Monday, August 26, 2013

Top Stories of the Day // August 26, 2013

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Today's Top Stories // Aug 26, 2013

Dispatch From The Future: Uber To Purchase 2,500 Driverless Cars From Google

July 25, 2023 -- Local transportation and delivery giant Uber announced its biggest bet on autonomous vehicles yet, saying it would purchase 2,500 driverless... read more

Microsoft's Next Era

Moments like this happen only once a generation in the technology industry.... read more

This Is Why You Don't Need A New Phone

Network World has an excellent pictorial slideshow that shows us just how ridiculous our neophilia has gotten. While it's weak sauce coming from a site that... read more

When Apple Did Color Because It Was Delicious, Exciting, And Human

You know what they say about trends: wait five years and they'll swing back around again. With confirmation that a a gold iPhone 5s will indeed break onto the... read more

Kickstarter Project Apngasm Wants To Promote Animated PNGs As An Alternative To GIFs

GIFs have remained so ubiquitous, spawning legions of apps, memes and NSFW Tumblrs, that it can be surprising to remember the bitmap image format is more than... read more

TOP VIDEOS

San Diego's Vibrant Startup Community Shows Up For A Night Of Stellar Pitches

The TechCrunch Meetup + Pitch-Off in San Diego was a smashing success, with over 1,000 people in attendance, a... read more

Gillmor Gang: Watching the River Flow

The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, Dan Farber, Kevin Marks, Doc Searls, and Steve Gillmor — digest the resignation... read more

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Sunday, August 25, 2013

Top Stories of the Day // August 25, 2013

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Today's Top Stories // Aug 25, 2013

The Maginot Line

I'm sorry to say that I have succumbed to something like schadenfreude. It's not that I really enjoy what is happening these days, what with institutions of the... read more

Weekend Watch Review: Grappling The Girard-Perregaux Chrono Hawk

Girard-Perregaux, to those not familiar with watch lore, is a watchmaker founded in 1791 and that now produces handmade, manufacture pieces in the mid- to... read more

As Wix Heads Toward IPO, Weebly Looks To Expand With Big New SF Headquarters, Plans To Add 500+ Employees

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Gillmor Gang: Watching the River Flow

The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, Dan Farber, Kevin Marks, Doc Searls, and Steve Gillmor — digest the resignation of Steve Ballmer and its potential impact... read more

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Gillmor Gang: Watching the River Flow

The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, Dan Farber, Kevin Marks, Doc Searls, and Steve Gillmor — digest the resignation... read more

CrunchWeek: Ballmer's Classy Exit, Our Picks From YC's Demo Day, And The Gold iPhone

Are you feeling like you're ready to kick off the weekend, but could just use three more opinions on the biggest... read more

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