The Day Twitter Music Died - Digits - WSJ - A big indication of the troubles facing the product was perhaps the departure of Kevin Thau, the business development executive who led the project. Thau left shortly after the #Music was launched to join Jelly, a company started by Twitter co-founder Biz Stone.
The future of Silicon Valley may lie in the mountains of Afghanistan | VentureBeat | Gadgets | by Richard Byrne Reilly - Sony Energy Devices Corp. invented the lithium-ion battery in 1994. It was hailed as a breakthrough, providing longer battery life and without the “memory effect” that gradually reduced the effective capacity of previous types of batteries.
9to5Mac: Apple iPhone, Mac and iPad News Breaking All Day - When you do genuine like-for-like comparisons with truly equivalent products, the Apple premium shrinks considerably.
9to5Mac: Apple iPhone, Mac and iPad News Breaking All Day - The Wrap is reporting that David Fincher is eyeing Christian Bale as his ‘first choice’ to play Steve Jobs.
Medium launches on iOS as read-only app focused on content curation - Unlike its Web counterpart, Medium for iOS is read-only, making it more of a consumption app than a tool for production. Instead, the app plies Medium's clean and easy-to-use user interface to mobile content aggregation and discovery.
Check out some more of the best pitches in our 30-second video pitch contest | VentureBeat | Business | by Kia Kokalitcheva - VentureBeat’s 30-second pitch contest, Win30s, is back for another year. And we’ve extended the deadline, so there’s still time to enter for a shot at $100,000 in prizes and investment and of course, eternal glory and immortal awesomeness.
Google launches Android Wear: A new project to bring Android to wearables like smartwatches | VentureBeat | Gadgets | by Harrison Weber - Currently, Android Wear is only available in the form of a developer preview.
Unlocked, SIM-free iPhone 5s now available from Apple's online store - Unlocked versions of Apple's new flagship iPhone 5s have been available since the model's launch in September, but previously came preinstalled with a T-Mobile SIM card. The iPhone 5c, in contrast, has been available in an unlocked, SIM-free configuration the entire time.
9to5Mac: Apple iPhone, Mac and iPad News Breaking All Day - Apple’s former Vice President of Marketing Allison Johnson talked about her time at Apple during the U99 conference, as reported by Cult of Mac. Johnson now works with companies like Jawbone and Anki.
