Top Stories of the Day // April 30, 2013

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Disrupt NY begins today and you can catch all of the action happening live at the Manhattan Center: here! The conference runs Monday-Wednesday and check out the agenda so you won't miss a thing. Watch Now

Today's Top Stories // Apr 30, 2013

Microsoft Launches Preview Of Skype For Outlook.com

Microsoft has announced that it is launching a preview of Skype for Outlook.com starting in the UK. The service will be made available in the U.S. and Germany... read more

Games Company Releases Version For Pirates That Forces Them To Fail Constantly, Irony Lost On Pirates

This is a fascinating little blip that popped up this morning and bears a mention. Games company GreenHeart released an $8 game called Game Dev Tycoon. The... read more

Twitter Is Testing Out Its Official Google Glass App In The Wild

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Fred Wilson On Pitching A VC: Leave The Backstory At Home

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Facebook's Graph Search Supremo Lars Rasmussen On Relocating To London, Building A New Team, And The Challenges Of Natural Language

Lars Rasmussen, one of the two engineering directors who led in the creation of Facebook's new Graph Search and helps run its development, is leaving Menlo Park... read more

Jawbone Acquires BodyMedia For Over $100 Million To Give It An Edge In Wearable Health Tracking

It was just about two months ago that Jawbone snapped up mobile health startup Massive Health, and now the company has acquired an even more prominent player in... read more

On Track For $250M In 2013 Sales, Fab Pivots Again, Buys Custom Furniture Shop Massivkonzept And Opens Retail Storefront

Design-focused retail site Fab has announced its new pivot, along with an acquisition and much more.... read more

BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins Says Tablets "Not A Good Business Model," Evidently Forgetting About iPad

BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins seems to be among the most transparent executives in tech in terms of showing his hand regarding future product plans, which may... read more

Jawbone UP Becomes A Platform With New Partners, Open API Coming Soon

Jawbone is doing something a lot of developers will probably be interested in, by opening up the UP fitness tracking wristband as a platform play, with an open... read more

ClickTale Raises $17M For Its In-Page Analytics

ClickTale, a company that helps businesses understand what visitors are actually doing on their websites, just announced that it has raised $17 million in... read more

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Top Stories of the Day // April 30, 2013

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Disrupt NY begins today and you can catch all of the action happening live at the Manhattan Center: here! The conference runs Monday-Wednesday and check out the agenda so you won't miss a thing. Watch Now

Today's Top Stories // Apr 30, 2013

Microsoft Launches Preview Of Skype For Outlook.com

Microsoft has announced that it is launching a preview of Skype for Outlook.com starting in the UK. The service will be made available in the U.S. and Germany... read more

Games Company Releases Version For Pirates That Forces Them To Fail Constantly, Irony Lost On Pirates

This is a fascinating little blip that popped up this morning and bears a mention. Games company GreenHeart released an $8 game called Game Dev Tycoon. The... read more

Twitter Is Testing Out Its Official Google Glass App In The Wild

read more

Fred Wilson On Pitching A VC: Leave The Backstory At Home

read more

Facebook's Graph Search Supremo Lars Rasmussen On Relocating To London, Building A New Team, And The Challenges Of Natural Language

Lars Rasmussen, one of the two engineering directors who led in the creation of Facebook's new Graph Search and helps run its development, is leaving Menlo Park... read more

Jawbone Acquires BodyMedia For Over $100 Million To Give It An Edge In Wearable Health Tracking

It was just about two months ago that Jawbone snapped up mobile health startup Massive Health, and now the company has acquired an even more prominent player in... read more

On Track For $250M In 2013 Sales, Fab Pivots Again, Buys Custom Furniture Shop Massivkonzept And Opens Retail Storefront

Design-focused retail site Fab has announced its new pivot, along with an acquisition and much more.... read more

BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins Says Tablets "Not A Good Business Model," Evidently Forgetting About iPad

BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins seems to be among the most transparent executives in tech in terms of showing his hand regarding future product plans, which may... read more

Jawbone UP Becomes A Platform With New Partners, Open API Coming Soon

Jawbone is doing something a lot of developers will probably be interested in, by opening up the UP fitness tracking wristband as a platform play, with an open... read more

ClickTale Raises $17M For Its In-Page Analytics

ClickTale, a company that helps businesses understand what visitors are actually doing on their websites, just announced that it has raised $17 million in... read more

