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| Ashlee Vance / Business Week: |
Why Microsoft's Surface Tablet Should Shame the PC Industry — On June 18, Microsoft (MSFT) beckoned 200 or so members of the media to an industrial, grimy part of Hollywood for what it described as a can't miss affair. The dutiful reporters met at the appointed hour—3:30 p.m. … | MG Siegler: |
No Price, No Date, No Apps, No Problem. No Wait — Problem. — I'm just now catching up on the news about the new Microsoft Surface. Reactions seem mixed, tilting slightly positive or at least hopeful. People seem to want to believe Microsoft can pull this off and that's understandable …
| Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo: |
Microsoft Surface Just Made the MacBook Air and the iPad Look Obsolete — Microsoft has guts. It's what you get when you're the underdog; either that or you curl into a RIM and die. Microsoft is the underdog because no matter how many hundreds of millions of people use its software, the cool and the future belong to Apple.
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft Surface tablets: Reading the fine print — Summary: Here are a few more hidden tidbits about Microsoft's new Surface tablets, launched in Los Angeles on June 18. — Yesterday Microsoft announced it would be making two Windows tablets of its own — one Windows8-based and another Windows RT-based.
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Business Insider, istartedsomething, GeekWire, Bits, InfoWorld and Mobile Marketing Watch
| Vidya P L Nathan / Reuters: |
Microsoft's tablet no threat to iPad: analysts — (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's new tablet computers are no threat to Apple Inc's iPad, given the lack of enthusiasm among developers to create applications that run on the new Windows operating system, analysts said.
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The Next Web, TechnoBuffalo and CNBC
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Watch this: Microsoft's Surface event video now live — Microsoft announced one of its more significant hardware products today, a Surface tablet running on Windows 8 or Windows RT. Although the company did not release pricing or availability information, consumers will be able to pick between … | Enigmax / TorrentFreak: |
Google Threatens To Sue Huge YouTube MP3 Conversion Site — YouTube is without doubt the biggest free resource of videos and music available online today. It can be enjoyed on the site itself, embedded in any webpage, or accessed via YouTube's Application Programming Interface.| Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
Spotify Finally Launches Web Radio, For Real. And That's a Problem For Pandora — A lot of people confuse Spotify's streaming music service with Pandora's streaming music service. — Now they're going to be a lot more confused. In a way that's good for Spotify and a problem for Pandora.
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Engadget, 9to5Mac, SlashGear, PC World, BGR, CNET, Bloomberg, Softpedia News, Macworld, Spotify, LAPTOP Magazine, paidContent, Gotta Be Mobile, Guardian, GadgeTell, Forbes, fiercemobilecontent.com, Macgasm, Phones Review, VentureBeat, TUAW, everythingiCafe, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Pocket-lint, The Next Web, LaptopMemo, VatorNews, TechnoBuffalo, Gizmodo, Mashable! and Inquirer. Tweets: @rstephens
| Angela Moscaritolo / PC Magazine: |
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| Rip Empson / TechCrunch: |
Ex-Googlers Launch MightyText, An iMessage For Android Users — During their lengthy careers at Google in both senior technical and product management roles, Maneesh Arora and Amit Sangani were able to geek out on products like AdSense, AdWords, and the now-defunct Google Health.| Matt Brian / The Next Web: |
Google partners with Flipboard, adding Google+ streams to the app — Speaking at Le Web '12 in London, Google's Vice President of Product Management Bradley Horowitz announced that it has partnered with Flipboard, adding Google+ streams in the app. The streams will launch soon.
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eWeek, CNN, PC Magazine, Business Insider, VentureBeat, Fast Company, Android News, Rumours …, Pulse2 Technology …, Google Plus, TechnoBuffalo, WebProNews, GadgeTell, NevilleHobson.com, SlashGear, 9to5Google, Macgasm, MobileSyrup.com, Mashable!, Computerworld, Engadget, AppNewser and Marketing Pilgrim
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| Robert Kim / Google Mobile Blog: |
Google Offers app now available on iPhone — Today we're announcing the new Google Offers app for iPhone. Now, iPhone users can discover, buy and redeem Google Offers, as well as deals from our partners, on-the-go. Some of the features of the new Google Offers app for iPhone include:| Jun Yang / Bloomberg: |
LG To Sideline Tablet Development To Focus On Smaller Devices — LG Electronics Inc. (066570), the world's No. 4 mobile-phone maker, will sideline tablet computer development to focus more on smaller devices rather than compete head-on with Apple Inc.'s iPad.
