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Zynga launches Zynga.com, to expand beyond Facebook in a big way — In a gigantic strategic step, Zynga announced today that it is launching a new Zynga.com destination website where users can play its social games without going directly through Facebook. — The move has big implications … | Mark Pincus / Zynga Blog: |
A Platform for Play — Today, we're proud to share a new platform for play. The Zynga Platform is designed with two simple goals: more access to the best social games and more people to play with. In a few days we're turning on a beta of Zynga.com which will feature our most popular games …
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iPad 3′s Retina display means trouble for many apps due to Apple's 20MB 3G download limit — Apple's iPad 3 is set to launch next week and all signs point to it having a Retina display running at 2048×1536 pixels. This should provide a clearer, sharper image to most users …
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Broadcasters Sue To Stop $12 Streaming Service Aereo — Well, that was quick. Two weeks ago, media mogul Barry Diller announced an ambitious cloud-based TV service that streams over-the-air channels to internet devices for $12 a month. This week, broadcasters offered their opinion …
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The Verge, nab.org, PC Magazine, AllThingsD, Aereo Blog, Mashable!, The Toybox Blog, VentureBeat, Engadget, Zatz Not Funny! and Electronista. Tweets: @pkafka. Thanks:@amandanat. See also Mediagazer
| Bits: |
Et Tu, Google? Android Apps Can Also Secretly Copy Photos — It's not just Apple. Photos are vulnerable on Android phones too. — As Bits reported earlier this week, developers who make applications for Apple iOS devices have access to a person's entire photo library, as long as that person allows the app to use location data.| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
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| Chris Dixon: |
Some tips on interacting with the press — Here are a few things I've learned over the years about the best ways for entrepreneurs to interact with the press (by press I mean blogs as well as traditional media). — Don't be afraid to ask what the rules are. Is this on or off the record?
Tweets: @tomkrazit and @semil
| Chris Ziegler / The Verge: |
AT&T relents on unlimited data throttling, increases cap to 3GB for HSPA+ and 5GB for LTE — AT&T has announced today that it is retooling the throttling policy on its unlimited smartphone data plan, a legacy offering still in use by many customers — largely because it was long the standard-issue package sold alongside the iPhone.
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| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
Square Is Headed To New York City Taxi Cabs; Will Be An iPhone And iPad Experience — As we heard last week, mobile payments platform Square pitched the New York Taxi and Limousine Commission to replace the current taxi TVs and payments technology in 50 cabs.| The H Open Source: |
Raspberry Pi announces new partners — The Raspberry Pi Foundation, creator of the Raspberry Pi ARM-based tiny computer that sells for $25, has announced that it has signed up Premier Farnell and RS Components as licensed manufacturers of the devices. The Foundation explained that the new model …
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| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
Shutterfly To Buy Kodak's Online Photo Sharing Platform For $23.8M — After filing for bankruptcy, Kodak is announcing that it will be selling off parts of its online photo services business Kodak Gallery for $23.8 million. The buyer? Online photo sharing platform Shutterfly.
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Brizzly is shutting the cave door — It's never easy to be the bearer of bad news. Luckily, there's plenty of good news along with it. — First: Brizzly is shutting down at the end of this month — I know this stands in stark contrast to the last post I wrote, wherein I said that …
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Google: Wallet expanding to 10 more Sprint devices this year — BARCELONA, Spain—With Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Wallet support set to expand to the forthcoming LG Viper later this year, Google said U.S. consumers can expect the tap-and-pay system to roll out across a host of additional devices in the months ahead.
| Brad Stone / Business Week: |
Twitter, the Startup That Wouldn't Die — Life inside successful Web startups—especially the really successful ones—can be nasty, brutish, and short. As companies grow exponentially, egos clash, investors jockey for control, and business complexities rapidly exceed the managerial abilities of the founders.| Tradigital: |
The Credit Card Is The New App Platform — This is a guest post written by Reid Hoffman, Ali Rosenthal and James Slavet from Greylock Partners. — Credit and debit cards are ubiquitous, but they're mostly pretty dumb. That's about to change. Over 170 million people in the U.S. have credit cards … Thanks:@erikashaffer
| Darren Pauli / SC Magazine Australia: |
NSA builds Android phone for top secret calls — Blueprints released to public. — The National Security Agency (NSA) has developed an ultra-secure Android phone built using off-the-shelf kit that allows US Government staff to discuss top secret materials.
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| Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents: |
Apple wins German injunction against Motorola over photo gallery patent — I just attended, at the Munich I Regional Court, the public pronouncement of a decision on another Apple v. Motorola lawsuit in Germany. Presiding Judge Dr. Peter Guntz announced that Apple has won an injunction …
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Electronista, BGR, PhoneArena, The Register, InfoWorld, The Verge, AllThingsD, Pocketables and AppleInsider
| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
Dogbnb: DogVacay Wants To Help You Find A Boarding Alternative For Your Four-Legged Friends — As a former dog owner, I know how challenging it can be to find the best care for your four-legged-friend when going on vacation or taking a trip. While boarding dogs at kennels is an option …
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The Next Web, Los Angeles Times, GeekWire, GeekSugar, GigaOM, VentureBeat and Mashable!
| Jonathan Browning / Bloomberg: |
ARM Chips Go From Smartphones to Networks — ARM Holdings Plc (ARM), whose chip designs are used in most smartphones, is set to power the networks that run them as it steps up competition with Intel Corp. in a $9 billion market. — With ARM already working with Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) …
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| Federico Viticci / MacStories: |
Readability for iOS Review — The official Readability app for iOS, available today on the App Store, had a complicated history with Apple and its approval process. Since Readability relaunched last year with an ambitious focus on publishers and “read anywhere”, the service struggled …
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Readability Blog, PadGadget, The Verge, Computerworld, Teehan+Lax and TUAW. See also Mediagazer
| Kevin C. Tofel / GigaOM: |
OnLive brings Windows desktops in cloud to Android — Already available for Apple's iPad, OnLive Desktop launched for Android devices on Thursday. The free software, available in the Android Market, allows tablets and smartphones to run an instance of Windows 7 through the web.
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BGR, CNET, Engadget, AndroidGuys, Redmond Pie, Electronista, Wired, Computerworld, GadgeTell, Ubergizmo, 9to5Google, ZDNet and Gizmodo
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Tipping Point: Smartphone Owners Now Outnumber Other Mobile Users In The U.S. — It's a tipping point of sorts: smartphones are not (yet) being used by the majority of U.S. residents, but among mobile users, it looks like they have now outnumbered those on lower-end devices … Sponsor Posts
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Windows Store Weekly — This week we take a look at: Star Trek App, Box, Fling Theory, StumbleUpon, and wordBrush.
Windows Store Weekly — This week we take a look at: Star Trek App, Box, Fling Theory, StumbleUpon, and wordBrush.
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 …
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An Army Is Forming To Battle Patent Trolls — For the past several months, we've exposed the flaws in the patent system and how they're being exploited by opportunistic patent trolls looking to extort a quick buck …
An Army Is Forming To Battle Patent Trolls — For the past several months, we've exposed the flaws in the patent system and how they're being exploited by opportunistic patent trolls looking to extort a quick buck …
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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