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| Chris Ziegler / The Verge: |
Exclusive: HP's webOS Enyo team is going to Google — The HP team responsible for Enyo — webOS's HTML5-based application framework that debuted on the TouchPad — will be leaving the company and starting at Google shortly, The Verge has learned. What this means for the future of Open webOS is unclear …
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LAPTOP Magazine, PC Magazine, Fortune, DailyTech, NBC Bay Area, TechCrunch, Engadget, MobileBurn.com, Business Insider, Ars Technica, AllThingsD, SlashGear, VatorNews, Pulse2 Technology …, Gizmodo UK, TechnoBuffalo, VentureBeat, Android News, Rumours …, PhoneNews.com, TechWeekEurope UK, Liliputing, MobileSyrup.com, CNET, FierceMobileContent, The H Open Source, Know Your Cell, Techie Buzz, The Tech Report, PhoneArena, 9to5Google and IntoMobile. Tweets: @jkendrick. Thanks:@forrestkoba
| Scott Lowe / The Verge: |
Apple introduces ‘editors’ choice' and free ‘app of the week’ on the Mac App Store and iTunes — Apparently we weren't the only ones excited about the release of Cobook, as today Apple began promoting the intelligent contact manager on the Mac App Store with its new “editors' choice” branding.
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| Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica: |
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| Nate Lanxon / Wired.co.uk: |
Microsoft to offer 80-inch Windows 8 tablets for offices — “Steve Ballmer has an 80-inch Windows 8 tablet in his office. He's got rid of his phone, he's got rid of his note paper. It's touch-enabled and it's hung on his wall.” — This description of the Microsoft CEO's workspace … | Brad Sams / Neowin: |
This is Dell's Windows 8 tablet — Dell is working on a Windows 8 tablet; we know this because Dell told us that they are planning to launch a Windows 8 tablet, easy enough. What we did not know is what will be driving the tablet under the hood, at least, until now.
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LAPTOP Magazine, Computerworld, eWeek, The Verge, SlashGear, Ubergizmo, ZDNet, Liliputing, I4U News, Gotta Be Mobile, GadgeTell, TechnoBuffalo, The Tech Report, Softpedia News, Pocket-lint, Pulse2 Technology …, The Next Web, Business Insider, PhoneArena, CNET, Engadget and MobileSyrup.com. Thanks:@bdsams
| Gregg Keizer / Computerworld: |
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
First video sample from Google's Project Glass — Although we're still not sure exactly how Google's Project Glass wearable glasses work, the company has been testing them in very public ways over the past couple of months. Google co-founder Sergey Brin showed off the glasses at a charity event … | Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Odd That Microsoft Demands Google Take Down Links That Remain In Bing — We just wrote about Google's very cool, new copyright transparency tool, which lets you dig into the details of all the search takedowns that Google gets. As people start to play around with the site, some interesting things are coming to light.
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| Robin Wauters / The Next Web: |
Facebook to acquire browser maker Opera? Maybe. Here's what we know. — Juicy rumor coming from Pocket-lint this morning: Facebook is reportedly eyeing a takeover of desktop, tablet and smartphone browser maker Opera Software. — Citing an unnamed source, Pocket-lint …
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Samsung Galaxy S III review — Everyone promises a better camera, Samsung actually delivers — The Galaxy S II set a high bar for smartphone camera performance, but the Galaxy S III has beaten it. Image quality on this phone is simply excellent. Full-resolution pictures look sharp and detailed …
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| Matt Marshall / VentureBeat: |
The inside story: How Facebook panicked and botched its IPO — There's been a ton of coverage about the Facebook IPO disaster, but very little of it looks at the crucial point two weeks ago where things went terribly wrong. It's becoming increasingly clear that Facebook itself made a strategic blunder at that juncture.
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Thanks:@venturebeat| Rocky Agrawal / VentureBeat: |
Groupon is testing a payments offering to compete with Square and PayPal — Groupon is testing out an offering of its own in the increasingly crowded payments space, according to an email I was forwarded by a business that was solicited for the service. (Disclosure: I have various puts against Groupon.)
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PC Magazine, Internet2Go, Business Insider, The PayPal Blog, GigaOM, FierceMobileContent, Bloomberg and WebProNews. Thanks:@rakeshlobster
| Andy Greenberg / The Firewall: |
Reddit's Alexis Ohanian And Activists Aim To Build A ‘Bat-Signal For The Internet’ — Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian protesting the Stop Online Piracy Act in January. — The “blackout” of Web sites to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in January was an unprecedented show of Internet solidarity against bad legislation.
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| Bloomberg: |
Dell Said To Weigh Buying Quest To Add Computer-Management Tools — Dell Inc. (DELL) is in discussions to acquire Quest Software Inc. (QSFT), a maker of tools that help companies manage their computer systems, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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| Alexis Madrigal / The Atlantic Online: |
How Google Can Beat Facebook Without Google Plus — Look, Google, we've got a plan to help you win on social. There's only one catch: you have to give up the notion that animates Google Plus. — Out in the Mojave Desert, there's a place called California City that's fascinated … Thanks:@alexismadrigal
| Pino Bonetti / Nokia Conversations: |
Nokia brings live traffic advice and geocoding to Bing — As you all know, our partnership with Microsoft goes beyond Windows Phone on our Nokia Lumia smartphones. We're also teaming up with Bing to offer the best location-based services and apps. — One of the results of this partnership …
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| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
Facebook adds ability for developers to offer tiny playable versions of games right in news feed — Facebook has announced a cool new feature for developers of games today. Feed gaming will allow developers to include a short sample of their game in posts that people share about it.| Jim Duffy / Network World: |
Cisco all but kills Cius tablet computer — Cisco is slowly killing off its Cius business tablet less than a year after it started shipping. The Android-based collaboration tool, which featured a 7-inch touchscreen and was not intended to challenge more consumer-oriented tablets such as the Apple iPad …
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PC World, Ars Technica, PC Magazine, 9to5Google and Cisco Blog
| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Absinthe 2.0 Brings Untethered Jailbreak to iOS 5.1.1 Devices Including New iPad — Chronic Dev Team today announced the release of Absinthe 2.0, which offers users the ability to jailbreak numerous iOS devices running iOS 5.1.1, including the third-generation iPad, without having to tether the device to a computer for booting.
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PC Magazine, PC World, greenpois0n.com and 9to5Mac
| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
No-cost desktop software development is dead on Windows 8 — You won't be able to use the free Visual Studio Express to develop desktop apps. — Photo illustration by Aurich Lawson — Microsoft wants Windows developers to write Windows 8-specific, Metro-style, touch-friendly applications … | Jason Del Rey / AdAge: |
Yahoo Kills Livestand After Just Six Months — Mobile Newstand App Had Trouble Gaining Traction — Has Ross Levinsohn put his first stamp on Yahoo as CEO? Yahoo is shutting down Livestand, its mobile newsstand app, only a little more than six months after it launched, the company just announced.| Mike Shields / Adweek: |
NBCU Exploring Buyback of MSNBC.com — Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O' Donnell and Chris Matthews Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images — Chris Matthews must be getting that tingling feeling down his leg again. He and his colleagues may soon have a giant news site to call their own.| Dan Frommer / SplatF: |
Why Facebook Needs Two Photo Apps — Facebook released Camera today, an iPhone app that lets you take photos, add filters to them, and share them on Facebook. — Hey, wait a second. Isn't that what Instagram does, which Facebook just smartly agreed to acquire for $1+ billion? — Yes and no.
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