Top Stories of the Day // April 11, 2013

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Today's Top Stories // Apr 11, 2013

Natasha Lomas

Bitcoin Price-Drop Caused By Rush Of Interest, Not DDOS, Says Mt.Gox Exchange; Newcomers Now Opening ~20k Accounts Per Day

The Bitcoin correction we wrote about yesterday was not caused by a DDOS attack on one of the largest Bitcoin exchanges, Mt.Gox, but rather by a massive spike... read more

Natasha Lomas

Samsung Launches New Phablet Brand -- Galaxy Mega -- Confirms Two Devices: 6.3" HD, 1.7GHz Dual-Core & 5.8" QHD, 1.4GHz Dual-Core

Samsung has confirmed the arrival of a new sub-brand within its Galaxy range of mobile devices: the Galaxy Mega expands its mini-tablet-sized-phone (aka... read more

Josh Constine

Zuckerberg And A Team Of Tech All-Stars Launch Political Advocacy Group FWD.us

Leaders from Facebook, Google, and other tech giants today announced they're banding together to form a political advocacy group called FWD.us, designed to... read more

John Biggs

Java Applet Attack Wipes Out Bitcoin Accounts On Mt. Gox

The price of freedom, as they say, is eternal vigilance. A user called bitbully on the Bitcointalk Forums found himself 34 bitcoins poorer when he visited a... read more

Ingrid Lunden

Confirmed: Facebook Has Acquired Osmeta, A Stealth Mobile Software Startup

While Facebook is building out a bolder role in mobile in the form of Facebook Home, it looks like it is also continuing to make acquisitions that will help... read more

Ingrid Lunden

Foursquare's New $41M Round Helps It Delay Tricky Questions About Its Valuation

Foursquare, the social, location-based check-in app that has been pivoting into becoming a more of platform for local search, has finally closed its Series D... read more

Darrell Etherington

Mail Pilot For iPhone And iPad Launches, Turns Your Email Inbox Into A Full-Featured To-Do List

Before Mailbox was even an officially announced project, and long before it sold to Dropbox in what is said to have been around a $100 million deal, Josh Milas... read more

Natasha Lomas

Microsoft Reportedly Working On 7" Surface Tablet As PC Market Slumps To Four-Year Low

According to a report in the WSJ, Microsoft is working on a new line-up of its Windows 8-powered Surface tablets that includes a seven inch version of the... read more

Gregory Ferenstein

A Glimpse Of A Cultural Dystopia Without TV Broadcasters

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Gregory Ferenstein

Zuckerberg Launches A Tech Lobby, But What Will It Do Differently?

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