Top Stories of the Day // November 17, 2014

TODAY'S TOP STORIES // Nov 17, 2014

MARAT RYNDIN Why Did Google Decide To Split Inbox From Gmail? A couple of years ago, right around the time Google's Gmail team decided to start working on a standalone email app, the recently announced Inbox, a major... read more

DARRELL ETHERINGTON Nokia Teases “Something” That Either Is, Or Comes In, A Black Box read more

GREG KUMPARAK Netflix Kills Off Its Public API, Takes A Few Applications Down With It Are you a developer? Do you have a brilliant idea for the next Netflix-powered app? Too bad! Netflix's public API is now dead. read more

JORDAN CROOK Microsoft Gets In The Holiday Spirit With Latest Apple-Bashing Ad Microsoft is up to its old tricks again, and just in time for the holidays. The latest ad out of Redmond pits its Surface Pro 3 against the MacBook Air, and... read more

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JORDAN CROOK College Party App WiGo Brings On Tinder’s Sean Rad And Justin Mateen As Backers read more

TADHG KELLY The Lesson Of Monument Valley I’m fascinated by the reviews left by Monument Valley players after learning that new content was going to cost an extra $2. Why does something so apparently... read more

NATASHA LOMAS Self-Tracking Suitcase Passes $1M On Indiegogo From wearables to moveables, the rise of the sensornet rolls on: a Bluetooth-connected suitcase which keeps tabs on where in the world you've traveled and... read more

TOP VIDEOS

Gillmor Gang: Silent Noise  The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Friday,... read more

An Interview With William Gibson, Author Of The Future  William Gibson didn’t invent the Web but he gave us the language we use to describe it. His original... read more

EyeFocus Accelerator Launches In Berlin To Focus On Eye-care Startups  A new startup accelerator launch in Berlin this week. But while there are accelerators dotted all over Berlin,... read more

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