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Google Was Planning This (Never-Released) Smartphone A Year Before The iPhone

According to documents associated with Oracle’s intellectual property case against Google, the latter company was planning a phone designed to interface with its map, calendar and email products – web-heavy.

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DITTO Grabs $3M For Augmented-Reality Shopping

Eyeglasses startup Ditto Inc. has closed a $3M first funding round led by August Capital to bring augmented-reality shopping to the masses.

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“Descriptive Camera” Prints Description, Not Photo

An NYU student created an unusual camera that outputs text, not photos, to describe the scene you snapped.

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Apple’s WWDC Is Sold Out, But You Can Still Get In On The Action

Yesterday, tickets for Apple‘s 2012 annual developers conference WWDC went on sale and sold out within two hours. The event, which will be held at San Francisco’s Moscone West from.

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Do You Still Own Stuff You Upload To Google Drive?

Fresh on the heels of Google‘s Dropbox-like remote storage service, Google Drive, is a furor over what the fine print in the service’s user agreement means for users’ intellectual property.

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Microsoft Imagine Cup 2012 Announces U.S. Finalists

This past weekend, Microsoft announced the U.S. finalists of its annual Imagine Cup, where high school and college students have been working to solve social issues through software development for the.

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April Technori Pitch: Mineful, RecSpon, NoRedInk, MobCart, and StyleSeek

Technori is a monthly platform for Chicago startups to publicly showcase their service. This month Mineful, RecSpon, NoRedInk, MobCart, and StyleSeek took the stage.

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SingleHop Snags $27.5 Million Investment To Expand Hosting Services

Chicago startup scene darling SingleHop, which provides web-hosting services for small businesses, has completed its first ever institutional financing, securing a $27.5 million round led by Battery Ventures.

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Entrepreneurs, Advocates, Politicians Circle The Wagons Against CISPA

A diverse, growing group of entrepreneurs, privacy and security advocates, and high-level politicians are voicing opposition to controversial new cybersecurity laws including the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. In.

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Excelerate Labs Chooses 10 Startups

Excelerate Labs, a Chicago-based startup accelerator, has gone global this year with its selection of 10 startups to participate in its summer program.

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