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Jumio's Credit Card Scanning Technology Pops Up in Travelocity's Hotel Deals App Top
jumio-netswipe-hoteldealsJumio, the computer vision startup backed by $32 million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Eduardo Saverin and others, is today announcing the first travel application to integrate its Netswipe technology. The app involved is the recently launched Hotel Deals by lastminute.com from Travelocity, which now allows users to hold up their credit card to their phone's camera in order to pay at checkout. The feature reduces the checkout process to around 5 seconds, claims Jumio.
 
Hey Facebook, Could You Fit Any More Fucking Branding On Your "Gifts"? Top
3387041607_42a54a5df9_zSo, Facebook launched its "Gifts" product, and I was keen to take it for a whirl. I proceeded to visit my fiancee's wall and pick something out that she might like. There were a ton of options, including flowers and a bonsai tree. I opted for the bonsai tree.
 
Big Fucking Surprise: A Lot Of People Tweeted About The Presidential Debate Top
mitt-loves-big-birdI've been waiting for this moment all day, so I want to thank Twitter comms for finally giving me the opportunity to write this post. Apparently and unsurprisingly, tonight's Presidential debate gave a spirited group of passionate Twitter users plenty of fodder to Tweet about, leading to the most Tweeted about political event of all time. Pat yourself on the back, Tweeters. Tonight, you've once again made history. Any time some major event happens on the television, Twitter makes some big announcement about its latest record milestone. It's always phrased differently, but the idea is the same. Tonight's debate might have been the "most tweeted about event in US political history," but every few weeks we're treated to some other most tweeted about event. The most tweeted about Nascar race. The most tweeted about Super Bowl. The most tweeted about MTV-sponsored awards show.
 
Dropbox Now Helps Team Admins Get Everyone To Turn On Two-Step Verification Top
3714895038_65f5520938_zWhen you're managing a collaborative space for your team at work or a group of folks working on a project, you know that security is extremely important. Dropbox knows this, too, and launched its two-step verification process for all users in August.
 
DreamWorks Animation's New CTO Lincoln Wallen On Why Each New Movie Is Like A Startup [TCTV] Top
Screen Shot 2012-10-03 at 8.23.15 PMMillions of people see the end products put out by DreamWorks Animation, the movie studio co-founded by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen. But the technology that makes those movies happen often remains a bit behind-the-scenes. Today, the studio took a big step toward putting its geeky side more toward the forefront, with the appointment of Lincoln Wallen to serve as its first-ever CTO.
 
Wiley Beefs Up Higher Ed Biz: Partners With Knewton, Buys Online Degree Veteran Deltak For $220M Top
Screen shot 2012-10-03 at 5.51.37 PMJohn Wiley & Sons, the 200-year-old publishing giant best known for its scientific, technical and medical texts and journals geared towards academic and scholarly audiences, appears to be on a mission to beef up its higher education business with a dose of technology. Following on the heels of its partnership with Knewton, the academic publisher has announced that it will acquire Chicago-based online degree services company, Deltak.edu for $220 million. The acquisition, which is expected to be finalized by the end of the month, diversifies Wiley's offerings in higher ed and adds some fuel to its digital learning strategy.
 
Nexage Founder Devkumar Gandhi Raises $600K For Pinterest Marketing Startup Dobango Top
DobangoDobango, a startup that allows brands to promote themselves through fan competitions on Pinterest, just announced that it has raised $600,000 in seed funding. The company is led by Devkumar Gandhi who previously founded mobile advertising startup Nexage. (Dobango's seed investors include John Ostrem, the original backer of Nexage.) Gandhi served as Nexage's CEO for more than four years, but eventually, he wanted to return from Boston to Silicon Valley, and to start something new.
 
Ben Horowitz And The Founders Explain Why A16Z Put $15M Into Rap Genius: "Knowledge About Knowledge" Top
Rap Genius Featured ImageBen Horowitz loves hip-hop, but in an interview with TechCrunch he outlined a deeper vision behind his firm's $15M investment into Rap Genius. "Knowledge about knowledge over time becomes as important as the knowledge itself", said Horowitz about the value of the site explaining lyrics, religion and more. Watch Rap Genius' founders tell me their roadmap for bringing understanding across the web.
 
After Investigation, French Data Protection Agency CNIL Concludes No Facebook Message Bug Top
facebook-securityOn September 24, French newspapers alerted Facebook that there could be a bug that would display private messages written in 2009 and earlier on users' timelines. It was then invalidated by Facebook. But the French data protection agency CNIL investigated on its own and delivered the same conclusions as Facebook. There was in fact no bug.
 
