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Adblock Plus founder: Google used Reader outcry to hide our Google Play takedown

Google could bring its war against Android ad-blocking apps to Chrome, according to AdBlock Plus co-founder Till Faida.

Samsung outspent Apple by $68M on advertising (which both companies can be pretty bad at)

Samsung and Apple not only rival each other in smartphones, but they share similar mixed records in advertising those smartphones as well.

This machine prints dollars: How one entrepreneur uses 3D printing to make actual cash

3D printing isn't just for making trinkets -- it can be a real moneymaker, as one entrepreneur has shown.

Expanding beyond 3D printed guns, DEFCAD is officially the anti-MakerBot

Could MakerBot's Bre Pettis and DEFCAD's Cody Wilson be the Bill Gates and Steve Jobs of 3D printing? Sounds crazy, but maybe it isn't.

Holy hackable lightbulbs, Batman: Philips’ HUE bulb gets its own developer program

Philips's Hue lightbulbs are getting their own developer software kit, and with it, a slew of new possibilities.

Mozilla wants to bring Firefox to iOS, but mean ol’ Apple’s standing in its way

Concerns over Nitro Vs. UIWebView are preventing Mozilla from bringing the best possible version of Firefox to iOS.

The future of rocket design will be crowdsourced thanks to Sunglass & DIYRockets

With their new partnership, Sunglass and DIYRockets are showing why the future of rockets may just be crowd-sourced.