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Top Stories of the Day // April 11, 2013

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Today's Top Stories // Apr 11, 2013

Bitcoin Price-Drop Caused By Rush Of Interest, Not DDOS, Says Mt.Gox Exchange; Newcomers Now Opening ~20k Accounts Per Day

The Bitcoin correction we wrote about yesterday was not caused by a DDOS attack on one of the largest Bitcoin exchanges, Mt.Gox, but rather by a massive spike... read more

Samsung Launches New Phablet Brand -- Galaxy Mega -- Confirms Two Devices: 6.3" HD, 1.7GHz Dual-Core & 5.8" QHD, 1.4GHz Dual-Core

Samsung has confirmed the arrival of a new sub-brand within its Galaxy range of mobile devices: the Galaxy Mega expands its mini-tablet-sized-phone (aka... read more

Zuckerberg And A Team Of Tech All-Stars Launch Political Advocacy Group FWD.us

Leaders from Facebook, Google, and other tech giants today announced they're banding together to form a political advocacy group called FWD.us, designed to... read more

Java Applet Attack Wipes Out Bitcoin Accounts On Mt. Gox

The price of freedom, as they say, is eternal vigilance. A user called bitbully on the Bitcointalk Forums found himself 34 bitcoins poorer when he visited a... read more

Confirmed: Facebook Has Acquired Osmeta, A Stealth Mobile Software Startup

While Facebook is building out a bolder role in mobile in the form of Facebook Home, it looks like it is also continuing to make acquisitions that will help... read more

Foursquare's New $41M Round Helps It Delay Tricky Questions About Its Valuation

Foursquare, the social, location-based check-in app that has been pivoting into becoming a more of platform for local search, has finally closed its Series D... read more

Mail Pilot For iPhone And iPad Launches, Turns Your Email Inbox Into A Full-Featured To-Do List

Before Mailbox was even an officially announced project, and long before it sold to Dropbox in what is said to have been around a $100 million deal, Josh Milas... read more

Microsoft Reportedly Working On 7" Surface Tablet As PC Market Slumps To Four-Year Low

According to a report in the WSJ, Microsoft is working on a new line-up of its Windows 8-powered Surface tablets that includes a seven inch version of the... read more

A Glimpse Of A Cultural Dystopia Without TV Broadcasters

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Zuckerberg Launches A Tech Lobby, But What Will It Do Differently?

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