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9to5Google, Computerworld, Daring Fireball, TechSpot, PC Magazine, PhoneArena, SlashGear, CNET, IntoMobile, DailyTech, Neowin, Pocketnow, TechnoBuffalo, LAPTOP Magazine, Engadget, Softpedia News, MobileSyrup.com, AndroidGuys, Phones Review, Android News, Rumours …, Android Phone Fans, fiercewireless.com and I4U News
| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Kodak sues Apple, claiming interference in patent sales — (Reuters) - Photography pioneer Eastman Kodak Co sued Apple Inc to stop it from interfering with plans to sell a large patent portfolio, a significant part of its bankruptcy restructuring. — In a lawsuit filed on Monday …
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Ars Technica, The Verge, VentureBeat, Bloomberg, CNET, Engadget and MacDailyNews
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
They Work! Facebook Mobile Ads Are Clicked 13X More, Earn 11X More Money Than Its Desktop Ads — How will Facebook monetize mobile? Its organic-seeming Sponsored Stories ad format may be the answer. Mobile Sponsored Stories are getting over 13 times the click-through rates and earn 11.2 times … | Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Adds Subscription Billing For App Developers, Backs Away From Credits As Primary Currency — Facebook is adding subscription billing for app developers, in what should help gaming and media companies earn more revenue from their most loyal users. Starting next month … | Daniel Cooper / Engadget: |
Google's Project Glass trackpad gets swaddled in patent protection — Remember when Sergey Brin was on The Gavin Newsom Show showing off Project Glass' right-sided physical trackpad? Today, that element of the tech was given the official thumbs-up by the US patent and trademark office.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Formspring Relaunches As An Interest-Based Social Network — Q&A site Formspring is today announcing what the company says is its biggest news since its original launch back in 2009. Yes, Formspring has been overhauled. The company is shifting its focus from social Q&A … | Marguerite Reardon / CNET: |
AT&T and Sirius work to make spectrum available — AT&T is looking to put some of its unused spectrum to work in a move that could reshuffle the wireless spectrum deck. — On Friday, the carrier filed a joint proposal to the Federal Communications Commission with satellite radio provider Sirius.
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ExtremeTech, fiercewireless.com, GigaOM and dailywireless.org
| Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent: |
B&N earnings: Nook Simple Touch drags revenues down, though digital content sales are up — Barnes & Noble reported Q4 revenues of $1.4 billion for the period ended April 28, on losses of $1.08 per share. Following Microsoft's $300 million investment during the quarter … | Nick Bilton / Bits: |
Shapeways, Having Printed 1 Million Objects, Secures More Financing — People sure do like printing things in 3-D. — Shapeways, a company that enables people to print 3-D objects, announced on Tuesday that it had completed a $6.2 million series B round of financing from Lux Capital, a New York venture capital firm.
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VentureBeat, Shapeways Blog and TechCrunch
| iFixit: |
MacBook Pro 15" Retina Display Teardown — In case you missed it, we tore apart the new MacBook Pro with Retina display last week. Inside, we found a whole mess of pretty, yet difficult to access components. In fact, the MacBook Pro with Retina display earned our lowest repairability score ever, with 1 out of 10 points.
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iFixit, VentureBeat, TUAW and 9to5Mac
| Dan Seifert / MobileBurn.com: |
Dolphin releases Engine Beta browser, claims to be the fastest browser on Android — There is no shortage of third-party browsers available for the Android platform, and Android 4.0 users even have the option to use the excellent Google Chrome Beta for Android, if they wish.| Carl Franzen / TPM IdeaLab: |
Schumer: Google, Apple Moves To 3D Maps A Dimension Too Far! — Noted consumer technology alarmist Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), is turning his intense scrutiny back on Google and Apple, this time over the two companies' competing plans to provide the most accurate 3D aerial maps of major metropolitan areas.
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The Register, GigaOM, Hillicon Valley, CBS News, Cult of Mac and ITProPortal
| Bambi Francisco Roizen / VatorNews: |
JustAnswer rebrands as Pearl, raises $25M — Charles Schwab invests in Quora competitor, which is on track to generate $100M in 2012 — There's tons of question-and-answer services out there. But very few are places where you can find solid advice worth paying for, with the exception of Pearl, formerly known as JustAnswer.
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TechCrunch, Reuters and Mashable!
| BBC: |
China's ‘Twitter’ introduces fees — Sina Weibo may not be afraid of domestic competition said one analyst — Sina Weibo, China's biggest Twitter-like microblogging platform, has introduced a membership charge for premium features. — For a monthly fee of 10 yuan ($1.57, £1) …
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| Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: |
Google: 12 To 14 Million Searches Per Day Returned Hacked Sites — Google's security blog announced today several updates on how they have been addressing malware and hacked sites on the internet. — Google said that between 12 and 14 million search queries per day return warnings … | Rachel King / ZDNet: |
Facebook reveals guide for dealing with spam, explicit content reports — Summary: Facebook users shouldn't be too casual about what they report as spam or worse because evidently those claims are taken very seriously and go through a stream of channels to be addressed.
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Facebook, The Next Web, VentureBeat, WebProNews and Mashable!
| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
Obvious Co. partner Lift releasing iPhone app to ‘achieve any goal’ — The Obvious Co.-backed company Lift has announced plans to launch an iPhone app that is a 'simple, positive way to achieve any goal. The app, which is designed to help people achieve ‘any goal’ will be released in August.
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