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| Chris Jones / The Windows Blog: |
A new modern SkyDrive.com, updated apps, and Outlook.com at 10 million users … Over the past months, we've shared our approach to building versatile personal cloud storage that can scale to a billion people. Today, we're excited to announce the next step towards that vision …
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| Evan Williams / medium.com: |
Welcome to Medium — We're rethinking publishing and building a new platform from scratch. This is a preview. Compared to 1999, the Internet has a come a long way. It has gone from theoretically to actually central to how many of us live and work (even outside the Internet industry).
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| Brad Sams / Neowin: |
Microsoft Surface RT to cost $199.99? Doubts ensue — Get out a pinch of salt as a new rumor from Engadget is stating that the Microsoft Surface for Windows RT will cost a budget friendly $199.00. The source, of course, is anonymous but the price point, which we hope is true …
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| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Toshiba Cancels Windows RT Devices on Delay in Getting Parts — Toshiba Corp. (6502) canceled previously announced plans to sell computer and tablet devices based on Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)'s Windows RT operating system because of a delay in getting components.
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| Seth Weintraub / 9to5Mac: |
iPad mini will look like a large iPod touch with smaller side bezels [Gallery] — Nexus 7 vs. iPad Mini mockup made from Sizeall comparisons — Over the past few weeks we've gotten a number of tips from sources we have reason to believe have knowledge of Apple's plans on the upcoming iPad Mini.| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
Thinking This iPad Mini Thing Even Througher — Last month I tried to think this smaller iPad thing all the way through. Didn't quite make it all the way through, though, so let's dig deeper. — We've got the display. 7.85 inches diagonally, 1024 × 768 pixels at 163 PPI …
| Mark Allen / Yelp Official Blog: |
Yelp: Extreme Home(page) Makeover — Ladies and gents, today it's with great pride that we are unveiling a complete redesign of our homepage. That's right, our new and improved formula shines a bright light on the real star of Yelp, YOU! — As Andy Grove once said, complacency breeds failure.
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| Colleen Taylor / TechCrunch: |
Pinterest Goes Big On Mobile: Rolls Out First-Ever Native iPad App, Makes Its Android Debut — In a big push to go mobile, Pinterest today rolled out an all-new update to its iOS app, Version 2.0. This includes an all-new version of Pinterest customized for the iPad.
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| T.C. Sottek / The Verge: |
Flash for Android dies tomorrow, long live the ‘full web experience’ — In November of last year, Adobe made a surprising about-face on its popular Flash plugin, announcing that it would stop development of Flash for mobile devices. Tomorrow, Adobe will disable new installs of Flash on Android … | Shayndi Raice / Wall Street Journal: |
Inside Facebook's Push to Woo Big Advertisers — After joining Facebook as vice president of marketing last year, Carolyn Everson made it her mission to win over skeptical ad executives who complained that spending on the giant social network wasn't paying off.| Jake Smith / 9to5Mac: |
Sprint drops iPhone price further offering a $100 gift card with purchase of $149 iPhone 4S — From 9to5Toys.com: Sprint today dropped the price of the iPhone 4S yet again. The nation's third-largest carrier now offers a free $100 American Express Reward Card (ships in 8-10 weeks) …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Microsoft temporarily suspends new Windows Phone apps amidst download bugs — Microsoft is in the midst of what it says is a major backend overhaul to the infrastructure for the Windows Phone Store (neé Windows Phone Marketplace). Apparently there have been some bumps in the road …
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| Gregory Ferenstein / TechCrunch: |
Khan Academy Launches The Future of Computer Science Education — As educators struggle to motivate more students to take up technology-related majors, breakout online education startup, Khan Academy, has a novel approach. “Computer Science is an intensely creative field,” says Shantanu Sinha …
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| Lance Whitney / CNET: |
Steve Jobs' Palo Alto home robbed by clueless thief — The late Apple co-founder's home was burglarized by an alleged thief who didn't even seem to know whose home he was robbing. — The late Steve Jobs — The Palo Alto home of the late Steve Jobs was robbed on July 17 of more than $60,000 … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Tries Letting Pages Show News Feed Ads To Non-Fans — Facebook seems determined to impress investors, as today it begins testing an aggressive web and mobile news feed ad unit that lets Pages pay to show their posts to people who didn't subscribe to them.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Verizon Deal Nears Regulatory Approval — WASHINGTON—Federal regulators are preparing to clear Verizon Wireless's $3.9 billion deal to acquire airwaves from several cable companies including Comcast Corp., according to people close to the negotiations, after the companies reached broad agreement to settle antitrust concerns.
| Josh Halliday / Guardian: |
Surfthechannel owner sentenced to four years over piracy — Anton Vickerman, whose surfthechannel.com had 400,000 users a day, sentenced on two counts of conspiracy to defraud — A 38-year-old Briton who made £35,000 a month through a website that linked to pirated copies of films …
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| Ryan Nakashima / Associated Press: |
Deals fatigue? Groupon stock 27 percent down — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Groupon's stock is 27 percent cheaper Tuesday, but that doesn't make it a bargain. — Its stock fell to an all-time low as analysts slashed targets and ratings on the online deals company after it reported its first-ever quarter …
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| Will Connors / Wall Street Journal: |
RIM's First Test: A Preview With Carriers — NEW YORK—Research In Motion Ltd. will start delivering nearly complete versions of its new smartphones to carriers next week—the start of a crucial effort to convince consumers and carriers alike that the BlackBerry can compete with the iPhone and Android devices.
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| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
IHS iSuppli: Apple Holds 70% Of The Tablet Market, Highest Market Share Since Q1 2011 — We all know the iPad is king of tablets, but it would appear that Apple has extended its lead in the slate market shipping approximately 70 percent of all tablets in the second quarter of this year.
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paidContent, Associated Press, IntoMobile, Bloomberg, Engadget, IHS iSupply and CNET. Thanks:@jordanrcrook
| Robin Wauters / The Next Web: |
Facebook is countersuing Mitel. Using old AOL patents. Which it just bought from Microsoft. — Last March, NASDAQ-listed communication and collaboration software maker Mitel Networks (Mitel) hit Facebook with a patent lawsuit. Now, the social networking giant is retaliating … Sponsor Posts
Channel 9:
Windows Store Weekly — This week we take a look at: Star Trek App, Box, Fling Theory, StumbleUpon, and wordBrush.
Windows Store Weekly — This week we take a look at: Star Trek App, Box, Fling Theory, StumbleUpon, and wordBrush.
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:
Get Started with Hadoop on Hortonworks Data Platform 1.1 for Windows — We are excited to release the Hortonworks Data Platform 1.1 for Windows as a Generally Available product.
Get Started with Hadoop on Hortonworks Data Platform 1.1 for Windows — We are excited to release the Hortonworks Data Platform 1.1 for Windows as a Generally Available product.
Unison's blog:
Skype in the browser — Whether you like the Skype app or not, until now, you've had no choice but to download something to make voice and video calls — either an app like Skype, or a Flash plugin (yikes) for your browser.
Skype in the browser — Whether you like the Skype app or not, until now, you've had no choice but to download something to make voice and video calls — either an app like Skype, or a Flash plugin (yikes) for your browser.Who's Hiring In Tech?
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