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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Exclusive: $99 Xbox 360 + Kinect bundle launching next week with two-year subscription — Microsoft is planning to launch a $99 Xbox console package with a monthly subscription as early as next week, according to our sources. The software giant will offer the 4GB console with a Kinect sensor …
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| Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune: |
An Apple CEO-in-waiting sells 95% of his company shares — The head of iPhone and iPad software sold 64,151 shares Friday worth $38.7 million FORTUNE — Scott Forstall took home a chunk of change Friday. Taking advantage of Apple's (AAPL) relatively high (but not record) share price … | Ross Miller / The Verge: |
It's official: Target will phase out all Kindle-branded products this spring — Last night we reported on Target's plans to discontinue sale of the Kindle due to “conflict of interest,” and now the company has confirmed to us that it will, indeed, discontinue sale.| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
German court says Motorola can block Xbox, Windows — but U.S. court stands in way — Setting up an unusual conflict between courts on different continents, a judge in Germany ruled overnight that Microsoft violates two of Motorola Mobility's digital video patents — ostensibly preventing …
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| Steve Kovach / Business Insider: |
Liquidmetal Inventor: Apple Will Use It In A ‘Breakthrough Product’ — We've been hearing a lot about Liquidmetal lately, mostly because of rumors that Apple could be using the alloy in its next iPhone. — But what exactly is Liquidmetal? What makes it so special that Apple decided to license the rights to use it in its products?
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| Wil Wheaton / WWdN: In Exile: |
Google is making a huge and annoying mistake. — I like Google Plus. Some of the smartest people I've ever read are on Google Plus, and the Hangout is amazing. — But Google is doing everything it can to force Google Plus on everyone, and it's pissing me off. — Yesterday, I tried to like a video on YouTube.| Paul Sloan / CNET: |
Frustrated advertisers to Facebook: Take our money — please! — With the social network's huge IPO getting nearer, this is the sort of news that Mark Zuckerberg doesn't need to hear just now. With a reach approaching 15 percent of the world's population, Facebook is a thriving media business.
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| Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
Amazon Gets Into the Sitcom Business — Amazon has been stocking up its Web-video offering with lots of old TV shows. Now it's going to start making some of its own. — The company is pulling back the covers (a bit) on its plans to produce kids' shows and sitcoms via its “Amazon Studios” … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Bing Strips Down Results Page To Make Google Look Like “Search Overload” — While Google keeps cramming its search results pages full of tools and social content, today Bing confirmed with me the full roll out a redesigned search results page that completely clears the left sidebar … | Jessica Dolcourt / CNET: |
Verizon's LTE-powered in-home broadband goes national — While Sprint and T-Mobile are struggling to launch their 4G LTE networks, Verizon apparently has enough LTE to power your devices at home. — Starting Thursday, Verizon's HomeFusion Broadband service will bring LTE-powered Internet access nationwide.
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| Kathleen De Vere / Inside Mobile Apps: |
Google Play doesn't monetize? It does for free-to-play games that use carrier billing — Google Play has an undeserved reputation as platform that doesn't monetize — at least according to several developers with free-to-play games. Companies as diverse as TinyCo, Spry Fox and Robot Invader … | Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
OS X Mountain Lion update adds helpful ‘Do Not Disturb’ option for notifications — Apple's update to OS X Lion Preview 3 adds a very helpful new “Do Not Disturb” feature for notifications. The feature is a toggle accessible at the top of Notification Center that allows users to block incoming alerts and banners.
| Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
Spotify (Finally) Shows Up on the iPad — You wanted a Spotify iPad app? You've got a Spotify iPad app. — It's pretty, and it takes advantage of the tablet's bigger screen to showcase artist artwork and other cool stuff. Just like you'd expect from an iPad app. — Demo video is at the bottom of this post.| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Revealed: Facebook Messenger for iPad, iPhone app with video chat in the works — While Facebook has focused on smartphones for its standalone Facebook Messenger app, the company is currently developing a version for the Apple iPad. A reliable source has provided an in-depth look … | Tamar Lewin / New York Times: |
Harvard and M.I.T. Team Up to Offer Free Online Courses — In what is shaping up as an academic Battle of the Titans — one that offers vast new learning opportunities for students around the world — Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Wednesday announced …
| Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD: |
After Testifying in Oracle-Google Trial, Scott McNealy Speaks Out — Having testified in the Oracle-Google trial with a decidedly different viewpoint from that of his successor, former Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy took to Bloomberg TV yesterday to talk a little about Java, and licensing of its APIs, and other matters yesterday.
