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 | Matt Burns Automated homes are nothing new. For decades, people have toiled over connecting household object to intranets and servers in a desperate attempt to simplify... read more | |  | Eliza Brooke Today Codecademy released its first foray into the mobile space, an app-based intro course to coding designed to take less than an hour to complete. I had a lot... read more | |  | Darrell Etherington Apple has received a patent for curved touchscreens and displays, according to AppleInsider, which describes a system for making curved touch sensitive glass.... read more | |  | Matthew Panzarino | |  | Jordan Crook Snapchat has filed for a temporary restraining order against Reggie Brown, the man who claims to have invented the idea for disappearing messages. According... read more | |  | Jordan Crook Slowly but surely, Google's Chromecast devices is beefing up with content partners. The latest is Songza, a music streaming service that finds you an expertly... read more | |  | Frederic Lardinois During the 10th edition of the LeWeb conference in Paris today, New York-based investor Fred Wilson described the three "mega trends" that currently influence... read more | |  | December is officially here, and it’s a particularly cold weekend for much of the United States. Looking... read more | |  | The Gillmor Gang — John Borthwick, Robert Scoble, Dan Farber, Doc Searls, and Steve Gillmor — imagine a world 30... read more | |  | There are, of course, many libertarians in Silicon Valley who see Washington DC as the mortal enemy of innovation.... read more | | | To forward this newsletter to a friend, click here. | | |
