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AT&T Chief Regrets Offering Unlimited Data for iPhone — When Randall Stephenson, AT&T's chief executive, spoke about the state of the wireless industry at a conference this week, he shared some surprisingly frank comments about the iPhone. In particular, he said that he wished the company … | Wall Street Journal: |
Resume Trips Up New Yahoo Chief — Hedge fund Third Point LLC continued its attack against Yahoo Inc.'s management, calling for the immediate termination of Chief Executive Scott Thompson amid admitted inaccuracies in his academic credentials. — Third Point, which owns about 5% of Yahoo … | Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Yahoo's Thompson Asks Employees to “Stay Focused” — Except Not on Him — Of course, the Yahoo internal memo for the Yahoo internal crisis of the week! — Here is CEO Scott Thompson's email today to employees about the controversy around the fact that he does not have a computer science degree … | John Paczkowski / AllThingsD: |
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Google Said to Face Fine by U.S. Over Apple Safari Breach — Google Inc. (GOOG) is negotiating with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission over how big a fine it will have to pay for its breach of Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s Safari Internet browser, a person familiar with the matter said.| Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Buys Location-Based Discovery App Glancee — A little under one month after its acquisition of Instagram, Facebook has acquired Highlight competitor and ambient location app Glancee. — The social network has already shut down the developer's passive location app and all three co-founders … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Messenger Apps Get More Life-Like, Now Show If Someone's Read Your Message — Facebook thinks mobile messaging should feel like you're having a face-to-face conversation, so today it updates its Messenger for iOS and Android apps with the ability to see if someone's read your message … | Groklaw: |
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Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 up for preorder now, in stores May 13 — There aren't any big upgrades to the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, but the price has taken a big drop. — (Credit: Samsung) — The follow-up to the big boy of Android tablets, the 16GB Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 can be preordered online today … | Tyler Lee / Ubergizmo: |
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FBI: We need wiretap-ready Web sites — now — The FBI is asking Internet companies not to oppose a controversial proposal that would require firms, including Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo, and Google, to build in backdoors for government surveillance. — In meetings with industry representatives … | Shibani Mahtani / Wall Street Journal: |
The Other Facebook Founder — Atop $2 Billion Fortune, Eduardo Saverin Gave Up Silicon Valley for Singapore's Tech, Society Scene — SINGAPORE—Facebook Inc. founder Mark Zuckerberg is one of the most famous chief executives in the world. His former business partner and friend, Eduardo Saverin, is big in Singapore.| Chitika Insights: |
Study: Apple iPad Accounts for 94.64% of all Tablet Web Traffic — What do you think of when you hear the word “tablet”? For most it would be Apple or more specifically the iPad. When the iPad was released in 2010 it quickly gained popularity amongst the masses.| Jacob Aron / New Scientist: |
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The iPad 2,4 Review: 32nm Brings Better Battery Life — When Apple launched the 3rd generation iPad (as the new iPad), it also dropped the price of the entry-level 16GB WiFi iPad 2 to $399. Apple's products tend to hold their values exceptionally well, so this two-tablet strategy made sense.| Spencer Ackerman / Wired: |
Kickstarter of Doom: Hoax Site ‘Funds’ Torture Bus, Death Drones — Crowdsourcing a next-gen drone or a rolling torture center? Uh, yeah, Kickstriker is a hoax. — Inspired by the Kony 2012 fad, a group of New York University grad students has set up the wartime version of Kickstarter … | Chris Foresman / Ars Technica: |
iOS app success is a “lottery”: 60% (or more) of developers don't break even — There is no shortage of stories about lone developers who made an app for the iPhone or iPad and had runaway success. But in the real world, the majority of app makers struggle to break even, according to a recent survey by marketing firm App Promo.| Matt McGee / Search Engine Land: |
Google's April Updates: Bigger & Tiered Index, Document Ranking, Sitelink Changes & More — If it's the first Friday of the month, it must be time for Google to share its latest list of search quality updates. And, like clockwork, Google didn't disappoint today — the company has posted … | Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Emergency Flash update fixes security bug being used to hijack PCs — Adobe has released an emergency update for its Flash Player that fixes a security bug that's being actively exploited to hijack Windows computers running the ubiquitous software. — The “object confusion vulnerability” … | Josh Halliday / Guardian: |
Cameron to consider ‘opt in’ porn plan — Government to consult with internet service providers on blocking adult material on the internet in the UK — The government is to consider introducing new filters for online pornography, in a move likely to be fiercely resisted by internet service providers.| Alistair Barr / Reuters: |
EBay, Wal-Mart search for revved-up search engines — (Reuters) - EBay Inc and Wal-Mart Stores Inc are developing new Web search engines to better compete against Amazon.com Inc in the fast-growing e-commerce market. — As more people shop online, they often end up at the top of a website typing in a product name.
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