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| Mat Smith / Engadget: |
Samsung Galaxy S III preview: hands-on with the next Android superphone (video) — You remember that Galaxy S II? A phone so good they launched it, well, a whole load of times. But after seeing phablet cousins and LTE variants, the true handset sequel is finally here.| Chris Ziegler / The Verge: |
Samsung Galaxy S III announced: 4.8-inch 720p display, eye tracking, available later this month — Capping months of rumors and speculation, Samsung has announced its Galaxy S III smartphone at an event in London today. Major specs include a 4.8-inch Super AMOLED display at 720p resolution …
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Reuters, BGR, Ars Technica, Bits, The Next Web, Android and Me and Android and Me. Tweets: @dannysullivan
| Wall Street Journal: |
Facebook IPO to Seek $85 Billion to $95 Billion Value — Facebook Inc. is planning to set the price range for its impending initial public offering in the high-$20s to mid-$30s a share, valuing itself at roughly $85 billion to $95 billion, said people familiar with the matter.
| Evelyn M. Rusli / DealBook: |
Facebook to Set Target After Market Close — Facebook is expected to set the price target for its initial public offering after the market closes on Thursday, according to one person familiar with the matter. — The range, which will be included in a revised prospectus filing … | Liz Gannes / AllThingsD: |
Phil Libin and the Refusal to Pivot: Evernote Now Valued at $1 Billion — Today, 30-million-user strong Evernote announced it had received $70 million in Series D funding from Meritech Capital, CBC Capital, T. Rowe Price Associates, Harbor Pacific Capital and Allen & Company at a valuation of Dr. Evil proportions: One billion dollars.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
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| Tricia Duryee / AllThingsD: |
Boku Signs Up Final U.S. Wireless Operator for Carrier Billing — It has taken three-and-a-half years, but Boku has finally signed up all four major U.S. carriers for its mobile payments service. — Today, the San Francisco company says that Sprint is coming on board to join the three … | Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
Judge: An IP-Address Doesn't Identify a Person (or BitTorrent Pirate) — Mass-BitTorrent lawsuits have been dragging on for more than two years in the US, involving more than a quarter million alleged downloaders. — The copyright holders who start these cases generally provide nothing more than an IP-address as evidence.
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Gizmodo, Fight Copyright Trolls, Betabeat, WebProNews and Boing Boing
| Kunur Patel / AdAge: |
Zynga's New Ad Pitch for Draw Something: ‘Draw This Brand’ — NHL Among First to Buy Paid Terms in Hugely Popular Social game — Zynga's latest big-ticket acquisition has already figured out how to draw in users, but now Draw Something has an ad model that brings brands into the picture.
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TechCrunch, Betabeat, The Next Web, Simply Zesty, memeburn, WebProNews, Tecca, The Verge and VG247. Thanks:@kunur
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft schedules Windows Phone developer summit for June — Summary: Microsoft is inviting Windows Phone developers to a developer conference in late June. Could both the Tango and Apollo operating systems be on the agenda? — Microsoft has begun sending “Save the Date” …
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| Forbes: |
The Midas List — 2012's Top Tech Investors — 1 Jim Breyer Accel Partners Facebook — 2 Marc Andreessen Andreessen Horowitz Skype — 3 Reid Hoffman Greylock Partners LinkedIn — 4 David Sze Greylock Partners Facebook — 5 Peter Fenton Benchmark Capital Twitter — 6 Josh Kopelman …
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| Jay Yarow / Business Insider: |
Apple Is Beating Android In The U.S., Despite Reports To The Contrary — Apple appears to have taken control of 50% of the smartphone market in the first quarter of 2012, despite a report to the contrary by NPD this morning. — NPD put out a press release saying Android …
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parislemon, WebProNews, GigaOM, TechCrunch, NPD Group, SlashGear, I4U News, Macgasm and Daring Fireball
| Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
Discovery Channel Buys Revision3 for $30 Million — Web video is supposed to disrupt cable TV. And maybe it will, one day. In the meantime, the cable guys are doing just fine. — Here's a proof point: Discovery Communications, parent of The Discovery Channel, has purchased Revision3 …
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| Liz Gannes / AllThingsD: |
Microsoft Hires 14 Yahoo Researchers to Kick-Start New NYC Research Lab — Over the weekend, I reported that Duncan Watts, the well-known social network researcher, had left Yahoo to join Microsoft. Turns out he's not the only one. — Microsoft snatched up not only Watts … | Michael Learmonth / AdAge: |
YouTube Commits $200M to Promote Premium “Channels” — Jay-Z Gives Surprise Performance, And, Yes, It's Already on YouTube — There was Jay-Z, Flo Rida and the Neon Trees; Julia Stiles, Jennifer Beals, Virginia Madsen and Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt.
