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| Daniel Graf / The Official Google Blog: |
Google Maps is now available for iPhone — People around the world have been asking for Google Maps on iPhone. Starting today, we're pleased to announce that Google Maps is here—rolling out across the world in the Apple App Store. It's designed from the ground up to combine the comprehensiveness …
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| David Pogue / New York Times: |
Google Maps App for iPhone Goes in the Right Direction - Review — It was one of the biggest tech headlines of the year: in September, Apple dropped its contract with Google, which had always supplied the data for the iPhone's Maps app. For various strategic reasons, Apple preferred to write a new app …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google Maps for iPhone is here: how data and design beat Apple — In the wake of Apple's Maps problems, Google finally delivers what might be the best option on any smartphone — Android included — Google has released a native maps app for the iPhone and it's fast, full-featured …
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| Matt Brian / The Next Web: |
Google Maps becomes the App Store's most popular free app, just 7 hours after launch — After months of posturing and reports of feuds between Google and Apple, Google Maps launched on the App Store. Within seven hours, the app is already the number one most downloaded app on Apple's marketplace …
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| Jessica Leber / MIT Technology Review: |
Meet Young Sohn, the Man Charged with Revamping Samsung's Technology Strategy from Silicon Valley — Samsung chief strategy officer Young Sohn explains why he still uses Apple devices at home—and what his company needs to do to stay ahead. — Why It Matters
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| Cornelius Rahn / Bloomberg: |
Sprint Seeks to Buy Rest of Clearwire for About $2.1 Billion — Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) proposed to acquire shares in wireless partner Clearwire Corp. it doesn't already own in a deal that the third-largest U.S. carrier says would cost about $2.1 billion. — Sprint, which owns …
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| Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM: |
Here's why Sprint offered $2.1B to buy the rest of Clearwire — Sprint said it was in discussions with Clearwire( s clwr) to buy the remaining chunk of stock in the company in a deal valued at $2.1 billion. The nation's third largest wireless carrier is an investor and majority stockholder in Clearwire with 51.7 percent of the stock.
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| Jean-Baptiste Su / Forbes: |
Dell Quits Smartphone Business Globally, Drops Android — Jeff Clarke, Dell's vice chairman and president, Global Operations and End User Computing Solutions at Dell World (day 1) — Dell is definitely pulling the plug on the smartphone business, globally.| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Amazon Puts Instant Video On iPhone And iPod Touch, Cloud Player Music On Roku And Samsung Smart TVs — Amazon has announced a number of new platform expansions for its streaming media services today, including Cloud Player apps for Samsung Smart TVs and Roku set top boxes … | Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
US court rules Apple's iPhone infringes on three patents held by Sony and Nokia owned MobileMedia — A US court has ruled that Apple's iPhone infringes on three patents held by MobileMeda, a company many consider to be a ‘classic patent troll’. The report, via a Bloomberg tweet, has yet to be fleshed out with details.
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| Michael J. de la Merced / DealBook: |
Yahoo Said to Plan Board Shake-Up, Adding Levchin — Yahoo is poised to announce changes to its board, including the addition of Max Levchin, a former senior executive at PayPal, people briefed on the matter said. — The board is also expected to announce the departure of two current directors …
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| Ryan Tate / Wired: |
Mr. Zuckerberg, Tear Down This Wall — The web was created to knock down walls. You could create a page on a Unix workstation in Switzerland that could be viewed perfectly on a Windows laptop in California, all thanks to the miracle of common formats and open standards.
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| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Microsoft says Windows Phone 8 increased app submissions by 40%, to keep full staff on for holidays — Microsoft on Wednesday announced a rather interesting statistic for Windows Phone 8: the launch of the platform in late October has resulted in a sustained 40% increase in Windows Phone app submissions.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Dish Networks Wins a $9 Billion Spectrum Prize — For more than a decade, telecom moguls and hedge fund titans have wrangled with regulators in a bid to wring billions of dollars out of thin air. This week, the government crowned a winner. — The Federal Communications Commission late Tuesday …
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| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft Rankles Advertisers With Web User-Privacy Plan — Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is sticking with a decision to make it harder to track users' online behavior, earning plaudits from privacy groups while drawing fire from the advertisers its money-losing Web unit needs most.
| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
All the beautifully redesigned 1Password 4 for iOS wants to do is help you forget your passwords — “They're still holding on to this idea that they must know their passwords,” says David Teare, founder of AgileBits. He's talking to me about the common types of password users in advance …
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| Jordan Golson / MacRumors: |
U.S. Senator Promising Legislative Action Allowing In-Air Use of Electronic Devices if FAA Doesn't Act — U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) has sent a letter to the head of the Federal Aviation Administration saying the flying public is “growing increasingly skeptical” …
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| Lucian Parfeni / Softpedia News: |
The Google Homepage Is Now Built into Chrome - Screenshots — Google is making it official, search engines are coming to the new tab page. The only surprise is that it's not just Google, the team devised a new API which should enable any search engine to integrate with the Chrome new tab page to any degree it wants.
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| Sharif Sakr / Engadget: |
London buses now accept NFC contactless payments, if you have the magic logo — Transport for London has emailed customers to announce the activation of NFC contactless payments on the city's fleet of 8,500 buses, despite any hiccups on the tube. From today, anyone who swipes a debit …
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| Euan Rocha / Reuters: |
U.S. federal agency to test RIM's BlackBerry 10 — Research In Motion said a U.S. federal agency, which recently outlined plans to move away from BlackBerry in favor of Apple Inc's iPhone, is now set to begin testing RIM's new BlackBerry 10 platform and devices.
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| Dan Frommer / SplatF: |
Announcing City Notes, A New Mobile Travel Startup By... Me! — Short version: I just launched a new company, City Notes, which I've been working on for several months. We are making what we hope will be the best and most interesting travel guides for iPhones and iPads.
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| Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land: |
This Year, NORAD Tracks Santa With Microsoft & Bing, Not Google — Google has been helping the popular NORAD Tracks Santa site locate Santa Claus on Christmas Eve since 2007. But this year, Jolly St. Nick will be tracked on Bing Maps, not Google. NORAD is also pushing an official Windows 8 app.
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| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
Khosla Ventures Retains Condoleezza Rice, Robert Gates As Advisors To Help Portfolio Companies Navigate International Issues — Khosla Ventures is announcing a strategic relationship with RiceHadleyGates LLC, a consulting firm started by Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.| Violet Blue / CNET: |
Exclusive: ITU ‘failed,’ says former policy chief — A former telecommunications policy maker at the international organization, which is holding talks in Dubai to expand regulation of the Internet, warns that the group's conference is “absolutely absurd.” — The International Telecommunications … | Dan Worth / V3.co.uk: |
Google rules out Gmail and Drive apps for Windows 8 — Google has revealed that it has no plans to develop dedicated apps for Windows 8 or Windows Phone 8 for its business app products such as Gmail or Drive. — Speaking to V3, the firm's product management director at Google Apps … | Kevin Murphy / DomainIncite: |
New gTLD lottery tickets now on sale — ICANN has started selling its $100-a-pop New gTLD Prioritization Draw raffle tickets in Los Angeles, with a little less than a week to go until the make-or-break drawing. — The organization is understandably eager not to balls it up this time … | Josh Ong / The Next Web: |
Amazon launches Kindle apps and e-bookstore in China, hinting at imminent Kindle arrival — Amazon has paved the way for the long-awaited launch of its Kindle e-reader in China after the company quietly launched Chinese versions of its Kindle apps for iOS and Android and a localized Kindle electronic bookstore.Sponsor Posts
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