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Google Chrome overtakes Internet Explorer as the Web's most used browser — Google Chrome has been long expected to leapfrog Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) to take its position as the Web's most used browser and, according to data from Statcounter, the momentous change of leadership happened last week.
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| Mike Isaac / AllThingsD: |
On Day Two, Facebook Shares Open More Than 10 Percent Off — After opening at a share price of $36.53, shares of Facebook stock dipped by more than 10 percent below the company's initial public offering price of $38, trading as low as $33 at one point on Monday morning.| Dan Scholnick / TechCrunch: |
How The Media (Including TechCrunch) Is Wrong About Facebook's IPO — Judging by many of the headlines on Friday, you might think that Facebook's IPO was a miserable failure. The Wall Street Journal declared, “Facebook's IPO Sputters,” and our very own TechCrunch declared that bankers were “struggling” to keep the share price up.| Brad Stone / Business Week: |
Michael Moritz to Step Back at Sequoia Capital — Michael Moritz, the prominent Silicon Valley investor who has backed companies such as Google (GOOG), LinkedIn, PayPal, and Yahoo (YHOO), is stepping back from some of his responsibilities at his firm, Sequoia Capital, and has disclosed …
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
EU offers Google last chance in antitrust case — (Reuters) - The European Union's antitrust chief on Monday ratcheted up the pressure on Google, giving it a matter of weeks to settle an investigation into allegations of anti-competitive behavior and avoid formal charges and a possible fine.| Daniel Terdiman / CNET: |
Leap Motion: 3D hands-free motion control, unbound — The startup's technology puts sub-millimeter accuracy at user fingertips, offers control gestures like pinch-to-zoom, and promises new applications that make the Kinect and its kin look like yesterday's news.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Motorola Mobility Says $12.5B Google Deal To Close Tuesday Or Wednesday. Layoffs Coming? — Google has reached the final regulatory hurdle to its $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility, with China approving the transaction over the weekend, and today Motorola Mobility filed an 8-K form …
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| Seth Weintraub / 9to5Mac: |
Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer sends brochure to Cupertino neighbors inviting feedback on new 'Campus 2′ — Apple is currently involved in an outreach program to new neighbors in its planned “Campus 2″ area. A brochure was mailed this week to residents surrounding the new campus … | Nina Mehta / Bloomberg: |
Nasdaq CEO Blames Software Design For Delayed Facebook Trading — Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. (NDAQ), under scrutiny after shares of Facebook Inc. were plagued by delays and mishandled orders on its first day of trading, blamed “poor design” in the software it uses for driving auctions in initial public offerings.
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| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Fat Lady Finally Sings: Yahoo and Alibaba Officially Shake on $7 Billion Stock Sale Deal [UPDATED] — As AllThingsD.com reported several days ago they would, Yahoo and Alibaba Group have finally reached an agreement for the Silicon Valley Internet giant to sell back half its stake in the Chinese Web company in a $7 billion deal.
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| Marguerite Reardon / CNET: |
Cable companies expand free Wi-Fi — BOSTON—The nation's biggest cable operators are banding together to offer free Wi-Fi access to their broadband customers in more than 50,000 hotspots around the country. — On Monday, Bright House Networks, Cablevision, Comcast, Cox Communications …
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| Robin Wauters / The Next Web: |
Hulu's summer plans: 3 original and 7 exclusive TV shows to premiere starting June 4 — Hulu this morning announced a slate of original and exclusively licensed TV shows that will begin premiering on June 4 on the online video streaming site and premium subscription service Hulu Plus.
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| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
How Pixar's Toy Story 2 was deleted twice, once by technology and again for its own good — “That's when we first noticed it, with Woody.” — “[Larry Cutler] was in that directory and happened to be talking about installing a fix to Woody or Woody's hat.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Google Missed The Boat On Buying Twitter. “Hasn't Been Interested Since They Committed To Google+” -Fred Wilson — Michael Arrington says Dick Costolo gave Google the chance to buy Twitter, but the search giant passed. Fred Wilson, Union Square Ventures founder and former Twitter board member …
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
WiFi's future: faster, smarter, and fewer cables — And you'll be buying a bunch of new devices. — Photo illustration by Aurich Lawson — WiFi has easily been one of the most useful technologies of the past decade—so many of our daily tasks and the devices we use rely on it.| Matt Brian / The Next Web: |
Samsung begins blocking unofficial S-Voice requests ahead of Galaxy S III launch — After features underpinning its soon-to-be-released Galaxy S III smartphone leaked, Samsung is reported to have begun blocking unofficial requests generated by its S-Voice service from unsupported devices.Sponsor Posts
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