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The Morning GIF: 3Doodler

A 3-D printing pen is on its way to becoming one of the most funded projects in Kickstarter history.

On Feb 22, 2013 by Lorraine Murphy

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Library of Congress accepts first emoji novel

Emoji Dick refashions Herman Melville's 212,000-plus words into emojis, those Japanese picture characters that kids send through text.

On Feb 19, 2013 by Chase Hoffberger

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Freddie Wong’s “Video Game High School” sets Kickstarter record

Wong raised $800,000 for season 2 of the popular action series, shattering all previous funding records for film projects on Kickstarter.

On Feb 13, 2013 by Chase Hoffberger

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Game over for Kickstarter project accused of fraud

Dirty Bird Sports has cancelled its campaign to raise $500,000 to build an NCAA Football college game for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.

On Feb 11, 2013 by Fidel Martinez

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Kickstarter raising funds for an open-source Death Star

Or is it?

On Feb 8, 2013 by Fidel Martinez

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YouTube Guide: Why Anne Hathaway deserves that Oscar

For your consideration: Hathaway's last-ditch musical campaign for Best Supporting Actress.

On Jan 30, 2013 by Michelle Jaworski

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Sculptor downvotes plagiarism with Reddit’s help

After sculptor Daniel Peteuil's masterpiece was plagiarized for karma on Reddit, he turned to the site for help. Redditors responded in a big way.

On Jan 25, 2013 by Fernando Alfonso III

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Cyanide & Happiness turns down TV deal, turns to Kickstarter

The popular webcomic won't be making the leap to TV, but creator Kris Wilson has launched a Kickstarter to create a web series.

On Jan 17, 2013 by Michelle Jaworski

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Kickstarter’s growing problem with intellectual property

Three Kickstarter projects have run into copyright, trademark or patent issues in as many months, but the site continues to leave such disputes up to project creators themselves.

On Jan 15, 2013 by Fidel Martinez

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The Morning GIF: A more humane device for landmine detonation

Massoud Hassani wants to take his wind-powered tumbleweed to Afghanistan for trials.

On Jan 11, 2013 by Lorraine Murphy

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Three Kickstarter-funded movies score Oscar nominations

Can these crowdsourced films bring home the hardware at this year's Academy Awards?

On Jan 10, 2013 by Kris Holt

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10-day game jam for Ouya gaming console launches next week

Entries will be judged by a co-creator of the Xbox, game creators, and Felicia Day, among others.

On Jan 10, 2013 by Mike Fenn

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Comedian Annabelle Gurwitch kicks Kickstarter’s ass

Comedian Annabelle Gurwitch found herself inundated by Kickstarter campaigns this year. Here's her solution to the problem.

On Jan 4, 2013 by [email protected]

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The top 10 most influential crowdfunding campaigns of 2012

Kickstarter and its crowdfunding contemporaries hit the mainstream this year, behind these blockbuster campaigns. 

On Dec 24, 2012 by Chase Hoffberger

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Apple kills successful Kickstarter campaign, forces refund

Unable to return the $139,170 it received from 1,000 backers through Kickstarter, design firm Edison Junior had to create its own solution to resolve the matter. 

On Dec 21, 2012 by Fidel Martinez

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