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Today's Top Stories // Dec 24, 2012

Cherry Is Shutting Down Its On-Demand Car Wash Service, Will Refund Pre-Paid Customers

Cherry, a startup that has been described as "Uber for car washes," is shutting down its service as of today, according to a statement from the company.... read more

This DIY Mini-Tardis Is Bigger On The Inside

If you've watched and enjoyed the program known as "The Good Doctor Who" in which an alien of some sort who flies around with his little, knobby robotic buddy... read more

Internet Silence Speaks Louder Than Words

Major websites around the web blacked out their homepages Friday at 9:30 a.m. in memoriam for the Sandy Hook massacre last week. In the cacophonous free-speech... read more

PSA: Update The Wii U (And Other Electronics) Before Christmas Morning

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Short, Sweet And In Stealth Mode: Quip Is The Name Of Ex-Facebook CTO Bret Taylor's Next Project

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Facebook Expands Photo Functionality In Its Desktop App; Quietly Rolls Out Drag To Upload Feature

Facebook last week opened a new front in the so-called photo app wars with the launch of its ephemeral photo app Poke. But Facebook's focus on apps like Poke,... read more

SocialSafe, The Social Media Back-Up Tool, Raises $400K To Out-Archive Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn

SocialSafe, the social media back-up tool co-founded by Julian Ranger's iBundle and 1minus1, has announced that it's raised £250,000 (~$400k) in what's being... read more

Singapore-based Inventory Management Startup TradeGecko Rescues SMBs From Spreadsheet Hell

Former designer Carl Thompson left the industry after years of wrangling with business administration spreadsheets, but hopes his startup TradeGecko will spare... read more

A Hackathon Ushers In A Holiday Version Of Changemakrs, The Platform For Inspirational Quotes

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Thanks To Free Shipping Offers, Online Holiday Sales Surge 16 Percent To $39B

Holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 51 days of season is up 16 percent to $38.7 billion, according to comScore. This past week, which was... read more

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