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Exclusive: Yahoo's Thompson Out; Levinsohn In; Board Settlement With Loeb Nears Completion — Yahoo's embattled CEO Scott Thompson (pictured here) is set to step down from his job at the Silicon Valley Internet giant, in what will be dramatic end to a controversy over a fake computer science degree … | New York Times: |
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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| Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
Microsoft Funded Startup Aims to Kill BitTorrent Traffic — Hollywood, software giants and the major music labels see BitTorrent as one of the largest threats to their business. — Billions in revenue are lost each year, they claim. But not for long if the Russian based startup “Pirate Pay” has its way.
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
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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| Andy Greenberg / The Firewall: |
HBO's ‘Game Of Thrones’ On Track To Be Crowned Most Pirated Show Of 2012 — Brace yourselves, HBO. The pirates are coming. — With its popularity swelling and no easy way to watch for viewers without cable, HBO's hit series “Game of Thrones” is inspiring massive levels of piracy …
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| Matt Brian / The Next Web: |
German TV maker Loewe denies Apple acquisition rumour, says report has “absolutely nothing to it” — Following an AppleInsider report that hit last night stating that Apple was in talks to acquire the company, German TV maker Loewe has today officially denied rumours of a $113 million buyout …
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| Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM: |
Expect a 6 month freeze on Facebook's Instagram acquisition — A former U.S. Department of Justice lawyer and antitrust expert says Facebook's purchase of photo-sharing site Instagram will take between four months and one year to clear regulatory hurdles. In the meantime, the deal is effectively on hold.
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LiqhtSquared Moves Toward Bankruptcy — Hedge-fund manager Philip Falcone's LightSquared Inc. venture is preparing for a potential bankruptcy-protection filing, as negotiations with lenders to avoid a potential default faltered, according to people familiar with the matter.
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| Rip Empson / TechCrunch: |
Marc Andreessen Visits Peter Thiel's Stanford Class To Talk Startups, How He Invests & The Future — It wasn't so long ago that Peter Thiel began publicly pushing the somewhat controversial idea that higher education is in a bubble, or launching an initiative to help smart young people “stop out of school.”
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| Jon Russell / The Next Web: |
Baidu to rival Android and iOS in China with cloud-centric smartphone platform — Chinese Internet giant Baidu is set to make a move to rival Google and others in China's smartphone market with the upcoming launch of ‘Baidu Cloud’, a smartphone platform that integrates with its cloud-based storage service and other Web products.
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| Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: |
Anti-WiFi wallpaper lets cellular and radio through — The WiFi-blocking wallpaper uses a triangular snowflake-patterned mesh to filter out selected frequencies — Better WiFi security could soon be just a few rolls of wallpaper away. French researchers at Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble …
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