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Report Finds iPad Mini And 4th Gen iPad Each Took 2% Market Of Apple Tablet Market Share In November Top
November-2012-iPad-devicesThe iPad mini and the 4th generation iPad each accounted for just two percent of overall iPad traffic during their first month of availability according to mobile analytics firm Localytics. Both were released at the beginning of November, with the iPad mini debuting as a brand new form factor and the 4th generation iPad getting internal component upgrades plus the addition of a Lightning port.
 
WordPress 3.5 "Elvin" Launches With A Completely New Media Manager, Retina Support, Responsive Default Theme Top
wordpress-logoWordPress just launched version 3.5 of its self-hosted blogging and CMS platform. This new version, called "Elvin" in honor of drummer Elvin Jones, mostly changes how WordPress users interact with images and includes a number of smaller tweaks to various other parts of the application, too.
 
Grokr Debuts A "Google Now" For iOS Users Top
grokr-wordmark-smallGrokr, a mobile startup backed by $4.2 million in funding from NEA, U.S. Ventures, Triple Point, and Lerer Ventures, is today announcing a new mobile application for iOS that aims to rethink how search should work on mobile. Or, simply put, the app is something like an iOS version of "Google Now." Google Now, for those unfamiliar, is a feature designed for users of Android devices, which learns from your current search behavior and then proactively provides you with information based on its understanding of you and your interests. It can provide weather information, flight details, sports team updates, traffic updates, calendar events, and more.
 
Sprint Reportedly In Talks To Acquire Remaining 49 Percent Of Clearwire, Along With Spectrum Rights Top
sprintblackSprint is said to be in talks to gobble up the remaining 49 percent of Clearwire it doesn't already own, according to new reports from CNBC and the Wall Street Journal. The deal is meant to sort out issues that Sprint has had in steering the decision-making process of Clearwire's business, sources told the WSJ, and it would help Sprint acquire the spectrum rights currently owned by Clearwire. Sprint is currently a wholesale customer of Clearwire's network.
 
Hardware Hackers, Unite: TechCrunch Is Headed To CES And We Want To Talk To You Top
Screen Shot 2012-12-11 at 2.54.12 PMAs you'll recall, every year TechCrunch rolls out to Las Vegas for a CES livestream to beat all others. This year, in addition to our standard CE coverage, we'd love to get loads of hardware startups on stage with us at the Las Vegas Convention center where we'll be holding giveaways, live podcasts, and loads of interviews with developers, builders, hackers, and CEOs.
 
Facebook Will Implement Changes And Eliminate Policy Voting But Explore Alternative Governance Top
facebook-site-governanceFacebook just announced the official, audited results of its final site governance vote. Though it will remove voting from its governance structure, it plans to "implement new, innovative and effective ways to enhance this process". Well under 1% of users voted, and the final tally was 589,141 people opposed to the changes, and 79,731 in favor.
 
Mozilla Launches Firefox OS Simulator 1.0, Brings Per-Window Private Browsing To Firefox Nightly Top
mozilla_wordmark_300dpiIt's a busy day for Mozilla. The company just announced that its Firefox OS Simulator, which it officially launched three weeks ago, is now stable enough for a formal 1.0 launch.
 
With Custom Art Startup JuicyCanvas, You Add A Personal Touch To Paintings Before You Buy Them Top
juicycanvas logoStartup JuicyCanvas has launched a new service for buying custom art. The experience is pretty straightforward. You go to the JuicyCanvas site and choose a piece of art that you like. Then you can tweak it to your liking, adjusting the size, rotating it, changing the colors, and so on. When you're done, you can pay JuicyCanvas to print the piece and ship it to you. You can also share your version on social networks.
 
This Sunday Was The Biggest Mobile Shopping Day For eBay, PayPal Mobile Payments Up 221 Percent Top
eBay Mobile - Go-Shopping. Download the app.eBay and PayPal continue to see record mobile sales during the holiday shopping season. Last week, the marketplace company released data that showed that non-holiday days were posting massive gains, with PayPal reporting that its total global mobile payment volume on Sunday, Dec. 2, exceeded that of Cyber Monday by more than $1 million. This past Sunday, eBay posted record mobile shopping days in terms of sales again.
 
Twitter's Native App For iOS Updated With Image Filters, Auto-Enhance, Cropping And Scaling Top
instagram-iosTwitter's iOS native app initially got left out of the update party that brought Instagram-style filters powered by Aviary into the mix, but that omission has just been fixed. The 5.2 update for Twitter has just gone live on the App Store, making filters available to iPhone and iPad users. It also adds automatic enhancement features for color and exposure, as well as cropping and scaling.
 
