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61.		Why Apple Bought AuthenTec: It Needed NFC Fingerprint Sensors, Quickly (thenextweb.com)
		32 points by rkudeshi on Aug 16, 2012 \| 16 comments
62.		Picplum (YC S11) aims to make photo printing effortless (xconomy.com)
		33 points by waderoush on Aug 16, 2012 \| 11 comments
63.		Big Fish launches real-money gambling app in UK via Betable (techcrunch.com)
		34 points by seminatore on Aug 16, 2012 \| 18 comments
64.		Ridejoy (YC S11) for iOS: Behind the Making of A Ride-Sharing Mobile App (pandodaily.com)
		34 points by jasonshen on Aug 16, 2012 \| 2 comments
65.		No More Internet (skloot.org)
		34 points by wells-riley on Aug 16, 2012 \| 23 comments
66.		Is it a must for every programmer to learn regular expressions? (programmers.stackexchange.com)
		31 points by riyadparvez on Aug 16, 2012 \| 58 comments
67.		Hey Makr.io, don't let the haters get you down. (jiggity.tumblr.com)
		30 points by jiggity on Aug 16, 2012 \| 11 comments
68.		Rubymotion – Myth, Magic, or The Future? (bostonrb.org)
		30 points by octopus on Aug 16, 2012 \| 21 comments
69.		Introducing the Hackpad change feed (hackpad.com)
		29 points by orph on Aug 16, 2012 \| 4 comments
70.		Instagram 3.0 Bets Big On Geolocation With Photo Maps, (techcrunch.com)
		27 points by kevinwdavid on Aug 16, 2012 \| 11 comments
71.		India to launch Mars orbiter in 2013 (cnn.com)
		27 points by sahilz79 on Aug 16, 2012 \| 1 comment
72.		W3C Decisions on CSS Variables (Accepting Comments) (xanthir.com)
		26 points by bkardell on Aug 16, 2012 \| 10 comments
73.		Google pledges $2 million in prizes to hackers who exploit Chrome (arstechnica.com)
		27 points by evo_9 on Aug 16, 2012 \| 4 comments
74.		Bitcoinica sued for $460,000 by 'out-of-pocket' punters (theregister.co.uk)
		25 points by jpswade on Aug 16, 2012 \| 15 comments
75.		Mobile app startups are failing like it’s 1999 (andrewchen.co)
		22 points by danielpal on Aug 16, 2012 \| 1 comment
76.		Three years later, deleting your photos on Facebook now actually works (arstechnica.com)
		22 points by evo_9 on Aug 16, 2012 \| 1 comment
77.		Accel to sell around $1 billion in Facebook stock (most of their stock) (thenextweb.com)
		21 points by rubyron on Aug 16, 2012 \| 5 comments
78.		Why Ageism in Startups is BS (sweaxis.org)
		23 points by cyborg on Aug 16, 2012 \| 23 comments
79.		Reddit IAMA with the Mars Curiosity team (reddit.com)
		21 points by jgrahamc on Aug 16, 2012
80.		Steve Yegge - Programming Politically Part 2 (plus.google.com)
		21 points by nagrom on Aug 16, 2012 \| 4 comments
81.		Square Debuts Monthly Pricing Option For Small Businesses With Zero Swiping Fees (techcrunch.com)
		20 points by mshafrir on Aug 16, 2012 \| 6 comments
82.		Coding is Dead. Long Live the Coders (openviewpartners.com)
		21 points by vj44 on Aug 16, 2012 \| 18 comments
83.		HexGL - a fast-paced racing game built using WebGL (bkcore.com)
		17 points by hakim on Aug 16, 2012 \| 3 comments
84.		DHH shows code from "Basecamp Next" rewrite & reveals their caching strategies (youtube.com)
		19 points by aantix on Aug 16, 2012 \| 1 comment
85.		Meet Raphie: A 15 Year-Old Developer Who Built ShareBrowse (forbes.com/sites/alextaub)
		19 points by Ataub24 on Aug 16, 2012 \| 2 comments
86.		Removing Barriers for Linux Hardware (zareason.blogspot.co.nz)
		15 points by Tsiolkovsky on Aug 16, 2012
87.		Hipstamatic lays off all but core employees, including designers and engineers (thenextweb.com)
		15 points by credo on Aug 16, 2012 \| 2 comments
88.		Most Surprising Mars Discoveries to Date (mashable.com)
		14 points by fufulabs on Aug 16, 2012
89.		Pallets: The Single Most Important Object in the Global Economy (slate.com)
		14 points by scarmig on Aug 16, 2012
90.		Angie's List Takes a Wallop on Wall Street (technewsworld.com)
		13 points by tokenadult on Aug 16, 2012 \| 2 comments
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