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| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Exclusive: Facebook CTO Bret Taylor Departs (For Start-Ups Unknown) — Facebook's high-profile CTO Bret Taylor is leaving the Silicon Valley social networking giant later this summer, with future plans to work on an undetermined start-up. — The move is likely to be of concern …
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CNET, Los Angeles Times, Betabeat, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, The Next Web, VentureBeat, The Verge, GigaOM, Business Insider, Mashable!, WebProNews and CNBC. Tweets: @serkanunsal
| Bret Taylor / Facebook: |
I wanted to let you all know that I'll be leaving Facebook later this summer. — I'm sad to be leaving, but I'm excited to be starting a company with my friend Kevin Gibbs. While a transition like this is never easy, I'm extremely confident in the teams and leadership we have in place.
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Tweets: @mathewi, @randizuckerberg and @dannysullivan
Thanks:@daveying99| Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
Apple Gives Podcasts a Gentle Push Out of iTunes — Podcasts were supposed to be a big deal several years ago, but that boom never happened. Now there's at least anecdotal evidence that the format is actually picking up steam, as creators, listeners and advertisers warm to the format.
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CNET, The Next Web, MacRumors, Engadget, 9to5Mac, Gotta Be Mobile, PadGadget, Macgasm, everythingiCafe, iPhone in Canada Blog and App Advice. Tweets: @qthrul. See also Mediagazer
| The Wrap: |
Microsoft Manufacturing Tablet to Rival Apple iPad, Says Insider (Exclusive) — Microsoft is set to unveil a tablet next week that will mark its entry into rival Apple's territory with its own branded product, TheWrap has learned. The company has scheduled a secretive event for Monday …
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New York Times, ZDNet, 9to5Mac, Washington Post, Computerworld, PC Magazine, Wired, PC World, PadGadget, MobileSyrup.com, Techland, PhoneArena, Pocketnow, Mashable!, InformationWeek, DailyTech, TechWeekEurope UK, VentureBeat, Business Insider, Liliputing, Gotta Be Mobile, Mobile, TUAW, LAPTOP Magazine, Know Your Cell, Mobile Magazine, newlaunches.com, WebProNews, everythingiCafe, Macgasm, DVICE, IntoMobile, Engadget, TechSpot, CNET, SlashGear, GeekWire, TechFlash, VR-Zone, Fortune, dailywireless.org, CNET, Windows 8 Beta, Mobile Entertainment, TechnoBuffalo, Datamation.com, The Next Web, Betabeat, Phones Review, LiveSide.net, Ubergizmo, Tim Anderson's ITWriting, InfoWorld, Seattle Times, digitaltrends.com and Gizmodo
Tweets: @dannysullivan and @andrewbaron
See also Mediagazer| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
What if the rumored ‘Microsoft tablet’ isn't a Windows tablet? — Summary: Rumors around Microsoft's June 18 announcement are taking a new turn towards some kind of Microsoft-branded tablet. Could this be an Amazon Kindle Fire competitor? — The guesses on Microsoft's June 18 announcement …
| Steven Sloan / Bloomberg: |
SEC Pressed Facebook For Details On Mobile Revenue Before IPO — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pressed Facebook Inc. (FB) executives to explain in more detail how a user shift to mobile devices could impact the company's profits, according to documents made public today.
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Business Insider, PC Magazine and Pulse2 Technology …
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| Chris O'Brien / SiliconBeat: |
| Enigmax / TorrentFreak: |
Download Site Founder Receives 4.5 Year Jail Sentence, Forfeits $4.7m — In June 2011, the biggest ever operation aimed at tackling online movie piracy took place in Europe. The target for police in Germany, Spain, France, and the Netherlands was movie-streaming portal Kino.to and its affiliates.
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PC Magazine and BGR
| Aaron Souppouris / The Verge: |
Dropbox killing public folders, makes sharing both more and less convenient — In April we brought you news that Dropbox was introducing the ability to create public links for any files in your Dropbox folder. Now, German site Mobiflip is reporting that, from July 31st … | Business Wire: |
AOL Announces Close of $1.056 Billion Patent Transaction with Microsoft — Reaffirms Commitment to Return 100% of Proceeds to Stockholders — NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)—AOL, Inc. (NYSE: AOL), today announced that it has completed the previously announced $1.056 billion patent transaction …
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Apple 1 computer and Steve Jobs Atari memo sold at auction — A rare functioning Apple 1 computer - the company's first product - has been sold at an auction for $374,500 (£240,929). The price was more than double Sotheby's high estimate and sets a new record for the collector's item.
