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Facebook Smacks Back at Yahoo With Patent Claims in Counter-Lawsuit — Facebook has just taken strong aim back at Yahoo with a patent lawsuit of its own, claiming infringement over a number of issues. — “From the outset, we said we would defend ourselves vigorously against Yahoo's lawsuit …
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| Danielle Kucera / Bloomberg: |
Amazon Tests in-App Purchase Service to Challenge Apple, Google — Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN), the world's largest online retailer, is testing a service that lets tablet users make purchases through mobile applications, a sign it may enter a market pioneered by Google Inc. (GOOG) and Apple Inc. (AAPL)
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| Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch: |
With Over 30 Million Users On iOS, Instagram Finally Comes To Android — Morning guys! It's going to be a bright, bright, bright sunshine-y day for Android users, namely because photo-sharing darling Instagram is now available in the Android Market. If you want to hurry up and try …
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| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
A detailed side-by-side comparison of Instagram for Android and iPhone — Today saw the arrival of one of the most anticipated Android apps in recent memory, with the launch of Instagram. The app is hugely popular on the iPhone and got some 430K signups on its pre-release signup page for Google's OS.
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Yahoo's Layoffs Tomorrow Morning of up to 2,000 Will Only Be the First Move of a Larger Purge to Come — According to sources close to the situation, Yahoo's massive round of layoffs — which is likely to impact up to 2,000 employees — is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg that will hit …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Threatens To Sue TechCrunch Commenter — Last year, Alexia covered a funny Chrome web browser extension called “Defaceable” that allowed you to comment anonymously on Facebook and on other websites using Facebook Comments. Instead of having to associate your comment with your real name … | Brian Bondy / Brian R. Bondy: |
A working Firefox Windows 8 Metro prototype, status update 3 — The Firefox Roadmap lists a 2012 Q2 goal of providing a working Firefox prototype on Metro. — As of last week, we have a working browser in Metro. It currently looks and feels the same as the Android browser.| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
Apple commentator Mike Daisey's Blog and Twitter account disappear for some time, then re-appear — Update: It appears as if both Daisey's blog and his Twitter account have re-appeared after being down for more than an hour. — After weeks of criticism, monologuist Mike Daisey …
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| Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune: |
Munster: How Apple becomes the first $1 trillion company — Its market cap today is $577 billion. Where do the next $400-plus billion come from? — Click to enlarge. — In a note to clients issued early Tuesday, Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster raised his Q2 iPhone estimate (to 33 million) … | Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Android Tops 50%, iOS Hits 30% in U.S. Smartphone Installed User Base — Research firm comScore today released the results of its latest survey of mobile phone users in the United States, finding that Google's Android and Apple's iOS continue to dominate the smartphone landscape.| Josh Lowensohn / CNET: |
| Andy Greenberg / The Firewall: |
These Are The Prices AT&T, Verizon and Sprint Charge For Cellphone Wiretaps — If Americans aren't disturbed by phone carriers' practices of handing over cell phone users' personal data to law enforcement en masse, in many cases without a warrant, we might at least be interested to learn …
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| Drew Olanoff / The Next Web: |
Google+ Profiles get personal, now includes address book information from Google Contacts — The march towards merging all of Google's products continues, and this time it's Google Contacts that's getting the social treatment. — The Google Contacts team announced last night … | Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Sony PS3 gets Amazon Instant Video app, streams purchased movies and Prime subscription content — Sony's mystery addition to the PlayStation 3's streaming video service lineup is a mystery no more: it's Amazon Instant Video, the online retailer's collection of an estimated 100,000 movies and shows …
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Samsung pursues ad market on its mobile devices — Mobile phone heavyweight Samsung Electronics Co. (SSNHY, 005930.SE) is playing a more hands-on role in the advertising on its devices, underlining the growing potential many companies see in mobile ads. Samsung plans to announce Tuesday …
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| Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
RIM's Server Now Manages iPhone, Android Devices, Too — Acknowledging it is no longer a BlackBerry-only world, Research In Motion on Tuesday released the first version of its server software to manage other company's mobile devices. — The update to BlackBerry Mobile Fusion, as promised … | Laura Stampler / Business Insider: |
Skype Bashes Facebook And Twitter In Billboard Campaign — Skype has allocated some of the money from its $12 million marketing campaign for some dirty advertising directed towards social media big-hitters Twitter and Facebook. — Click here to see the ads>| Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch: |
The Story of Skout: From Deadpool's Door to $22M Led By Andreessen Horowitz — Eighteen months ago, it looked like the location wars were over. Foursquare had just closed a $20 million Series B round and rivals like Gowalla, Loopt and Brightkite weren't having the same buzz or traction.
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| Chris Foresman / Ars Technica: |
Apple holds the master decryption key when it comes to iCloud security, privacy — Ars recently attempted to delve into the inner workings of the security built into Apple's iCloud service. Though we came away reasonably certain that iCloud uses industry best practices that Apple claims … | Darrell Etherington / BetaKit: |
iSimplyConnect Debuts VPN Tool for iPad — VPN services are often a must for organizations who have employees working out of the office who need access to on-site data, and the advent of tablets only underscores that need. The iPad's reputation as the tablet of choice in boardrooms …
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InfoWorld, The Next Web, GigaOM and AppleTell
| Greg Sandoval / CNET: |
Grooveshark loses only label deal as EMI tears up contract — EMI, one of the four top record companies and home to such acts as The Beatles and Coldplay, has terminated its agreement with Grooveshark, a well-known music-sharing service, CNET has learned. — (Credit: Greg Sandoval/CNET)| Sarah Mitroff / VentureBeat: |
The Minerva Project raises largest-ever seed funding from Benchmark for elite university — The Minerva Project, a new “elite university,” just announced it has raised $25 million dollars in seed funding from Benchmark Capital, the largest seed round the venture capital firm has ever invested.
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Time Inc. Hearst, Conde Nast, Meredith Launch “Netflix For Magazines” — Remember Next Issue Media, the “Hulu for Digital Magazines” consortium made up of the biggest names in publishing? It has finally delivered something worth talking about: Call it Netflix for Magazines.| Ryan Kim / GigaOM: |
Online retail platform Goodsie aims to be one-stop shop for newby sellers — Helping small businesses make the jump to online sales is becoming a big business opportunity, especially with the added boost coming from sales via smartphones and tablets. Companies like Shopify …
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