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| Jon Russell / The Next Web: |
Google introduces ‘VC Office Hours’, Google+ hangouts with top Silicon Valley figures — Google+ is often lamented for failing to capture the attention of mainstream social network users and, almost in response to that accusation, Google is launching an interesting initiative that will see top figures … | John Cook / GeekWire: |
Zillow to buy RentJuice for $40M in cash, posts record revenue and profits — Zillow is using some of its new-found cash to gobble up San Francisco's RentJuice, adding a new set of technologies that help landlords and property managers more easily keep track of properties, upload photos, track revenue and deals.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Down, Not Out: Nokia Goes On The Offensive With 11 Lawsuits Against HTC, RIM And ViewSonic Covering 45 Patents — As Nokia continues to try to turn itself around as a mobile phone business, it is also playing on the offense in the legal game: today it announced that it has filed fresh round …
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| Billy Steele / Engadget: |
Amazon outs Cloud Drive desktop app for Windows and Mac, allows easy access to your digital wares — If you've been storing part of your digital library on Amazon's Cloud Drive, access to your goods just got easier. The outfit has released a desktop app for both Mac and Windows machines enabling uploads …
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| Cade Metz / Wired: |
Facebook Opens Up Hardware World With Magic Hinge — Imagine that your laptop display weighs 800 pounds. But you can still open it and close it and re-open it as you like, gently pushing it to just the right angle. And when you let go, it stays exactly where you put it.Thanks:@dnalkrikleahcim
| Andy Greenberg / The Firewall: |
Mozilla Slams CISPA, Breaking Silicon Valley's Silence On Cybersecurity Bill — While the Internet has been bristling with anger over the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, the Internet industry has been either silent or quietly supportive of the controversial bill. With one exception.
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| Josh Ong / AppleInsider: |
Dropbox working with Apple to resolve app rejection issue — After a number of developers using the Dropbox SDK reported that Apple was rejecting their iOS apps from the App Store because of links to an external purchase option, the cloud storage provider has confirmed that is working with Apple to address the issue.| Ryan Kim / GigaOM: |
Pebble smartwatch gets its first app partner: RunKeeper — When I talked to the man behind the Pebble smartwatch, which has become the biggest Kickstarter project ever, he said what excited him about all the success was the ability to turn Pebble into an app platform.| Mary Jo Foley / CNET: |
Microsoft to drop Windows Live branding with Windows 8 — Microsoft's perpetually confusing Windows Live branding is about to get a long-overdue clean up. — Microsoft is doing away with the Windows Live brand, according to a May 2 post on the Building Windows 8 blog.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google Updates Google Docs With 450 New Fonts, 60 New Templates And More — Google today announced that it is bringing web fonts to Google Docs. Thanks to this update, you can now use 450 new fonts in your Google documents. These are the same 450 fonts Google already features on its Web Fonts site for web designers.
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The Verge, Docs Blog, 9to5Google, The Next Web and WebProNews
| Alyson Shontell / Business Insider: |
Early Foursquare Employee Tristan Walker Heads To Andreessen Horowitz As An EIR — After 2.5 years at Foursquare, one of its earliest employees, Tristan Walker, is heading to the venture side. — Here's the farewell post on his blog: — Once in a lifetime, if you're lucky, you nail your dream job.
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| Jennifer Van Grove / VentureBeat: |
Prezi zooms past 10M users, releases PowerPoint import tool — In building an intuitive and fluid alternative to PowerPoint, startup Prezi is helping presenters reimagine their productions. Tuesday, the company announced that it surpassed 10 million users, and released a PowerPoint import tool …
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| Rip Empson / TechCrunch: |
Birst Lands $26M From Sequoia, Hummer Winblad To Bring Big Data Analytics To The Masses — Birst, a San Francisco-based startup that offers on-demand business intelligence and analytics solutions for companies big and small, has raised $26 million in series D financing, led by Sequoia Capital.
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| Enigmax / TorrentFreak: |
Pirate Bay Enjoys 12 Million Traffic Boost, Shares Unblocking Tips — Last Friday the UK High Court ruled that several of country's leading ISPs must censor The Pirate Bay website having ruled in February that the site and its users breach copyright on a grand scale.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Twilio Rising: Microsoft Inks Deal To Offer Voice, Messaging APIs To ‘Tens Of Thousands’ Of Azure Developers — A potentially big move forward for cloud-based telephony API startup Twilio — and an intriguing development for Microsoft, given its would-be ownership of Skype … Sponsor Posts
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