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| Fred Wilson / A VC: |
Yahoo! Crosses The Line — The patents that Yahoo! is suing Facebook over are a crock of s**t. None of them represent unique and new ideas at the time of the filing. I supect they all can be thrown out over prior art if Facebook takes the time and effort to do that.
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| James Trew / Engadget: |
New iPad gets benchmarked: 1GB RAM confirmed, no boost in CPU speed — Not only did some lucky gents in Vietnam get their hands on the new iPad while most people are still refreshing their delivery status page, they were also kind enough to run some benchmark tests.| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
The new iPad: Available Friday March 16th at 8am — A friend in retail just sent us some artwork from upcoming Apple Store frontage which confirms Store will open early - 8am -to sell the third generation iPad. Earlier, we'd heard that the Houston store would be opening at 8am on the 16th which stongly hinted at such an opening.| Arnold Kim / MacRumors: |
First Unboxing Video of 3rd Generation Retina iPad — While the official launch of the 3rd Generation iPad isn't until March 16th, Vietnamese site Tinhte.vn has managed to get their hands on one of the new iPads and shot an unboxing video. — The video, of course, is in Vietnamese, but you can follow along pretty easily.
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| Jun Yang / Bloomberg: |
Samsung to Supply Apple With IPad Screen After LG, Sharp Miss Requirements — Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) will supply the touch screen for Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s new iPad after LG Display Co. (034220) and Sharp Corp. (6753) didn't meet the U.S. company's quality requirements, according to an analyst with iSuppli.
| Rdio Blog: |
Introducing: New Rdio — Welcome to new Rdio. We built it for you — it's faster, simpler, and more social. — New Rdio is a visually beautiful and dynamic way to play Rdio's massive catalogue of 15 million songs. New features include the oft requested drag and drop playlist creation …
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| Peter Pachal / Mashable!: |
Google Confirms It's Working on Chrome for Windows 8 — Google says it's working on a version of Chrome that will run in the Metro environment of Windows 8. The news follows the revelation that Mozilla is building Firefox for Metro as well. — A Google spokesperson told Mashable … | Seth Weintraub / 9to5Google: |
Google I/O registration opens 7am PDT March 27th, last year it took less than an hour to sell out — Google opens its registration for its annual I/O conference on March 27th this year. Remember, last year tickets sold out in under an hour so set your alarms!
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| John Paczkowski / AllThingsD: |
FTC Subpoenas Apple in Google Antitrust Probe — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has subpoenaed Apple as part of its antitrust inquiry into Google's business practices, according to Bloomberg News. Sources familiar with the matter tell Bloomberg that the agency is particularly interested …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Camera+ Sees Major Update: Dozens Of Features, New API, Integration With WordPress, Foodspotting & More — Following increasing competition, most recently from SmugMug's nifty Camera Awesome app, everyone's favorite iPhone camera replacement app Camera+ is rolling out a major update today.| Andrew Hampp / Billboard.Biz: |
Exclusive: Turntable.FM Signs Licensing Deals With All Four Major Labels — It's Official — Turntable.fm is going legit, with licensing agreements with all four of the major labels now in place. The announcement was made today at South By Southwest by Turntable.fm founder Billy Chasen …
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| John Paczkowski / AllThingsD: |
Nice Try: Motorola Demanded a License to Every One of Apple's Patents — Motorola Mobility's request that Apple pay it patent royalties of 2.25 percent on sales of some iPhones and iPads in return for a license to its standards-essential patents, while aggressive, was not the most onerous demand … | Ryan Kim / GigaOM: |
Sources: PayPal to launch Square competitor — PayPal's plans to announce a solution for small businesses at an event this Thursday includes a mobile payment dongle that would compete against Square, Intuit (intu), Verifone and others, according to sources we've talked to who are familiar with PayPal's plans.| Marco Arment / Marco.org: |
I'm not a “curator” — Curator's Code is an attempt to codify and standardize “via” links and attribution from link blogs and aggregators with two new symbols: — á"¥ means “via” — means “hat tip” — It's completely misguided. — First of all, readers aren't going to learn what those symbols mean.| Marguerite Reardon / CNET: |
Will 4G LTE devices ever roam internationally? — The widespread acceptance of 4G LTE was supposed to unite wireless operators around the globe. But the worldwide spectrum crunch is making international roaming a tough problem to solve. — It's true that today iPad owners …
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| Bloomberg: |
Zynga Said to Plan Secondary Offering — Zynga Inc. (ZNGA), the social-gaming company that held its initial public offering in December, is planning an offering of additional shares, two people familiar with the matter said. — The move is designed to let Zynga (ZNGA) …
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| Matthew Humphries / Geek.com: |
ARM unveils world's most efficient 32-bit processor — ARM has already made a name for itself by developing very efficient processors, and chances are you have a chip based on an ARM design inside your phone and/or tablet. But it's not just the high-performance gadgets we use everyday …
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| Frank Langfitt / NPR: |
iPad Workers: Plant Inspected Hours Before Blast … Workers burned during an explosion at an Apple supplier factory in Shanghai are seen at a hospital where they are receiving continued treatment for their injuries. According to the factory, 24 workers were burned in the explosion.
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| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
Nokia Maps now offers voice directions via the web for iOS and Android — The mobile site for Nokia Maps now supports voice directions on the iPhone, iPad, and Android devices — but for now, it only works with walking mode. Using the new feature is pretty simple: you go to m.maps.nokia.com … | Daniel Terdiman / CNET: |
Al Gore with Sean Parker at SXSW: ‘Occupy democracy!’ — It's the early days of using social media to activate people in politics, but America's former VP and Facebook's founding president say democracy can be saved—if people get empowered online. — Former U.S. vice president Al Gore sits …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
PayPal Updates Erotica Policy: Target Is Specifc Books With Obscene Images, Not Just Words — This just in... As we reported it would do yesterday, PayPal has today issued a significant update to its acceptable use policy regarding payments for certain erotica-themed e-books.| Antoine Leblond / MSDN Blogs: |
Licensing apps … The Store's app licensing model centers on the idea of providing customers with access to all of their apps on all of their Windows 8 devices. It gives customers control over their apps and keeps them connected to those apps across the multiple PCs that they'll use over time.
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| Carl Franzen / TPM Idea Lab: |
McGraw Hill Thinks New iPad Will Be Ticket To E-Textbook Revolution — McGraw Hill Education, one of Apple's leading partners in its e-textbook initiative announced in January, thinks that the new iPad unveiled on March 7 will lead to a revolution in education materials, but perhaps not for the obvious reasons.
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Education IT Blog, PadGadget and The Verge
| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Galaxy S II Android 4.0 update rolling out today in Korea, Poland, Sweden, and Hungary — As promised, Samsung is finally rolling out Android 4.0 to Galaxy S II users in Korea, and has also announced the first details of European availablity. Poland, Sweden, and Hungary will also be getting … | Robin Wauters / The Next Web: |
Dell buys network security company SonicWALL, adds nearly 1,000 employees — Dell this morning announced its intent to acquire SonicWALL, a provider of enterprise-grade network security and data protection solutions. — Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed … Sponsor Posts
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