| Today's Top 3 Stories | | #1 | Mixbit: YouTube Founders Step Back Into The Video World
| | | The social video space got yet another competitor Thursday with Mixbit, an app that lets you stitch video clips together from multiple sources to create larger projects in a sort of video mash-up.
Why This Is Important: A slew of new apps are coming online to take advantage of the smartphone's ability to capture high-quality video, and Mixbit is backed by the co-founders of YouTube, who know a thing or two about online video.
3 Takes: Washington Post | Wired | NY Times
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| | #2 | Bill Gates: Google Balloons Won't Help When You're Dying Of Malaria
| | | Bill Gates doesn't have much faith in Google's Loon project, which aims to bring Internet access to remote regions of the world via high-altitude balloons beaming 3G signals down to Earth.
Why This Is Important: Bill Gates is correct, but it took him a some time to start trying to save the world. Maybe he should cut Google a little slack.
3 Takes: Venture Beat | Google | Businessweek
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| | #3 | Publishers Object To E-Book Plan For Apple
| | | Five major U.S. publishers objected to the Justice Department's proposal to limit Apple Inc.'s influence in the electronic-books market, saying it would effectively alter their existing settlements with the U.S. government.
Why This Is Important: The book publishers claim they are being further punished by being unable to make pricing agreements with Apple.
2 Takes: WSJ | Mercury News
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"When a kid gets diarrhea, no, there's no website that relieves that. Certainly I'm a huge believer in the digital revolution. And connecting up primary-health-care centers, connecting up schools, those are good things. But no, those are not, for the really low-income countries, unless you directly say we're going to do something about malaria," said Bill Gates on whether or not Google Project Loon is a good idea.
| | | Blog Post of The Day | Best Android Tablets (August 2013 edition)
By Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
Tablets are everywhere, and while Apple's iPad – along with its little brother, the iPad mini – commands the most media attention, there's no shortage of excellent Android alternatives to choose from. More » |
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