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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
GoDaddy Boycott Fizzles; Twice As Many Domains Transfer In As Out — Yesterday, we noted that it appeared that the “GoDaddy boycott” concept may have been losing steam, thanks to the company's decision to move away from supporting the bill... combined with a new aggressive advertising campaign.
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Gizmodo, DSLreports, Geekosystem, CNET, WebProNews, PC World, The Next Web, Neowin.net and Fox News
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Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:
“Uncomfortable Dance”: Here's the Sexual Harassment Letter That Got Mark Hurd Fired — Finally, you can read for yourself about the controversial allegations of sexual harassment that eventually led to the departure of Hewlett-Packard's CEO Mark Hurd from his job. — Here's the entire letter.
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Business Insider, New York Times, Gizmodo, The Register, Boing Boing, Mercury News, TechEye, Mashable!, VentureBeat, Mercury News, Business Insider, PE Hub Blog, Bloomberg, Bits, Reuters, Electronista, CNET and AllThingsD
Royal Pingdom:
Symbian is still top mobile OS - finished 2011 with resurgence — As we're quickly approaching the end of 2011 we take a last look at what the year for mobile operating systems was like. — Would it surprise you to know that Symbian finished 2011 stronger than it started the year?
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Gizmodo, MobileSyrup.com and Electronista
Gabe Donnini / Chitika Insights:
Traffic for Google+ on the Rise Along with User Count — Chitika Insights has covered the heavily publicized launch of Google+ amidst a variety of reported statistics, some which stated that Google+ hosted a user base comprised of over 40 Million people, others which described …
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WebProNews
Kevin Fitchard / GigaOM:
Verizon explains its string of LTE outages — Verizon's LTE network has had a hell of a month. After a year of smooth performance, interrupted only by one major glitch in April, the new ultra-fast 4G network has experienced a string of three outages in a single month …
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Steve Kovach / Business Insider:
Here's Verizon's Weak Statement For Why Its 4G Network Keeps Failing
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Engadget, Digital Trends, BGR, Gizmodo, Between the Lines Blog, CNET, Reuters, Android Community, The Verge and msnbc.com
Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Google Testing New Email Subscription Ad Format — Google is experimenting with its Google Adwords offerings, attempting to go beyond regular text ads with Google Email Subscription Ads, allowing companies to buy ads that automatically fill in a “Subscribe to newsletter (or whatever …
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paidContent and Softpedia News
Marco Arment / Marco.org:
Bulls**t — Apple: — This web app or social network we're making is going to be great. — Our app-review rules are always in everyone's best interests. — Nobody wants a [popular new product category that Apple doesn't make yet]. — Google: — Android is open. — Don't be evil.
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@mariosundar, @marcoarment and Daring Fireball
Bloomberg:
Google Backs Israeli Startups After Local Financing Hits 12-Year-Low: Tech — The Google Inc. (GOOG) executive with his bright yellow vest was impossible to miss in the middle of the Israeli startup owners seeking cash in a rusty boathouse at Tel Aviv's Jaffa port.
Jessica E. Vascellaro / Wall Street Journal:
Top Stories of 2011: All Apple All the Time — Eight of 10 Most Read Corporate Articles Were About Apple, Death of Jobs — The company dominated the headlines—and captivated The Wall Street Journal readers' interest—this past year, from product launches that stoked frenzy to the somber news of co-founder Steve Jobs's death.
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Fortune, AppleInsider and MacNN
Sean / F-Secure Antivirus Research Weblog:
440,783 “Silent SMS” Used to Track German Suspects in 2010 — The 28th Chaos Communication Congress (28C3) is currently underway in Berlin and on Tuesday, researcher Karsten Nohl gave a presentation called: Defending mobile phones. If you have an hour, it's worth watching.
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The H Security and Slashdot
Matt Hickey / The Daily:
Nintendo stealthily building app store for its next-gen console — Nintendo's next game console, the Wii U, is months away from launch, but its touchscreen controller is already turning heads — and The Daily has learned that Nintendo plans to implement a full-blown app store for the system.
