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Why High-Tech Companies Are Moving to the City — Goodbye, office parks. Drawn by amenities and talent, tech firms are opting for cities — For as long as many of us can remember, high-tech industries have flourished in the suburban office parks that are so ubiquitous in Silicon Valley … | Claire Cain Miller / New York Times: |
AlleyCorp Seeds a Blossoming Internet Hub in New York — Kevin Ryan reclines in a designer chair in his Park Avenue office, wearing a Luciano Barbera suit and a vintage Rolex watch. A picture of Mr. Ryan with President Obama is on the wall and an ornate Oscar de la Renta gown hangs from the door.
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South Korea Reassesses Its Great Imitator — SEOUL, South Korea — When a jury in San Jose, Calif., ordered Samsung Electronics to pay $1.05 billion in damages for violating Apple's patents for the iPhone and iPad, it did more than decide who had infringed upon whose intellectual property.
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Here's how Samsung flew bloggers halfway around the world, then threatened to leave them there — Let's pretend that you're a blogger. You're given the chance to review new, hot hardware from a major company. All that's required is that you participate in some tasks, but these tasks would fit into your coverage so you agree.
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The first dedicated App.net client for iOS hits the App Store — The milestones in the quickly developing story of App.net keep coming. Today has seen the first dedicated client for iOS hit Apple's App Store. — AppNet Rhino is a collaboration between two Croatian companies - Planet 1107 …
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Russia Unveils Secure “Almost Android” Tablet To Keep Data Away From Google — It seems that Russia's defense ministry has little faith in Google's operating systems: it has just unveiled its own encrypted version that has the remarkably familiar feel of an Android.| Jeff John Roberts / paidContent: |
What the ebook settlement means for publishers, Apple and you — The states unveiled a deal this week that, if approved, would see consumers collect a refund of $0.25 to $1.32 for each ebook they bought from big publishers. It's splashy news, but the reality is more complicated.
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| Somini Sengupta / New York Times: |
Twitter's Chief Lawyer as Defender of Free Speech — SAN FRANCISCO — Alexander Macgillivray, Twitter's chief lawyer, says that fighting for free speech is more than a good idea. He thinks it is a competitive advantage for his company. — That conviction explains why he spends … | Amar Toor / The Verge: |
Updated services agreement allows Microsoft to integrate content across cloud properties — Microsoft this week updated its services agreement with subtle, yet potentially significant changes to its policy on privacy and dispute settlement. The company notified users of the changes … | Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
Pirate Bay Founder Arrested in Cambodia — Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm was arrested by Cambodian police on Thursday in Phnom Penh, the city that he made his home several years ago. — According to local sources he was arrested in an apartment above the Cadillac Bar on the riverfront …
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How online reviews are crucial to a restaurant's takings — US economists find that when a restaurant rating improved by just half a star it was very much more likely to be full at peak dining times — It is something every restaurateur and hotel owner knows: good reviews boost takings while terrible ones can close you down.
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Video Shows Completely Redesigned Headphones for iPhone 5 — Vietnamese site Tinhte.vn has posted a video of what it claims to be redesigned headphones for the new iPhone which is expected in September. — Update: Video was replaced. This one has no audio.
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| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Oops: After Seizing & Censoring Rojadirecta For 18 Months, Feds Give Up & Drop Case — Looks like we've got something of a repeat of the Dajaz1 insanity, in which the US government seized and censored a website for over a year before giving up and handing the domain back — though this time it's with Rojadirecta.
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