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| Brad McCarty / The Next Web: |
Google Drive detailed: 5 GB for free, launching next week for Mac, Windows, Android and iOS — Sometimes we get lucky, and today is one of those days. I got a draft release from a partner of Google's upcoming Google Drive service and it gives away a wealth of information about how Google plans to take on the incumbent Dropbox.
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PC World, Digital Trends, Examiner, Between the Lines Blog, msnbc.com, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, The Verge, Gizmodo, Redmond Pie, iDownloadBlog.com, TechnoBuffalo, WinBeta, Business Insider, Android Phone Fans, Gotta Be Mobile, The Tech Report, PhoneArena, The Digital Reader, Simply Zesty, T3 News and Land of Droid. Thanks:@jonnyrowntree
| John Biggs / TechCrunch: |
Google Drive Lives: Google Drive App Found — If you needed any more proof that Google Drive was alive, look no further than this screenshot of the OS X app. I've been able to download and run the app and it is currently idle, sitting quietly in the corner, unable to connect to the mothership.| Brandon LeBlanc / The Windows Blog: |
Announcing the Windows 8 Editions — Today I would like to share information with you on the editions that will be available for “Windows 8” when it is released to market. We have talked about Windows 8 as Windows reimagined, from the chipset to the user experience.
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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Path Announces $30M+ Round Of Funding, Investors Include Sir Richard Branson — Well, it's officially official: Following a wave of rumors and reports, Path just announced that it has raised more than $30 million in new funding. — “We are delighted to announce that last week we closed … | Om Malik / GigaOM: |
Why Path is no Instagram — Ever since Facebook decided that Instagram was worth $1 billion, there has been recurring talk of Path, another social service being the next big buyout target. And while I am happy for the Path team, I find the comparisons with Instagram unfounded and premature.
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| Serena Saitto / Bloomberg: |
RIM Said to Discuss Hiring Bank to Help Weigh Strategy Options — Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM), the troubled maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, is in talks to hire a financial adviser that can help it weigh strategic options, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.
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| Brandon Bailey / Mercury News: |
Oracle: Google execs knew they needed permission for Java — SAN FRANCISCO — Google engineers and executives knew they needed permission to use Java software tools when they created the popular Android mobile program, but Google went ahead without a license, an Oracle attorney told jurors Monday in federal court.
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| Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune: |
How many iPhones did Apple sell last quarter? — The estimates range from 26 to 44 million. The best analysts' consensus: 35 million. The most important metric for Apple (AAPL) in the quarter that ended two weeks ago — likely to account for more than half of the company's revenue for fiscal Q2 2012 … | Eric Mack / CNET: |
Raspberry Pi $35 mini system starts shipping — The credit card-sized Linux system is being delivered to first 10,000 customers worldwide this week. Raspberry Pi, the $35 Linux system about the size of a credit card, is fully baked and ready to eat... er, ship.| Jay Yarow / Business Insider: |
Mark Cuban Took A Big Stake In Vringo, The Company In The Middle Of A Massive Patent Attack On Google — Mark Cuban has invested in mobile ringtone company Vringo, which has a big patent lawsuit with Google, and other tech companies. — Cuban took a 7.4% stake in the company.
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| Gil Kaufman / MTV: |
Exclusive: Tupac Coachella Hologram Creator Tells How He Resurrected Rapper — 'It was [Dr.] Dre's vision to bring this back to life,' says Nick Smith president of the company that created the Tupac hologram at Coachella. The Coachella festival is a place where minds routinely get blown …
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| Chris Dary / Readability Blog: |
Introducing Iris: A Big Leap Forward in Drawing Meaning from the Web — Today we're incredibly proud to be launching the next generation of our content normalization engine, codenamed Iris. It's live right now and you'll start to see improved results as you use Readability over the next few weeks.| Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post: |
Huffington Post Wins Pulitzer Prize — Huffington Post senior military correspondent David Wood has spent decades covering war, watching as wounded combat troops are loaded onto medical evacuation helicopters and, he said, “go off in a cloud of dust.” But after their sacrifice on the battlefield …
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Exclusive: Electronic Arts Set To Layoff +500 Employees — Exclusive: I've confirmed from multiple sources within Electronic Arts that the company is planning to layoff 500-1,000 people as soon as this week. As of March 31 public numbers, that represents between 5%-11% of total company employees.| Dan Frommer / ReadWriteWeb: |
Why Facebook Terrifies Google — Google is still the biggest, baddest online advertising company on the planet. Its $2.9 billion profit last quarter, announced yesterday, was almost as much as Facebook's revenue for all of 2011. — But Facebook has something important that Google doesn't …
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| Sean Ludwig / VentureBeat: |
3D printing biz heats up with $1.4B merger of Stratasys and Objet — Two of the leading players in the 3D printing market have merged, with Stratasys and Objet Ltd. joining forces in a $1.4 billion deal, the two companies announced this morning. — The transaction between the two will position …
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| Jonathan S. Geller / BGR: |
Samsung Galaxy S III launch details reveal multiple models, official device of 2012 Olympics — As we get closer to the official announcement of Samsung's Galaxy S III, more information is beginning to surface. In addition to our exclusive reports on the device's specifications and materials … | Sean Ludwig / VentureBeat: |
Rackspace launches OpenStack-powered next-gen public cloud — Rackspace, the top cloud infrastructure provider after Amazon, has significantly upgraded its core offerings with a new next-generation public cloud powered by OpenStack, the company said Monday.
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| Devindra Hardawar / VentureBeat: |
Foursquare confirms 20M users, 2 billion check-ins, on 4sqDay 2012 — Today, the third annual 4sqDay (April 16, four-squared, get it?), check-in king Foursquare confirmed that it has reached new milestones of 20 million users and a whopping 2 billion check-ins.
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The Next Web, SiliconANGLE, CNET, The Verge, Mashable!, SocialTimes, About Foursquare, Betabeat, Marketing Pilgrim, Examiner, VatorNews, App Advice and Pulse2 Technology …. Thanks:@venturebeat
| Nick Hopkins / Guardian: |
US and China engage in cyber war games — Exclusive: US and Chinese officials take part in war games in bid to prevent military escalation from cyber attacks — The US and China have been discreetly engaging in “war games” amid rising anger in Washington over the scale and audacity …
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| Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch: |
Mobile Gaming Startup Funzio Is Raising $50M At A $350M Valuation — In what will be a bellwether for the mobile gaming industry after Zynga's deal to buy OMGPOP, Funzio is looking to raise $50 million at a $350 million pre-money valuation, according to sources familiar with the talks.
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| Paul Sawers / The Next Web: |
Google partners with MGM to bring more than 600 titles to YouTube and Google Play in North America — Two weeks after Google stuck a deal with Paramount to make it 5-out-of-6 of the major movie studios, the Internet giant has announced that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) is the latest movie company … | Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
SEC Filing: First Round Capital Raising $135 Million For New Fund — From a recent SEC filing, it looks like early stage investment firm First Round Capital is raising $135 million for a new fund, First Round Capital IV, L.P. Managing partners Josh Kopelman, Chris Fralic …
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| Nathan Ingraham / The Verge: |
Galaxy Nexus coming to Sprint on April 22nd for $199.99, includes a $40 Google Wallet credit — We've been waiting for a release date since CES, but it's finally official — the Galaxy Nexus is coming to Sprint on April 22nd for $199.99 when you sign a new two-year contract.Sponsor Posts
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