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Apple Removes Green EPEAT Electronics Certification From Products — Apple has pulled its products off the U.S. government-backed registration of environmentally friendly electronics. — Apple asked EPEAT, the electronics standards setting group, to pull its 39 certified desktop computers …
| Arnold Kim / MacRumors: |
7.85-Inch iPad to Ramp Up Production in September at Foxconn Brazil — Bits of information about the rumored 7.85 “iPad Mini” continue to leak out. Japanese blog Macotakara now claims that the smaller iPad will be produced in Brazil and will ramp up production starting in September.
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Bribery, Porn, and Spam Are the Path to Riches in the App World — As money floods into their market, and the stakes get ever higher, app makers are getting paranoid. Paranoid that competitors are buying traffic spikes, using porn to attract users, and spamming everyone and their mom on the way to the top of the leaderboards.| Aaron Souppouris / The Verge: |
Ex-Nokia staff to build MeeGo-based smartphones — A group of ex-Nokia staff and MeeGo enthusiasts has formed Jolla (Finnish for “dinghy"), a mobile startup with the aim of bringing new MeeGo devices to the market. According to its LinkedIn page, Jolla consists of “directors and core professionals … | Mitchell Baker / Mitchell's Blog: |
Thunderbird: Stability and Community Innovation — Thunderbird provides an open-source, cross-platform email alternative for those of us who still use stand-alone email clients (and I am one). It's trust-worthy, it's under your control, and it's built to reflect the Mozilla mission.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
So, That's It For Thunderbird — Mozilla is not “stopping” Thunderbird development, it has just decided that: “continued innovation on Thunderbird is not the best use of our resources given our ambitious organizational goals.” And it's pulling people off the project. But it's not stopping?
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| Martin Bryant / The Next Web: |
That was quick. Facebook shuts down Face.com APIs, kills Klik app, enrages developers — Fresh from its acquisition by Facebook last month, Face.com is closing down its facial recognition APIs over the next 30 days. While such a move isn't that surprising, third-party developers …
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In A Key Shift, Pinterest Is Leaving Palo Alto And Moving To San Francisco — After weeks of rumors, it's really happening: Pinterest, the visual interest-sharing network, has packed up its Palo Alto office and is moving to San Francisco. — Sarah Tavel, an international growth executive at Pinterest …
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Galaxy Nexus ban temporarily suspended while appeals court issues decision — The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit just issued suspended the ban on Galaxy Nexus sales at Samsung's request, pending a formal response from Apple. The court's decision to suspend (or “stay") … | Jessica E. Vascellaro / Wall Street Journal: |
Inside Apple's Go-Slow Approach to Mobile Payments — Apple Inc. often bides its time before diving in to developing tech markets, which explains why it's largely on the sidelines in the mobile-payment wars. — Mobile payment is a new battlefield in the wireless industry …
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Vevo Seeks New Financing — Vevo, the online music video company, is seeking to raise new equity financing, people familiar with the company's plans said, amid plans to expand its operations overseas. — Vevo hired Allen & Co. to look for investors, the people added.
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Patent war talks to be hosted by UN agency to protect innovation — Motorola managed to ban sales of some of Apple's iPads and iPhones for a day in February — A rash of patent lawsuits has prompted the UN to call smartphone makers and others mobile industry bodies together.
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Yahoo! and Facebook Launch Strategic Alliance and Resolve Patent Dispute — Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) and Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) today announced that they have entered into definitive agreements that launch a new advertising partnership, extend and expand distribution arrangements, and settle all pending patent claims between the companies.
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