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U.S. Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple, Hachette — The U.S. filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple Corp., Hachette SA, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster in New York district court, claiming collusion over eBook pricing. Apple and Macmillan …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
U.S. Sues Apple, Publishers Over E-Book Pricing — NEW YORK—The U.S. filed an antitrust lawsuit Wednesday against Apple Inc. and five of the nation's largest publishers, alleging they conspired to limit competition for the pricing of e-books. — The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan federal court … | The United States Department of Justice: |
Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at the E-books Press Conference — Good afternoon. Today I'm joined by Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division Sharis Pozen, and Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen, to announce the Justice Department's latest progress …
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| Chris Velazco / TechCrunch: |
Samsung's $249 Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 To Make U.S. Debut On April 22, We Go Hands-On — Samsung teased the masses this past February when they revealed that one of their first Ice Cream Sandwich-powered tablets would be the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, a decidedly mid-range device that seemed lacking in the style department.
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| Mohamed Mansour / Google+: |
Thank you Google for breaking all my apps and extensions without warning! — Why is Google trying to be so evil to the developer community? Change is good, but you know what is even better? Relationship with your third party developer community who technically spend hundreds of hours building on top of this platform for free.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google+ Gets A Big Refresh With New Navigation, A Redesigned Stream, A Dedicated Hangouts Page & More — Google this morning is announcing a new look for its social network, Google+, which introduces a revamped navigation, with drag-and-drop elements and actions that appear when you hover over each item … | Mike Isaac / Wired: |
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| Marguerite Reardon / CNET: |
Is AT&T's sales force prepared to sell the Nokia Lumia 900? — AT&T stores in Manhattan promoted the release of the new Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Phone, but some sales associates were not prepared to recommend it to customers. — (Credit: CNET/Marguerite Reardon)| Andrew Rassweiler / Market Intelligence: |
Nokia Lumia 900 Carries Bill of Materials of $209 — Nokia's new Lumia 900 smartphone features a cost-reduced design that reveals close cooperation between the handset brand, Microsoft Corp., and semiconductor supplier Qualcomm Inc. This cooperation mimics Apple Inc.'s holistic approach to hardware and software development.
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| Leslie Horn / Gizmodo: |
Not Shocking: Google Could Already Be Eyeing a Motorola Hardware Sale — Google could be on the brink of confirming suspicions that it only bought Motorola for its 17,000 patents. The $12.5 billion acquisition is barely official—Justice Department approval came in February … | Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Intel: ultrabook prices will drop to $699, 75 new designs already in the pipeline — After teasing 50 new ultrabook designs for CES earlier this year, Intel's now promising we'll see 75 even newer SKUs over the coming months. The x86 chip designer and producer is feeling bullish …
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| Rip Empson / TechCrunch: |
Silicon Valley, London, NYC: Startup Genome Data Reveals How The World's Top Tech Hubs Stack Up — Last year, we covered an ambitious collaborative R&D project called “Startup Genome,” created by three young entrepreneurs, Bjoern Herrmann, Max Marmer, and Ertan Dogrultan.| Mussie Shore / Google Mobile Blog: |
Google Currents goes international — In December we launched Google Currents, an app for Android and iOS devices that lets you explore online magazines and other content with the swipe of a finger. We're thrilled by how many readers and publishers are using the app in the U.S. … | Rob Schmitz / Marketplace: |
VIDEO: Watch an iPad get made from the Foxconn factory floor — Marketplace Shanghai Bureau Chief Rob Schmitz is only the second reporter ever to gain access to visit the factory floor at Apple's Chinese producer Foxconn. In this exclusive video, see highlights from his tour of the assembly line …
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| Declan McCullagh / CNET: |
This Internet provider pledges to put your privacy first. Always. — Nick Merrill, who challenged a demand from the FBI for user data, wants to create the world's first Internet provider designed to be surveillance-resistant. — (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET)
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon Now Lets You Trade In Your Old CDs In Exchange For Gift Cards — Online retailer Amazon is extending its Trade-In Program today to also cover CDs - you know, those round, shiny things collecting dust in the back of your closet? Starting now, customers can send in their old CDs … | Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
Condé Nast Goes Shopping, Spends $14 Million on ZipList — Condé Nast hasn't gone shopping for digital assets for several years. But that's changing now: The magazine publisher has just picked up ZipList, a shopping list/recipe planner. — Condé wouldn't disclose …
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| Kevin Fitchard / GigaOM: |
Evernote and Pinterest just had a baby: Enter the new Springpad — Springpad has long been compared to Internet note-taking sensation Evernote, but starting today Springpad will likely be compared to another darling of the startup world, visually oriented social network Pinterest.
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| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
Yammer Buys OneDrum To Add Collaborative Microsoft Office Editing To Enterprise Social Network — Flush with $85 million in new funding, Yammer is spending some of its newly minted cash today with the acquisition of OneDrum, a Scotland-based startup that allows you to co-author …
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