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It looks as if the Winklevoss twins aren’t going to go away quietly yet. Or anytime soon, for that matter. According aBloomberg report, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss are seeking a review of anApril 11 court rulingthey lost enforcing a $65 million settlement with Facebook Inc. over their claims that company founder Mark Zuckerberg stole the idea for the social networking site. The twins’ attorney, Jerome Falk, said in a court filing on Monday that the three-judge appeals court panel in San Francisco made an error when it rejected the Winklevoss brothers’ claims that the 2008 settlement should be voided because it was procured with fraud....

European incubatorSeedcamphas announced that three new startups will be joining its mentoring and events programme. The move follows the London event werecently reported from, where twenty hopeful entrepreneurs pitched their businesses and received advice from a team of experienced mentors. Seedcamp has now whittled the twenty down the following three winners: The trio will be invited onto Seedcamp’s intensive year-long program of events focusing on all the aspects of company’s development....

Wirecard left a $30B hole in European fintech — can Dutch startups fill the gap? Amsterdam’s fintech scene is buoyed by the city’s history Estimates say 450 companies are active in the Amsterdam fintech scene But, the question about who would succeed Wirecard was already answered in late August, when London-headquartered banking-as-a-service startup Railsbankconfirmed it acquiredWirecard’s UK assets (including its card technology, customers, and employees), with plans to leverage them to drive global expansion....

AsAdAge MediaWorksreports today, Conde Nast’s Wired magazine is offering the latest issue of its iPad edition completely free thanks to a sponsorship from Adobe. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen such a move. Virgin’sProjectiPad magazine is also currently free thanks to a deal with American Express, and as AdAge points out, Philips Electronics sponsored free access to the New Yorks Times’ original paywall way back in 2006. However, we recentlynotedthat the high (and in some cases, increasing) price of these magazines could be stunting their growth....

A debate over wireless airwaves is heating up in Canada as the government prepares to set the ground rules for a 700 MHz wireless spectrum that will be auctioned off next year. The 700 MHz blocks up for grabs offers better penetration through buildings, the signal can travel farther, it has improved reception during bad weather conditions and it could bring new entrants likeWind Mobilea chance at advanced wireless data technology....