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| Ethan Smith / Wall Street Journal: |
AT&T Chief Says Blocked Deal Will Cost Consumers — BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—The government's decision to block AT&T Inc.'s takeover of Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile USA unit will result in higher prices to consumers, AT&T Chairman and Chief Executive Randall Stephenson contended during a public interview Wednesday.
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| Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune: |
With 8.8% market share, Apple has 73% of cell phone profits — Among the major vendors, Samsung captured 26%, HTC took 1%, and the rest lost money — FORTUNE — Asymco's Horace Dediu on Thursday updated his quarterly review of mobile phone profits, and the news for everyone but Apple (AAPL) and Samsung is not good.
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asymco, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog, TUAW, PC Magazine and The Next Web
| Don Jeffrey / Bloomberg: |
Google Argues for Dismissal of Authors' Book-Scan Lawsuit — Google Inc. (GOOG) (GOOG) asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by an organization representing authors over the search engine company's project to digitally scan millions of books, saying the group can't represent the copyright holders.
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| New York Times: |
Target, Unhappy With Being an Amazon Showroom, Will Stop Selling Kindles — Target, signaling its growing irritation with its rival Amazon, announced on Wednesday that it would stop selling the online retailer's Kindle e-readers. — Target, with almost 1,800 stores, is one of the bigger carriers …
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ReadWriteWeb, The Tech Trade, Mobile, USA Today, Forbes, Jacket Copy and Associated Press
| Ryan Kim / GigaOM: |
EBay puts down roots in NYC with data-focused tech center — EBay plans on making it in New York and it's bought a 35,000 square foot space to ensure that it happens. The commerce and payments company is announcing that it has purchased an entire floor in the Flat Iron district …
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| Joel Schectman / The CIO Report: |
Skype Knew of Security Flaw Since November 2010, Researchers say — Skype was told a year and a half ago about a security flaw that allows for the location tracking of customers, but left it unfixed, the security researchers who first discovered the vulnerability told CIO Journal.
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ZDNet, VoIP & Gadgets Blog, Naked Security, TechWeekEurope UK, The Verge, Inquirer, eWeek, The CIO Report, Wired and Digits
| Reuters: |
Settlement with HP isn't going to happen: Oracle — (Reuters) - An Oracle Corp attorney ruled out a settlement with Hewlett-Packard Co in a bitter lawsuit over the Itanium microprocessor, a day after the judge refused to resolve the case for either side before trial.
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eWeek, AllThingsD, The Register and TechEye
| Harrison Weber / The Next Web: |
It's TechStars' Demo Day in Boston: Meet the 13 new startups — Today, 13 startups will present to a room filled with investors, industry analysts and media at TechStars Demo Day in Boston. In case you haven't heard of TechStars, it is an elite mentorship-driven start-up accelerator … | Stephen Lawson / Computerworld: |
Judge again orders Apple, Samsung to streamline claims in iPad patent case — The companies' lawyers have until Monday to simplify the case enough for a scheduled July 30 trial — Apple and Samsung Electronics have until Monday to further boil down the number of claims to be considered …
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TUAW, Engadget, PC Magazine, AppleInsider, CNET and Phone Scoop
| Ryan Mac / Mobile: |
Reid Hoffman And Peter Thiel In Conversation: The Biggest Misses — This is the final post of a five-part series from a conversation between Founders Fund cofounder Peter Thiel and LinkedIn cofounder and Greylock partner Reid Hoffman. One new video has been posted each day leading …
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SocialTimes and Forbes
| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
Next-Generation Publishing Platform Hyperink Wants To Transform Blogs Into Books — YC company Hyperink, a next-generation digital book publishing platform, is debuting a new service which helps bloggers create short books from their existing content. — As we've reported in the past …
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Good E-Reader, Fast Company, The New Persuaders, VatorNews, BetaKit and PandoDaily
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