Top Stories of the Day // February 12, 2013

	TechCrunch Startup Battlefield NYC competition deadline: 2/22. Click here to apply. Today's Top Stories // Feb 12, 2013 Romain Dillet Google Could Pay Apple $1 Billion Next Year To Remain Default Search Engine On iOS, Report Says Apple and Google are enemies and partners at the same time due to asymmetric competition. According to a report from Morgan Stanley, Google could pay more than... read more Gregory Ferenstein How The Nuke From N. Korea's Test Could Damage SF, Via Google Maps North Korea reportedly tested a nuclear weapon tonight. For perspective, its recently demonstrated long-range missile could potentially deliver a bomb capable... read more Darrell Etherington Apple's Invisible "Microslot Antennas" Patent Means Your Next iPhone Could Have An All-Aluminum Case A new patent granted to Apple today by the USPTO (via AppleInsider) describes an invention called "microslot antennas," which would integrate cellular and... read more Sarah Perez BlueStacks Brings Over 750,000 Android Applications To Windows 8 And Surface Pro BlueStacks, the startup bringing Android applications to PCs and Macs, is today releasing a version of its App Player software optimized for new Surface Pro PCs... read more Natasha Lomas Amex Launches Pay By Tweet, Turns Purchases Into Adverts Amex has extended its Twitter sync feature to enable customers who have synced their Amex account information with Twitter to also pay for certain products by... read more John Biggs Sonos Releases The Playbar, A Sound Bar With Built-In Streaming Magic The Playbar (or PLAYBAR, in Sonos' inimitable all-caps style) is a nine-speaker soundbar that can be placed above or below your TV and connects to your in-home... read more Ryan Lawler New WD TV Play Streaming Box Lets Users Watch Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, And Their Own Media For Just $69 read more Jordan Crook Winston, Siri's Little Brother, Launches In App Store To Give You The Morning Scoop You may remember Winston from its private beta launch back in August, but the DreamIt Ventures-backed startup is ready to officially launch its digital... read more Natasha Lomas Luxury Phone Brand Vertu Launches Its First Android-Powered Handset -- For Those With $10,000+ To Spend Vertu, the formerly-owned-by-Nokia maker of eye-wateringly expensive, leather-clad, gem-encrusted, handmade-in-the-U.K. 'luxury' smartphones, has launched its... read more Darrell Etherington Apple CEO Tim Cook Calls Shareholder Lawsuit A "Silly Sideshow," Says Company Won't Waste Time On It Last week, Apple was hit with a lawsuit from Greenlight Capital, David Einhorn's hedge fund, in order to contest a proposition which would include a requirement... read more Read more at techcrunch.com To forward this newsletter to a friend, click here.
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