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Microsoft Rumored To Deliver Three New Surface Tablets In 2013 Top
surface-1-2A relatively reliable MSFT tipster @MS_nerd recently tweeted that Redmond will release three new and distinct generations of the Surface tablet sometime in 2013. Ballmer recently said on a shareholders' call that the company would never again let hardware or anything else stand as a barrier to innovation, admitting that Microsoft was late to the game (especially with the tablet).
 
Apple's iOS Still Dominates Mobile Web Browsing, Little Has Changed Over Six Months Of New Devices Top
chitikia-ios-androidUsers of Apple's iOS mobile operating system tend to be much heavier mobile web browsers than Android users, according to mobile ad network Chitika. That tendency hasn't changed very much at all during the past six months, despite the introduction of a wide variety of new Android hardware. While Apple has updated its iPad, introduced the iPad mini and the iPhone 5, there have been countless new Android phones, the Kindle Fire HD and new Nexus devices, but iOS still has about twice as much of web traffic consumption as Android-based browsers.
 
Keen On… Ray Kurzweil: How Computers Will Reverse Engineer The Human Mind By 2029 Top
Screen Shot 2012-12-02 at 7.54.35 PMA new Ray Kurzweil book is always a major event. And his latest work, How To Create A Mind: The Secret Of Human Thought Revealed, is classic Kurzweil - both infuriatingly brilliant and brilliantly infuriating.
 
Google Launches Update To Maps API, Which Is Used By 800K Sites, With A Focus On Android Apps Top
2692346829_1ee5045ab2_zGeolocation is very important for consumers these days, it's a technology that can be used in almost any application you can think of. Whether you want to shop, do volunteer work or meet new people, having a great Maps integration is key for Android developers. Today, Google launched an update to its Maps API so that developers can better integrate them into the applications that they're working on or might come up with in the future. The API includes vector-based maps that load faster and will let app users navigate in both 2D and 3D views, with tilt and rotate capabilities using simple gestures.
 
Snafu Or Sequel? Xbox Live Survey Hints At Unreleased HTC Titan III Windows Phone Top
xbox-surveyIn a recently released survey meant for Xbox Live users, Microsoft got a bit curious about people's smartphone preferences. Fair enough -- they've got some skin in the game, after all -- but there was something slightly amiss about how the question was framed. What the designers of the survey didn't seem to realize is that there's no such thing as an HTC Titan III… or is there?
 
Five Things Apple Can Learn From Windows 8 Top
win8-macbookI've been using Windows 8 off and on for the past few weeks and, while I agree with many of the sentiments expressed by folks like Chris Pirillo and our own MG Siegler, especially regarding the Surface RT, I still think Microsoft did a good (not excellent) job on Win8.
 
YC-Backed Telephony Startup Plivo Raises $1.75M From Andreessen Horowitz, Battery Ventures, Qualcomm Inc. & SV Angel Top
plivo-logoPlivo, a Y Combinator-backed telephony startup that offers an API platform for voice and SMS applications, is today announcing it raised $1.75 million in seed funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Battery Ventures, Qualcomm Incorporated, and SV Angel.
 
Ask A VC Is Back With Felicis Ventures' Aydin Senkut Top
another-super-angel-levels-up-aydin-senkuts-felicis-ventures-closes-70mAsk A VC, the TCTV show where you put VCs in the hot seat, is back, and I'm going to be hosting. I'm really excited about helping you get to know some of the investors behind the companies we write about on a daily basis. We're kicking off the series with Felicis Ventures' Aydin Senkut.
 
Google Chooses Kendo UI-Powered Camera App As Default For Chrome OS Top
Kendo UI Chrome Camera AppThe latest version of Google's ChromeOS now features a Camera app. That by itself wouldn't be all that interesting, given that operating systems like OS X have long included built-in camera apps, but Google's app for its web-centric OS, of course, only uses HTML5, JavaScript and CSS to deliver a Photo Booth-like experience.
 
OMGPOP's Chief Revenue Officer Wilson Kriegel Becomes President, COO of Video Chat Startup Paltalk Top
wilson-kriegelAnother one of Zynga's recent departures has landed. Wilson Kriegel, who was OMGPOP's chief revenue officer until the Draw Something maker was acquired for $210 million in cash and retention, is taking a president and chief operating officer role at New York-based Paltalk. He left Zynga, which bought OMGPOP, earlier this year, following a slew of other executive who have left the ailing social gaming company.
 
