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Top Stories of the Day // February 21, 2013

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Today's Top Stories // Feb 21, 2013

PS4 Is Sony's Last Stand, And It's Wasting It On A Tired Strategy That Ignores How The Gamer Is Changing

Sony's PlayStation 4 made its grand debut today in a presentation with all the theatrical flair to be expected from an electronics company that's also a media... read more

Google Reportedly In Talks With Warby Parker To Design Stylish Google Glass Frames

Google is reportedly in talks with Warby Parker to make glasses that look less like Geordi La Forge's eyewear and more like something a style-conscious person... read more

New Google Glass Patent Is The Most Comprehensive Yet For Google's Face-Based Wearable Computer

The USPTO has published a new patent application today from Google, which describes in comprehensive detail the complete system that would go on to become... read more

This New Apple Patent Could Be The Design For A Radical iWatch With A Wraparound Display

Apple has a number of patents on wearable computing, but a new application spotted by AppleInsider blends some old and some new tech to provide a vision of what... read more

Coursera Adds 29 Schools, 90 Courses And 3 New Languages To Its Online Learning Platform

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Jumio Brings Identity Verification To Mobile Apps - Just Hold Up Your ID To The Camera

Jumio, the Andreessen Horowitz-backed mobile payments and ID-scanning startup, is today releasing a new version of its Netverify product designed... read more

Online Learning Platform, edX, Goes International With The Addition Of Six New Schools

When it comes to online education and massive open online courses (a.k.a. "MOOCs"), Udacity and Coursera have stolen most of the attention. But they aren't the... read more

Tesla Shares Drop 9.7% As It Reports Another Quarterly Loss

Shortly after market opening, Tesla shares (NASDAQ:TSLA) dropped 9.68 percent to 34.81 in the wake of yesterday's earnings. The company disappointed investors... read more

BillPin Wants To Save Friendships By Making Social Expense Sharing Quick And Easy

Out of all the problems that friends run into, money is one of the stickiest. There's nothing that can degrade a relationship in quite the same way as an... read more

Canon Launching Its MREAL Headset March 1st, Will Allow Designers To Prototype Using Augmented Reality

Canon announced the launch of its MREAL system for "mixed reality" today, which includes a head-mounted display that allows wearers to combine virtual objects... read more

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