Google News Gets An Updated Look On Tablets, Support For Gestures Top
newsGoogle just announced that it is updating the design of the Google News reading experience on tablets, including the Nexus 7, Nexus 10 and iPad. The new design, says Google, will make the service feel "even more natural and fluid on tablet devices."
 
Kazakhstan Beats Alabama On Science Tests. Massachusetts Bests Japan. Global Comparisons Are Silly Top
Apples-and-OrangesOne of America's worst performing education systems, Alabama schools, got beat on International science tests by the humble eastern European republic of Kazakhstan, and only narrowly outperformed Iran and Turkey. International math and science test results were thrust upon the news cycle today and opportunistic policymakers are decrying the inevitable doom America will face without a superior education system. Yet, levelheaded statisticians have attempted to argue why it's silly to compare the U.S. to the rest of the world. America is 300 million people strong; there's more variation between states than between competitor countries. For instance, in Massachusetts, home of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the average 8th Grader scores higher in science than their Japanese and Chinese counterparts.
 
Mobile Burst Top
mI use my phone far more than I use a computer these days. If you're not already, soon, you'll be doing the same. Yes, a huge part of this is that it's a device that is always with you. But recently, there's something else I've noticed too. For a few services out there, I far prefer to use their apps instead of their websites. What's interesting is that I don't mean service that only exist as mobile apps or were built to be mobile first, I mean services that have been around for a while but have now nailed their mobile experience.
 
Verizon Lists The Samsung Galaxy Camera For $549 Starting December 13 Top
galaxycamerablackVerizon just added theSamsung Galaxy Camera to its lineup of connected devices for this holiday season, available online starting December 13. The red carrier is charging $549.99 and the device comes in two colors. To add the Galaxy Camera to a Share Everything Plan, you can even upgrade for a special price of $5.
 
The New York Times Relaunches On Android With Support For More Tablet Sizes, New Text-To-Speech Feature Top
nyt-sectionsThe New York Times this afternoon relaunched its Android application with an improved, more responsive design. It also added support for text-to-speech functionality, allowing readers to listen to the Times' articles and blogs using Google's built-in voice engine or another of their choice. Originally, the Times had experimented with a limited tablet application geared toward 7-inch devices, which, according to Alex Hardiman, the Director of Mobile Products at the Times, helped the news outfit gain "helpful learnings," toward this latest update.
 
Ask A VC: Kleiner Perkins' Megan Quinn Answers Your Questions Top
meganquinnThis week's Ask A VC is putting Kleiner Perkins' Megan Quinn in the hot seat. As you may remember, the show helps you get to know some of the investors behind the companies we write about on a daily basis.
 
Bing Gives Its Social Sidebar A More Streamlined Look Top
BingBing's social sidebar, which  displays relevant results from friends and experts on social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare, is one of the defining features of Microsoft's search engine. Today, Microsoft is giving the social sidebar a bit of a facelift by removing the dark gray background and making the overall design more streamlined and less cluttered.
 
NatureBox Lands $2M From General Catalyst, Redpoint To Go Big With Its "Birchbox For Healthy Foods" Top
Screen shot 2012-12-11 at 8.43.06 AMEarlier today, after nearly a year in development, Omada Health launched to bring diabetes prevention online in an effort to help fight obesity in the U.S. NatureBox wants to do its part, too, and is now announcing that it has closed $2 million in seed funding to accelerate its business and help anyone and everyone discover healthier eating options.
 
Judicata Raises $2M From Peter Thiel, Keith Rabois And Others To Give Lawyers Better Research And Analytics Tools Top
judicataLegal startup Judicata today announced a $2 million investment round from Peter Thiel, David Lee, Keith Rabois and Box founders Aaron Levie and Dylan Smith. The company wants to build better research and analytics tools for lawyers, in a way that dramatically changes the landscape of legal software, which Judicata founder Blake Masters describes as "notoriously inefficient and outdated" in a blog post announcing the news.
 
TechStars Seattle Startup Sandglaz Raises $500K For Flexible Task-Management Service Top
sandglaz1TechStars Seattle startup Sandglaz has raised a $500,000 seed round from private investors for its task-management service, which combines the practices of Agile development methodologies with traditional project management. Sandglaz, founded in 2011, is designed for high performance teams of five to 15 people who often have shifting priorities. The difference, says Co-Founder Nada Aldahleh, is the flexibility that the service gains by allowing for a more iterative project management.
 

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