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By Kyle Russell This week, both Electronic Arts and Sony revealed or began to roll out new services that have been described to various degrees as “Netflix for gaming.” That description, while catchy and useful for getting the gist of what each does across, doesn’t really capture the impact that either service could have based…

By Colleen Taylor Hukkster, the New York City-based startup that created a price-monitoring app for online shopping, has shut down for good. Hukkster, which was founded in 2012 and raised a total of $4.5 million dollars from investors including Winklevoss Capital, allowed users to tag items online they were interested in buying and receive alerts…

By Elizabeth Coates Chinese search giant Baidu entered the Brazilian market last week with the launch of a localized Portuguese search engine called Baidu Busca. It’s the second international language version of its website (a Japanese site went live in 2007), and new ones are planned for Egypt and Thailand. Read More Source: Technology     

By Travis Bernard There were a ton of amazing stories on TechCrunchfrom 7/26 to 8/1, but here are the 11 best. Matt Burns wrote a piece about Xiaomi being in copycat mode. If Xiaomi is to expand outside of China, it must stop ripping off other products. Outrage hit the web when everyone found out…

By Daniel Faggella Augmented reality (AR) remains limited in it’s day-to-day applications for most consumers today. If you mention “augmented reality” on the street, people think about scanning their favorite magazine with their smartphone, and having a coupon or 3-D image pop up. This hasn’t exactly been a “game-changer” for brands or marketers in most…