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TechCrunch UK  less than a day ago:

Google App Engine Drops Some High Replication Datastore Prices By Up To 25% -

At Google I/O last week, Google announced that its Google App Engine High Replication Datastore (HRD) - its schemaless object data storage service - currently processes over 4.
TechCrunch UK  2 days ago:

Photo Albums Are Stupid. Moju Labs Is Building What Comes Next. -

With years of digital exhaust now behind us – over 240 billion photos on Facebook, 8 billion on Flickr, and not to mention the 72 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every month – we’re now transitioning to a time when we’re in need of smarter tools for organizing and accessing our personal data archives.
TechCrunch UK  3 days ago:

Tim Cook: “We Pay All Of The Taxes We Owe, Every Single Dollar” -

We are updating this blog during the live congressional testimony of Apple CEO Tim Cook. More details will be added soon.
TechCrunch UK  3 days ago:

Twitter's Innovator's Patent Agreement Goes Into Action For ‘Pull To Refresh,' Jelly And Lift Will Adopt The Framework -

Last year, Twitter announced something it called the Innovator's Patent Agreement (IPA), which would keep patents in the hands of the designers and engineers that came up with the technology behind them.
TechCrunch UK  4 days ago:

Keen On… Peter Hirshberg: Why Smart Entrepreneurs Should Care About Smart Cities -

Last week, representatives of many of the world's leading cities - including London, Boston, Mexico City, Barcelona and Christchurch - came to San Francisco to learn from Silicon Valley entrepreneurs about how to make their cities smarter.
TechCrunch UK  4 days ago:

Tumblr Updates iOS App With New Path-Like Interface -

Tumblr is still shipping. Despite all the noise surrounding the Yahoo-Tumblr acquisition, the company has just pushed out an update to its iOS application introducing a new user interface that now includes the almost Path-like post chooser, previously introduced in the Android version.
TechCrunch UK  4 days ago:

Study: Free Computers Don't Close The Rich-Poor Education Gap -

According to a new study, we really don’t have to worry too much about the nearly 1 in 4 children without access to FarmVille at home.
TechCrunch UK  5 days ago:

Singapore's MediaCorp Invests $40M In Luxury Online Retailer Reebonz -

MediaCorp, one of Singapore's two largest media companies, has poured $40 million into Reebonz in a deal that values the designer brand flash-sales site at about $200 million.
TechCrunch UK  May 17 13 :

Facebook's Growth Since IPO In 12 Big Numbers -

Facebook still hasn't clawed its way back up to its $38 IPO price, but it's made steady progress since going public a year ago.
TechCrunch UK  May 17 13 :

Don't Let Your Company's Scale Tip Your Bathroom Scale -

Any programmer or blogger knows that when you work on the Internet, on a computer, it's easy to gain weight.
TechCrunch UK  May 17 13 :

This Week On The TechCrunch Gadgets Podcast: All Google I/O, All The Time -

Google's major developer conference, Google I/O, went down this week. Was it a bit of a letdown? Probably.
TechCrunch UK  May 17 13 :

Postach.io Turns An Evernote Notebook Into A Blog -

One of the more interesting projects to emerge from Evernote’s 2013 Devcup hackathon is called Postach.
TechCrunch UK  May 17 13 :

Amidst Tumblr Acquisition Rumors, Yahoo To Hold Product Event With Marissa Mayer On Monday -

On Monday, it seems that we may get a better sense of what Yahoo plans to build in the wake of its acquisition spree, as CNBC is reporting that the company will be holding a "product-related" news event on Monday in New York City.
TechCrunch UK  May 17 13 :

With $1.5M Led By Winklevoss Capital, BitInstant Aims To Be The Go-To Site To Buy And Sell Bitcoins -

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the twin Harvard graduates who famously sparred with Mark Zuckerberg over the founding of Facebook and are now working as tech investors through Winklevoss Capital, are part of the growing group of venture capitalists who have taken a keen interest in Bitcoins.
TechCrunch UK  May 17 13 :

Google Introduces Portable Native Client, Makes It Easier For Developers To Add C And C++ Code To Their Web Apps -

Native Client - a technology that allows developers to run native compiled C and C++ code as part of their web apps - has long been a part of Google Chrome.
TechCrunch UK  May 16 13 :

Here Are The Commands You Need To Gain Root Access To Your Google Glass -

There’s been a lot of talk about rooting your Glass device, or if its possible at all. Well, it is.
TechCrunch UK  May 16 13 :

Feds Seize Assets From Mt. Gox's Dwolla Acount, Accuse It Of Violating Money Transfer Regulations -

Bitcoin exchange service Mt. Gox is experiencing some issues with U.S. authorities. The Department of Homeland Security issued a seizure warrant to Dwolla for the money in Mt.
TechCrunch UK  May 16 13 :

Amazon Taps NBCUniversal To Bring Covert Affairs, Grimm, Suits, And More To Prime Instant Video -

Amazon has just announced a new content deal with NBCUniversal, bringing a host of new television series to the video streaming platform.
TechCrunch UK  May 16 13 :

An Offer You Can't Refuse: Bitcoin Startup BitPay Raises $2M Led By Founders Fund (The VC Run By The PayPal Mafia) -

BitPay, the startup with ambitions to become the PayPal of the bitcoin world, is today announcing that it has raised another $2 million.
TechCrunch UK  May 16 13 :

BonitaSoft Raises $13M Series C For Its Open Source Business Process Management Solution -

BonitaSoft, a provider of an open source business process management (BPM) solution, has raised a $13 million Series C round led by the FSN PME Fund, a French government initiative to invest in technology companies to help them scale globally.