Saturday, August 31, 2013

Top Stories of the Day // August 31, 2013

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Disrupt SF returns in 9 days with Dick Costolo, Marissa Mayer, Mark Zuckerberg and many more. Check out the agenda here and get tickets today!
Today's Top Stories // Aug 31, 2013

Google Confirms It Has Acquired Android Smartwatch Maker WIMM Labs

Google has confirmed it acquired WIMM Labs last year, a company that previously made an Android-powered smartwatch before shuttering operations in 2012. At the... read more

The Decline And Fall Of Flowtab, A Startup Story

It started with an idea: How can we get our drinks more quickly at the bar? Dreamed up at 2 a.m. in Coloft, a Los Angeles coworking space, future founder Mike... read more

Former Waywire CEO Nate Richardson Joins AOL As President Of AOL Live

A few weeks ago we reported that Nate Richardson, the CEO and co-founder of Waywire, would be leaving the company as it makes a strategic shift from content... read more

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Friday, August 30, 2013

Top Stories of the Day // August 30, 2013

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Disrupt SF returns in 10 days with Dick Costolo, Marissa Mayer, Mark Zuckerberg and many more. Check out the agenda here and get tickets today!
Today's Top Stories // Aug 30, 2013

Hands On With The Seven Best Fantasy Football Sites And Apps

With the NFL season just a week away, fans are poring over stats, trash talking their friends, and gearing up for the real season: fantasy football. Here are... read more

Apple's iPhone Trade-In Program Going Live Across The U.S. Today

Apple will be expanding its iPhone trade-in program nationwide starting today, according to a report from CNBC's Jon Fortt which we've confirmed with our... read more

Kickstarter Reportedly Owns Indiegogo With Around 6X More Total Dollars Raised, Average Success Rate Much Higher

Indiegogo seems to always play second fiddle to Kickstarter, despite the fact that it was on the crowdfund scene first, and now someone's done the math to... read more

Espruino Seeks Kickstarter Funding To Help Jump Start Its "JavaScript For Things" Effort

Arduino is great, but Arduino is also pretty hard to wrap your head around, especially for newbies. The Espruino is "world's first JavaScript microcontroller... read more

Doctape Launches Standalone File Viewer App For iOS With Support For 80+ File Types

German cloud storage and file management startup doctape has launched a new standalone iOS app aimed at making it easier for iPhone and iPad users to view file... read more

Nokia Kicks Its Auto Ambitions Into High Gear With Connected Driving, A Cross-Platform Suite Of In-Car Navigation Services and Smartphone Apps

While Nokia continues to work on clawing back some of the once-market-leading smartphone business it has lost in the last few years to Apple and Android handset... read more

Salesforce Beats Estimates With $957M In Revenues, Earnings 9 Cents Per Share

Salesforce.com beat estimated earnings, posting $957 million in revenues, a 31 percent increase compared to last year. Non-GAAP earnings were 9 cents per... read more

From The Experts To You, Six Fantasy Football Tools For Total Domination

Yes. Fantasy football season is upon us. Amid a sea of apps and sites promising to get you a little closer to perfection, I turned to some of 2012's most... read more

Cascade Is An Enterprise Management Platform That Focuses On Boosting Employee Morale

Cloud-based enterprise management software Cascade wants to set itself apart by creating happier and more motivated companies. Its two founders, a former banker... read more

Travel Marketplace Demeure Raises $4M To Take On Airbnb With A Subscription Service For High-End Travelers

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Thursday, August 29, 2013

Top Stories of the Day // August 29, 2013

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Disrupt SF returns in 11 days with Dick Costolo, Marissa Mayer, Mark Zuckerberg and many more. Check out the agenda here and get tickets today!
Today's Top Stories // Aug 29, 2013

Xiaomi, What Americans Need To Know

Xiaomi's smartphones are currently sold only in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, but its hire of Hugo Barra as Vice President of Xiaomi Global is a clear signal... read more

