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Chinese Regulators Approve Two Versions Of iPhone 5 As Planned December Launch Nears Top
People queue up to buy the new iPad during its China launch at the Apple store in ShanghaiApple CEO Tim Cook discussed December as the launch timeframe for iPhone 5 in China on the investor call last week, and now the smartphone is one step closer to launch; AllThingsD notes that it has received approval from China's State Radio Management organization, meaning only a network access license remains to be granted before it can be legally sold in the country.
 
Real-Money Gambling Platform, Betable, Signs Up Developers Slingo, Digital Chocolate, Murka; Private Beta "Opening Up In Near Future" Top
betable logoGambling platform Betable, which allows developers to incorporate real-money gambling into their games (in markets where online gambling is legal) without themselves having to obtain a gambling license, has announced it's signed up games developers Slingo, Digital Chocolate and Murka Games to its platform -- currently in private beta.
 
Nokia And Windows Phone Get An Avian App Exclusive With Angry Birds Roost Top
angry-birds-roostThe Nokia Lumia line of Windows Phone devices have reason to crow today, thanks to a new exclusive release featuring Rovio's wildly popular Angry Birds. The app, called Angry Birds Roost, was announced back in September and while it doesn't offer any actual gameplay, it does act as the perfect central hub for the Angry Birds completist.
 
What The iPad Mini's Up Against: Asus Reports Nexus 7 Sales Approach 1 Million Per Month Top
(Fly or Die) Google Nexus 7Asus CFO told The Wall Street Journal late Tuesday that the Nexus 7, Google's well-received, affordable 7-inch Android tablet was nearing 1 million in sales per month. Chang noted that unit sales rose from roughly 500,000 around the time of its introduction in June/July, and rose steadily after that. It's a solid look at what the iPad mini will be competing with when it goes on sale this Friday.
 
With 40% Of Traffic From Outside The U.S., Glassdoor Raises $20M Series D To Expand Internationally Top
glassdoorGlassdoor, the jobs and career community website offering company reviews, salary comparisons and job listings, is today announcing an additional $20 million in outside funding. The Series D round was led by new investor DAG Ventures, and saw participation from Glassdoor's existing investors Benchmark Capital, Sutter Hill Ventures, and Battery Ventures. To date, Glassdoor has raised $42.2 million in outside funding.
 
Auto Advertising Startup adverCar Raises $2M From Canaan Partners, 1-800-Flowers, And Others Top
advercar logoAdverCar, a startup promising to make it easy for drivers to turn their vehicles into rolling advertisements, has raised a $2 million seed round. The funding was led by Canaan Partners, with participation from 1-800-FLOWERS, Branford Castle Private Equity, New Orleans Startup Fund, Jit Saxena, and the TiE Angels Boston. 1-800-Flowers CEO Jim McCann and Canaan partner Deepak Kamra are joining adverCar's board of directors.
 
Boxee TV Hits Walmart Stores Tomorrow Top
BoxeeTV-TelevisionBoxee has grown up. It was just a few short years ago that the NYC startup was simply hawking beta copies of its innovative media center software. Then came the D-Link-made Boxee Box, which sold in limited numbers through Best Buy and several online retailers. But now, with the Boxee TV, the startup has pulled off something special (or devilish depending on your view of the retailer) and managed to get the Boxee TV into Walmart.
 
Crowdfunding Site Kickstarter Kicks Off U.K.-Based Projects From Today, Eyeing Other International Launches Top
Kickstarter_LogoCrowdfunding site Kickstarter has kicked off the launch of U.K.-based projects today. The move marks the first time Kickstarter projects will be able to be built around bank accounts located outside of the U.S. -- making it easier for U.K.-based users to list and fund their projects as they can now enter payment info directly on Kickstarter, rather than via Amazon Payments.
 
Russian Online Health Startup, VitaPortal, Raises $2M Series A Led By Prostor Capital And Backed By Esther Dyson Top
Screen Shot 2012-10-31 at 08.59.46VitaPortal, a Russian provider of online and mobile health tools and content aimed at helping people live healthier lifestyles, has closed $2 million in Series A funding, led by Russian investment firm Prostor Capital, and also backed by angel investor Esther Dyson.
 
Aiming To Be A Full-Service Fitness Platform, Runtastic Launches New Indoor App Suite; Hits 14M Downloads Top
Screen shot 2012-10-30 at 10.38.55 AMThanks to MapMyFitness, RunKeeper, Nike and many more, apps that keep track of your exercise and push you to drop those extra pounds are by no means novel. Nonetheless, bootstrapped European startup Runtastic is still managing to carve out a name for itself in a crowded space by offering a simple user experience, while still offering the deeper functionality of higher-end products. Continuing to build out what it intends to be a full-service health and fitness platform, Runtastic today expanded beyond what has been its core focus to date -- outdoor recreation, like running and cycling -- launching a new suite of apps that target indoor exercise enthusiasts. Its so-called "Fitness App Collection," which is now available for Android, iOS and the Web, includes four motion-activated apps, including PullUps, PushUps, SitUps and Squats. You can probably guess at their content.
 