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Top Stories of the Day // April 29, 2013

Monday, April 29, 2013 Posted by bloggerdaddy 0 comments
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Disrupt NY begins today and you can watch all of the action happening live at Manhattan Center! The conference runs Monday-Wednesday so check out the agenda and you won't miss a thing. Watch Now

Today's Top Stories // Apr 29, 2013

Google Now Launches On iOS

Google just released Google Now for iOS through an update to the Google Search app for iOS. Google maintains that the service is exactly the same as Google Now... read more

Android Took 64% Of All Smartphone Sales Globally In Q1; Windows Phone Continues Modest Gains, Says Kantar

Google's mobile OS Android continues to power ahead as the world's most popular smartphone platform, according to figures out today from Kantar Worldpanel... read more

Square Updates Its Register iPad App With Kitchen Tickets, Ordering Features To Better Serve Restaurants

Square's point-of-sale technology and iPad-powered register, Square Register is getting a big update today targeted at better serving restaurants. New features... read more

Benchmark's Bill Gurley: "Uber Is Growing Faster Than eBay Did"

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Samsung Announces The Underwhelming Galaxy Tab 3

Samsung introduced its latest tablet today, the Galaxy Tab 3, and it's clear that the Tab line is destined to play a distinct second fiddle to the Galaxy Note... read more

Apple's OS X 10.9 Will Reportedly Allow Multi-Monitor Fullscreen, More Power-User Friendly Finder

Apple's next version of OS X, 10.9 is on the way, according to 9to5Mac, and will offer an improved multi-monitor experience, finally allowing users to run... read more

TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2013 Begins Now: View The Live Stream Here!

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Jarvis Is A Personal Assistant That Goes Beyond Siri To Embrace The Connected Home

If you're an Iron Man fan, you already know about Jarvis, Tony Stark's personal assistant (who's either a human or a virtual AI, depending on how long you've... read more

Investor Chamath Palihapitiya Says We're At An 'Absolute' Low Point In Startup Quality

Chamath Palihapitiya, a former Facebook executive and founder of investment firm The Social+Capital Partnership, said today that the tech world should be... read more

Chris Dixon Plans On Investing In More Bitcoin Startups, Says More Entrepreneurs Are Getting Involved

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Top Stories of the Day // April 29, 2013

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Disrupt NY begins today and you can watch all of the action happening live at Manhattan Center! The conference runs Monday-Wednesday so check out the agenda and you won't miss a thing. Watch Now

Today's Top Stories // Apr 29, 2013

Google Now Launches On iOS

Google just released Google Now for iOS through an update to the Google Search app for iOS. Google maintains that the service is exactly the same as Google Now... read more

Android Took 64% Of All Smartphone Sales Globally In Q1; Windows Phone Continues Modest Gains, Says Kantar

Google's mobile OS Android continues to power ahead as the world's most popular smartphone platform, according to figures out today from Kantar Worldpanel... read more

Square Updates Its Register iPad App With Kitchen Tickets, Ordering Features To Better Serve Restaurants

Square's point-of-sale technology and iPad-powered register, Square Register is getting a big update today targeted at better serving restaurants. New features... read more

Benchmark's Bill Gurley: "Uber Is Growing Faster Than eBay Did"

read more

Samsung Announces The Underwhelming Galaxy Tab 3

Samsung introduced its latest tablet today, the Galaxy Tab 3, and it's clear that the Tab line is destined to play a distinct second fiddle to the Galaxy Note... read more

Apple's OS X 10.9 Will Reportedly Allow Multi-Monitor Fullscreen, More Power-User Friendly Finder

Apple's next version of OS X, 10.9 is on the way, according to 9to5Mac, and will offer an improved multi-monitor experience, finally allowing users to run... read more

TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2013 Begins Now: View The Live Stream Here!

read more

Jarvis Is A Personal Assistant That Goes Beyond Siri To Embrace The Connected Home

If you're an Iron Man fan, you already know about Jarvis, Tony Stark's personal assistant (who's either a human or a virtual AI, depending on how long you've... read more

Investor Chamath Palihapitiya Says We're At An 'Absolute' Low Point In Startup Quality

Chamath Palihapitiya, a former Facebook executive and founder of investment firm The Social+Capital Partnership, said today that the tech world should be... read more

Chris Dixon Plans On Investing In More Bitcoin Startups, Says More Entrepreneurs Are Getting Involved

read more

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