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Technologizer, TG Daily, HotHardware.com News, ITProPortal, Joystiq, Electronista, Pocket-lint, The Next Web, Technabob and Digital Trends
David Kravets / Threat Level:
2011: The Year Intellectual Property Trumped Civil Liberties — Online civil liberties groups were thrilled in May when Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), the head of the powerful Judiciary Committee, announced legislation requiring the government, for the first time, to get a probable-cause warrant …
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Jessica E Vascellaro / Wall Street Journal:
App Developers Skirt Apple's Limits With Work-Arounds — The cat-and-mouse game between the Bay Area's legion of mobile developers and app kingmaker Apple Inc. is heating up. — Mobile-software developers have long complained about Apple's limits on them.
Josh Ong / AppleInsider:
French reseller sues Apple over unfair competition — eBizcuss, the largest Apple reseller in France, has sued Apple alleging that the company competes unfairly by favoring its own retail stores with new product inventory and by undercutting proposals to small businesses.
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GigaOM, eWeek, ifoAppleStore, iLounge, PadGadget, Macgasm, The Next Web and MacNN
MG Siegler / parislemon:
Andy Rubin Didn't Delete “Open” Tweet, Twitter Lost It, Then Found It — A couple days ago I noted something odd: Andy Rubin's first tweet, the one in which he gives the definition of open (for Android) was gone. Given that Rubin had just sent another tweet updating some numbers for Android, I assumed he deleted it.
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SlashGear, Electronista, OSNews, Guardian and 9to5Google
Suzanne Choney / msnbc.com:
Boot Hezbollah from Twitter or we sue, group says — Al-Manar is Hezbollah's “media arm,” says the group seeking to have it and other terrorist-related groups removed from Twitter. — An Israeli law center said Thursday it is threatening to sue Twitter unless the social network cuts off access to groups …
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Telegraph, Arutz Sheva and Digital Journal
Jim Dalrymple / The Loop:
Apple will not release iPad 3 at Macworld or CES — Apple will not release iPad 3 at Macworld or CES — Reports began circulating earlier today that Apple would release two new iPads at Macworld Expo in January. These rumors are completely false. — I checked with a number …
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Telegraph, The Register, DigiTimes, The Digital Reader, everythingiCafe, MacRumors, Daring Fireball, ITProPortal, AppleInsider, Newlaunches.com, Examiner, Softpedia News, PhoneArena, eWeek, USA Today, iDownloadBlog.com, BGR, parislemon, WebProNews, AppleInsider, iPhone, Technologizer, MacNN, The Tech Report, @alexia, SlashGear, Shiny Objects, The Verge, Adotas, iClarified, GottaBeMobile, PC Magazine, The Next Web, I4U News, Electronista, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, Redmond Pie, Business Insider, Washington Post, mocoNews and Techland, Thanks:jdalrymple
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Google Instant Costs Google $65,000 In France — The Local, a French newspaper, reports Google France was ordered to pay €50,000 ($64,670) to Lyonnaise de Garantie, a French insurance company over a search suggestion that had them labeled as being a “crook.”
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ITProPortal, Softpedia News, The Local, WebProNews and Business Insider
Greg Finn / Marketing Land:
Google+ Censoring Borderline Offensive Profile Images; Author Images in Search Results To Blame? — E arlier this week, TechCrunch writer MG Siegler's Google+ profile pic vanished without explanation. The profile picture featured MG looking away from the camera with middle finger extended (seen here).
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Slashdot and parislemon
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Tom Anderson / Google+:
Dear +MG Siegler, Are you seriously upset about your photo removal?
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Guardian, parislemon, @parislemon, @karaswisher, @davemcclure, Business Insider, L.A. Times Tech Blog, PC Magazine, Beyond Search, WebProNews, Boing Boing, @mathewi and 9to5Google, Thanks:digicarephil
