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Apple Moves Toward Larger iPhone Screens … As Apple prepares for a launch of a new iPhone later this year, people familiar with the situation say the company is planning for a larger screen. Above, the Apple store in Hong Kong. — HONG KONG—Apple Inc., which is expected to launch …
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| Jake Smith / 9to5Mac: |
WSJ: Next iPhone to feature at least a 4-inch screen, production to begin in June — Update: Reuters backed up the WSJ's report and claimed sources have indicated, “The new iPhone screens will measure 4 inches from corner to corner.” It also said that early production began at LG Display …
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Facebook Is Still Figuring It Out. Will Advertisers and Investors Wait Around? — There are a bunch of ways to explain away GM's decision to stop spending ad dollars on Facebook. We'll get to those. — But there's one thing that even the most ardent Facebook fan can't argue with …
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| Chris Dixon: |
Facebook's business model — Startups usually succeed because of a single major product or business innovation. Google is unusual in that they succeeded because of two major innovations: their core search product, and their keyword advertising business model.
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
HTC One X and Evo 4G LTE indefinitely delayed at US Customs for investigation of Apple patent infringement — The HTC One X and Evo 4G LTE are a notable devices for many reasons, but today it becomes notorious: it's the first device to face an import delay at US Customs for potentially infringing an Apple patent.
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| Amir Efrati / Wall Street Journal: |
Google Changes Tack on Android — Google Inc. is shifting its strategy for its Android mobile operating system, in a bid to create a united front with smartphone and tablet makers to take on rivals like Apple Inc. and prevent wireless carriers from controlling the devices.| Dan Primack / Fortune: |
Facebook increases IPO size (again) — Facebook adds 25% more shares. — FORTUNE — Facebook has significantly increased the size of its initial public offering, just two days before it is expected to begin trading on the NASDAQ. — According to an amended registration document … | Olivia Oran / Reuters: |
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| Joe Palazzolo / Law Blog: |
Apple Fires Back in Lawsuit over Siri's Performance — Apple Inc. is defending its voice-recognition software Siri — she of the iPhone 4S — against claims that it doesn't perform as advertised. — A cluster of lawsuits seeking class action status in Oakland, Calif. …
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| Yoni Appelbaum / The Atlantic Online: |
How the Professor Who Fooled Wikipedia Got Caught by Reddit — T. Mills Kelly encourages his students to deceive thousands of people on the Web. This has angered many, but the experiment helps reveal the shifting nature of the truth on the Internet. — A woman opens an old steamer trunk …
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Admitted file-swapper begs Supreme Court for help — Says RIAA sought huge damages to create an “urban legend.” — Supreme Court, debunker of “urban legends”? — Flickr user TexasGOPVote.com — “Joel Tenenbaum is a fine and courageous young man who has just received his doctorate …
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Did Eduardo Saverin do anything wrong? — ACCORDING to the internet's hilarious headline writers, Eduardo Saverin, a Facebook co-founder, dis-"likes" America's tax rules and has “un-friended” the land of the free in order to dodge a potentially monumental tax bill after Facebook goes public.| Peter Sciretta / /Film: |
Aaron Sorkin To Adapt ‘Steve Jobs’ for Sony — Last year we heard that Sony wanted Academy Award-winning The Social Network/The West Wing writer Aaron Sorkin to write the screenplay for a Steve Jobs biopic based on Walter Isaacson's best-selling biography. Sony had purchased the rights …
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| Om Malik / GigaOM: |
For Facebook-boosted video apps, reality checks in — When Facebook made it easy to share what videos you were watching, companies like Socialcam, Metacafe, DailyMotion and Viddy rocketed up the app-charts and saw a sharp increase in the usage and downloads of these apps.
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| Bloomberg: |
China Mobile in Talks With Apple on Iphone Cooperation — China Mobile Ltd. (941), the world's largest phone company by users, and Apple Inc. (AAPL) are in talks to offer the iPhone, the carrier's new chairman said. — China Mobile can't predict if the two sides will come to an agreement this year …
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Samsung loses $10 billion market value on Apple order report — (Reuters) - Shares in Samsung Electronics Co slumped more than 6 percent on Wednesday, wiping $10 billion off the electronics giant's market value, on a report that Apple placed huge chip orders with troubled Japanese chip rival Elpida.
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| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
Google finally adds ability to save home and work locations to Google Maps — Setting up a location for home and work and saving them in your address book is one of the most helpful mapping tips I can give anyone. Google apparently agrees, as it has now added the ability to save Home …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Gartner: Q1 2012 Phone Sales Declined 2%, Dragged Down By Asia-Pacific. Samsung Leads All — Sign of a maturing marketing flattening out, a lack of compelling devices, or a contraction in the economy? Gartner today released figures that note that worldwide sales of mobile phones were actually …
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CNET, ZDNet, AppleInsider, Gartner, Inquirer, Pluggd.in, Business Insider, MacDailyNews, MobileBurn.com, Gartner, ZDNet, My Nokia Blog, Reuters and PhoneArena. Thanks:@ingridlunden
| Shayndi Raice / Wall Street Journal: |
Facebook's New R&D Machine — Fewer Half-Baked Products Without User Input; 'We've Gotten More Humble' — Mark Zuckerberg is taking a more measured approach for major features added to Facebook. Above, a stencil of Zuckerberg at headquarters. — For years, Facebook Inc. chief Mark Zuckerberg led …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Flipboard Expands: Adds Audio From NPR, Public Radio & SoundCloud; Introduces Japanese Version — “Social magazine” Flipboard may have to think up a new tagline for itself, as tonight the company is rolling out an update which greatly expands its focus beyond text-based content to also include audio.
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MacStories, Appolicious Advisor, Techland, VentureBeat, The Verge, BBC, The Next Web, Flipboard, Flipboard, Mashable! and The Next Web
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Microsoft Gives Windows a Clean Sweep — For a long time, some Microsoft officials have privately griped that PC makers don't present Windows in its best light. They clutter desktops with icons that are often little more than ads for third-party products; include confusing utilities … | Matt Brian / The Next Web: |
LG debuts Optimus UI 3.0 to compete with HTC Sense and Samsung TouchWiz — Playing catchup in the Android smartphone market to Samsung and in some respects HTC, Korean electronics giant LG has today launched an updated version of its custom Android user interface — Optimus UI 3.0 …
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lgnewsroom.com, Digital Trends, IntoMobile, CNET, the::unwired, SlashGear and Ubergizmo
| Emil Protalinski / ZDNet: |
Avira Antivirus update cripples millions of Windows PCs — Summary: Avira has sent out a defective antivirus update that is causing paid versions of its product to block critical Windows processes and third-party software, effectively rendering millions of PCs unusable.
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Google Docs Research sidebar looks up terms, adds images, quotes, and citations — Google Docs has a lot going for it as an office or writing tool, and we imagine the Research sidebar, which appears to have recently launched on the suite, will help bolster its popularity.
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| Andrew Sinkov / Evernote Blogcast: |
The All New Evernote 4.0 for Android — Major operating system updates are a great opportunity for us to rethink our apps. That's exactly what happened when Google released the Ice Cream Sandwich operating system. Today, we're excited to unveil the completely redesigned Evernote 4.0 for Android.
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