Top Stories of the Day // June 21, 2013

Friday, June 21, 2013 Posted by bloggerdaddy
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Today's Top Stories // Jun 21, 2013

Tesla Shows Off A 90-Second Battery Swap System, Wants It At Supercharging Stations By Year's End

Tesla teased electric motorheads earlier this week by announcing an event that would show off its curious battery swapping system, and it wound up being even... read more

Tencent, Naspers JV Ibibo Buys Redbus To Grow Its Online Travel Empire In India

China's internet giant Tencent and South Africa's media powerhouse Naspers are doubling down on tech in India. TechCrunch has just found out that Ibibo, their... read more

Analytics Firm Adeven Raises $4.3M To Continue To Push Beyond The Mobile Install Metric

Berlin-based mobile ad and app analytics startup adeven today announced that it has raised a $4.3 million Series B funding round, provided by Capnamic Ventures,... read more

Cheetah-Cub Is A Cat-Like Quadruped That's The Fastest Bot Of Its Size

We're still a ways away from electric sheep roaming the fields pretending to bleat but robotics researchers continue to look to nature for four-legged... read more

FAA Takes Further Steps To Abolish In-Flight Electronics Ban

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Snowden Invited To Iceland By Founder Of Payment Provider DataCell

Reuters is reporting that Olafur Vignir Sigurvinsson, founder of colocation service Datacell, is offering to fly NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden from Hong Kong... read more

iFetch Is The Perfect Balm To Soothe The Conscience Of The Lazy Dog Owner

A new Kickstarter project takes all the work out of playing fetch with your dog, replacing your throwing arm with a nifty gizmo and keeping your hands... read more

Mud-slinging Behind The Scenes As Malaysia's Taxi Apps Duke It Out

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New NSA Warrantless Tactics Reveal Little Room For Presumption Of Innocence

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3D Printing Arbitrage Is The New Hotness

As the 3D printing space heats up and home printers gain ground, there's a new breed of start-up that aims to grab the transactional costs associated with... read more

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