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Status Update — So first thing's first: We're not being sold! Instead, we've just hired a bunch of brilliant writers and a new COO. Also, we've seen a resurgence of community support (with over a thousand people attending our NYC meetup last night, for example), are back around 12% …
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Tim Armstrong Says AOL Plans to Invest in TechCrunch and Engadget, Not Sell Them — Domestic Display Advertising Falls as Activist Investor Seeks Shakeup — AOL reported a 4% drop in average monthly visitors to AOL owned-and-operated properties, when it reported first-quarter earnings on Wednesday.
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PandoDaily, Bloomberg, Business Insider, Reuters and paidContent. Tweets: @dannysullivan. See also Mediagazer
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See also Mediagazer| Vic Gundotra / The Official Google Blog: |
Google+: a mobile app with sense and soul — Sharing is deeply sensory. From cooking a favorite meal to getting together with friends, it's the smells and the stories and the smiles that make human connections so essential. With Google+ we want to extend these moments online …
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| Richard Lai / Engadget: |
HP on laptop design similarities with Apple's: it's a struggle as we drive to simplicity — HP's spent the afternoon here in Shanghai to share some details about its latest products and strategy, and to our delight, there was one session dedicated to “Style Meets Function,” …
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eWeek, Business Insider, Baseline, MacRumors, DailyTech, The Verge, InvestorPlaceGadgets … and 9to5Mac
| Jenna Wortham / Bits: |
Etsy Raises $40 Million for International Expansion — Etsy, the online marketplace for handmade and vintage goods, is getting a very non-D.I.Y. present. — On Wednesday, the company announced it was raising a $40 million Series F round in venture financing, from Index Ventures … | Mark Milian / Bloomberg: |
Zuckerberg's Hoodie a ‘Mark of Immaturity,’ Analyst Says — Mark Zuckerberg is known for having arrived late for a meeting with prospective investor Sequoia Capital and giving a less-than-serious pitch while wearing pajamas. — Now, as Facebook preps its initial public offering … | Henry Blodget / Business Insider: |
| Janko Roettgers / GigaOM: |
DDOS attack: Ustream down, Bambuser under heavy load — Updated. Ustream has been unavailable this morning, and Bambuser has been under a heavy load of unusual traffic due to what looks like a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack against both live streaming providers.| Meghan Kelly / VentureBeat: |
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| Aaron Brady / Facebook Developer Blog: |
Introducing the App Center — Today, we're announcing the App Center, a new place for people to find social apps. The App Center gives developers an additional way to grow their apps and creates opportunities for more types of apps to be successful. — In the coming weeks … | Bloomberg: |
Deutsche Telekom Said to Discuss MetroPCS Deal for T-Mobile — Deutsche Telekom AG (DTE) is discussing a merger of its T-Mobile USA unit with MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS) as it reviews options for the customer-losing business, according to people familiar with the matter.
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| Martin LaMonica / CNET: |
Two weeks of smartphone charging in your pocket — Juice in a box. Lilliputian's portable fuel cell can deliver between 10 to 14 full charges for an iPhone with one replaceable cartridge. — (Credit: Lilliputian Systems) — Retailer Brookstone this year will start selling …
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| Sam Oliver / AppleInsider: |
Apple's next iPhone coming in September, 7-in. iPad launching in August - report — Pegatron has reportedly landed orders for Apple's next-generation iPhone, rumored to launch in September, while Foxconn will allegedly manufacture a new 7-inch iPad arriving in August.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google Quietly Launches Groupon Now-Like Free Google Offers Across The U.S. — Google today announced its latest update for Google Maps for Android with support for Google Offers. One interesting piece of this announcement that stood out was that Google Maps for Android users now get access … | Frank Reed / Marketing Pilgrim: |
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| Chris Ziegler / The Verge: |
Nano-SIM update: Apple design modified to fix concerns, standard will be decided this month — We just spoke with SIM card maker (and pioneer) Giesecke & Devrient here at CTIA about progress on the creation of the 4FF standard — the so-called nano-SIM — over which Apple and Nokia have been warring in recent months.
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| Andrew Sinkov / Evernote Blogcast: |
Evernote for Mac Update: Card View, Word Count, New Save Features, and More — Today, Evernote for Mac gets a pretty great update (v 3.1) full of new features, redesigned screens and stability improvements. We've added a completely new Card View, word and character counts for notes, easier attachment export, and much more.
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| Jamie Keene / The Verge: |
Flipboard for Android leaks out for all to download — At the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S III, one unexpected inclusion was the Flipboard app — supposedly exclusive to the handset for the first few months. However, despite the fact that the Galaxy S III hasn't even been released yet … | Spencer E. Ante / Wall Street Journal: |
Foursquare Joins the Coupon Craze — Foursquare doesn't want to be another popular—but unprofitable—social network. Its new plan to make money? Personalized coupons. — The company, which lets users alert their friends to their location by “checking in” via smartphone from coffee shops … | Michael Degusta / Technology Review: |
Are Smart Phones Spreading Faster than Any Technology in Human History? — Mobile computers are on track to saturate markets in the U.S. and the developing world in record time. — Today's technology scene seems overheated to some. Apple is the most valuable company on earth.
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ExtremeTech, Geekosystem and Mashable!
| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Loeb Again Calls for Thompson Firing From Yahoo, as Former eBay Boss Support Him — As expected, Yahoo activist shareholder Daniel Loeb released a new letter on the bio controversy he set off at Yahoo, again calling for the firing of CEO Scott Thompson. — “It seems farcical to us …
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| Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
Rovio Passes 1 Billion Angry Birds Downloads, Still Mulling IPO — Rovio released its first financial figures this week, but the company has not decided when, where or whether to go public. — “This is a decision of Rovio's owners if Rovio will file for IPO, when it would be and in what market,” CEO Mikael Hed told AllThingsD.| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
Samsung Acquires Mobile Entertainment And Music Streaming Startup mSpot — Samsung Electronics has acquired mobile entertainment startup mSpot, according to a release issued today. Financial terms were not disclosed, but previous reports point to an acquisition price of $8.8 million.
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The Next Web, GigaOM and Business Wire
| Jeff John Roberts / paidContent: |
Search engines have same speech rights as the New York Times, says Google report — Just as the New York Times can decide “All the News That's Fit to Print,” search engines have a free speech right to choose who or what to put in their search rankings. — That's the conclusion of a prominent …
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
How Amazon saved Zynga's butt—and why Zynga built a cloud of its own — Five years ago, the social gaming company Zynga was cruising along with a fairly standard IT infrastructure. Servers were racked and stacked in a retail data center where Zynga rented space.
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