Gallows Humor Top
Screen Shot 2012-10-30 at 6.52.48 PMManhattan, a place I've always considered a spiritual home and sometimes an actual one, actually turned into a real life version of all those post-apocalyptic movies about Manhattan on Monday evening as Superstorm Sandy hit landfall. We all learned that what the disaster movies miss in their bathos is something elemental to human behavior in these sorts of situations: Gallows humor. Those of us with access to the Internet watched enthralled as the center of world commerce, New York City, was swallowed by flooding that eventually left 43 people dead and millions of dollars of property damaged. Because of all of the aforementioned disaster movies, the scenes broadcast were eerily familiar. Fake photos of the carnage abounded, trumped only by the more horrific, and real photos of the carnage. And jokes, lots of jokes.
 
Social Game Developer King.com Makes A Big Push Onto Mobile With Candy Crush Saga Launch Top
css_phone_ipad_printMirroring a shift in the rest of the social gaming industry over the past few years, European developer King.com is making a big push onto mobile platforms with the release of its most popular Facebook game Candy Crush Saga on iOS next month. The new mobile game has a very deep integration with Facebook, featuring cross-platform play where you can take your achievements and virtual currency purchases from the Facebook canvas into the native iOS app and vice versa.
 
With The New iPad, Apple Accelerates; With The iPad Mini, It's Pedal To The Metal Top
e"So why is iPad so phenomenally successful? Well it turns out that there's a simple reason for this," Apple CEO Tim Cook told an audience at the Apple event last week in San Jose. "People love their iPads." The response drew some awkward laughs as it seemed almost like the punchline of a misfired joke. But it wasn't a joke — Cook was absolutely serious.
 
Zetrip Finds Travel Photos And Recommendations From Your Facebook Friends, Raises Seed Funding Top
zetrip logoZetrip, a new startup offering to help users find "travel inspiration" based on the activity of their Facebook friends, just raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding from Inspiration Ventures. Co-founder and CEO Edouard Tabet said he came up with the idea last year when he was planning a trip to the Galapagos and wanted to see which of his Facebook friends had also been there.
 
Fanboy Targeting: Facebook Advertisers Can Now Choose What Mobile Devices Their Ads Appear On Top
Fanboy TargetingWhich mobile device you use says a lot about your buying habits. That's why Facebook just began allowing advertisers to select which devices and operating systems their Facebook mobile ads show up on. This lets Android app developers avoid wasting money advertising to iPhone users, and luxury brands can target people with iPads. If Facebook is going to be a mobile ads company.
 
George Lucas: I Sold Lucasfilm To Disney To 'Protect It' Top
Screen Shot 2012-10-30 at 4.26.43 PMThough it's obviously more of a show business story than it is a technology industry story, the news of Lucasfilm's $4 billion sale to Disney has reverberated throughout the tech world this afternoon. This is partly just because of Star Wars' cult status among the geeks (and I use that term with all respect and love) who make the web go 'round. But also, Lucasfilm has straddled the worlds of tech and film in a unique way, with its headquarters in San Francisco instead of LA and its strong operations in tech- and engineering-heavy things such as visual effects, sound design, animation, and gaming.
 
New York's Fab.com Temporarily Halts Shipping Over Hurricane Sandy Fallout Top
fab-comThe fallout from Hurricane Sandy is still affecting startups left and right. New York's Fab.com sent a memo out to customers today saying that it is temporarily halting shipments of packages because its New Jersey-based warehouses are currently without power. The company's headquarters in New York's West Village also remain without power and are closed. CEO Jason Goldberg says that about a dozen Fab employees are, in fact, working from his home right now trying to figure out how to get operations back in swing as soon as possible.
 
Microsoft Says Windows Phone 8 Is Like Xbox: Better For Being Late — And Dubs WP8′s Closeness To Windows 8 "A Huge Catalyst" Top
7328405210_7c150758baMicrosoft is sounding very bullish about the Sisyphean challenge facing it in the smartphone space: to transform Windows Phone from an also-ran into a serious, top-three smartphone contender -- pointing to lessons learned from the Xbox launch on how to be an underdog and still end up as market leader. It also reckons it has "a huge catalyst" for selling Windows Phones -- in the form of Windows 8.
 
Bob Iger Says Disney Will Focus On Mobile And Social (Not Console) Star Wars Games Top
star wars logoThe big emphasis during Disney's conference call discussing its acquisition of Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion was, not surprisingly, the enormous earnings potential of the Star Wars franchise. And that includes gaming — so one of the analysts on the call asked for more details about Disney's interactive strategy. CEO Bob Iger responded that the company is "likely to focus more on social and mobile than we are on console." However, he added that Disney will look at console games "opportunistically," using licensing deals to allow other companies to create Star Wars games for consoles.
 
Reminder: Our Northern Meetups Are Next Week. Is Your Pitch Ready? Top
meetups21-121We've had such a great response and such persistent requests for additional tickets to the Northern Meetups that we've decided to release some more. While about 800 of ya'll will be able to hang out with us, all at the same time, we're gonna give a few more tickets and let folks in on a 1-in-1-out basis. So grab a ticket and come on down early so you can be one of the first 800 folks in the door. Drink tickets go to the first 800 folks that show up, but if you miss the free drink tickets, well, you can always buy a beer and hang out. This is quite literally the last time we'll release tickets so get cracking.
 

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