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Engadget  May 29 13 :

August: the beautiful, Yves Behar-designed $199 smart lock -

The home automation market is really starting to take off, and surprisingly, it's door locks that are proving to be one of the biggest areas of interest.
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TechDirt  May 29 13 :

Internet Association Hits Back At RIAA's Desire To Wipe Away DMCA Safe Harbors -

On Friday, we wrote about how the RIAA has already started pitching the terrible idea that we should do away with the important DMCA safe harbors, which make sure that liability for infringement is properly applied to those actually infringing, rather than tools and services.
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CrunchGear  May 29 13 :

European Startups, Apply For Disrupt Europe: Berlin Startup Battlefield Now! -

Calling startups from London to Lyon, from Tel Aviv to Trondheim, from Amsterdam to Athens: We want you.
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Mashable  May 29 13 :

Tim Cook: Apple Has Purchased 9 Companies Since October -

Yahoo isn't the only company ramping up acquisitions in recent monthsApple is speeding up its rate of buying companies, too.
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Silicon Alley Insider  May 28 13 :

Apple Did Nine Acquisitions In The Last Year, And Plans To Do More (AAPL) -

Surprise!

Apple is actually quite acquisitive, despite appearances to the contrary.
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Mashable  May 28 13 :

Kickstarter Tops 100,000 Launched Projects -

Kickstarter announced Tuesday that it passed a major milestone: More than 100,000 projects have been launched on the crowdfunding service

It's official! Over 100K projects have launched on Kickstarter.
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Teach 'Em to Tinker -

The other day, I took part in a forum about technology education in Brooklyn.  So much of the focus was on how to produce usable software developers inside the four walls of a classroom.
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TechCrunch  May 24 13 :

Disrupt SF 2013 Startup Battlefield Applications Are Open And Conference Tickets Are On Sale Now -

TechCrunch Disrupt SF is back! We're very excited to announce tickets are on sale and stealth companies can now apply for Startup Battlefield.
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CrunchGear  May 24 13 :

Facebook's Head Of Brand Design Paul Adams Joins Customer Outreach Startup Intercom -

Paul Adams, who was previously Facebook's global head of brand design, has joined a startup called Intercom, where he will be serving as head of product design.
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CrunchGear  May 21 13 :

PopExpert Online Video Education Marketplace Raises $2M In Seed Funding From Learn Capital And Others -

As edtech startups continue to challenge the current state of higher education, and various niche startups focus on educating people through digital means, yet another company is getting a boost when it comes to helping people learn.
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TechDirt  May 21 13 :

NYC Says Renting Out Your Place Via Airbnb Is Running An Illegal Hotel -

We've seen this over and over again: new and innovative startups enter a market in a creative and compelling way, and a combination of incumbents and regulators get in the way of something cool happening.
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CrunchGear  May 20 13 :

Mobile Payment Startup Payvia Buys Mogreet To Add Messaging-Based Marketing To Its Payment Platform -

Some more consolidation afoot in the worlds of mobile marketing and mobile payments: Payvia, one of the many startups working in the area of carrier-based mobile billing, is buying Mogreet, a mobile marketing company that delivers campaigns via text, video and picture messaging services.
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Mashable  May 19 13 :

Is Lagos Home to an African Tech Movement? -

The Lagos taxi driver roars across the biggest bridge in Africa at 110 mph. Buffeted by the night wind, it feels as if we're riding a motorbike.
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VentureBeat  May 19 13 :

Startups and big corporations embrace the maker movement -

At Maker Faire Bay Area, a "startup pavilion" highlights 20 new maker-focused startups. But big companies like Autodesk, General Electric, and even Google are getting into the DIY game too.
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SKMurphy  May 19 13 :

Reminder: Successful Consulting Engagements With Startups at IEEE-CNSV Tue-May-21 -

Quick reminder:  I will be moderating a panel on “Successful Consulting Engagements with Startups” at the May 21 IEEE-CNSV meeting.
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Silicon Alley Insider  May 17 13 :

What The 'End Of Ownership' Might Look Like -

Silicon Valley is pushing America into a "share culture," which may completely change how we live and work.
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Webdesigner Depot  May 16 13 :

Deal of the week: Inspiring book offer from Smashing Magazine -

Almost every business has a web presence these days; from single page ‘business card’ style sites, to million+ product e-commerce hubs, owning a website is as universal as taxes.
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TechDirt  May 15 13 :

DailyDirt: New Models For (Not) Funding Science? -

In lean times like these, it's getting tougher to get funding for science and technology research, especially for innovative but high-risk ideas.
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CrunchGear  May 15 13 :

Comparison Engine VERSUS IO Adds Further $2.8M To Its Coffers From Earlybird, Dave McClure, Others -

VERSUS IO, the natural language-styled comparison engine backed by Dave McClure (amongst others), has closed a $2.
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TechCrunch  May 15 13 :

China's SeedAsia Opens For Business, An Online Equity Crowdfunding Platform For Startups Across Asia -

SeedAsia, an equity crowd-funding site based in China, has just launched. The company is offering stakes in selected early-stage startups to the public.
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