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| Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD: |
Google Sources Say Company Didn't Buy ICOA Wireless — Sources at Google are denying reports that the search giant has acquired ICOA Wireless in a $400 million deal. — We have yet to hear from a Google rep on the record. But people within the company say that contrary to a press release posted …
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| Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune: |
11 Apple iPads per hour vs. zero Microsoft Surface tablets — A survey compared sales at an Apple Store and a Microsoft Store in the Mall of America — FORTUNE — On Saturday we posted side-by-side videos showing Black Friday shopping activity at an Apple Store and a Microsoft Store in Lone Tree …
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| Jack Purcher / Patently Apple: |
Apple Acquired “Lightning” Trademark from Harley-Davidson — The EU Patent & Trademark Office officially published two Apple trademark applications for “Lightning” under numbers 011399821/862. What's interesting about this filing is that it clearly illustrates that Apple had acquired …
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| Cristina Cordova: |
The Biggest Problem in Mobile: Retention — When I read Fred Wilson's post this morning about the tough times consumer companies are having raising money, his second point resonated with me most: … This made me think of how frequently we attribute success on mobile to downloads instead of monthly active users.
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| Dave McClure / 500hats: |
What Hasn't Changed: The Internet Keeps Getting Bigger. — Recent articles by the WSJ, Fred Wilson, & others are noting a shift in investor interest to enterprise and away from consumer. If true, this is a huge error... at least for entrepreneurs, angels, and smaller funds.
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| Jon Russell / The Next Web: |
Samsung's Galaxy Note II hits 5 million channel sales, adding 2 million over the last 24 days — Samsung has announced [translation] that the Galaxy Note II, its flagship phone-meets-tablet ('phablet'), has passed 5 million in channel sales, chalking up a further 2 million shipments since November 2.| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Valley Cred: Samsung Plans to Open New Start-Up Accelerator in Downtown Palo Alto — While it is one of the largest consumer electronics and mobile companies in the world, Korean's Samsung has a relatively quiet profile in Silicon Valley. — In fact, while it has had a longtime facility … | Associated Press: |
Web access battles brew before UN conference — DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—An upcoming U.N. gathering about Internet oversight is raising alarms from a broad coalition of critics, including the U.S., tech giants such as Google and rights groups, concerned that changes could lead …
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| Martin Brinkmann / gHacks Technology News: |
Bios embedded Windows 8 product keys — If you have purchased a laptop running Windows 8 recently you may have noticed that it may not contain a small label on the back side or battery compartment listing the operating system's product key. The question that should come up at this point …
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
The Facebook Button Is Back On Phones: Nokia Puts Social Networking Knobs On ~$62 Series 40 Asha 205, 205 Dual-SIM Qwerty Handsets — Amid all the Windows Phone, luridly coloured Lumia hype, it's easy to forget Nokia sells a far more successful line of mobile phones, based on its Series 40 OS.
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Engadget, CNET, The Next Web, Nokia, The Register, digitaltrends.com, PC World, Inquirer, Firstpost, IntoMobile, Reuters and SlashGear. Thanks:@riptari
| Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note: |
The Release Windows Archaism — Television and media industry are stuck in a wasteful rear-guard fight for the preservation of an analog era relic: the Release Windows system. Designed to avoid destructive competition among media, it ends up boosting piracy while frustrating honest viewers willing to pay.
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| Nick Wingfield / New York Times: |
Nintendo Confronts a Changed Video Game World — TUCKED in the woods here, west of State Route 520, is a little piece of the Mario Kingdom. — Behind the unassuming doors is the business built by Mario, the pudgy plumber, and Luigi, his lanky brother, as well as characters like Link …
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