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The Education of Mark Zuckerberg — His audience this Monday morning, a Who's Who of Wall Street heavy-hitters, with untold billions to command, shifts in its seats. Papers rustle. BlackBerrys buzz. Cue Mr. Zuckerberg and — Wait: where the heck is Zuck?| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Americans Now Spend More Time On Facebook Mobile Than Its Website — All those minutes reading your news feed in bed, messaging friends over lunch, and browsing photos on the bus really add up. Time spent on Facebook's mobile site and apps per month (441 minutes) has finally surpassed usage …
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Sizing Up Facebook — As social-networking giant Facebook prepares to sell stock to the public for the first time, money managers are mobbing investor roadshows and deluging the deal's underwriters with requests for as many shares as they can get their hands on.
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Apple changes name of ‘iPad WiFi + 4G’ to ‘iPad WiFi + Cellular’ in many countries following international criticism — Top image was taken today, bottom image from May 9th (Apple Online Store) — Following a string of complaints across the globe (notably in Australia and the United Kingdom) …
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iPhone 5 design still not finalized, still no big screen, still no metal back, still on track for October release — Despite some rumors to the contrary, according to our sources Apple still hasn't finalized the design of the next generation iPhone 5 (or whatever Apple ends up calling iPhone 5,1).| Laura June / The Verge: |
Ashton Kutcher tries on Steve Jobs' signature outfit for new film — TMZ has posted new photos of Ashton Kutcher taken yesterday in Los Angeles. As you can see, Kutcher is in full Steve Jobs mode, apparently on his way to the set of the Steve Jobs biopic he is starring in, which is tentatively …
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Intel To Build Chips Apple 'Can't Ignore,' For iPad, iPhone, CEO Says — Say 14 nanometers: Intel plans to use its latest manufacturing technology to win Apple's attention. — Intel outlined its plan to catch up in the smartphone processor business at its annual investor day in Santa Clara …
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Sources: Google Is Close to Buying Meebo — Google is in talks to acquire Meebo, according to two sources close to the situation. — The price for the company would be about $100 million, according to one of the sources. — Meebo's latest product promises to help users cut through information overload.
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Robbie Bach's four startup lessons from Xbox and Zune — Robbie Bach, former president of Microsoft's Entertainment & Devices Division, speaks to the Northwest Entrepreneur Network today on the subject of “intrapreneurship,” drawing lessons from the Xbox and Zune.| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
LegalZoom Files For $120M IPO, Saw $156M In Revenue Last Year — Online legal services company LegalZoom filed an S-1 form this morning declaring its intention to raise up to $120 million in an IPO. — LegalZoom offers documents and subscription services to make it easier for individuals … | Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch: |
Zynga's Next Cash Cow? FarmVille Sequel Spotted Under The Name “Big Harvest” — Is this Zynga's next cash cow? It looks like FarmVille 2.0 is already in beta testing under the name ‘Big Harvest’ in the Philippines, a tipster tells us. — As you can see from the screenshot below … | Jackie Dove / Macworld: |
Adobe will issue free security patches for high-profile Creative Suite apps — Vulnerabilities to CS5 versions of Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash will be fixed at no charge — Recent versions of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash Professional—the company's high-profile Creative Suite applications … | John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
iOS Low-Hanging Fruit — iOS has evolved in a fairly predictable manner over the years. Apple has done a good job tackling the lowest-hanging fruit on the to-do list, year after year. They crossed off a lot of big obvious features over the first few years: third-party apps, cut-copy-paste …
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