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CrunchGear  5 hours ago:

How Cheap Genetic Testing Complicates Cancer Screening For Us All -

Sometimes, more medical information is a bad thing. The influential United States Preventive Services Task Force recommends against most women getting genetic screenings for their susceptibility to breast cancer.
CrunchGear  6 hours ago:

Android's Design Principles And The Calculus Of The Human Pleasure Response -

Android UX and interaction design leads Helena Roeber and Rachel Garb gave a talk at Google I/O this year about the Android Design Principles (ADP) they helped create and introduced back in 2012 with the launch of Android 4.
CrunchGear  7 hours ago:

Iterations: How Tech Hedge Funds And Investment Banks Make Sense Of Apple's Share Buybacks -

Apple has a good deal of cash. And, in the Valley, the startup ecosystem -- for many reasons -- wants to see Apple spend that cash.
CrunchGear  8 hours ago:

Yahoo Board Has Approved A $1.1 Billion Cash Deal For Tumblr, WSJ Reports -

The Wall Street Journal is now reporting via Twitter that the rumored $1.1 billion cash acquisition deal for social blogging site Tumblr has been approved by Yahoo's board of directors.
CrunchGear  9 hours ago:

Finding Patterns In The Tableau IPO -

Editor's note: Glenn Solomon is a partner with GGV Capital. Some of his recent investments include Pandora, Successfactors, Isilon, Domo, Square, Zendesk, Quinstreet, and Nimble Storage.
CrunchGear  9 hours ago:

Illinois Library Embraces Crowdfunding To Bring Its Patrons A 3D Printer (And A Giant Hulk Statue) -

Retooling the traditional public library for a more technically savvy populace is no small feat, especially when library budgets across the U.
CrunchGear  9 hours ago:

Former Google Exec Turns Whistleblower On Company's Tax Avoidance Machinations In The UK -

Google is under fire in the UK for its tax practices in the country, and a new key witness (who spoke to The Sunday Times) might put them in deeper hot water when he hands over a reported 100,000 emails and documents to the British Revenue & Customs (HRMC) services.
CrunchGear  9 hours ago:

YouTube Turns Eight As Platform Surpasses More Than 100 Hours Of Video Uploaded Per Minute -

YouTube turns eight years old today, reminding each of us in some odd way how young or old we really are.
CrunchGear  18 hours ago:

David Karp's Dilemma -

As the Tumblr/Yahoo deal continues to be negotiated by press, and the world gears up for whatever is being announced Monday morning, Tumblr founder David Karp is probably having a very interesting weekend.
CrunchGear  18 hours ago:

Backed Or Whacked: Reading And Writing Through Crowdfunding -

Editor’s note: Ross Rubin is principal analyst at Reticle Research and blogs at Techspressive. An ancient and once-sacred bond between author and audience, reading and writing have become but two more tasks along with a multitude of other things that we do on a host of digital devices -- watcing videos, listening to music, playing games, and really anything except using Facebook Home.