Google Exec Departs Amidst Rumors Of Tangled Love Quadrangle

We've confirmed a report today that Android VP Hugo Barra is leaving Google for "Apple of China" Xiaomi.... read more

Skype Building 3D Video Calls That None Of Us Will Likely Use

Skype is working on a technology that will no doubt be impressive when used once and then promptly ignored for the rest of time – 3D video calls. The project... read more

Apple Working On Intelligent Brightness Control And Automated FaceTime Camera Selection

Ideally, your smart device of the future anticipates your needs and adjusts itself to suit them without requiring input on your behalf. Two newly published... read more

Ex-Skypers Aim To Bridge The Gap Between Email And Messaging With Launch Of Fleep

When you get pitched a new messaging startup from an Estonian team comprising a number of ex-Skype engineers, you kind of have to take notice. Launching... read more

Yahoo Sharpens Its Flickr iOS App With Enhanced Filters, More Camera Tools; Makes Pro Tools Free

Yahoo has just released a significant new update for its Flickr photo app for iOS, a further sign of how it wants to be not just where you go to store and view... read more

Mailbox Adds Cloud Search For Gmail And Opens Links In Chrome

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Global Founders Capital Reveals First Three Investments, Including Lingoda, GirlMeetsDress And Videdressing

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Test Driving The Evelo Aries, An Electric Bicycle For Commuters From A Bootstrapped Startup

When co-founder Boris Mordkovich and his team at Evelo were ready to launch their electric bicycle company in April 2012, they took an unusual approach: They... read more

The GMax Large-Format 3D Printer Is Far, Far Bigger Than A Breadbox

Given that the average breadbox is 12 inches wide by 6 inches high and deep, we can safely say that the GMax 3D printer, a Kickstarted large format printer can... read more

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Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Top Stories of the Day // August 28, 2013

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Today's Top Stories // Aug 28, 2013

StackOverflow Co-Founder Jeff Atwood Builds A $150 Mechanical Keyboard

If anyone knows far too much about their keyboard, it's a programmer.... read more

Apple Acquires Swedish Firm AlgoTrim, A Company That Does Mobile Media And Data Compression

Apple has acquired AlgoTrim, a Swedish startup that builds codecs and designs solutions that maximize performance of data, mobile imaging, video and computer... read more

Twerk, Selfie, Bitcoin, Others Added To Oxford Dictionary As Silicon Valley, Middle Schoolers Push English Language Forward

The Oxford Dictionaries Online is adding a slew of words, from bitcoin to twerk.... read more

Researchers Build The First Brain-To-Brain Control Interface

Researchers at the University of Washington, Rajesh Rao and Andrea Stocco, have created a remote, non-invasive brain-to-brain interface that allowed Rao to move... read more

Google Dumps Video Responses From YouTube Due To Dismal .0004% Click-Through Rate

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Urbita, The Pinterest For Cities, Blows Past 10M Unique Visitors In August With Mobile Site Launch

FounderFuel Fall 2012 cohort grad Urbita, a startup based in LA and Buenos Aires, has managed to quietly amass a huge consumer following, having topped 8... read more

Parallels Launches Access For iPad, A Virtualization App That Gets Windows, Mac Apps To Work Like Native iOS Apps

Timed to coincide with VMware's conference this week in San Francisco, one of its bigger rivals, Parallels, today is unveiling a new app that takes its own... read more

Shopify Launches Point-Of-Sale System To Unify Online And Brick-And-Mortar Retail

Ottawa-based Shopify, the online storefront provider that helps around 65,000 retailers reach their customers on the web, including Tesla, Crossfit and others,... read more

HTC Reportedly Building New Mobile OS Specifically For China Market, In Partnership With Chinese Government

HTC's Hail Mary play might not take the form of another new smartphone: The Taiwanese company is reportedly working with Chinese government officials to build a... read more

Belly Gets $12.1 Million From NEA And Others In A Bid To Take Its Loyalty App To The Next Level

It turns out that amidst all the changes in the customer rewards and loyalty app landscape, the Chicago-based loyalty startup Belly is still kicking, and... read more

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