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CrunchGear  2 hours ago:

Twitter Acquires Local Discovery Startup Spindle, Will End Spindle Service -

Twitter acquired Spindle, an app for local discovery, today. The Spindle team will move to San Francisco and shutter the Spindle app.
CrunchGear  5 hours ago:

Wired Editor Michael Copeland Joins Andreessen Horowitz To Lead New ‘Content Strategy' -

Wired Senior Editor Michael Copeland is joining venture firm Andreessen Horowitz. We've confirmed with the VC firm that Copeland will be leading Andreessen's new 'content strategy.
CrunchGear  5 hours ago:

Twitter Adds Easier Column Navigation To Tweetdeck For Power Users -

Twitter added new features to Tweetdeck today that makes it easier to arrange and consume various feeds.
CrunchGear  5 hours ago:

Founder Stories: Airbnb's Nate Blecharczyk On Being The Only Engineer For The First Year -

This week on Founder Stories, I sat down with Airbnb co-founder Nate Blecharczyk. One of the things that strikes me as original to Airbnb's founding team is that, unlike most startups I can think of, two of the co-founders are designers, and Blecharczyk, who's a co-founder and CTO, is an engineer.
CrunchGear  5 hours ago:

Backed By First Round's Dorm Room Fund, Pagevamp Turns Facebook Pages Into Websites -

It feels like startups are taking more and more steps to make the website creation process as easy as possible.
CrunchGear  5 hours ago:

Lytro Enables Its Camera's Hidden WiFi Chip, Launches A Companion iOS App (With Animated GIFs!) -

It sure doesn't seem like many people have bought Lytro's crazy light-field camera (the one that lets you focus your photos after you take them) — but if you're one of those who did: go plug it in.
CrunchGear  6 hours ago:

The Case For And Against Candy Crush-Maker King's Possible IPO -

Zynga cast a long shadow when its stock tanked by about 75 percent in the first year after going public.
CrunchGear  6 hours ago:

Microsoft Launches Security Bounty Program, Will Pay Up To $100K For Exploits -

Microsoft has long resisted this move, but starting June 26 — the date the Windows 8.1 preview will ship — it will finally launch its own security bounty program.
CrunchGear  7 hours ago:

YC-Backed Videopixie Launches To Create A Marketplace For Video Editors -

Videopixie has created a marketplace devoted entirely to connecting users who have video with those who can edit it.
CrunchGear  7 hours ago:

Google Launches New AdSense Scorecard To Help Publishers Better Understand Their Sites' Performance -

Google launched a new scorecard in AdSense today that allows site owners to see how their properties are performing relative to other AdSense publishers.