Top Stories of the Day // November 13, 2014

TODAY'S TOP STORIES // Nov 13, 2014

CATHERINE SHU Steve Ballmer’s Harvard Donation Will Allow It To Add 12 New Computer Science PROFESSORS PROFESSORS PROFESSORS Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has made a massive gift to his alma mater, Harvard, that will enable its computer science faculty to grow 50 percent by... read more

DARRELL ETHERINGTON Android 5.0 Lollipop Review: Smartphone Edition read more

FREDERIC LARDINOIS Amazon Launches Aurora, A High-Performance Relational Database Service At its re:Invent developer conference in Las Vegas, Amazon today announced Aurora, a new relational database service the company built from the ground up. As... read more

MATT BURNS, JOSH CONSTINE DJI Introduces The $2,800 Inspire 1 Transforming Drone DJI is the leader in drones and the company just introduced a radical new model. The Inspire 1 builds upon the success of the Phantom and integrates some of the... read more

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DARRELL ETHERINGTON How YouTube Music Key Will Redefine What We Consider ‘Music’ read more

GREG KUMPARAK Google Starts Rolling Out Android 5.0 For Older Nexus Devices Good news! After a few delays caused by last second battery bugs, Google is now rolling out Android 5.0 (aka Lollipop) to many of its previously released Nexus... read more

BRIAN CLAY A Quick Look At Google Inbox A few weeks ago I managed to get my hands on Google’s new app, Inbox. So far I love it, but it is not quite ready to be my go-to email app for a few reasons.... read more

TOP VIDEOS

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

CubeSensors Will Now Monitor Your Sleeping Environment  CubeSensors is a startup that makes small, pretty stylish, connected devices that monitor rooms, feeding... read more

Aeromobil Is A Flying Car With A Top Speed of 124 MPH… On Land  At the recent 2014 Pioneers Festival in Vienna, we caught up with the founders of Aeromobil, Stefan Klein... read more

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