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Top Stories of the Day // March 5, 2013

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Today's Top Stories // Mar 5, 2013

Google Is Building A Same-Day Amazon Prime Competitor, "Google Shopping Express"

Google is stealthily preparing to launch an Amazon Prime competitor called "Google Shopping Express." According to one source the service will be $10 cheaper... read more

Is This The Galaxy S IV? No – Just An Expansys Web Designer's Mock-Up

Don't worry, the Samsung Galaxy S IV won't look like an iPad mini with the camera relocated after all. Famed Android device leaker Evleaks tweeted out a render... read more

Fitness And Health Tracker Fitbit Is Raising $30M At A $300M-Plus Valuation

Fitness technology and hardware startup Fitbit is raising north of $30 million in growth capital at a $300 million-plus valuation, according to multiple... read more

Amazon Turns The Screws On Google, Microsoft Azure With EC2 Discounts

Amazon is cutting deep in its bid to compete against Google Compute Engine and Windows Azure as the cloud platform of choice for enterprises. Today Amazon Web... read more

Tablets Are Eating Into Smartphones' Share Of Mobile Content Usage, While Android Remains In Lead Overall, Finds Jumptap

Tablets are continuing their rise as the preferred screen for consuming mobile data, according to the latest figures from mobile advertising network Jumptap.... read more

Mark Pearson's Markco Media Invests $225K In Customer Loyalty Platform Stamp.it

Stamp.it, a newly launched UK startup that is building a mobile platform to help independent retailers offer their own customer loyalty scheme, has raised... read more

Apple Patents Squeeze Sensitive Device Housings That Could Be Used In Future iPhones And iPads

Apple received a patent from the USPTO today (via AppleInsider) that describes a technology that would allow device casings to employ a combination of pressure... read more

VMware Exits Collaboration Market With Sale of SlideRocket To Clearslide, A Sales Engagement Platform

VMware is exiting the collaboration market with the sale of SlideRocket to Clearslide, which will use the rich slide creation too to buttress its service that... read more

Hybris Raises $30M Led By Meritech And Greylock To Take Its Multi-Platform "OmniCommerce" Solution Global

As consumers and businesses continue to move to a multi-screen world where they expect services like payments, and their e-commerce back-end systems, to work... read more

iPlayer Shortcut (Not App) Heading To Windows Phone 7.5 & 8 In "Next Few Months" After Microsoft Inks Deal With BBC

Windows Phone fans are still waiting for Instagram to land on their mobile platform of choice but there's some good news for U.K. owners of Microsoft-powered... read more

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