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Top Stories of the Day // January 21, 2013

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Today's Top Stories // Jan 21, 2013

Sergey Brin Dons Google Glass, Dresses Like An International Jewel Thief For NYC Subway Ride

Sergey Brin rides the subway, just like the rest of us, but when he does, he's wearing Google Glass and presumably seeing much more about the dreary downtown 3... read more

Samsung Targets BlackBerry And Business Users In New Ad With That Guy From 30 Rock

Samsung is known for going after Apple in its smartphone ads, with commercials that are admittedly pretty funny, depicting the Apple faithful waiting in line,... read more

Apple Reportedly Reduces iPhone 5 LCD Panel Orders From Sharp

Japanese newspaper Sankei Biz (link via Google Translate) is reporting that Apple has halved LCD panel orders from Sharp due to lower-than-expected sales of the... read more

RIM CEO Says Licensing BlackBerry 10 Is "Conceivable". Also Not Ruling Out Selling Its Hardware Production Business

The CEO of RIM, Thorsten Heins, has told a German newspaper he has not ruled out licensing BB10 to other device makers. Asked whether RIM might not go down the... read more

Dave Morin, CEO of Path: 'If Facebook Is A Chevy, Then We're A BMW'; 'Family Friendly' Network Pushes 6M Users, Launches Virtual Goods

Dave Morin, CEO and founder of Path, today likened Facebook to a Chevy, and Path to a BMW or Audi, as he attempted to draw out the differences between his... read more

HTC's New Flagship M7 Hardware Reportedly Leaked, Complete With Sense 5.0 Screens

HTC had a disappointing year last year, despite early success with the One X and solid hardware releases in general. This year, it looks like it will be kicking... read more

Sony (Finally) Moves Past Kooky Tablet Designs, Introduces The Svelte New Xperia Tablet Z

This latest Xperia tablet has been the stuff of rumors for a few days now -- a release from Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo first hinted that the so-called Tablet Z... read more

Yahoo COO Henrique De Castro: The Future Of The Web Will Be Personalized

At the DLD conference in Munich today, Henrique de Castro, Yahoo's new COO and Google's former president of partners business solutions discussed the state of... read more

Payleven, The Samwer Brothers' Answer To Square, Takes A 'High Single-Digit Million Dollar' Round Led By A Mystery Investor

Payleven, the Rocket Internet-incubated mobile-payment service that uses a dongle attached to a mobile device to make and process card transactions -- yes, like... read more

RIM Rebrands App Store To BlackBerry World As It Adds Music, Videos Ahead Of BB10 Launch

As it gears up to launch its next-gen OS, BlackBerry 10, RIM has dropped the word 'app' from the name of its web store: turning BlackBerry App World into... read more

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