TechCrunch
- OtterBox Acquires Rival Protective Case Maker LifeProof
- OtterBox, which makes the top-selling protective case for smartphones, has announced the acquisition of LifeProof. Headquartered in San Diego, LifeProof also makes protective cases
- Samsung Galaxy S4 Shipments Hit 10 Million One Month After Release
- Samsungs Galaxy S4 has hit 10 million channel sales one month after its release. The company announced its latest milestone today just eight days after
- Why Does Hollywood Hate The Future?
- A few weeks ago, Chris Dixon tweeted something thought-provoking:What were the last Hollywood movies you saw about technology & the future that were optimistic? They
- Kim Dotcom Claims He Invented Two-Factor Authentication, Has A Patent To Prove It
- Oh, Kim Dotcom. You just never stop surprising us.Just hours after Twitter finally rolled out its long-awaited Two-Factor authentication, the Megaupload founder is claiming to have invented the entire mechanism… and hes got a patent to prove it.
- LinkedIn Has Definitely Acqui-Hired Maybe, Omar Hamoui's Polling Startup, Minus Hamoui Himself
- Fresh from closing its purchase of newsreading app Pulse, LinkedIn has made another acquisition to dive deeper into the mobile space. TechCrunch
- Encoding.com's Vid.ly Integrates With FreeWheel To Provide Monetization Of Universal, Cross-Pla(...)
- Cloud encoding vendor Encoding.com launched Vid.ly a couple of years ago to provide video creators with a way to publish
- GiftCards.com Agrees To Buy Giftly To Grow A Mobile Platform
- GiftCards.com, a Pittsburg-based company that has been around for more than a decade and has sold 5 million gift cards, agreed to buy San Francisco

Mashable
- New 'The Wolverine' Trailer Shows Hero Facing His Mortality
- Another full-length trailer for The Wolverine has debuted online, and it shows our surly superhero facing his mortality.Posted to YouTube on Tuesday, the two-and-a-half-minute video features
- 4 Ways to Find Your Brand’s Voice
- Ready to start marketing your new company, product or brand? Before you create a blog, draft content for your brand-spanking-new website or start tweeting, first define
- HP Thinks Giant Tablets Are a Good Idea
- Windows 8 has officially created a new category: the monster tablet. Last falls Sony Tap 20 could have been dismissed as a one-off aberration, but others
- Teen's Invention Could Create 20-Second Phone Charge
- Tech manufacturers that boast how fast their devices can juice up might want to listen up: A California teen has developed a super-capacitor that could lead
- 99.9% Of New Mobile Malware Targets Android Phones
- Android, the worlds most popular smartphone operating system, has malware issuesWe knew that already. But a new report suggests these issues are only destined to worsenIn
- Vertus Makes Any Speaker Bluetooth Friendly
- Syncing audio to a Bluetooth speaker is a common practice these days, but sending it wirelessly to two old-school speakers at the same time is a
- NFL Star Meets Quadriplegic Fan After Viral Facebook Campaign
- In January, Eran Melnik wrote NFL superstar J.J. Watt a public message on FacebookMelnik explained that hes a nurse for a young man named Itzy Cagen.

