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Today's Top Stories // Jan 15, 2013

The New Myspace Opens, Hoping A Justin Timberlake Single Can Help It Fly

New Myspace made its debut back in September (when it made our own Drew Olanoff "want to hurl") but the redesign has only been available to limited beta... read more

How California's Online Education Pilot Will End College As We Know It

Today, the largest university system in the world, the California State University system, announced a pilot for $150 lower-division online courses at one its... read more

Pixate Debuts A Framework For Designing Mobile Apps With CSS

Pixate, Y Combinator-backed startup allowing mobile developers to style their native applications using CSS, is today launching to the public after several... read more

TechStars Graduate DigitalOcean Switches To SSD For Its $5 Per Month VPS To Take On Linode And Rackspace

DigitalOcean is a cloud hosting solution for small developers, looking for a cheap virtual private server to experiment, host web applications with low memory... read more

OkCupid Launches Standalone 'Crazy Blind Date' Service For Blind Mini-Dates

OkCupid has risen to be one of the most popular dating sites on the web, complete with a mobile offering on iOS and Android. But today marks the launch of the... read more

Russian Railways Sues Apple Over Trademark Infringement Online In The Apple Store

Europe's state railways continue to pick up steam in their lawsuits against Apple. Today, it emerged that Russian Railways has filed a trademark... read more

Amiigo Fitness Tracker Bracelet Gets VC Investment, Kicks Off Indiegogo Campaign

Amiigo, a fitness tracker bracelet, shoe clip plus app that can tell what type of exercise you're doing thanks to its combination of hardware sensors and... read more

Flatiron Health Raises $8M From Google Ventures, First Round To Build An Intelligent Data Platform For Oncology

Flatiron Health, the developers of an intelligent oncology data platform, has raised $8 million in a Series A round of funding led by Google Ventures with... read more

Book Now Or Wait? Kayak Adds Price Forecasting To Its Flight Search Results

It was just over two months ago that Kayak and Priceline sent ripples through the online travel industry with a blockbuster deal in which Priceline shelled out... read more

Darjeelin Wants To Help You Get A Cheaper Flight By Employing The Crowd To Do Your 'Flight Hacking' For You

Darjeelin has launched with what it's calling a human-powered flight search engine. In an interesting employment of the crowd, through contest form, experts are... read more

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