Top Stories of the Day // July 15, 2013

	Disrupt SF returns in September and Extra Early Bird sales end today. Register now and save $1,200! Today's Top Stories // Jul 15, 2013 John Biggs Surface RT Price Cut Shows That Niche Hardware Doesn't Fly I'm a big fan of the Surface... Pro. It is, in short, one of the most original Windows machines I've ever used and is far more fun to carry than anyone gives it... read more Ingrid Lunden Forrester: $2.1 Trillion Will Go Into IT Spend In 2013; Apps And The U.S. Lead The Charge Forrester Research has now released its annual look at the state of IT spend globally, and the analysts project that there will be $2.06 trillion invested... read more Frederic Lardinois Microsoft's Chief Evangelist Steven Guggenheimer On Touch, The Desktop And The Future Of Imagine Cup read more Ingrid Lunden Spotify Defends Against New Music Backlash, Says It Will Pay Out $1B To Artists By End Of 2013 Spotify, the music service with 24 million active users, says that it is on track to pay out $1 billion to artists that stream music on its platform by the end... read more Matt Burns Of Course Microsoft Is Rumored To Be Making A Smartwatch Quick! Everyone! Jump on the smartwatch bandwagon!... read more Ryan Lawler The Art And Science Of YouTube Networks Over the last several years, we've seen a growing proliferation of multichannel networks (MCNs) pop up on YouTube, all of which are seeking to aggregate... read more Mike Butcher Fab Dumps Flash Sales Alerts For Pinterest-Like Follower Model To Market Design Late last year I was chatting to a VC about Fab.com. He was just shaking his head. Why the scepticism, I asked? "Look, I just can't see how it's sustainable.... read more Kim-Mai Cutler It's Not A Bird, Plane Or Taco-Copter. This Wedding Has A Ring-Dropping Quadcopter read more Mike Butcher Cloud-Based Code Editor Codeanywhere Raises $600k In Series A Funding Cloud-based Code Editor Koding has raised $9.25 million so far, while other similar businesses like Cloud9 IDE have appeared in recent years. However,... read more Steve O'Hear Taxibeat Raises $2M And Rides Into Mexico To Start The Meter On Rocket Internet's Easy Taxi Taxibeat, the hail-a-cab smartphone app and taxi driver marketplace, has raised an additional $2 million, adding to the approximately $1.4 million raised... read more Read more at techcrunch.com To forward this newsletter to a friend, click here.
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Top Stories of the Day // July 14, 2013

	Disrupt SF returns in September and Extra Early Bird sales end July 15. Register today and save $1,200! Today's Top Stories // Jul 14, 2013 Nir Eyal Why Behavior Change Apps Fail To Change Behavior Imagine walking into a busy mall when someone approaches you with an open hand. "Would you have some coins to take the bus, please?" he asks. But in this... read more Zach Noorani Rating The Venture Capitalists For a profession full of business strategy experts, it's impressive how rarely and narrowly the venture capital industry is subjected to conventional... read more John Biggs Internet Killed The Magazine Star I've been musing on whether or not to weigh in on the demise of PC World, a computer "magazine" that was once printed on "paper." Founded after the acquisition... read more Catherine Shu Package Tracking Platform AfterShip Marks Its Public Launch With A New Track Button Plugin And Pricing AfterShip, the package tracking platform for small e-commerce merchants that we profiled back in January, is leaving beta mode today and launching to the... read more Read more at techcrunch.com To forward this newsletter to a friend, click here.
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