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Pinterest Just Hired A Big Name Lawyer From Google To Deal With One Of Its Biggest Threats — Today, Pinterest found an executive it hopes will be able to deal with an existential threat. — His name is Michael Yang. — Today is Yang's last day as deputy general counsel at Google.
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| James Trew / Engadget: |
PSA: Some Meebo services shutting down starting next month — News barely just hit the airwaves about Google snapping up social platform Meebo, and already it's being dismantled. As from July 11th, Meebo Messenger, Sharing on Meebo, MeeboMe and all the mobile apps will be shutting down.
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Android updates embarrassing, but do users notice? — It was big news this week that most Android phones haven't yet been upgraded to the latest Android operating system. Developers also seem to still prefer writing apps for Apple devices, despite Google's predictions. That's sure embarrassing for Google.
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Exploring The New Foursquare — The big-picture thing to remember for a company like Foursquare, which has raised a lot of venture capital, is that growth is what keeps the lights on. If your growth isn't accelerating — or, worse, you're not growing at all — your days of freedom are limited.
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| Kellex / Droid Life: |
Verizon and AT&T Opt Out of 50GB Dropbox Promo for Samsung's Galaxy S3 (Updated) — When Samsung announced the Galaxy SIII in London, they mentioned that the phone would come with 50GB of free Dropbox storage for 2 years, adding to its appeal. When announced stateside though … | Wall Street Journal: |
Kodak's Patent Allure Fades — Value Tarnished After Invalidation Ruling; Portfolio Lacks Stalking-Horse Bid — Eastman Kodak Co.'s effort to draw interest in the sale of its digital patent portfolio is flagging, people familiar with the matter said, complicating the 132-year-old photography …
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| Jonathan S. Geller / BGR: |
Apple to introduce TV SDK at WWDC — We have heard from a source that Apple will be introducing a TV SDK at WWDC next week. This would enable third-party developers to create software for Apple's TV products. BGR reported late last month that Apple has plans to demonstrate …
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| Robin Wauters / The Next Web: |
In Russia, Yandex will be replaced by Google as default search option in new Firefox — Here's an interesting change about to occur: when Mozilla pushes the launch button for the next version of the Firefox browser (version 14), the default search engine in Russia will no longer … | Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch: |
It's Not A Bursting Bubble. It's a Correction And It Will Take Awhile. — After disappointing post-IPO performances from Facebook, Groupon and Zynga, there's been a clarion call from top investors like Union Square's Fred Wilson, Y Combinator's Paul Graham and Kleiner Perkins' Mary Meeker for everyone to simmer down with valuations.| Rebecca MacKinnon / Foreign Policy: |
The War for India's Internet — Why is the world's biggest democracy cracking down on Facebook and Google? — “65 years since your independence,” a new battle for freedom is under way in India — according to a YouTube video uploaded by an Indian member of Anonymous, the global “hacktivist” movement.
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| Matt Brian / The Next Web: |
ETSI finally publishes its 4FF nano-SIM standard, goes with unaltered Apple-proposed design — A week after it announced that it had chosen the final standard for the new 4FF nano-SIM standard, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has finally updated the documentation on its website …
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| Business Week: |
Can Phil Schiller Keep Apple Cool? — Steve Jobs always oversaw Apple's (AAPL) blockbuster product launches, but he was never a one-man show. Phil Schiller, the company's longtime senior vice president of product marketing, often hammed it up onstage as the lower-brow counterweight to Apple's cool, polished chief executive officer.Sponsor Posts
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