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| Adam Messinger / Twitter Blog: |
Introducing the Innovator's Patent Agreement — One of the great things about Twitter is working with so many talented folks who dream up and build incredible products day in and day out. Like many companies, we apply for patents on a bunch of these inventions.
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| Leonid Kravets / Startups and IP Strategy: |
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| Wall Street Journal: |
In Facebook Deal for Instagram, Board Was All But Out of Picture — On the morning of Sunday, April 8, Facebook Inc.'s youthful chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, alerted his board of directors that he intended to buy Instagram, the hot photo-sharing service.| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
CEO Scott Thompson To Cut 50 Properties: “Yahoo Has Been Doing Way Too Much” — CEO Scott Thompson outlined his vision today for how Yahoo can start growing again. His big theme: Focus, focus, focus. — “Yahoo has been doing way too much for too long and was only doing a few things really well,” Thompson said.| Alexei Oreskovic / Reuters: |
| Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents: |
Apple and Samsung CEOs and chief lawyers agree to meet in San Francisco court for settlement talks moderated by magistrate judge — Apple and Samsung, the number one and number two in the mobile devices industry, are embroiled in litigation against each other in nine countries …
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| Bryan Bishop / The Verge: |
Larry Page on the stand in Oracle trial: 'We didn't do anything wrong' — Oracle and Google's legal fight has finally made its way to the courtroom, with Oracle CEO Larry Ellison taking the stand earlier this morning. The other big name to appear was Google co-founder and CEO Larry Page …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Sources: current Windows Phone devices will not get ‘Apollo’ upgrade — Earlier today, a developer evangelist for Microsoft was quoted as saying that all Windows Phone devices would get an upgrade to the “next major version” of the operating system. Now, a trusted source close to Microsoft tells us … | Steven Levy / Wired: |
Going With the Flow: Google's Secret Switch to the Next Wave of Networking — In early 1999, an associate computer science professor at UC Santa Barbara climbed the steps to the second floor headquarters of a small startup in Palo Alto, and wound up surprising himself by accepting a job offer.
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| Mark Sullivan / PC World: |
3G and 4G Wireless Speed Showdown: Which Networks Are Fastest? — We tested 3G and 4G wireless data transfer speeds—indoors and out—for AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon, at multiple locations in 13 major cities. Here's what we found. — It's been a year since we looked closely … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
New “Listen” Button On Facebook Musician Pages Instantly Plays Their Songs In Your Favorite Streaming App — Today Facebook co-opts the best thing about Myspace pages — rapid music discovery — by prominently adding a “Listen” button to musician Pages right next to the Like button.| Brent Schlender / Fast Company: |
The Lost Steve Jobs Tapes — A treasure trove of unearthed interviews, conducted by the writer who knew him best, reveals how Jobs's ultimate success at Apple can be traced directly to his so-called wilderness years. — If Steve Jobs's life were staged as an opera, it would be a tragedy in three acts.
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| Matt Burns / TechCrunch: |
Watch Out, Best Buy, Ikea Will Soon Sell Their Own HDTV System And It's Awesome — Ikea is entering a brave new world: home entertainment systems. The company unveiled its UPPLEVA line today with a smart YouTube ad (embedded after the jump). The video spot quickly explains that the UPPLEVA line …
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| Mark Milian / Bloomberg: |
Rejected By VCs, Pebble Watch Raises $3.8M on Kickstarter — When it comes to the road to success in Silicon Valley, Eric Migicovsky was definitely on the right path. — His idea for creating a watch that can display messages from your smartphone was embraced by Y Combinator, the prestigious business incubator.| Mark Milian / Bloomberg: |
Oakley Tests Technology That Would Rival Google's Project Glass — Oakley Inc. is developing technology that can project information directly onto lenses, putting the sunglass maker into potential competition with Google Inc. (GOOG) — The technology would let Oakley … | Rich Miller / Data Center Knowledge: |
Apple: Greenpeace's Cloud Math is Busted — A view of the huge roof of the Apple data center in Maiden, North Carolina. Apple said today that the facility will use 20 megawatts of power, far less than an estimate by Greenepace. (Image: Apple). — Apple says it will use 20 megawatts …
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| Larry Dignan / Between the Lines Blog: |
Intel CEO: Our first smartphone launches this week — Summary: Intel's smartphone strategy is being closely watched since it represents future growth for the company. — Intel's long-awaited smartphone strategy is ready for lift-off, said CEO Paul Otellini. — Otellini, speaking on an earnings conference call, said:
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Chrome For Android Gets Desktop View, Home Screen Bookmarks, File Downloads — Chrome for Android is becoming somewhat of a flagship mobile app for Google, but given that it's only available on phones and tablets running Ice Cream Sandwich, its reach is pretty limited.
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| Kathleen De Vere / Inside Mobile Apps: |
Appcelerator aims to become a complete mobile platform with new cloud services — Mobile app development platform Appcelerator today unveiled its new offerings, Appcelerator Cloud Services and the latest version of its development platform, Titanium 2.0. — With Titanium 2.0 …
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| Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land: |
Microsoft Makes Venue Maps More Visible On Bing — Microsoft has introduced a number of improvements to Bing Maps, chief among which is making “venue maps” more obvious. Microsoft says there are roughly 900 venue/interior maps on Bing focused primarily on “malls, airports, casinos and shopping districts.”
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| Derrick Harris / GigaOM: |
Satellite imagery and Hadoop mean $70M for Skybox — Skybox Imaging, a startup that wants to capture and analyze high-resolution photos and videos of the Earth from microsatellites, has raised $70 million in Series C funding led by Canaan Partners and Norwest Venture Partners.
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| Robin Wauters / The Next Web: |
Former Twitter VP launches location-based photo journal app called Dabble — Daemonic Labs, a fledgling San Francisco startup with offices in Argentina, is today launching a new (and perhaps, yet another) location-based photo journaling service called Dabble at the DEMO conference in Silicon Valley.
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| Gregg Keizer / Computerworld: |
Microsoft names Windows Server 2012, commits to launch this year — Microsoft today gave its newest server software a name — Windows Server 2012 — and said it would release the operating system this year. During the opening keynote at the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) 2012 in Las Vegas … Sponsor Posts
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