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This was the original ‘Google Phone’ presented in 2006 — Two years before the T-Mobile G1 introduced to the world to Android, Google presented carriers with the “Google Phone — a device that looked a lot more like the portrait QWERTY Android prototype shown in early 2008.| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
First Android revenue numbers revealed: $278.1m in 2010, iPhone more lucrative — The Google / Oracle trial continues to reveal a wealth of inside information about Android — in addition to seeing the earliest mockups of a “Google Phone” earlier today, we're also seeing how the platform was doing in 2010 …
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| Chris Ziegler / The Verge: |
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| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
Sprint confirms unlimited data plan for next iPhone — Sprint Nextel is banking that its unlimited data plan will continue to set its iPhone apart from the others — even when the next version arrives. — If the next iteration of the iPhone arrives with LTE, Sprint will continue to offer … | John Paczkowski / AllThingsD: |
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| George Colony / Forrester Blogs: |
Apple = Sony — Apple will decline in the post Steve Jobs era. Here's why. — Sociologist Max Weber created a typology of organizations in his 1947 book The Theory of Social and Economic Organization. He described three categories: 1) Legal/bureaucratic (think IBM or the U.S. government) …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Samsung announces 1.4GHz Exynos 4 Quad processor for ‘next Galaxy smartphone’ — Samsung apparently couldn't wait for its big ‘Next Galaxy’ announcement to give us the detail on the chip that will power it. Dubbed the “Exynos 4 Quad,” the chip will run at 1.4GHz per core and is based on the ARM Cortex A9.| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
Finally, Professional Social Network LinkedIn Gives Users An iPad App — Although the iPad has been available for more than two years, LinkedIn has yet to offer its users a native app despite the fact that mobile engagement has been growing at a fast pace for the network.| Steve Evans / Computer Business Review: |
Apple ‘10 years’ behind Microsoft on security: Kaspersky — Welcome to Microsoft's world, Eugene Kaspersky tells Apple — The recent Flashback/Flashfake malware outbreak targeting Apple's Mac computers is likely to be just the start of a new wave of attacks aimed at the system …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Exclusive: Microsoft to preview ‘Woodstock’ Xbox music service at E3 — Microsoft will offer a sneak peak at its Zune replacement during E3 2012, according to sources familiar with the company's plans. The new music service, codenamed Woodstock, will continue Microsoft's shift away from the Zune brand towards the well known Xbox one.| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
| Jolie O'Dell / VentureBeat: |
The real reason Facebook's IPO will be delayed: 15-30% drop in new tech stocks — Facebook's IPO was scheduled for May 2012, or so every analyst across the country was saying a couple months ago. However, that just ain't gonna happen, and we're here to tell you why.
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| Mat Smith / Engadget: |
Nintendo posts first annual loss of $460 million, predicts turnaround next year — Nintendo has announced its first annual operating loss following an initially lukewarm response to its new 3DS handheld and an aging Wii console — set to be replaced later this year.
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| Danielle Kucera / Bloomberg: |
Square Payment Pace Rises 25% in Niche Coveted by EBay — Square Inc., maker of credit-card readers for smartphones and tablets, has increased its payment volume 25 percent since March, when EBay Inc. (EBAY)'s PayPal showed off a new mobile scanner and underscored growth in the field.
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| Shira Ovide / Wall Street Journal: |
Groupon Must Avoid Taking ‘Stupid Risks,’ CEO Says — On the heels of an embarrassing financial revision last month, Groupon Inc. is seeking to steady the ship. — The Chicago-based daily deals site is expected to announce several new senior executive hires in the coming weeks and is in talks … | Dan Primack / Fortune: |
Andreessen Horowitz to give half their earnings to charity — A different type of return on investment — Venture capital firm makes a bold philanthropic pledge. — FORTUNE — The general partners of Andreessen Horowitz have pledged to donate at least half of their future venture capital earnings to philanthropic causes.
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| Cade Metz / Wired: |
Google Set to Meld GDrive With Chrome OS — Google senior vice president Sundar Pichai says the GDrive will soon be integrated with the company's Chrome OS operating system. Image: Flickr/niallkennedy — Google will tightly integrate its new Google Drive online storage service …
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| Dan Frommer / SplatF: |
WordPress Is Now A ~$50 Million Business, But It Still Won't Take My Money — Hey, look at that. WordPress is becoming a decent business. But it's still passing up an important segment of the market — sites like this one. — Here's All Things D's Liz Gannes on Automattic, the WordPress parent company:
| Andy Fixmer / Bloomberg: |
Spotify Said Developing Pandora-Like Online Radio Service — Spotify Ltd., the London-based online music provider, is developing a U.S. Internet radio service that would directly challenge Pandora Media Inc. (P), said two people with knowledge of the situation.
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Judge to Oracle: No, you can't assert another patent against Google — That was quick. One day after Oracle asked for the right to assert a third patent against Google in the ongoing Android/Java intellectual property trial, Judge William Alsup has ordered that it is too late to introduce the patent into the case.
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| David Brooks / New York Times: |
The Creative Monopoly — As a young man, Peter Thiel competed to get into Stanford. Then he competed to get into Stanford Law School. Then he competed to become a clerk for a federal judge. Thiel won all those competitions. But then he competed to get a Supreme Court clerkship.
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| Eric Eldon / TechCrunch: |
Please Welcome TechCrunch's New COO, Veteran Exec And Entrepreneur Ned Desmond — There's lots going on behind the scenes here at TechCrunch — not only are we hiring top writers and putting together a kick-ass lineup for Disrupt in New York next month, we're also getting a chief operating officer … | Liz Gannes / AllThingsD: |
People Search Engine Ark Raises Biggest Y Combinator Seed Round Ever — People search start-up Ark.com has led a bit of a charmed existence. Part of Y Combinator's winter class, it debuted to the public shortly after YC leader Paul Graham posted an essay about “frighteningly ambitious ideas” …
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| David Carnoy / CNET: |
Kickstarter project aims to turn iPad into MacBook Air — The Brydge hits Kickstarter with early-adopter pricing of $150 for the entry-level model with no built-in speaker. — (Credit: Oona) — During Apple's second quarter earnings call yesterday, Apple CEO Tim Cook dismissed the idea …
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
VMware confirms source code leak, LulzSec-affiliated hacker claims credit — VMware has confirmed a leak of source code from the ESX hypervisor. The code was posted on Pastebin on April 8 by a hacker calling himself “Hardcore Charlie.” — VMware confirmed the theft yesterday …
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| Joseph B. White / Wall Street Journal: |
Google Seeks Co-Pilots for Self-Driving Car — DETROIT—The leader of Google Inc.'s effort to develop self-driving cars was in the Motor City on Wednesday to send a message that the Internet company is looking for partners to bring its innovations to market within the next decade.
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