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Nokia to Offer Its Maps for iPhones and Android Phones — Nokia still hasn't found its way to a successful comeback in the smartphone market. But the company is hoping to get its tentacles into competitors' phones through mapping applications, a move it hopes will help it improve its maps.
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Nokia redefines digital map landscape by introducing HERE as new brand for its location and mapping service — Nokia extends its service across devices and operating systems — Nokia announces new partnership with Mozilla and planned acquisition of 3D capture company, earthmine
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| Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
Nokia Maps a Course For its Location Business, Unveils “Here” Location Cloud — Aiming to make better use of its location assets, Nokia on Tuesday introduced a cloud-based service called Here. — Elop has said that location will be one of five key businesses for Nokia going forward …
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| Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web: |
Hands on with Nokia's HERE, a cross-platform mapping tool that takes on Microsoft, Google, and Apple — Welcome to the mapping wars, it would seem. As Microsoft burnishes Bing, Google cements its market advantage with its own tool, Apple works to right its own ship, Nokia is diving into the ring …
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| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
In the Sinofsky Departure, Bill Gates Sided With the Other Steve (Ballmer) at Microsoft — Sometimes — even in the most complex of organizations, which software behemoth Microsoft most certainly is — it does come down to a simple choice. — And in the case of the seemingly sudden departure …
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Microsoft Announces Leadership Changes to Drive Next Wave of Products — Steven Sinofsky to leave the company; Windows executives Julie Larson-Green and Tami Reller take expanded roles. — Microsoft Corp. today announced that Windows and Windows Live President Steven Sinofsky will be leaving …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Sinofsky's departure from Microsoft: Politics or products to blame? — Summary: Microsoft Windows President Steven Sinofsky's departure begs the question: Was it products or politics behind the move? — In the hours following word of Windows President Steven Sinofsky's immediate departure …
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| Dorothy Chou / The Official Google Blog: |
Transparency Report: Government requests on the rise — We think it's important to shine a light on how government actions could affect our users. When we first launched the Transparency Report in early 2010, there wasn't much data out there about how governments sometimes hamper the free flow of information on the web.
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| Dan Lyons / ReadWrite: |
Mark Cuban: Facebook Is Driving Away Brands - Starting With Mine — Tech billionaire and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban says he is fed up with Facebook and will take his business elsewhere. He's sick of getting hit with huge fees to send messages to his team's fans and followers.| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Google Nexus 4 And Nexus 10 Go On Sale In The U.S. Online Play Store — Google has just put its new Nexus 4 smartphone, 3G Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 tablet up for sale at the Google Play web store. The phone retails for $299 for the 8GB version, and $349 for the 16GB variety, and the Nexus 10 goes for $399 or $499 depending on capacity.
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| Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune: |
Apple Stores top Tiffany's in sales per square foot, again — But the $45 dollars the average Apple Store customer spends each visit is the least of it — FORTUNE — It is likely that there is no retail outlet in the world that generates as much cash per square foot than an Apple Store.
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| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 7 Android 4.2 updates available to download — Today's the day the Nexus 4 goes on sale, but if you're a Galaxy Nexus owner not quite ready to upgrade to Google's latest flagship phone, don't worry — there's still something to look forward to.
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| Tricia Duryee / AllThingsD: |
Another Square Copycat: Bank of America Launches Mobile Payments — Square may get a lot of credit for making mobile payments mainstream, but the ability to accept a credit card using a smartphone is turning into an unmistakable commodity. — The latest to enter the space is Bank … | Donna Tam / CNET: |
Petraeus reportedly used draft e-mails to converse with mistress — The former CIA director used a trick often used by terrorists and teenagers to make e-mails harder to trace, the Associated Press reports. — In an effort to cover a trail of messages between him and his mistress …
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| Damaster / LiveSide.net: |
Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 Preview — As we have reported yesterday, today marks the day when Microsoft officially releases Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7. As expected, the download page for IE10 on Windows 7 Preview is now available on the IE Test Drive website:
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| Sascha Segan / PC Magazine: |
Exclusive: Windows Phone 8 Coming to Sprint in 2013 — Windows Phone 8 is hitting three of the four big carriers in the U.S. this year, with Nokia and HTC phones coming to AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile. But Sprint is sitting out the 2012 season, waiting to introduce Windows Phones in 2013.
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| Alana Karen / Google Fiber Blog: |
Google Fiber installations kick off today — The title says it all! After months of building a brand new Fiber infrastructure, we're excited to announce that today we're officially starting to connect homes in Kansas City to Google Fiber. — We've been working in a few homes …
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| Peter Lattman / DealBook: |
Winklevoss Twins Lead Investment in Start-Up Shopping Site — While many are still lamenting the failures of the Facebook's initial public offering, two of its most well-known shareholders are no longer wringing their hands. — Instead, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss - the twins referred to as the …
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Twitter Hires ‘Broadcasting & Cable’ Editor Ben Grossman To Lead Media Operations — Ben Grossman, editor-in-chief of long-lived trade magazine Broadcasting & Cable, announced this morning that he's joining Twitter as Head of Global Operations, Twitter Media. — Naturally, the announcement was made via Twitter.| Marco Arment / Marco.org: |
The iPad Mini and the cost of Retina — The iPad Mini is a conflicted product. — It's much better than the iPad 3 and 4 to handle, carry, and hold up during use. It has the best external design of any iPad to date. It runs cooler than the iPad 3 or 4, it has almost the same battery life despite …
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| Dr. Raymond M. Soneira / DisplayMate: |
Surface RT Display Technology Shoot-Out — Introduction The new Windows Tablets, led by Microsoft's Surface, provide a third major family of Tablets for consumers and the computing world. The significance and stakes are enormous because Tablets are among the most important developments …
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
iOS apps hijack Twitter accounts, post false “confessions” of piracy — Dictionary app maker's move is the very definition of how not to fight theft. — Arrr, matey. I am not a real pirate. — Kate Haskell — An iOS application developer has come up with an extreme way of fighting software piracy …
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| Brad Molen / Engadget: |
HTC Droid DNA coming to Verizon on November 21st for $200, pre-orders begin today — It's not much of a secret at this point, but HTC and Verizon have finally made their king-sized smartphone official at today's press event: the Droid DNA, which is essentially Big Red's variant …
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| Robin Wauters / The Next Web: |
Akamai acquires digital content delivery specialist VeriVue in cash transaction — Internet content delivery network company Akamai today announced that it has acquired VeriVue in an all-cash transaction. — Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Akamai said it expects …
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