Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Top Stories of the Day // December 30, 2014

Watch The New Tesla Model S P85D Destroy The Old P85 In A Drag Race |
Designers Are Ditching The Mouse For The “Flow” 3D Motion Touch Controller |
Microsoft Is Rumored To Be Building A New Browser That Is Not Internet Explorer |
Apple Details A Modular Stylus That Can Capture Handwriting On Any Surface |
Latest Snowden Revelations Expose Scope Of NSA Interceptions |
Flurry Finds That Apple Devices And Phablets Scored Big On Christmas |
Google X's Astro Teller Says Wearables Still Need A Killer App |
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Today's Top Stories // Dec 30, 2014

Watch The New Tesla Model S P85D Destroy The Old P85 In A Drag Race

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Designers Are Ditching The Mouse For The “Flow” 3D Motion Touch Controller

Sliders suck. "Little too far to the left. Ugh. Little too far to the right. ARRHGH!!!" The mouse can be a frustrating controller for Photoshop, Final Cut,... read more

Microsoft Is Rumored To Be Building A New Browser That Is Not Internet Explorer

Remember when Chrome was fast? Microsoft might, if ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley's recent report that the software company is building a lightweight browser, codenamed... read more

Apple Details A Modular Stylus That Can Capture Handwriting On Any Surface

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Latest Snowden Revelations Expose Scope Of NSA Interceptions

Over the weekend, German news outlet Spiegel published a story about the NSA's ability to crack encrypted forms of communication, exposing the agency's routine... read more

Flurry Finds That Apple Devices And Phablets Scored Big On Christmas

Flurry has released its annual Christmas report. Each year, the holiday sees the highest number of device activations and app installations as people open... read more

Google X's Astro Teller Says Wearables Still Need A Killer App

Back in November, I had a chance to visit Google's Mountain View headquarters to chat with Astro Teller, the head of Google X's so-called "moonshot"... read more

TOP VIDEOS

Built In Brooklyn: Tattly Works With Artists And Designers To Create Sweet-Looking Temporary Tattoos

 Thanks to Tattly, the Dumbo-based startup featured in our latest episode of Built in Brooklyn, you can adorn... read more

Built In Brooklyn: Farmigo Brings Local Produce To Schools, Offices, And Homes

 Food startup Farmigo is a San Francisco transplant — like me. The company was initially based on the... read more

Hands On With The Blackberry Classic

 It’s been a long time coming: Blackberry’s return to its roots. Rather than chasing the pack,... read more

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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Top Stories of the Day // December 29, 2014

The Enormous Implications Of Facebook Indexing 1 Trillion Of Our Posts |
How Keeping Quiet Saved Our Startup $225K |
Russian Startup Livemap Lands $300K Grant For Its Motorcycle Helmet With Built-In Navigation |
How Many Millions Should I Take From My Startup? |
Gmail Now Even More Inaccessible In China |
Reflections On Microconsoles |
Xiaomi Confirms It Raised $1.1B At $45B Valuation |
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Today's Top Stories // Dec 29, 2014

The Enormous Implications Of Facebook Indexing 1 Trillion Of Our Posts

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How Keeping Quiet Saved Our Startup $225K

Most startup founders don't think of themselves as master negotiators and struggle to come up with the right things to say in crucial moments. These moments... read more

Russian Startup Livemap Lands $300K Grant For Its Motorcycle Helmet With Built-In Navigation

As we're coming up on the next Consumer Electronics Show, I got an update from one of the companies that participated in TechCrunch's Hardware Battlefield... read more

How Many Millions Should I Take From My Startup?

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Gmail Now Even More Inaccessible In China

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Reflections On Microconsoles

For a time I believed that microconsoles might change the face of the games industry, but they haven't really worked out. Thoughts on why. read more

Xiaomi Confirms It Raised $1.1B At $45B Valuation

Xiaomi, the fast-growing Chinese hardware company best known for its low-cost smartphones, confirmed today that has raised $1.1 billion in new funding at a... read more

TOP VIDEOS

Built In Brooklyn: Farmigo Brings Local Produce To Schools, Offices, And Homes

 Food startup Farmigo is a San Francisco transplant — like me. The company was initially based on the... read more

Hands On With The Blackberry Classic

 It’s been a long time coming: Blackberry’s return to its roots. Rather than chasing the pack,... read more

Gillmor Gang: Hackathon

 The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, Alexia Tsotsis, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Friday,... read more

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