Read/WriteWeb
- LinkedIn's Facelift Continues With New Navigation Bar
- Aligning itself aesthetically more along the lines of social networks like Facebook and Google+, LinkedIn has introduced a new navigation bar to its website. The aim is in line with the companys simplification efforts, which so
- Don't Look Now, But We Might Be In A Developer Drought
- Hey, developers! Do you feel like youre in demand? Apparently you should.HubSpot, a Cambridge-based marketing software-as-a-service venture, has started a new initiative to handsomely compensate anyone who can refer a developer friend. “If you do, and we
- Twitter Finally Gets Two-Factor Authentication
- In a pure case of closing the barn doors after the horses have come home (and so many corporate Twitter accounts have been hacked), Twitter has announced today the option to implement two-factor authentication. If users
- Let's Talk About Why Yahoo Really Bought Tumblr: Native Advertising
- If we needed an event to wake people up to the power of native advertising, its surely Yahoos $1.1-billion purchase of Tumblr.Well be talking about this a lot at AdNatively, a one-day conference Im emceeing in
- If Google+ Is Good, Why Does Google Force It On Us?
- Google really, really wants us to like Google+. Google is embedding Google+ into each of its products, making it increasingly difficult to use its services without embracing the Google+ borg, whether you want to or not.Judging
- The Sky Is Falling For Smartphone Maker HTC
- Smartphone manufacturer HTC is in disarray. According to a report from The Verge, the company is hemorrhaging executives from its Seattle-based office amid poor sales, internal turmoil and controversy. Within the last several months, HTC has lost its
- Why Your App Design Doesn't Have To Be All Thumbs
- The debate about app design largely centers around screen size.What if designers worried about digit size instead?Luke Wrobleski, a respected designer who sold a company to Twitter and more recently founded Polar, an app maker, thinks

GigaOM
- 6 things every CIO should know (or at least think about)
- CIOs may be the kings of the IT heap within their companies but they are also under siege -- new technologies from outside, recalcitrant CEOs, budget-stealing CMOS. Some things to ponder.
- Ericsson, Nokia Siemens lay the groundwork for HetNet with new Wi-Fi technology
- The heterogenous network will eventually allow our devices to connect to Wi-Fi and cellular networks simultaneously, but first those networks need to coordinate with one another.
- If Fisker goes for $20M, that’s an over 99 percent discount from its peak valuation
- Is $20 million the final valuation of electric car maker Fisker Automotive? Yikes, thats what a group is reportedly bidding on Fisker for, and which would be less than 1% of its original valuation.
- Google plans to bring its own voice search to the iPhone and iPad
- Voice search will be available as part of an update to Chrome for iOS in the coming days, Google announced Wednesday. Its yet another part of Googles broader effort to create a layer on top of its chief competitors mobile
- Survey: Share your thoughts on Microsoft’s Xbox One
- The web is abuzz with talk of Microsofts Xbox One, which was announced on Tuesday. Heres a chance for GigaOM readers to share their own thoughts by taking our survey.
- Twitter does the two-step, gets serious on security with new authentication feature
- Twitter has finally joined other leading tech companies in offering two factor authentication. The move comes after high profile hacking incidents at the AP and other news outlets.
- Jennifer Lopez gets into the mobile dealer biz, founding Viva Movil
- Viva Movil launching a line of mobile device stores targeted at Latinos and has tapped Verizon Wireless to be its exclusive partner. The phones and service will be Verizon, but the marketing will be all J-Lo.

TNW
- Chinese city Shenzhen puts a stop to taxi-finding smartphone apps, citing lack of standards
- Finding a taxi via a smartphone app may be highly convenient, but authorities in the Chinese city of Shenzhen
- Despite PC slump, Lenovo reports record full-year sales of $34 billion, looks to mobile for growth
- As the global PC market continues to spiral downwards, Lenovo, the world’s second-largest PC maker after HP, has reported solid earnings for its fourth fiscal quarter and full-year ended March... Keep reading →
- Korea-only KakaoHome outpaces Facebook Home with 500,000 downloads in its first 9 days
- KakaoHome, the Facebook Home-style Android application from Korea’s top messaging company Kakao, is seeing impressive uptake after passing 500,000 downloads nine
- Google reveals Raytown, Missouri as the tenth Kansas City-area expansion in line to get Fiber
- Google on Wednesday announced that Raytown, Missouri will receive the company’s Fiber Internet service. Just like for the last
- LinkedIn revamps navigation as part of efforts to simplify mobile and desktop experience
- Following changes to its homepage design, profile layout, and recently a mobile app revamp, LinkedIn is rolling out another new change
- Samsung’s Galaxy S4 passes 10 million channel sales within one month of launch
- Samsung co-CEO Shin Jong-kyu told media last week that he expected the company’s new flagship smartphone the Galaxy S4 to pass 10 million channel sales this week, and that has proven to... Keep reading →
- Yelp fires back at small business extortion claims, says it’s not, and ‘never has been’, true
- Yelp and its review service have once again come

