Top Stories of the Day // December 12, 2012

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Today's Top Stories // Dec 12, 2012

Chris Velazco

Forget That Lame Teaser: RIM's L-Series BlackBerry 10 Phone Gets Captured On Video (Again)

RIM posted a mostly toothless smartphone teaser to its BlackBerry 10 landing page earlier this week, but really, what BlackBerry fan could be appeased by that?... read more

Ryan Lawler

You've Got 30,000 Days To Live... Reverse Engineer Your Life To Make Them Count

New Zealand's Sir Ray Avery has a simple method for getting the most out of his life. The 65-year old Kiwi scientist and inventor accomplishes what he does by... read more

Natasha Lomas

Pope Takes First Cautious Step On Twitter -- Sends 'Hello World' Tweet (From An iPad)

The Pope has sent his first ever tweet, after joining the social network earlier this month. The tweet references the connectedness offered by social media --... read more

Drew Olanoff

Yahoo! Makes Its Second Major Upgrade In Two Days: Flickr For iOS Overhauled, Major Update For Web

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Ingrid Lunden

The Android Ecosystem Is Two-Faced: YotaPhone Has LCD On One Side, Electronic Paper Display On The Other

Fragmentation in the Android ecosystem can be a nightmare for developers -- but despite all the variations between devices and operating system versions, it... read more

Alexia Tsotsis

Another $50M Richer, 23andMe Drops Its Price To $99 Permanently. But Will The Average Dude Buy In?

Genetics service 23andMe announced some new cash in the bank today with a $50 million raise from Yuri Milner, 23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki, Google's Sergey Brin... read more

Darrell Etherington

Apple Reportedly Testing TV Set Designs, Which Should Surprise Exactly No One

The WSJ reports this morning that Apple is testing out Apple TV set (as opposed to set-top box) designs, though that testing remains "early stage." Apple is... read more

Catherine Shu

Google Shuts Down Its Shopping Service in China

Google just announced it is shutting down its Google Shopping China service. The website is still online, but Google confirmed its closure in a post on its... read more

Jordan Crook

Facebook Remembers 2012 By Giving Users Their Own Year In Review On Timelines

Today Facebook posted its Year In Review for 2012, chronicling the most important and popular events, songs, movies, figures, technology, and locations of the... read more

Natasha Lomas

UK Startup Loccit Sells 8k Facebook 'Memory Books' In 48 Hours, Wants To Turn Your Digital Media Footprint Into Physical Stuff

There's a cottage industry of startups that want to sell your social networking content back to you in a new form. Loccit, a UK-based ecommerce startup is the... read more
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