Confirmed: Google's Motorola Mobility Acquires Image And Gesture Recognition Company Viewdle Top
viewdle_small-logoWe heard rumors about Google acquiring the augmented reality and image recognition firm Viewdle earlier this week. Turns out, those rumors were true. Google's Motorola Mobility unit just announced that it has indeed acquired the company.
 
New Advancement Gives ARM Weapon To Challenge Intel Dominance In Server Market Top
armThe x86 chip is an Intel crown jewel. It's the processor for millons of servers around the globe. But now it appears that software has invaded the land of hardware yet again with the news that a group of Russian developers are building an emulation capability to run x86 servers on ARM-based servers.
 
LG's Flagship Optimus G Slated To Hit AT&T And Sprint Shelves Later This Year Top
optimusgLG's last big (and I mean big) smartphone release around these parts was the Intuition, a funky phablet that many a critic panned. Thankfully, the company's straight-laced follow-up -- the nicely spec'd Optimus G -- was revealed earlier this month, and now both AT&T and Sprint have signed on to sell the thing when it launches later this year.
 
TC Makers: A Visit To The Brooklyn Factory Where They Make The Ultracool Blink Steady Bike Light Top
Screen Shot 2012-10-03 at 5.45.09 PMIt's rare to see the creation of a product from idea to implementation but Blink Steady, a unique, multi-sensor bike light, allowed us to do just that. Created by Benjamin Cohen, Stuart Heys, and Mark Sibenac, the Blink Steady launched in April on Kickstarter and shipped last month.
 
Pipeline, The Angel Investing Bootcamp For Women, Announces New Class Of Bay Area Fellows Top
nataliaThe fact is, the majority of tech industry investors are men -- that goes from the larger venture capital firms that fund companies in the mid- to late-stages, to the angel investors who help to get seed-stage companies off the ground. But an organization called the Pipeline Fellowship is working to deliberately change that, by putting on angel investing "bootcamps" for women.
 
YouTube Changes Its Content ID Appeals Process Top
YouTube peopleYouTube today announced that it is making some important changes to its appeals process for users who think their videos were falsely flagged for copyright infringements by YouTube's Content ID system. Previously, when users filed an appeal and the copyright owner rejected this appeal, the user was generally left without any recourse for certain types of Content ID claims. Starting today, copyright holders will get two options to handle appeals after a rejected dispute: release the claim or file a formal DMCA notification.
 
Apple Job Posting Hints At Major New System-On-A-Chip Design Effort Top
Apple_A6_ChipApple posted multiple job ads today, and one in particular is interesting given the company's recent decisions. The posting is seeking an "SoC Modelling Architect / Lead," or in the words of the job description, an individual who will be "at the center of a chip design effort interfacing with all disciplines, with a critical impact on getting functional products to millions of customers quickly."
 
Mission Impossible: Seclore Can Now Make Your Email Self-Destruct Top
seclorelogoBombay-based security software company Seclore has developed a way for your email to self-destruct. This may be just the way for companies to get past the paradox that collaboration poses.
 
After Successful Launches At USC And UCLA, Flinja Brings Its "Airbnb For University Jobs" To Stanford Top
flinjaFlinja wants to create a peer-to-peer jobs marketplace based on student and alumni networks within various universities around the country. It seeks to differentiate itself from other marketplace startups -- the Taskrabbits and the Zaarlys of the world -- by tying user participation to their college affiliation. Like Facebook once upon a time, all users are required to log in with their .edu email addresses, as a way to prove that they are either currently attending a participating university, or had once done so.
 
Entelo Launches To Help Businesses Recruit The Best Candidates, Even If They're Not Looking Top
Screen shot 2012-10-03 at 8.24.14 AMIn July of last year, Jon Bischke and John McGrath co-founded Entelo to help companies large and small identify and recruit technical talent. Since then, the startup has been in limited beta, providing only brief glimpses into what they were building, but that officially ended this morning.
 
Facebook Explains How App Center Recommendation Works. A Blueprint For Search? Top
Facebook App Center Featured App Ratings DoneFacebook says that today 220 million people are visiting its App Center every month, with 40% likely to return the day after they use it for more. But with thousands of apps available, and visitors looking for guidance on what apps to use, recommendation is a huge part of the equation both for consumers, and for developers hoping their apps are the ones to hit the big time. Today, Facebook took a step towards demystifying how all this works in a blog post explaining the building of the recommendation engine.
 

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