Top Stories of the Day // December 4, 2012

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Today's Top Stories // Dec 4, 2012

No Facebook Account Required: Facebook Messenger For Android Lets You Sign Up With Just A Phone Number

Today Facebook announced its first ever product open to people without a Facebook account. Starting now, the Messenger for Android app, and later its iOS... read more

OneSpot Launches Platform For Turning Articles Into Ads, Raises $1.5M

A lot of companies are getting into the content marketing business, creating blog posts and articles to promote their brands and products. But are they doing... read more

It's All Blurry: CollegeHumor Makes Fun Of Nickelback And Instagram

If you were searching for your daily dose of morning hilarity, look no further.... read more

jOBS: Ashton Kutcher's Steve Jobs Biopic To Debut At Sundance In January

As you may have heard, Steve Jobs will be getting the Ashton Kutcher treatment in "jOBS", the first biopic to be released since the Apple co-founder passed away... read more

Mary Meeker's Year-End Trends Report: Mobile & Tablets = 24% Of Online Shopping On Black Friday, Up 18% From 2012

Kleiner Perkins Partner Mary Meeker publisher her annual "Internet Trends Year-End Report" tonight, providing an update on the glimpse she gave us into mobile... read more

Last.fm Founders' Next Track: Lumi, A Site That Uses Your Browsing History To Help You Discover Things On The Web

Felix Miller and Martin Stiksel, the co-founders of the music discovery and streaming site Last.fm, went into a kind of startup hibernation after selling their... read more

Soundcloud Revamps Site, Announces New Numbers: Reaches 180M Users A Month And Counting

It's been a while since we heard new user numbers from the "YouTube of audio" startup Soundcloud (though not much of a startup these days), so Le Web in Paris... read more

Founded By 4 Ex-Googlers, QuBit Raises $7.5M Led By Balderton To Improve E-Commerce Personalization With Big Data

QuBit, a big-data startup whose analytics platform helps e-commerce sites with customer personalization, is today announcing that it has raised a Series A round... read more

PhoneScope 3D Gives iPhone Users A High-Res 3D Scanner in Their Pocket

The PhoneScope 3D offers high-resolution magnified 3D scanning that can have applications for users ranging from forensics specialists to CGI animators. But its... read more

Karma Launches Its $79 4G Mobile Hotspot And Pay-As-You-Go Data Plan That Reward Users For Sharing Their Bandwidth

The founders behind Karma (no, not that Karma) think that there's something fundamentally broken in the market for mobile providers. And they're hardly alone.... read more

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