Techmeme: Intel kept in the dark over Nokia's MeeGo plans; operators reject first device (Steve O'Hear/TechCrunch Europe)

7:00 PM ET, February 12, 2011

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Intel kept in the dark over Nokia's MeeGo plans; operators reject first device — Prior to the public announcement on Friday, Intel was kept in the dark with regards to Nokia's plans to relegate MeeGo to a glorified R&D project, sources with knowledge of the situation tell TechCrunch Europe.

Discussion: Examiner, The Nokia Blog, Engadget, TechCrunch and Engadget

Bloomberg:
Nokia Falls Most Since July 2009 After Microsoft Deal

Discussion: Stowe Boyd, CNET News, BetaNews, gHacks Technology News, Neowin.net, @aidanbiggins and PE Hub Blog

Horace Dediu / asymco: Changing places: Microsoft trades HP for Nokia

Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
RIP: Symbian — This slide was just presented by Stephen Elop …

Discussion: VentureBeat, Geek.com, TechCrunch Europe, ITworld.com, GeekSmack, internetnews.com and Nokia Conversations

David Segal / New York Times:

The Dirty Little Secrets of Search — PRETEND for a moment that you are Google's search engine. — Someone types the word “dresses” and hits enter. What will be the very first result? — There are, of course, a lot of possibilities. Macy's comes to mind. Maybe a specialty chain, like J. Crew or the Gap.

Discussion: Search Engine Land, @rbeale, @mattcutts and Gizmodo

Kunal / Samsung Hub:

Samsung Galaxy S2 official image and info leaked — UPDATE: Daum has taken down the page but the high-res image can still be found here. — Looks like we've got the first high-res picture of Galaxy S2 and some info on Samsung's Galaxy S successor. The first blurry image was spotted …

Vlad Savov / Engadget:

Samsung Galaxy S II and 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab II confirmed for MWC, 4-inch 3D display, LTE-based cloud gaming coming later — Alright, we've just laid eyes on some internal Samsung documents and can bring you the official names and specs of the successors to the Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab.

Discussion: Samsung Hub, Examiner, Android Phone Fans, Pocket-lint, Electricpig.co.uk and Electronista

@google:

We're incredibly proud of you, @Ghonim, & of course will welcome you back when you're ready - cf. http://goo.gl/2BDGp

Discussion: @mattcutts

Larry Dignan / Between the Lines Blog:
Wael Ghonim: I'll go back to Google if I'm not fired

Discussion: CBS News and Wall Street Journal

Riana / @aeolianharp: Man, @Ghonim, best 20%-time project ever. #google

Jonathan S. Geller / BGR:

AT&T selling iPad accessories for 50% off, iPad 2 coming soon? — We have received a couple tips that AT&T corporate stores will start selling all Apple iPad accessories for 50% off beginning February 13th. Our tipsters note that AT&T usually doesn't clearance items unless a replacement is imminent.

Discussion: Examiner, PadGadget, Edible Apple, CrunchGear, PhoneArena, Electronista, Phones Review and MacDailyNews

Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:

Pandora's Music Fees Are Huge! And Not That Bad. — After Pandora filed to go public Friday, some people were taken aback to learn the company was spending half of its revenues on “content acquisition” — the royalties it pays the owners of all the music the service streams. — They shouldn't be.

Discussion: silicontap.com

Anthony Ha / VentureBeat: Pandora looks beyond music to sports and talk shows

Nicholas Carlson / SAI:
Pandora's IPO Filing: All The Long-Held Secrets You Want To Know

Discussion: Digital Trends, Important If True, @stephenbove, @stephenbove, Venture Capital Dispatch, ReadWriteWeb and eMoney

Matt Rosoff / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:
Here's Who Will Make Millions When Pandora IPOs

Discussion: Press, PE Hub Blog, @tconrad, VentureBeat, NBC Bay Area, paidContent, The Social, SFGate, paidContent, VentureBeat, GigaOM, Music Ally, Electronista and The Next Web

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
With 80 Million Users, Pandora Files To Go Public

Discussion: Softpedia News, DealBook, Fast Company, @rsarver, @anthonyha, @pkedrosky, Between the Lines Blog, AdAge and @hunterwalk

Mark Gurman / 9 to 5 Mac:

iPad 2 might use Samsung's Super PLS display technology — According to the Korea Herald, Apple's new iPad will likely utilize Samsung's newly revealed Super PLS technology. The current iPad, as well as the iPhone 4, use a technology called IPS, which provides outstanding viewing angles.

Discussion: Examiner and MacStories

Search Engine Land:

How To Use Google To Search — Google is the most popular search engine in the world. But while so many people use it, few actually get formal instructions on how to search with Google. Below, tips on how to search on Google. Step 1: Go To Google (But Which Google?)

Discussion: The Content Farm, @pkafka and @tomkrazit

New York Times:

Hackers Reveal Offers to Spy on Corporate Rivals — WASHINGTON — A fight between a group of pro-WikiLeaks hackers and a California-based Internet security business has opened a window onto the secretive world of private companies that offer to help corporations investigate and discredit their critics.

Discussion: p2pnet and V3.co.uk

Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The leaked campaign to attack WikiLeaks and its supporters

Discussion: Softpedia News, USA Today, Computerworld, The Tech Herald …, WL Central, Techdirt, Disruptors and ThinkProgress

Loïc Le Meur / Loic Le Meur Blog:

Ubermedia now controls 20% of tweets sent daily. here is how I feel: congrats to Bill and Iain. — Tweetdeck just got acquired by Ubermedia. 20% of the tweets sent daily are from Ubermedia apps with all the other Twitter clients acquired recently (Echofon, Twidroid and UberTwitter).

Discussion: @loic and mocoNews

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
UberMedia, Indeed. Bill Gross' Twitter Ecosystem Empire Just Acquired TweetDeck

Discussion: VentureBeat, broadstuff, louisgray.com, Digital Trends, @lazerow, SAI, Mark Evans Tech, TechCrunch Europe, Twitterrati, @nichcarlson, Stowe Boyd, MediaMemo and The Next Web

Kim Zetter / Threat Level:

Report: Stuxnet Hit 5 Gateway Targets on Its Way to Iranian Plant — Graphic showing clusters of Stuxnet infections during targeted attacks launched in 2009 and 2010. Courtesy of Symantec. — Attackers behind the Stuxnet computer worm focused on targeting five organizations in Iran …

Discussion: Symantec, New York Times, Computerworld and V3.co.uk

Nielsen Wire:

January 2011: Online Video Usage Up 45% — Online video usage in the U.S. is up considerably from the same time last year as time spent viewing video on PC/Mac/laptops from home and work locations increased by 45%. Although the number of unique online video viewers only increased by 3.1% from last January …

Discussion: paidContent

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