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Google quietly launches Latitude Leaderboards, threatens Foursquare under its breath — Google didn't exactly offer much fanfare for this new feature — as far as we can tell, it still hasn't been officially announced. With the latest update to the Maps app, Mountain View delivered … | Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Photo of iPad 3 Logic Board with “A5X” System on a Chip — A forum post at Chinese site WeiPhone offers a photo of what is claimed to be the iPad 3's logic board showing an “A5X” system-on-a-chip. — Apple is expected to introduce an upgraded processor and graphics package for the iPad 3 …
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| Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land: |
Move Over Search Box, Google's Home Page Gets A Share Box — If you still don't get how much Google is behind ensuring Google+ gets everything it needs to succeed, consider the screenshot below, showing how for the first time ever, Google's home page now lets you do something other than search.
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| Vinod Khosla / TechCrunch: |
The “Unhyped” New Areas in Internet and Mobile — Editor's note: Legendary investor Vinod Khosla is the founder of Khosla Ventures. You can follow him on Twitter at @vkhosla. All Khosla Ventures investments, as well as ventures related to Vinod Khosla, are italicized.
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| Electronista: |
Samsung to spin out LCDs as Samsung Display on April 1 — Samsung spinout backs shift to OLEDs — Samsung on Monday confirmed rumors it was spinning out its LCD business. The group, to be renamed Samsung Display, would separate from its parent on April 1 pending approval.
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Between the Lines Blog, The Register, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo, Engadget, Bloomberg and Electronista. Thanks:@matthewmspace
| E.D. Kain / Forbes: |
Possible Conflict Of Interest In ABC's Exclusive Access To Apple Chinese Supply Chain — In January, the New York Times published a controversial and troubling report about working conditions in FoxConn factories where Apple products are manufactured. Beneath the smooth exterior of the iPads …
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Softpedia News and ABCNEWS
| Reg Gale / Bloomberg: |
Transistor Made Using a Single Atom May Help Beat Moore's Law — Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) — Scientists have taken a first early step toward escaping the limits of a technological principle called Moore's Law by creating a working transistor using a single phosphorus atom.
| Damaster / LiveSide.net: |
More upcoming SkyDrive features revealed: ODF documents, BitLocker key management, URL shortening, and much more — Following the screenshot leaks of SkyDrive yesterday, revealing details about Microsoft's plans for paid storage and SkyDrive apps for Windows and Mac, today we've been tipped … | Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
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gHacks Technology News, Techie Buzz, The Verge, LiveSide.net, Neowin.net and WMPoweruser. Tweets: @akashman. Thanks:@martinsfp
| Dave Zatz / Zatz Not Funny!: |
Blockbuster Pulling On-Demand Support From TiVo — Blockbuster Pulling On-Demand Support From TiVo originally appeared on Zatz Not Funny! — It's become clear why TiVo no longer bills their Premiere DVR as the “One Box” given app stagnation and partner defections. And DISH Network's Blockbuster up next:
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| Josh Ong / AppleInsider: |
Analyst who leaked Apple sales projections arrested, charged for insider trading — A research analyst who allegedly obtained secret information about Apple and sold it for hundreds of thousands of dollars has been arrested and charged with securities fraud, conspiracy and insider trading.
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| John P. Mello Jr. / PC World: |
Google Working on Password Generator for Chrome — Google is working on a new password manager for its Chrome browser that would also automatically create strong passwords for users. — The new manager is currently in the design phase, but Google has described the process by which it would work.| Bryan Bishop / The Verge: |
LG makes the Optimus Vu official: 5-inch display and LTE in an 8.5mm-thin package — When LG surprised us with a teaser for the Optimus Vu smartphone, touting its 4:3 aspect ratio display, we expected an official announcement to come at Mobile World Congress.
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Engadget, IntoMobile, Engadget, PC Magazine, PC World, VentureBeat, 9to5Google, AllThingsD and Electronista
| Kyle Wagner / Gizmodo: |
Everything Apple's Trying to Kill with OS X Mountain Lion — Apple's OS X Mountain Lion brings a lot of new features to the table. It's the future of instant messaging, for one thing, and probably more than a few other things as well. — But with the update, Apple's also moving to push …
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Featured Startup - FormVerse — If there was one tool not made for effective work, it would have to be email. If you take silos of information, and a chronological effect, where old or new is piled on top of each other …
Featured Startup - FormVerse — If there was one tool not made for effective work, it would have to be email. If you take silos of information, and a chronological effect, where old or new is piled on top of each other …
Cloud Foundry:
Static.com Adds Hadoop Support for Cloud Foundry — In this guest post, Jake Farrell, CTO for Static.com, explains how the major shift in the hosting industry towards platforms for high developer productivity …
Static.com Adds Hadoop Support for Cloud Foundry — In this guest post, Jake Farrell, CTO for Static.com, explains how the major shift in the hosting industry towards platforms for high developer productivity …
Rackspace Blog:
DevOps: Improved Productivity, Higher Value — Those of us who have been aligned with DevOps for some time already know that the greater agility and closer collaboration it enables deliver real business value for our organizations.
DevOps: Improved Productivity, Higher Value — Those of us who have been aligned with DevOps for some time already know that the greater agility and closer collaboration it enables deliver real business value for our organizations.
Hortonworks » Blog:
Get Started with Hadoop on Hortonworks Data Platform 1.1 for Windows — We are excited to release the Hortonworks Data Platform 1.1 for Windows as a Generally Available product.
Get Started with Hadoop on Hortonworks Data Platform 1.1 for Windows — We are excited to release the Hortonworks Data Platform 1.1 for Windows as a Generally Available product.
Unison's blog:
Skype in the browser — Whether you like the Skype app or not, until now, you've had no choice but to download something to make voice and video calls — either an app like Skype, or a Flash plugin (yikes) for your browser.
Skype in the browser — Whether you like the Skype app or not, until now, you've had no choice but to download something to make voice and video calls — either an app like Skype, or a Flash plugin (yikes) for your browser.Who's Hiring In Tech?
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