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Top Stories of the Day // February 13, 2013

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Today's Top Stories // Feb 13, 2013

Apple Updates Retina MacBook Pro, Drops 13-inch Retina Pro, MacBook Air And SSD Upgrade Prices

The MacBook Pro with Retina and 13-inch MacBook Air got some mid-cycle improvements under the hood today, with a new 2.6GHz processor for the 13-inch Retina... read more

Sen. Marco Rubio's Winning Twitter Response To His Awkward #Waterbreak Meme

Up-and-coming Republican Senator Marco Rubio was facing the onslaught of a full-fledged Twitter meme after he awkwardly took a sip of water during his State of... read more

500 Startups-Backed Subscription Men's Clothing Startup Bombfell Raises $730,000 Seed Round

It's been a crazy couple of months for Bombfell, the subscription clothing startup which aims to provide quality, fashionable clothing to men on a monthly... read more

Rally Software Buys Flowdock, A Real-Time Social Collaboration Hub For Developers

Rally Software has acquired Flowdock, a real-time collaboration service designed for developers. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Flowdock received... read more

Microsoft Surface Pro Teardown Reveals It's Less Repairable Than Apple's iPad

The Microsoft Surface Pro is just getting into its first week of consumer availability, and gadget repair blog iFixit has already cracked the case for a closer... read more

CEO Marissa Mayer Says Yahoo-Microsoft Search Deal Is Underperforming

Yahoo's search deal with Microsoft is underperforming, CEO Marissa Mayer said during an appearance at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in... read more

AOL Confirms gdgt Acquisition, Quests For tch Domination

AOL (owners of TechCrunch) today is taking one more step to build out its content empire: it has officially confirmed the acquisition of technology reviews site... read more

Samsung, Apple Took 52% Of All Smartphone Sales In Q4, With No Clear Number Three In Sight

Chinese mobile maker Huawei rose to third place in the worldwide smartphone rankings for the first time in the fourth quarter of last year, according to analyst... read more

Y Combinator-Backed Strikingly Launches To Help Publishers Build Compelling Mobile-First Web Experiences

To help publishers reach new users on mobile devices, a new startup called Strikingly enables publishers to quickly build mobile web experiences. The company,... read more

Opera Confirms "Gradual" Shift To WebKit -- Starting With Smartphones -- As It Clocks Up 300M Users

Browser maker Opera plans to move to using the WebKit engine, as well as Chromium, for "most" upcoming versions of browsers for smartphones and computers. Its... read more

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