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CrunchGear  3 hours ago:

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 startup Giftly to grow out a mobile platform.
CrunchGear  3 hours ago:

Twitter Ups Web Account Security With Optional Two-Factor Authentication Via SMS -

After hundreds of thousands of accounts were potentially compromised a couple months ago, Twitter today launches two-factor authentication through SMS to protect people from hacks and phishing scams on the web.
CrunchGear  3 hours ago:

Twitter Introduces Charts By Genre And Popularity For Its #Music Service -

We've confirmed with Twitter that it has rolled out a new part of its #Music service for the web, charts that we were accustomed to from the company We Are Hunted, that it acquired and now powers the service.
CrunchGear  4 hours ago:

Founder Stories: Parse's Ilya Sukhar On Founding A Startup With Strangers -

For this week's episode of Founder Stories, I sat down with Ilya Sukhar, co-founder and CEO of Parse.
CrunchGear  4 hours ago:

Adobe Acqui-hires Thumb Labs To Make Mobile Apps For Behance And Its New Creative Cloud -

Another step for Adobe in its bid to become the go-to place in the cloud for those working in design and other creative industries: it is acquiring Thumb Labs, a bootstrapped, New York-based mobile app design agency.
CrunchGear  4 hours ago:

We Want YOU To Be The New TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Editor -

One of the most rewarding aspects of TechCrunch's Disrupt events is the Startup Battlefield -- like a mini-startup school, the dozens of chosen startups that go through the Battlefield training process end up with solid presentation skills, hard-earned pitching prowess and newfound courage.
CrunchGear  4 hours ago:

Google X Acquires Makani Power And Its Airborne Wind Turbines -

After previously investing into the company, Google has now acquired Makani Power, a green energy startup that is currently building airborne wind turbines.
CrunchGear  4 hours ago:

Join CrunchGov's Town Hall With @CoryBooker On Immigration For #iMarch Right Now -

Some of the Internet’s most notable personalities are bringing attention to the need for immigration reform in a 36-hour social media marathon, The March for Innovation.
CrunchGear  6 hours ago:

EAT Club Goes Mobile, Bringing A Food Truck With Mobile Phone-Powered Ordering And Payment To SF -

EAT Club, which is launching in private beta today, has a unique spin on the way that users get lunch.
CrunchGear  6 hours ago:

Google Updates Chrome For Android With Fullscreen Mode For Phones, Simplified Searching From Omnibox -

Chrome 27 for the desktop arrived yesterday and today, Google updated Chrome for Android to version 27 as well.