Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Top Stories of the Day // December 26, 2012

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Today's Top Stories // Dec 26, 2012

That Instagram Taco Bell Commercial Isn't Part Of Its Business Model

Beloved phone camera app Instagram sure had a tumultuous week before Christmas, when a change in the wording of its terms of service caused the Internet to... read more

Twitter Is Already Winning The Social TV War, But It Will Soon Do More

Twitter is reaching out to TV producers and showrunners to find out ways that it can further integrate with the TV experience. That could mean Twitter-based... read more

Inside Snapchat, The Little Photo-Sharing App That Launched A Sexting Scare

It started with an assumption, really. Snapchat, a photo-sharing application that auto-destroys images seconds after being opened, launched in September 2011... read more

Developing That Connected Space Between The Cloud And Everything Else

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Amazon Pulls Self-Published Memoir About Star Wars Because It References "Star Wars"

After months of selling a self-published memoir about the effect Star Wars has had on his life, author Gib Van Ert found that Amazon has pulled the title... read more

In Mexico, Tech Is Used To Help Combat Narco Violence, Insecurity

Google has been used for many ends, but in the hands of researcher Viridiana Rios, the search engine has become a tool to fight Mexican drug cartels and help... read more

Samsung Seeks U.S. Sales Ban On Some Ericsson Products As The Two Continue Wrangling Over Patents

The patents war between Samsung Electronics and Ericsson rolls on. The Korean electronics company has announced that it filed a complaint last week against the... read more

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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Top Stories of the Day // December 25, 2012

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Today's Top Stories // Dec 25, 2012

Netflix Crippled On Christmas Eve By AWS Outages

'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even those in the lighthearted holiday fare you were planning to... read more

I Am A Neanderthal, And You Probably Are, Too

Editor's note: James Altucher is an investor, programmer, author, and several-times entrepreneur.... read more

15 Things European Startups Might Want For Christmas

What do European startups want for Christmas? We've come up with a list of ideas. Feel free to ad your own in the comments.... read more

TechCrunch Crunched: Exposing The Latest Tech Trends

Editor's note: Yvo Schaap is a 27-year-old entrepreneur from Amsterdam who loves data and code.... read more

Instagram Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Related To Last Week's Change Of Service Terms

Instagram just got a lump of coal in its stocking: a class action lawsuit, which was filed in response to its change of service terms last week. Reuters... read more

China Now Has 1.104B Mobile Users, While Mobile Communications Revenue Totaled $116.26B Over First 11 Months of 2012

Statistics released yesterday (link via Google Translate) by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) show that as of the end of November... read more

Ret.io, A Crowdsourced Answer To Corruption In Mexico

Three years ago Mario Romero Zavala and José Antonio Bolio decided to create a Twitter account in Mexico City to alert people to cumbersome police checkpoints... read more

Amazon Says Its Customer Review Guidelines Haven't Changed, But It Is Cracking Down On 'Promotional Content'

Good news, everyone! We can totally start trusting Amazon reviews again.... read more

A Holiday Gift From Gapingvoid: "I'm Not Delusional, I'm An Entrepreneur"

Gapingvoid's unique style of visual communication has long been popular among successful and aspiring entrepreneurs. They decorate their offices with prints of... read more

Uber Rival Hailo Reportedly Set To Close $30M Funding Round As It Expands In The U.S.

London-based mobile taxi network Hailo is set to close a $30 million round of funding as it sets its sights on the U.S. market, reports AllThingsD. The Series... read more

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Monday, December 24, 2012

Top Stories of the Day // December 24, 2012

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Today's Top Stories // Dec 24, 2012

Cherry Is Shutting Down Its On-Demand Car Wash Service, Will Refund Pre-Paid Customers

Cherry, a startup that has been described as "Uber for car washes," is shutting down its service as of today, according to a statement from the company.... read more

This DIY Mini-Tardis Is Bigger On The Inside

If you've watched and enjoyed the program known as "The Good Doctor Who" in which an alien of some sort who flies around with his little, knobby robotic buddy... read more

Internet Silence Speaks Louder Than Words

Major websites around the web blacked out their homepages Friday at 9:30 a.m. in memoriam for the Sandy Hook massacre last week. In the cacophonous free-speech... read more

PSA: Update The Wii U (And Other Electronics) Before Christmas Morning

Dear Santa,... read more

Short, Sweet And In Stealth Mode: Quip Is The Name Of Ex-Facebook CTO Bret Taylor's Next Project

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Facebook Expands Photo Functionality In Its Desktop App; Quietly Rolls Out Drag To Upload Feature

Facebook last week opened a new front in the so-called photo app wars with the launch of its ephemeral photo app Poke. But Facebook's focus on apps like Poke,... read more

SocialSafe, The Social Media Back-Up Tool, Raises $400K To Out-Archive Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn

SocialSafe, the social media back-up tool co-founded by Julian Ranger's iBundle and 1minus1, has announced that it's raised £250,000 (~$400k) in what's being... read more

Singapore-based Inventory Management Startup TradeGecko Rescues SMBs From Spreadsheet Hell

Former designer Carl Thompson left the industry after years of wrangling with business administration spreadsheets, but hopes his startup TradeGecko will spare... read more

A Hackathon Ushers In A Holiday Version Of Changemakrs, The Platform For Inspirational Quotes

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Thanks To Free Shipping Offers, Online Holiday Sales Surge 16 Percent To $39B

Holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 51 days of season is up 16 percent to $38.7 billion, according to comScore. This past week, which was... read more

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Saturday, December 22, 2012

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