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Why CrunchGov Is Endorsing Eric Garcetti For Mayor Of LAview story

http://techcrunch.com – “Los Angeles is an underachieving city,” wrote the Los Angeles Times in its 2013 mayoral endorsement. ”The candidate with the most potential to rise to the occasion and lead Los Angeles out of its current malaise and into a more sustainable and confident future is Eric Garcetti.” An overwhelming number of startup founders seem to agree that Garcetti is the best candidate to (IT news)

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Here Are The Commands You Need To Gain Root Access To Your Google Glassview story

http://techcrunch.com – There has been a lot of talk about rooting your Glass device, or if it’s even possible. Well, it is. During a Hacking Google Glass session today, the team shared the steps to go through to gain root access for your Glass device. Only the Fastboot tool for UNIX works, but there have been issues with using the OS X one. (IT news)

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Now With More Than 1.5B Page Views A Month, Secret Sharing App Whisper Launches On Androidview story

http://techcrunch.com – Secret sharing app Whisper has seen tremendous growth since launching last fall. But until recently, it’s only been available on iOS. (IT news)

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Leap Motion Talks New Beta, We Go Hands On With Motion-Controlled Google Earthview story

http://techcrunch.com – Leap Motion was showing off its still unreleased gesture motion controller for computers at Google I/O 2013. The demo unit allowed you to use the controller to navigate Google Earth, and the functionality felt ready for prime time to me, as this was the first time I’d ever used the Leap Motion. (IT news)

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Check Out Facebook's Nerdy Library Of Its Research Papersview story

http://techcrunch.com – If subjects like “XORing Elephants: Novel Erasure Codes for Big Data” get you all worked up, you’ll dig the “Research Publications At Facebook” site, which collects scientific papers written by Facebook employees and researchers. (IT news)

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Jen Lamere, The 18-Year-Old Developer Trying To Save Us From TV Spoilers On Twitter, Scores An Internship Thereview story

http://techcrunch.com – Participating in hackathons is nothing new in certain parts of the world, especially Silicon Valley. (IT news)

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PSA: The Original Karateka Is Now Available For iOS And Androidview story

http://techcrunch.com – I remember waking up 6am, going downstairs, and firing up my Atari 800XL. The disk labeled Karateka inserted, the drive would grunt a few dozen times and the screen would flash. Suddenly, with barely any warning, the opening titles would appear and then the music would start – six notes to signal a game that was menacing in its simplicity. The story was simply told. (IT news)

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Gmail and Google Wallet can now help you get money to the people in your lifeview story

http://www.talkandroid.com – This day full of Google goodness, keeps on rolling, and Google just made it easier to send money to our friends and family with the help of  Gmail and Google Wallet. The two have been integrated to allow you to send money. In Gmail there will be an option next to the attachments, in the form of a dollar sign $. By clicking on this button you can now send money to the people you care most about. (IT news)

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Canonical Fixes an Information Leak in Ubuntu 10.04view story

http://news.softpedia.com – A security vulnerability that was discovered in the Linux kernel affecting the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) operating system has been announced by Canonical.These are the kernel vulnerabilities found in the Linux kernel packages: CVE-2012-6549, CVE-2012-6549, CVE-2013-1860, CVE-2013-1928, and CVE-2013-2634. (IT news)

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The App Store's 50B Downloads Vs. Google Play's 48B: Android Closes The Gapview story

http://techcrunch.com – Apple had a bit of a head start when it came to mobile software sales, since it launched its App Store earlier than the Android Market — now called Google Play. The gap between the two, which was more pronounced in terms of initial downloads, has begun to close. (IT news)