37signals
- LINK: Ryan on Jobs-To-Be-Done Radio
- Ryan on Jobs-To-Be-Done RadioI talked about software design and seeing through the customer’s eyes for 30 minutes on Jobs-To-Be-Done Radio. In my favorite part we thoroughly debunked personas and talked about how situations, not attributes drive behavior. Hosts Bob and
- Don’t have the right gear? Make it.
- I’ve been working on some video tests with the iPhone and I needed to mount it on tripod for some steadier shots. Some folks in the office had good things to say about the Glif from Studio Neat, but the
- Don't have the right gear? Make it.
- I’ve been working on some video tests with the iPhone and I needed to mount it on tripod for some steadier shots. Some folks in the office had good things to say about the Glif from Studio Neat, but the
- LINK: The 37signals Report Card
- The 37signals Report CardWe’ve long believed in the value of transparency at 37signals. It’s why we write about how we work and why we provide real-time information about our customer happiness and uptime. We like being held to a high
- VIDEO: “If you wanna meet with me… come…
- “If you wanna meet with me… come to the garden… with your shovel… so we can plant some shit.” -Ron Finley
- Wanted: 25 special customers.
- We’re working on a entirely new product, and I’m looking to meet some potential customers. We can meet in person, over the phone, or via Skype, etc.The tool is for the small business owner who runs a company of between
- LINK: The importance of quick and dirty
- The importance of quick and dirtyQuick and dirty is a skill. Use it or lose it. My latest article for Inc. Magazine.

O'Reilly Radar
- Talking about in-memory
- I flew to the west coast this week to attend Maker Faire with my computer-programming, ham-radio-building, hardware-curious teenage cousin. I’ve attended twice in New York but this was my first trip to the mothership. Wow. So much cool stuff to
- Four short links: 22 May 2013
- XBox One Kinect Controller (Guardian) — the new Kinect controller can detect gaze, heartbeat, and the buttons on your shirt.Surveillance and the Internet of Things (Bruce Schneier) — Lots has been written about the “Internet of Things” and how it
- Four short links: 21 May 2013
- Hyperinflation in Diablo 3 — interesting discussion about how video games regulate currency availability, and how Diablo 3 appears to have messed up. several weeks after the game’s debut a source claimed that there were at least 1,000 bots active
- Four short links: 20 May 2013
- Our Fair Deal — international coalition (EFF, InternetNZ, Demand Progress, Creative Freedom Foundation, many others) raising awareness and petitioning lawmakers to reject copyright proposals that restrict the open Internet, access to knowledge, economic opportunity and our fundamental rights. (via Susan
- Software and the physical world
- In this episode of the Radar podcast series Jon Bruner and I are joined by Mike Loukides as we muse more on software and the physical world. No coffee shop clatter in the background this time around as we were
- Three organizations pressing for change in society’s approach to computing
- Taking advantage of a recent trip to Washington, DC, I had the privilege of visiting three non-profit organizations who are leaders in the application of computers to changing society. First, I attended the annual meeting of the Association for Computing
- Four short links: 16 May 2013
- Australian Filter Scope Creep — The Federal Government has confirmed its financial regulator has started requiring Australian Internet service providers to block websites suspected of providing fraudulent financial opportunities, in a move which appears to also open the door for

