To busy to check your daily Betabeat? Here are the highlights from last week, as selected by the editors.

REQUIRED READING: New York Tech, Stuck at No. 2, Still Shaking Pom-Poms
Silicon Alley is dynamite, don’t mess with dynamite.

REQUIRED READING: Scroogle, Privacy-First Search Engine, Shuts Down for Good
Couldn’t take the DDoS.

REQUIRED READING: Flickr is Getting a Major Makeover
Flickr’s head of product is about to push big changes after a year on the job.

VITAMINS:
-EU Suspends ACTA Pending Review by Court of Justice
-Betaworks CEO John Borthwick: Google Has Taken the Blue Pill
-Betaworks Acquires Vibe, the Anonymous Twitter Alternative Popularized During Occupy Wall Street
-Tumblr Planning to Police Self-Harm Blogs on Suicide, Cutting and Eating Disorders

MILK ‘N’ COOKIES:
-That New KickStarter for Porn Makes Us Realize Other Startups Should Have a Porn Version
-Find Great Kickstarter Projects With Kickstumbler: With Love From Hype Machine Labs
-Apple Fans Invade Fifth Avenue Flagship Store to Celebrate Steve Jobs’ Birthday [VIDEO]
-The Fancy-Kind of Like Pinterest but All About the Money

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