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Disruptions are everywhere this week! Solar panels are disrupting the energy market, Google is disrupting the ISP market, Microsoft is disrupting the PC market, Bitcoin is disrupting the currency market, and Facebook is disrupting the mobile phone market. It’s a world gone crazy!

We also talk about 3D printing, the FBI’s surveillance tool, MIT’s DNA-patterned graphene, Samsung’s superior global Galaxy S4, Blackberry’s horrible Z10 sales, shallow texters, Foursquare’s $41 million investment, Internet Explorer vs. Murder Rates, Google’s inactive account manager, iPhone’s India sales, an attack upon WordPress, and regulated commercial drones.

 

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• 3D printers in the operating room
• Tiny wires could be a breakthrough for cheap solar panels
• US electric utilities predict their own downfall—thanks to solar panels
• Secrets of FBI Smartphone Surveillance Tool Revealed in Court Fight
• AT&T announces 1Gbps internet coming to Austin… to compete against Google Fiber
• MIT using DNA to pattern graphene, eventually hoping to make Integrated Circuits
• Global version of the Galaxy S4 is way faster if you buy the global phone
• PC sales plunging, Microsoft’s Windows 8 to blame
• Bitcoin value plunges 40% in a few hours
• This Trippy Video Explains Bitcoin in Under 4 Minutes
• Yahoo Stock rebounding finally
• Z10 doing terrible, Returns exceeding sales
• You’re shallow if you text more than 100 times per day
• Foursquare Gets $41 Million Investment, Time to Grow
• Internet Explorer vs. Murder Rates
• Google’s inactive account manager
• Hours in, Facebook Home suffering from poor Google Play reviews as 48% of users award it 1 star
• iPhone sales in India skyrocket
• Major brute force attack on WordPress
• Eric Schmidt wants government to regulate commercial drones

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