Shades

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Apple Patents A Two-Sided Solar-Powered MacBook Screen With Touch Input

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Yahoo Is Buying Tomfoolery, An Enterprise App Studio Led By Ex-Yahoos And AOLers

Yahoo's acquisition spree continues apace, with the next deal likely to cover a few different bases for the company: mobile, enterprise and bringing ex-Yahoo... read more

Apple’s 51M iPhones, 26M iPads And 4.8M Macs In Q1 2014 Set A Record, But Growth Slows

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BlackBerry Update Adds FM Radio, Because Why Not?

Great news for the dozens of remaining BlackBerry fans. The latest platform update adds a bunch of little tweaks to your Z30, Q10, and Q5 including an FM radio.... read more

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CrunchWeek: Netflix Earnings, Stripe's Big Raise, And Snowden's Live Q&A

It's that time of week for an episode of CrunchWeek, the show that brings a few TechCrunch writers together to... read more

TC Cribs: Practice Fusion, Where Keeping Fit And Healthy Is Part Of The Job

Welcome back to a brand new episode of TechCrunch Cribs, the show that takes you inside the doors of the tech industry's... read more

Backed With $9.8M From Mayfield, Fitmob Wants To Reinvent Local, Group Fitness

The gym is being disrupted from all angles, from workout gear, the quantified self to even how we workout at home.... read more

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Monday, January 27, 2014

Top Stories of the Day // January 27, 2014

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Today's Top Stories // Jan 27, 2014

Google Acquires Artificial Intelligence Startup DeepMind For More Than $500M

Google will pay $400 million to buy London-based artificial intelligence company DeepMind. The deal, but not the exact price, was confirmed to Re/code by... read more

How Cryptocurrency, Crowdfunding And A Little Internet Altruism Saved Jamaica’s Hopes For Bobsled Gold

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Kantar: Android Accounted 70% Of Smartphone Sales In Q4, But Samsung Is Now “Under Real Pressure”

Android continues to be the most popular mobile platform, with its share of smartphone sales climbing in every major market in Q4 2013, now accounting for 69.5%... read more

Tesla Completes First Coast-To-Coast Supercharger Route

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Samsung Said To Be Planning ‘Galaxy Glass’ Computing Eyeware This Fall

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The Little Snapper Is The Most Adorable Snapchat Hack Ever

Since hackers have poked holes in Snapchat's relatively lax security, many have had their way with the image sharing service's APIs, grabbing unread messages... read more

With DeepMind, Google Prepares For A Future Where We See Ourselves In Every Computing Interaction

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TOP VIDEOS

CrunchWeek: Netflix Earnings, Stripe's Big Raise, And Snowden's Live Q&A

It's that time of week for an episode of CrunchWeek, the show that brings a few TechCrunch writers together to... read more

TC Cribs: Practice Fusion, Where Keeping Fit And Healthy Is Part Of The Job

Welcome back to a brand new episode of TechCrunch Cribs, the show that takes you inside the doors of the tech industry's... read more

Backed With $9.8M From Mayfield, Fitmob Wants To Reinvent Local, Group Fitness

The gym is being disrupted from all angles, from workout gear, the quantified self to even how we workout at home.... read more

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