Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Top Stories of the Day // August 13, 2013

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Today's Top Stories // Aug 13, 2013

Watch Ashton Kutcher Blow Kids' Minds With Steve Jobs Quotes In "Smart Is Sexy" Speech

"The sexiest thing in the entire world is being really smart. And being thoughtful. And being generous. Everything else is crap!"... read more

AnsibleWorks Raises $6M For Popular Open-Source And Easy-To-Use IT Automation Framework

AnsibleWorks has raised $6 million from Menlo Ventures for its open-source framework that has become immensely popular for its easy to use environment that... read more

Anthony Weiner Has No Idea Why He Didn't Use Snapchat Either

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Amazon's AWS Now Offers A Push Notification Service For iOS, Android And Kindle Apps, Widening Its Toolkit For Mobile Developers

Amazon continues to "push" further into the space of becoming a one-stop shop for mobile developers looking to make, host and distribute apps, and in the latest... read more

Goodbye Firewall, Hello Obstruction: Cyvera Gets $11M From Battery Ventures And More To Build Out A Military-Style, Zero-Day Defense

Of all the IT threats facing consumers and organizations today, zero-day attacks are some of the most serious: by definition, security teams do not have patches... read more

Indian Deregulation Opens Door for Messaging App Nimbuzz To Become A Telco

While most messaging app developers are chasing each others' fluffy white tails further and further down the rabbit hole (i'm pretty sure there's a sticker out... read more

As Messaging App WeChat Pushes Past 300M Users, Owner Tencent Sets Up Shop In Singapore To Spin It Off

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Rocket Internet's Lazada Builds Out Its Marketplace Model, While Europe Fashion Portal Zalando Gets A New Investor

Rocket Internet's e-commerce properties continue their march towards new horizons in all corners of the glob: in Europe, ASOS-investor and fashion entrepreneur... read more

The Mobile Tipping Point And Why Yahoo Must Mimic Groupon And Facebook

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Business Intelligence Startup Looker Raises $16M From Redpoint, First Round

Looker, a business intelligence startup founded by an early lead engineer from Netscape and LiveOps, has raised $16 Million in series A funding, led by Redpoint... read more

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