Top Stories of the Day // November 19, 2014

TODAY'S TOP STORIES // Nov 19, 2014

NATASHA LOMAS Update: Jolla Crowdfunds $380K+ To Build An iPad Alternative Finnish smartphone startup Jolla has revealed the next step in its hardware journey: it's making a tablet, albeit The Jolla Tablet will be crowdfunded. So this... read more

JON RUSSELL It Looks Like Coin Is Finally Shipping To Early Backers One year after exploding on the scene, it looks like Coin, the YC-backed startup that wants to replace all your bank cards with a universal card, is finally... read more

JOHN PRISCO It’s Time For Apple To Open Up By now you’ve seen the headlines. The researchers at Lacoon Mobile Security identified the malicious software Xsser, capable of stealing text messages,... read more

JOSH CONSTINE Facebook Launches Standalone Groups App To Stoke Micro-Sharing read more

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JON RUSSELL Uber’s Moral Compass Needs Recalibration Another day, another Uber Mess. The latest news is that Uber is investigating one of its general managers for privacy violations after he accessed customer data... read more

STEVE O'HEAR Restaurant Discovery Service Zomato Raises Further $60M Zomato, the restaurant search and discovery service, has closed a further $60 million in funding, giving the company a post-money valuation of $660 million. read more

JOSH CONSTINE Uber CEO Says Exec’s Threats To Journalists “Showed A Lack Of Humanity” But Doesn’t Fire Him read more

TOP VIDEOS

TC Cribs: Famo.us, The Startup Office That Feels Like Home (Because It Used To Be One)  In this episode of Cribs, we headed over to Famo.us, the startup that’s built a web platform for developers... read more

Messaging App Viber Takes A Step Into Social Networking With New Public Chats Feature  A lot of messaging apps have been highlighting how their services are a great way for people to directly... read more

Intel’s MICA Smart Bracelet Will Be In Stores Before Christmas For $495 Intel today debuted the Intel MICA bracelet (short for “My Intelligent Communications Accessory), which was... read more

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