Techmeme: Adobe launches Photoshop CS6 as a free public beta (Jackie Dove/Macworld)

March 22, 2012, 9:30 AM

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Dan Porter / Zynga Blog:

OMG, Zynga Welcomes a New Member to the Family — Put down your smartphones and iPads for just a sec. I've got some big news. Today I'm excited to tell you about a new addition to the Zynga family, OMGPOP. This New York-based developer of social mobile games has recently received a lot …

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Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch:

Done Deal: Zynga Gets “Draw Something” Phenom By Acquiring OMGPOP. (We're Hearing $210M.)

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Henry Blodget / Business Insider:

“OMGPop Sold Way Too Early — They Left $800 Million On The Table”

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The Verge:

Adobe Photoshop CS6 beta hands-on — Adobe has been dropping preview links to its upcoming version of Photoshop CS6 for months now, even hyping it up with a Rainn Wilson cameo at MAX 2011. Photoshop CS6 marks one of the app's most drastic visual changes, with a darker visual redesign …

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Jackie Dove / Macworld:

Adobe launches Photoshop CS6 as a free public beta

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Josh Ong / AppleInsider:

Rumor: Next-gen iPhone to feature 4.6-inch Retina Display — An unverified report claims Apple has begun placing orders for a 4.6-inch Retina Display bound for the next-generation iPhone that could launch as early as “around the second quarter.” — Reuters issued the report on Wednesday …

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Jim Dalrymple / The Loop:

iPhoto for iPad, iPhone hits 1 million users in less than 10 days — iPhoto for iPad, iPhone hits 1 million users in less than 10 days — Apple told me today that its newest iOS app, iPhoto, hit 1 million users in less than 10 days after its release. It's important to note that figure is users, not downloads.

Jessi Hempel / Fortune:

Is Pinterest the next Facebook? — An exclusive look inside CEO Ben Silbermann's social media sensation. — FORTUNE — Ben Silbermann can't stop staring at the refrigerators. The Pinterest co-founder and CEO and I are standing in the break room of his company's garage-size Palo Alto office.

Jay Yarow / Business Insider:

Pinterest Has Hired The Man Who Came Up With The ‘Blueprint’ For Facebook's Monetization

David Kravets / Wired:

MPAA Wants Megaupload User Data Retained for Lawsuits — Updated — Hollywood studios want a federal judge to preserve data on all the 66.6 million users of Megaupload, the file-sharing service that shuttered in January in the wake of federal indictments targeting its operators on allegations …

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Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:

Windows 8 Is Retina-Ready — All the talk these days is of the new iPad and its magical screen. Apple isn't the only one who can do that, you know. In fact, most display makers are looking forward to post-HD resolutions as one of the big selling points of the next generation of displays.

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Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft Blog:

Microsoft details how iPad app development compares to Windows 8

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ACLU:

Your Facebook Password Should Be None of Your Boss' Business — Today, the Associated Press reports that some employers are asking applicants for their Facebook usernames and passwords. According to the article: … Responding to the news, ACLU attorney Catherine Crump said:

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Olga Kharif / Bloomberg:

Google Said to Rethink Wallet Strategy Amid Slow Adoption — Google Inc. (GOOG) is weighing changes aimed at improving its Google Wallet mobile-payment system following slow adoption and the departure of two key managers, according to people with knowledge of the project.

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Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch:

Blue Jeans CEO Looks To Beat His Two-Time Acquirer Cisco With Low-Cost Video Conferencing — Having sold two companies to Cisco, Krish Ramakrishnan knows what it takes to compete with the venerable networking giant. — After leaving Cisco for the second time to be an entrepreneur in residence …

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Yew Jin Lim / Docs Blog:

Spell checking powered by the web — One of my early projects at Google was to improve the suggestions that are made when a query is misspelled in Google Search. The neat thing about that system is that it's adaptive: our suggestions get smarter and smarter based on the words Googlebot sees as it explores the web.

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Aldrin Calimlim / App Advice:

Displaying Soon: Air Display Update For The New iPad's Retina Display — If you're familiar with Avatron Software's Air Display app for iOS, you're probably wondering why its iPad app hasn't been updated yet to display stunning Retina graphics on the new iPad.

More: Avatron, PadGadget, iClarified, Gotta Be Mobile, MacNN, MacRumors and SlashGear

Gabe Donnini / Chitika Insights:

The new iPad Gobbles Up 5% of All iPad Traffic; CA, CT & NY new iPad “Hot Spots” — After much anticipation on Friday March 16th, 2012, The new iPad hit the market and proceeded to shatter first weekend sales records, moving 3 million units over the course of the weekend — the most successful launch for the iPad yet.

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Ellis Hamburger / The Verge:

Spotify announces 12 ‘next generation’ apps like TweetVine, Def Jam, Matador, and Domino — When Spotify launched its first wave of “apps” in November 2011, it made clear its goal to become “the OS of music,” a place to find, browse, and listen to million of songs.

More: VentureBeat, Mashable!, Spotify, Gizmodo and Engadget

Andy Greenberg / The Firewall:

Verizon Study Confirms 2011 Was The Year Of Anonymous, With 100 Million Users' Data Breached By Hacktivists — Anonymous may have had a rough 2012 so far, with dozens of its most active members arrested and one of its leaders and organizers revealed as a government informant.

More: eWeek, InfoWorld, Inquirer, Betabeat, The Register, Guardian, PR Newswire, TechCrunch, CNET, Wired, V3.co.uk, ZDNet, ITProPortal and Softpedia News. Thanks:@a_greenberg

Richard Lawler / Engadget:

Netflix iPad app upgraded with Retina quality icons and images now, HD video soon — Now that the third generation iPad has hit the streets even more apps are pushing out upgrades for its high-res display, and among the latest is Netflix. Version 2.1.1 adds not only high-res artwork …

More: Techie Buzz, The Verge, MacRumors and TUAW

Jessica Roy / Betabeat:

.NYC Domain Names May Finally Become a Reality — A photo from the .NYC domain campaign (gothamist.com) — If the “Made in NYC” label wasn't enough to cement your status as an integral part of the burgeoning local tech community, perhaps a .NYC domain name might pique your interest.

More: City Room and The Domains

Walter Isaacson / Harvard Business Review:

The Real Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs — His saga is the entrepreneurial creation myth writ large: Steve Jobs cofounded Apple in his parents' garage in 1976, was ousted in 1985, returned to rescue it from near bankruptcy in 1997, and by the time he died, in October 2011, had built it into the world's most valuable company.

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