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CrunchGear  about an hour 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  just under two 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  just under two 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  11 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  11 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.
CrunchGear  12 hours ago:

Mark Suster Talks Founder CEOs, The Acqui-Hire Frenzy, And Much More [TCTV] -

Mark Suster of Los Angeles' GRP Partners is known for his unique insights on the tech and digital media worlds, having famously had success on "both sides of the table" as a repeat entrepreneur turned investor over nearly two decades in the industry.
CrunchGear  12 hours ago:

Confronting The Reality Of US Broadband Performance -

Editor's note: Richard Bennett is a Senior Fellow with the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation and co-author of ITIF’s 2013 report, "The Whole Picture: Where America’s Broadband Networks Really Stand.
CrunchGear  14 hours ago:

The Future Of Mobile-Social Could Spell The End For Social Networks -

Editor's note:  Keith Teare is the founder of just.me and a partner at Archimedes Labs. He is also the co-founder of TechCrunch.
CrunchGear  17 hours ago:

Hell No, Tumblr Users Won't Go To Yahoo! -

We’ve all by now heard about how Yahoo is trying to get some “cool” with a supposed $1 billion purchase of hip blogging platform Tumblr, but it may be a moot point if Tumblr’s users fail to stick around post-sale.
CrunchGear  19 hours ago:

What Games Are: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Xbox? -

With Xbox 360 having started well but ended in a very confused state, I worry that Microsoft is about to carry over much of its baggage to the new console.