Top Stories of the Day // January 16, 2015

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TODAY'S TOP STORIES // Jan 16, 2015

JOHN BIGGS A Million-Dollar Robot Suit Is Available On Amazon Japan read more

DARRELL ETHERINGTON Monument Valley Team Reveals The Cost And Reward Of Making A Hit iOS Game Games and the formula that leads to their success can be a bit of a mystery, perhaps more so on mobile. One of 2014's big hits, both in terms of critical and... read more

GREG KUMPARAK Elon Musk Will Build A Hyperloop Track For Ultra-High Speed Transport Tests Oh, you thought Elon Musk had moved on past the whole Hyperloop thing? That ultra high-speed transportation system he first started talking about back in 2013?... read more

RON MILLER Google Glass Never Really Had A Fighting Chance read more

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DARRELL ETHERINGTON Elon Musk Tries To Woo John Carmack Back To Rockets With SpaceX’s Drone Ship Impact read more

JON RUSSELL Hands On With Xiaomi’s Mi Note Phablet China's Xiaomi outed its latest smartphone, the Mi Note, yesterday, and we managed to get our grubby mitts on the 5.7-inch screen device. read more

GREG KUMPARAK This App Turns Your Phone Into A Disposable Camera, Hiding Your Photos Until They’re Delivered To Your Door Remember the good ol' days of personal photography? The days of limited film rolls; of crappy yellow cameras you bought at the drug store? None of this "Oh,... read more

TOP VIDEOS

Built In Brooklyn: HappyFunCorp Helps Startups Build New Products  For the tenth and final episode of Built in Brooklyn, we tried to do something a little different —... read more

Gillmor Gang LIVE  Gillmor Gang – Doc Searls, David Weinberger, Kevin Marks, Robert Scoble, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor.... read more

PicoBrew Automates Home Beer Brewing (And It’s A Great Excuse For CES Day Drinking)  If you’re a fan of craft beer, you might be tempted to try homebrewing — if only it wasn’t... read more

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