Top Stories of the Day // December 18, 2012

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Today's Top Stories // Dec 18, 2012

Billy Gallagher

More Than Half Of The Forbes' 30 Under 30 In Tech Are Y Combinator Alums

Forbes released its annual 30 Under 30 lists yesterday and a stunning 15 of the 30 companies that people on the "Tech" list work for are Y Combinator alumni... read more

Darrell Etherington

Android Phones And Tablets Ranked By Battery Life: Longest Lasting Smartphones Aren't Top-Tier Devices

Android smartphones can have a pretty bad reputation when it comes to battery life, though that reputation has definitely improved in general over time. A new... read more

Ingrid Lunden

What The Twitter/Instagram Standoff Has Meant For Traffic To Instagram

When Instagram began to pull its inline previews of photos out of Twitter almost two weeks ago, many did not take that turn of events too well. Consumers like... read more

Natasha Lomas

Facebook Users Must Be Allowed To Use Pseudonyms, Says German Privacy Regulator; Real-Name Policy 'Erodes Online Freedoms'

Facebook's thorny relationship with Europe and European lawmakers took another barb in the side yesterday as a German Data Protection Commissioner issued a... read more

Jordan Crook

With 140M+ Users, Skype Competitor Viber Launches "Send Location" Feature For iPhone, Android

Today Viber has hit another huge milestone, announcing that there are now over 140 million users on the service, and that's only the beginning. According to the... read more

Alexia Tsotsis

Mobile Photosharing, The Final Social Frontier

Despite Consumergeddon, it's still a mobile photosharing jungle out there. Unless of course you are Snapchat, in which case welcome to being the prettiest girl... read more

Billy Gallagher

Facebook And Snapchat Go Toe To Toe: Why It's Good For Both Companies

Facebook is building a standalone app to compete with the red-hot impermanent photo-messaging app Snapchat, as reported by AllThingsD's Mike Isaac late last... read more

Ingrid Lunden

Europe: 72% Of Homes Are Now Broadband-Connected; Online, News Reading Is Users' Favorite Pastime

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Natasha Lomas

Apple Vs. Samsung: U.S. Judge Denies Apple's Request For Permanent Injunction, Tosses Samsung's Call For New Trial

The U.S. judge in the Apple vs. Samsung court battle that's being played out in the district court of Northern California has denied Apple's request for a... read more

Frederic Lardinois

Bitcasa Brings Its Infinite Cloud Storage To Android And Windows RT, iOS And Mac Coming Next Month

TechCrunch Disrupt alumni Bitcasa, the startup that offers infinite storage to its users for just $10 per month, just announced that it is launching its first... read more
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