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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Exclusive: Microsoft's Metro branding to be replaced ‘this week’ according to internal memo — Microsoft is killing off the use of its Metro design name to describe a tiled interface in Windows Phone and Windows 8. We brought you news of the change earlier today, but a tipster has provided …
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| Hyunjoo Jin / Reuters: |
Samsung to unveil new Galaxy Note in late August — (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics is set to take the wraps off a sequel to its popular Galaxy Note smartphone at an event on August 29, about two weeks before the possible debut of Apple's new iPhone. — The two arch rivals are bracing …
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| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Revolving Door: Yahoo Departures Begin, Even as Mayer's Team Still TBD — After former interim CEO Ross Levinsohn departed Yahoo earlier this week, I noted that it was only a matter of time before more execs headed out the door with the changeover to new leader and former Googler Marissa Mayer.| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
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| Brian X. Chen / NYT Bits: |
Prepaid Cellphones Are Cheaper. Why Aren't They Popular? — Prepaid phone plans, where you pay the full price for a cellphone and then pay lower monthly rates without a contract, seem to offer what most budget-conscious people want. So why haven't they really caught on?
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| Rachel Dodes / Wall Street Journal: |
Twitter Goes to the Movies — Hollywood is digging deep into new ways of using social media; the selling of ‘Ted’ — The teddy bear's first tweet, from an account called @WhatTedSaid set up by the Universal Pictures marketing department, was “Hello, Twitter. Kindly go f— yourself.”| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
Bye bye Tweetdeck - Tweetbot for Mac's new alpha has multiple, docking timelines, a menu bar icon and more — Tweetbot for Mac Alpha has been updated to version 0.6.3 with some fantastic new features, including the ability to pop out separate timeline windows and dock them together …
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| Janko Roettgers / GigaOM: |
Court: Embedding videos is not a crime — Embedding an infringing video doesn't violate copyright laws, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday. The court sided with the video bookmarking site myVidster, which had been sued by the gay porn production company Flava Works in 2010.
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Does Cybercrime Really Cost $1 Trillion? — Gen. Keith Alexander is the director of the National Security Agency and oversees U.S. Cyber Command, which means he leads the government's effort to protect America from cyberattacks. Due to the secretive nature of his job …
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| Tim O'Brien / Channel 9: |
Platform Hygiene — Yesterday, Google's Vic Gundotra proudly exclaimed that “I'm not interested in screwing over developers” as he piled on top of Dalton Caldwell's post accusing Facebook of being naughty on the platform front. I'm not here to defend Facebook or Twitter or anyone else …
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Competition Weighs Down HTC In Q2: Sales Drop 27% To $3B; Operating Profit, EPS Down By 57%; Lowers Q3 Outlook — HTC has posted its Q2 numbers and they're not pretty. While numbers were up on Q1, the Taiwanese Android/Windows Phone smartphone maker saw declines in nearly every line …
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
AT&T stores will start moving to iPad-based Point of Sales by early next year — Over the past couple of years, Apple has been taking steps to overhaul its retail operations and customer experience with the iPad. From iPads for employees equipped with RetailMe and Concierge software …
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PadGadget, iDownloadBlog.com, Gotta Be Mobile, PhoneArena and The Next Web
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Final copy of Windows 8 leaks online — The final build of Windows 8 has leaked to the internet, just a day after Microsoft confirmed it had finished the development cycle for the new operating system. Although MSDN and TechNet customers won't officially receive access …
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TechSpot, WinBeta, The Tech Report, CNET, WebProNews, Softpedia News, Redmond Pie, Techie Buzz and The Next Web
| David McLaughlin / Bloomberg: |
Kodak Wins Partial Victory Against Apple In Patent Fight — Eastman Kodak Co. (EKDKQ) won a partial victory against Apple Inc. over patents, defeating Apple's ownership claims to two of 10 patents that Kodak plans to sell as part of its bankruptcy restructuring.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn Q2 Earnings Beat The Street: $228.2M In Sales; EPS of $0.03 — LinkedIn has just released Q2 earnings, and the enterprise-focused social network continues to rise. It's posted revenues of $228.2 million and earnings per share of $0.03 (non-GAAP EPS: $0.16).| Henry Blodget / Business Insider: |
Facebook Is Now Worth $58 Billion, Not The ‘$39 Billion’ Everyone Thinks... Last week, I noted that most financial and market data sites are wrong about a key piece of information for Facebook: Its market capitalization. — These sites, which include Yahoo Finance and Google Finance … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
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