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The Register, AppleInsider, Ars Technica, Los Angeles Times, CNET, VentureBeat, The Verge, PC Magazine, msnbc.com, Neowin, Softpedia News, Digits and MacRumors
| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Woot Founder And Daily Deals Pioneer Matt Rutledge Leaves Amazon — Matt Rutledge, founder and CEO of Woot, and the grandfather of the daily deal, is stepping down from his position, two years after the website sold to Amazon.com. In an email sent to staffers, and subsequently posted … | Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Samsung, Apple Walk Away With 90 Percent Of Smartphone Profits In Q1 2012, Says ABI Research — Despite the rapid growth of the smartphone market (41 percent YOY, to be exact), Samsung and Apple are the only smartphone makers really enjoying this growth. Combined, they took home 55 percent … | Chris Davies / SlashGear: |
iOS 6 3D maps hacked for iPhone 4 [Video] — Apple may not be officially rolling out the 3D mapping in iOS 6 to iPhone 4 users, but that hasn't stopped hackers figuring out a way to switch on the functionality for the older smartphone. Anton Titkov has come up with 3DEnabler …
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MacRumors, BGR, Macgasm, Gotta Be Mobile, CNET, 9to5Mac, PhoneArena, CNET and iClarified
| Matt Brian / The Next Web: |
Motorola Solutions snags British computer maker Psion for $200 million in cash — Motorola Solutions (not the company owned by Google) announced today that it has agreed terms to acquire British computer maker Psion for $200 million in cash. — According to the company's press release …
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Business Wire, Reuters, PC World, SlashGear, Engadget, The Verge, AllThingsD, VentureBeat, The Register and The Tech Trade
| Reuters: |
Moody's cuts Nokia to “junk” on fears of cash burn — (Reuters) - Moody's slashed Nokia's credit rating to “junk” on Friday after the Finnish cellphone maker cut 10,000 more jobs and forecast a wider-than-expected loss, citing worries about its cash position and slow sales of new Windows phones.
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
iPad Sees Small Drop, Nook Tops Kindle Fire In New Tablet Traffic Rankings — Web traffic from the Apple iPad saw a slight drop in early June, according to new data from the Chitika Ad network, which analyzed a sample containing hundreds of millions of impressions to arrive at its conclusions.
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WebProNews, IntoMobile, TechSpot, CNET and everythingiCafe
| New Zealand Herald: |
FBI told to copy seized Dotcom data — The FBI has been ordered to start copying 150 terabytes of data - including 10 million emails - contained on the seized computers belonging to internet mogul Kim Dotcom. — In her ruling released today, chief High Court judge Justice Helen Winkelmann ordered …
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WebProNews and The Raw Story
| Iain Marlow / The Globe and Mail: |
RIM to pay Lazaridis, Balsillie combined $12-million after exit — Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, who built Research In Motion Ltd. into a global smartphone giant before presiding over the company's long slide, will receive a payout of around $12-million after having stepped aside …
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MobileSyrup.com, AllThingsD, New York Times, VentureBeat, WebProNews, Business Insider and CNET
| Gregg Keizer / Computerworld: |
Apple charges 54% more to replace Retina MacBook Pro's battery — Nonupgradeable battery, other ‘Air-izing’ traits of new notebook prompts repair expert to say, ‘We have to draw a line in the sand’ — Apple customers who purchase the company's new Retina MacBook Pro will pay more to replace …
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fiercecio.com and Wired
| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Aaron Sorkin on Jobs Movie, Zuckerberg as Antihero and More: The Full D10 Interview (Video) — One of the most engaging interviews at the 10th D: All Things Digital conference was with well-known Hollywood screenwriter Aaron Sorkin. — Best known for television hits such as “The West Wing” …
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MacRumors
| Serenity Caldwell / Macworld: |
Geofencing alerts to come to Find My Friends this fall — This fall, you can stop asking your friend “Are you here yet?”—your phone will tell you for them. According to Apple's iOS 6 website, the company's Find My Friends app is set to add a new geofencing notification system with iOS 6.| BBC: |
NeverSeconds blogger Martha Payne school dinner photo ban lifted — Martha's NeverSeconds blog started as a writing project with her dad — A ban on a nine-year-old girl taking photographs of her school meals has been lifted. — Martha Payne, from Argyll, got more than two million hits … | Drew Olanoff / The Next Web: |
You can now build and share YouTube playlists with friends in Google+ Hangouts — You can watch YouTubes in Google+ Hangouts, which is a pretty fun feature, but you haven't been able to share a complete playlist of videos that lets you watch a series of clips. Selecting them one by one is a pain in the butt.Sponsor Posts
Microsoft BizSpark:
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 …
Cloud Foundry:
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 …
Rackspace Blog:
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 …
Hortonworks » Blog:
Hadoop, Hadoop, Hurrah! HDP for Windows is Now GA! — Today we are very excited to announce that Hortonworks Data Platform for Windows (HDP for Windows) is now generally available and ready to support the most demanding production workloads.
Hadoop, Hadoop, Hurrah! HDP for Windows is Now GA! — Today we are very excited to announce that Hortonworks Data Platform for Windows (HDP for Windows) is now generally available and ready to support the most demanding production workloads.
Unison's blog:
“Yammer sucks” — Not to be mean to Yammer, or anything — it's a very good tool for some use cases — but that's what a customer told me recently (and others feel the same way).
“Yammer sucks” — Not to be mean to Yammer, or anything — it's a very good tool for some use cases — but that's what a customer told me recently (and others feel the same way).Who's Hiring In Tech?
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