ThisLife Launches Beautiful Online Photo Storage And Sharing Service, Uses Amazon Glacier To Keep Prices Very Low Top
thislifeThisLife announced the launch of its online photo storage, management, and sharing service at Amazon re: Invent last week. The service, which raised $2.75 million from an impressive group of investors in June, is obviously not the first company to try to solve online photo storage, organization, and sharing, but it's definitely one of the slickest ones I've seen in a long time. It's also one of the first startups to use Amazon's new Glacier data-archiving service in production, something that helps the company keep its prices down.
 
Capital One Debuts New Apps To Accept Check Deposits By Phone Top
capone-checksBetter late than never. Today, Capital One Bank added itself to the growing number of banks offering the ability to make check deposits using their smartphones. Like the initiatives that have preceded it, the mobile check deposit is made possible by snapping a photo of both the front and back of an endorsed check using an app installed on customers' smartphones.
 
Dear Santa: Please Buy Me This $26,000 Transforming Robot Top
brave roboticsI've seen a few transforming robots in my day but few are as fluid and fast as this odd creation from Brave Robotics, a Toyko-based company that is selling its creation for a mere 1.98 million Yen. The little robot starts out as a car and then quickly transforms into a standing humanoid complete with FREAKING ARM MISSILES. Sadly, that many Yen translates to about $26,000, which could fund the purchase of a few dozen Transformers toys and the salary of a dedicated butler to transform the toys for you by hand.
 
"Dearest Tumblr User" Worm Spreading Spam on Tumblr, Seen It? Then Log Out Of Your Browser [UPDATED] Top
6013940675_4d647d5011_zAccording to a report by The Next Web, there's a hack making its way through some prominent Tumblr blogs, including The Verge and CNET. Along with the spam on the pages itself, users are getting a popup message that would scare anyone's mom. Trust me, we get these calls all of the time: "Should I click this?" In a word...NO.
 
How Dev Bootcamp Is Transforming Education To Focus On "Extreme Employability" Top
michael-statonSix months ago, Jessie Young, 26, was working as a marketing manager at Get Satisfaction - a hip, well-known startup. She loved her job. She loved the company. It's just that the developers seemed to be at the heart of company's progress. To her, nothing seemed quite as exciting as working on the actual product. Jessie, like many others these days, was overcome with the desire to learn to code. But she didn't want to dabble. She had already tried, unsuccessfully, to teach herself a little Rails and Javascript, and wanted to get off the sidelines. But less than three months later, she was working as an apprentice at the also hip company thoughtbot -- this time as a software developer. What happened in those three months?
 
Microsoft Invests $75 Million To Expand Digital Education In Africa Top
digitalFutureDetailLast week, Microsoft announced a new investment of $250 million in its Partners In Learning Project to equip teachers with the skills to teach I.T. and other technology-related subjects worldwide. Now the company has announced another investment, this time of up to $75 million, aimed at increasing digital access to educational materials throughout Africa.
 
The Daily's Final Day: About 100 Employees In The Newsroom, Little Inkling Of Layoffs Top
The Daily GalaxyI spoke to a person inside The Daily who held a $40,000 reporter position for the now shuttered "daily iPad newspaper." While not completely blindsided, they had little inkling of what was going on inside the paper but there was always an undercurrent of doubt. "When the layoffs happened in the summer," they said, "you saw it coming. People were dropping off."
 
Behind Valkee: The Profitable Startup That Shines Lights Into Your Ears To Cure The Winter Blues Top
valkeeFinland has produced Angry Birds and red-hot gaming company Supercell, but there's another profitable startup that's got a far unlikelier background and product. One of the more outlandish-sounding startups I met in Helsinki last week was Valkee, a company that makes a device that shines lights onto your brain cells through your ear canals. 
 
DocPlanner, 'The ZocDoc Of E. Europe', Raises $1M Series A, Backed By Point Nine Capital, Piton Capital, To Expand To 5 More Markets Top
docplanner logoDocPlanner, an online medical and dental appointment scheduling startup based in Poland, has raised $1 million in Series A funding to expand its geographical footprint beyond the five European markets it currently operates in to five more. Investors in the round include Point Nine Capital, Piton Capital, local health tech fund RTA Ventures and local business angels.
 
An Interview With Dan Gilbert, Self-Made Hometown Billionaire And The Leader Of The Detroit Renaissance Top
Quciken LoansAfter mastering the mortgage pitch, Dan Gilbert is now attempting to sell an even bigger product: Detroit. There's something in the air in downtown Detroit. Depending on who you ask, it's a resurgence, a revival, or perhaps a white-washing. Ancient skyscrapers have new life. People are milling in the streets on lunch breaks. Startups are moving to the city at a surprising rate. Downtown Detroit feels alive - if only between 9 to 5. There's one man primarily responsible for much of the urban renewal: Dan Gilbert, founder and chairman of Quicken Loans.
 

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