Micro Persuasion
- The Clip Report is expanding. In between the quarterly(ish)...
- The Clip Report is expanding. In between the quarterly(ish) briefing books I will be sharing field notes on LinkedIn from my various conversations with media innovators. You can read my learnings here.Pictured above clockwise: Anil Dash, Wenda Harris
- No single industry has embraced social and digital technologies...
- No single industry has embraced social and digital technologies like
- The Clip Report: An eBook on the Future of Media In the early...
- The Clip Report: An eBook on the Future of MediaIn the early 1990s when I began my career in PR there were clip reports. These were physical books that contained press
- The Clip Report is expanding. In between the quarterly(ish)...
- The Clip Report is expanding. In between the quarterly(ish) briefing books I will be sharing field notes on LinkedIn from my various conversations with media innovators. You can read my learnings here.Pictured above clockwise: Anil Dash, Wenda Harris
- No single industry has embraced social and digital technologies...
- No single industry has embraced social and digital technologies like
- The Clip Report: An eBook on the Future of Media In the early...
- The Clip Report: An eBook on the Future of MediaIn the early 1990s when I began my career in PR there were clip reports. These were physical books that contained press
- The Clip Report is expanding. In between the quarterly(ish)...
- The Clip Report is expanding. In between the quarterly(ish) briefing books I will be sharing field notes on LinkedIn from my various conversations with media innovators. You can read my learnings here.Pictured above clockwise: Anil Dash, Wenda Harris

Museum of Modern Betas
- Reclaim.fm
- Reclaim.fmTake back control of everything you create, curate and share on the internet.(↬ wirres) | | |
- WIP Videos
- Wip VideosA new way to share and review work-in-progress videos(↬ pandodaily) | | |
- Unicode Character Table
- Unicode Character Table❤ ☀ ★ ☂ ☻ ♞ ☯ ☭ ☢ € → ☎ ❄ ♫ ✂ ▶ ✇ ♎ ⇧ ☮ ♻ ⌘ ⌛ ☘ ✈ ☊ ♔ ♕ ♖ ☦ ✝ ❖ ➎ ♠ ♣
- kloudless
- kloudlessKloudless offers a simple, secure way to move attachments between your email inbox and other cloud storage services.(↬ techcrunch) | @kloudless | |
- ShotClip
- ShotClipCreate and share a cool video(↬ wwwhatsnew) | | |
- BitTorrent Sync
- BitTorrent Sync(in BitTorrent Labs)Automatically sync files via secure, distributed technology.(↬ gigaom) | | |
- CrowdMed
- CrowdMedCrowdMed is revolutionizing healthcare by harnessing ‘the wisdom of crowds’ to help solve even the world’s most difficult medical cases quickly and accurately online.(↬ netzwertig) |

ProgrammableWeb
- Today in APIs: The Celery API Provides Pre-Commerce Options, Sprout Social adds Google Plus Pag(...)
- The Celery API enables Crowdfunding projects to easily pre-sell product in advance of release. Sprout Social makes Google Plus Pages management easier for users. Plus: the Truecaller API is a phone directory via
- Metwit Weather API Now Features Push Weather Notifications
- Last month, ProgrammableWeb reported that Metwit was releasing a free, short term trial plan of the Metwit Weather API to help developers who have created applications using Yahoo! Weather APIs and have been impacted by
- Screenhero Offers Collaborative Screen Sharing via API
- Screenhero exists purely to share your computer screen; with anyone, anywhere, anytime. As the Screenhero team describes on their website: its like Google Docs for any application on your computer. Additionally, Screenhero enables developers to
- 96 Stocks APIs: Bloomberg, NASDAQ and E*TRADE
- Our API directory now includes 96 stocks APIs. The newest is the Eurex VALUES API. The most popular, in terms of directory page views, is the Bloomberg API. Below youll find some more stats from
- When Text Doesn’t Quite Get The Message Across: SayRoom API
- The sharing of thousands of online images is a big part of daily social media interaction. Even with the accompanying comments enhanced by expressive punctuation or clever emoticons, however, nothing beats an actual spoken response
- The Truecaller API: Phone Directory via Crowd-source
- The 600 million numbers that Truecaller has in its directory have been collected via crowd-sourcing. Truecaller’s users can share their contacts and in return they get access to search in the collaborative database. Thanks to
- Today In APIs: Duedil API, Box HIPAA Compliance and 9 New APIs
- Duedil API widens its reach with company information from 20 additional countries across Europe. Box Developers can now take advantage of its HIPAA Compliance Plus: Khronos to create Camera Control Open Standard API
