Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Top Stories of the Day // June 11, 2014

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Today's Top Stories // Jun 11, 2014

SwiftKey’s Predictive Keyboard App Switches From Paid To Freemium

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Lady Gaga’s Backplane Pivots To Let You Build And Monetize Your Own Social Network

Why should Facebook or Ning earn the money if you bring the audience? Backplane wants to put that cash in your pocket. That's why it's pivoting from building... read more

Comcast Is Turning The US Into Its Own Private Hotspot

On paper it looks like a win-win: in the next few days, Comcast is quietly turning on public hotspots in its customers' routers, essentially turning private... read more

Amobee Buys Adconion For $235M And Kontera For $150M In Consolidation Play

Another day, and another two big acquisitions in the digital advertising industry. Amobee, a mobile ad company acquired by Singapore's main carrier SingTel two... read more

Feedly, Evernote And Others Become Latest Victims Of DDoS Attacks

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Pyne Offers A Simple Way To Poll Everyone (Or Just Your Friends)

"Oh jeez, another Q&A app." That was my kneejerk reaction when I heard about a new startup called Pyne, which has created what it says is an app that... read more

Alibaba Acquires UCWeb, Maker Of China’s Most Popular Mobile Browser

Alibaba, already an investor in UCWeb, will buy all remaining shares of the web browser and search company. The two firms announced the merger, one of the most... read more

TOP VIDEOS

TC Cribs: Feeling Like A Kid Again At FiftyThree's Creative NYC HQ

 Welcome back to Cribs, the TechCrunch TV show that goes behind the doors of tech companies to see what it’s... read more

Inside Jobs: What It's Like To Be The Community Director At Polyvore

 For a consumer-facing technology startup, the people who make the biggest impact on the company’s success... read more

Gillmor Gang: Apple Sauce

 The Gillmor Gang — Dan Farber, Kevin Marks, Robert Scoble, and Steve Gillmor. The setup: a delicious... read more

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