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GM to Stop Advertising on Facebook — General Motors Co. GM -1.04% plans to stop advertising on Facebook after the company's marketing executives determined their paid ads had little impact on consumers, people familiar with the matter said, a move that comes as more companies question …
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TechCrunch, the Econsultancy blog, New York Times, I4U News, Jon Burg's Future Visions, The Huffington Post, AdExchanger.com, ClickZ, Mashable!, BGR, Business Insider, AllFacebook, GeekWire, Social Media, ReadWriteWeb, TechCrunch, WebProNews, Forbes, Tech and China, ZDNet, Tech Trader Daily, Business Insider, Mashable!, Ars Technica and Transmissions
Tweets: @ford, @cnbc, @producermatthew and @pkafka
| 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.
| Pamela Parker / Marketing Land: |
Ahead Of IPO, GM Drops Facebook Ads; Forrester Warns Other Companies May Follow — It couldn't have happened at a worse time for Facebook, which has its initial public offering of stock later this week. General Motors has decided to stop advertising on the social networking giant, citing concerns about the site's effectiveness.
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VatorNews, Washington Post, Business Insider, The New Persuaders, Transmissions and Guardian. Tweets: @dannysullivan
| 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.| Nathan Ingraham / The Verge: |
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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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Reuters, AllThingsD, Engadget, Pocketnow, iDownloadBlog.com, 9to5Google, The Daily Beast, IntoMobile, The Tech Trade, Android Phone Fans and CNET. Tweets: @inafried
| Matt Galligan: |
Socialcam's Shady Secret — I had a hunch that Socialcam was doing some really shady tactics to get more of a bump in engagement at the detriment of user experience. Looks like my hunch was right. The app has been on quite the tear lately with how much it's growing and getting insane engagement.| Mat Honan / Gizmodo: |
How Yahoo Killed Flickr and Lost the Internet — Web startups are made out of two things: people and code. The people make the code, and the code makes the people rich. Code is like a poem; it has to follow certain structural requirements, and yet out of that structure can come art.| Tony Werner / Comcast Voices: |
The Facts about Xfinity TV and Xbox 360: Comcast is Not Prioritizing — As we previously announced, Xfinity TV customers are now able to watch Xfinity TV On Demand on the Xbox 360 — the latest new platform that we are using to bring more content to consumers.
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| Olivia Oran / Reuters: |
Facebook boosts IPO size by 25 percent, could top $16 billion — (Reuters) - Facebook Inc is increasing the size of its IPO by 85 million shares to about 422 million, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters, raising more than $15 billion in Silicon Valley's largest market debut.
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| 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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parislemon, TUAW, Gizmodo, Techland, Network World, MacRumors, CNET, AppleInsider, Mashable!, Variety, iPhone in Canada Blog, everythingiCafe, The Verge, 9to5Mac and iDownloadBlog.com
Tweets: @fromedome, @mccarthyryanj, @levie and @cdixon
| 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.| 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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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 … | Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple also working on MacBook Airs and iMacs with Retina Displays — Mockup showing Retina Display 11 and 13 inch MacBook Airs — On Monday we broke the news that Apple is readying a brand-new 15-inch MacBook Pro with cornerstone features like an ultra-thin design and USB 3 ports for incredibly fast data transfers.
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| Chris Kanaracus / PC World: |
NetSuite Rolls out Commerce-as-a-service Platform — NetSuite is going up against vendors such as Demandware in the market for cloud-based e-commerce platforms, announcing a new product, SuiteCommerce, during the SuiteWorld conference in San Francisco on Tuesday.
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| Jeff Atwood / Coding Horror: |
Please Don't Learn to Code — The whole “everyone should learn programming” meme has gotten so out of control that the mayor of New York City actually vowed to learn to code in 2012. — A noble gesture to garner the NYC tech community vote, for sure, but if the mayor of New York City actually needs … | Chris Ziegler / The Verge: |
T-Mobile USA's Philipp Humm announces restructuring, ‘difficult decisions’ to staff — T-Mobile USA CEO Philipp Humm had previously announced a round of layoffs with a net loss of some 1,000 jobs back in March, and the company's restructuring continues today with another memo sent to employees.
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TmoNews, PC Magazine, GigaOM, AllThingsD, Tech Daily Dose, The Seattle Times, AndroidGuys, CNET, GeekWire, Dice Blog Network, PhoneArena, VentureBeat, SlashGear, BGR and Engadget
| 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.| Joanna Stern / ABCNEWS: |
How Does Gmail Work? Google's Story of Send Site Explains — Before you hit the “send” button on an e-mail, you might proofread your message. Or maybe you make sure you've included the right attachment. Or maybe, just maybe, you contemplate what is actually going to happen to that message once you hit …
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msnbc.com, Engadget, Gmail Blog, The Next Web, The Verge, CNET, Softpedia News, Laughing Squid, Wired and VentureBeat
| Steven M. Davidoff / DealBook: |
China Flexes Its Regulatory Muscle, Catching Google in Its Grip — In today's globalized world, you can't avoid China, or so goes the cliché. Google is discovering that it's actually true. — Following a dispute over censorship, Google largely abandoned mainland China two years ago … | Jack Purcher / Patently Apple: |
Apple introduces the Steering Wheel Remote Control — The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of twenty-one newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today. The most surprising one of them all is one that snuck through the patent system until today.
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Digital Trends, CNET, iDownloadBlog.com, 9to5Mac and iPhone in Canada Blog
| Liz Gannes / AllThingsD: |
Interview: Imgur's Path to a Billion Image Views Per Day — Starting an image-hosting site in 2009 seemed like a silly idea. It was a commoditized business, with lots of competitors. A basic utility service was unlikely to inspire loyalty or give rise to a community that would make people stick around.
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| Nitasha Tiku / Betabeat: |
Kevin Ryan Asks Jetsetter CEO Drew Patterson to Step Down After ‘Mutiny’ From Staffers — Gilt Groupe founder Kevin Ryan and Gilt Groupe chairman Susan Lyne spent Monday in meetings at the offices of Jetsetter, an independent deals site for luxury travel bookings under the Gilt umbrella.
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Featured Startup - FormVerse — If there was one tool not made for effective work, it would have to be email. If you take silos of information, and a chronological effect, where old or new is piled on top of each other …
Featured Startup - FormVerse — If there was one tool not made for effective work, it would have to be email. If you take silos of information, and a chronological effect, where old or new is piled on top of each other …
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Static.com Adds Hadoop Support for Cloud Foundry — In this guest post, Jake Farrell, CTO for Static.com, explains how the major shift in the hosting industry towards platforms for high developer productivity …
Static.com Adds Hadoop Support for Cloud Foundry — In this guest post, Jake Farrell, CTO for Static.com, explains how the major shift in the hosting industry towards platforms for high developer productivity …
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An Army Is Forming To Battle Patent Trolls — For the past several months, we've exposed the flaws in the patent system and how they're being exploited by opportunistic patent trolls looking to extort a quick buck …
An Army Is Forming To Battle Patent Trolls — For the past several months, we've exposed the flaws in the patent system and how they're being exploited by opportunistic patent trolls looking to extort a quick buck …
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Boosting Big Data and the Hadoop Ecosystem with Splunk Alliance — Today we announced a strategic alliance with operational intelligence leader Splunk. We are excited to be strengthening our relationship …
Boosting Big Data and the Hadoop Ecosystem with Splunk Alliance — Today we announced a strategic alliance with operational intelligence leader Splunk. We are excited to be strengthening our relationship …
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