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AOL Sells 800 Patents For $1 Billion To Microsoft [Memo To Staff] — This just in: one chapter of AOL's patent journey is coming to an end. The company is selling 800 patents to Microsoft for just north of $1 billion. — Tim Armstrong, the CEO of AOL, says that the company will continue … | Robin Wauters / The Next Web: |
AOL sells more than 800 patents to Microsoft in $1 billion+ cash deal — Huge news from the patent front this morning, as AOL (note: my employer until very recently) and Microsoft have struck a deal that will see the former sell more than 800 of its patents to the Redmond software giant.| Brian X. Chen / Bits: |
On Release Date, Crucial Nokia Phone Is Hard to Buy in New York — AT&T said last month that when Nokia's new Lumia 900 phone went on sale April 8, it would benefit from the company's biggest product introduction ever, exceeding even the iPhone's. — The big day is here.| Jason Freedman / 42Floors: |
Did everybody see what just happened? The pendulum has swung. — The feeling was palpable. Y Combinator had sixty-five companies present (42Floors was one of them). And we saw 500 eager investors, frenzied almost, excited to invest in entrepreneurs. One investor emailed me four times … | Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
AT&T's iPhone unlock process detailed: A quick online chat, Apple does the unlocking, requires IMEI only — If you're looking to have your iPhone unlocked from AT&T's service, you can do so over the company's online chat and Apple is the one actually doing the unlocking.| Jessica Guynn / Los Angeles Times: |
Ex-Facebook insiders building next wave of Silicon Valley firms — An elite group of Facebook friends, most still in their 20s, have already helped change the world. Now they're working together to do it again. — SAN FRANCISCO — All eyes are on Facebook Inc., which is on the verge of a $100-billion initial public stock offering.| Shinichi Saoshiro / Reuters: |
Sony to cut global workforce by 10,000: Nikkei — (Reuters) - Sony will cut its global workforce by about 10,000, or 6 percent of its entire workforce, by as early as the end of 2012, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Monday. — The loss-making electronics firm may also request … | Robin Parrish / Apple Gazette: |
Inside Apple HQ — Outside the main entrance at Apple Headquarters — Insiders call it the Mothership. It's Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, California, and to Apple fans, it's a place thought of with romance and wonder. Only the privileged elect have ever been deep within … | Brian X. Chen / New York Times: |
How to Budget Megabytes Becomes More Urgent for Users — Everyone knows how long a minute is. And your cellphone carrier keeps close tabs on how many you have used this month. Now, in the smartphone era, more people are being forced to think about how many megabytes of data they are using.| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
SEC Filing: Chris Sacca Raising $25M For New Fund, Lowercase Spur — Investor Chris Sacca is raising as much as $25 million for his new fund, Lowercase Spur, according to a new SEC filing. He's been working on it for at least a little while — Bloomberg BusinessWeek heard he was working on it a month ago … | Dante D'Orazio / The Verge: |
Netflix offers details on its recommendation engine, says it guides 75 percent of viewership — Neftlix has taken to its blog to post part one of an exploration into its recommendation engine. The company offers little in terms of hard data and algorithms (those are promised for part two) … | Andy Meek / The Next Web: |
Virtual Photo Walks on Google+ allow the sick and disabled to explore the world — Photographers from around the world have been flocking to Google+ in recent weeks, lining up to lend their talents to a certain community of users on the social networking site.
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Don't Do. Just Tell. With Zoho MCP for Bigin. — Dear small business owners,This one's a little different.We're not here to walk you through a checklist of features. We're here to tell you about something …
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.
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