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| Reed Morse / YouTube Blog: |
Film and share videos instantly with YouTube Capture for iPhone and iPod touch — Life moves fast. To speed up recording, enhancing and sharing videos with your friends or the whole world, you can now use the YouTube Capture app on your iPhone or iPod touch. — Making sharing fast and easy| Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica: |
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Softpedia News and Macgasm
| Nielsen: |
Nielsen and Twitter Establish Social TV Rating — Nielsen, a leading global provider of information and insights into what consumers watch and buy, and Twitter today announced an exclusive multi-year agreement to create the “Nielsen Twitter TV Rating” for the US market.
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Twitter Blog, TechCrunch, ABCNEWS, CNET, Gizmodo, Podcasting News, Marketing Land, TechCrunch, AllThingsD, Ars Technica, GigaOM, Splitsider, Daily Dot, The Verge, dailywireless.org, AdAge, Social News Daily, CNBC, Tech Cocktail, Marketing Pilgrim and Digital Media Wire
Tweets: @chloes, @alexiskold and @goldman
See also Mediagazer| Wall Street Journal: |
Apple in Preliminary Talks with Foursquare About Data-Sharing Deal — Apple Inc. is in early discussions to integrate local data from Foursquare Labs Inc. into its mapping application, according to people familiar with the talks, as the company continues to build an arsenal of local data to try to take on Google Inc.
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MacRumors, Engadget, Business Insider, The Next Web, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, The Verge, iDownloadBlog.com and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @erickschonfeld, @panzer and @pkafka
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Hands On With Facebook Nearby, A New Local Biz Discovery Feature That Challenges Yelp And Foursquare — Each month 250 million Facebook users tag posts with location. Today that data goes to work for you in a major revamp of Facebook's Nearby feature for its iOS and Android apps.
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Facebook Newsroom, Facebook Studio, Forbes, digitaltrends.com, AllThingsD, iDownloadBlog.com, CNET, Search Engine Land, GigaOM, Macgasm, Softpedia News, Inside Facebook, The Verge, Droid Life, Know Your Cell, VentureBeat, Engadget, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac, AndroidGuys, WebProNews, Marketing Land and internetretailer.com. Thanks:@drizzled
| NYT Bits: |
What Instagram's New Terms of Service Mean for You — Instagram released an updated version of its privacy policy and terms of service on Monday, and they include lengthy stipulations on how photographs uploaded by users may be used by Instagram and its parent company, Facebook.
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TechCrunch, Gizmodo, The Atlantic Online, The Verge, Thomas Hawk Digital Connection, Gawker, Betabeat, BuzzFeed, Inside Facebook, SocialTimes, WebProNews, AllFacebook and PetaPixel. Tweets: @spencerchen
| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
Google Maps for iOS downloaded 10M times in under 48 hours — Google's Jeff Huber has just announced via Google+ that Google Maps for iOS was downloaded 10 million times in under 48 hours from its release last week. — “We're excited for the positive reception of Google Maps for iPhone around the world,” writes Huber.
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Google+, CNET, The Tech Block, 9to5Mac, Ars Technica, ZDNet, Los Angeles Times, iPhone in Canada Blog, MobileSyrup.com, Macgasm, The Verge, iClarified, Mashable!, Skift, PhoneArena, iPhone Alley, Inside Mobile Apps, Business Insider, Search Engine Land, IntoMobile, iPhone in Canada Blog, SlashGear, MacRumors, GigaOM, App Advice, VentureBeat, iPhone, iDownloadBlog.com and GeekWire
| Sencha Blog: |
The Making of Fastbook: An HTML5 Love Story — When we started what became Sencha, we made a bet on the web: a bet that modern application development didn't need anything except the browser, a great set of frameworks and a great set of tools. With those three weapons in hand …
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The Verge and Computerworld
| Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune: |
Have Apple's iPhone and iPad saturated the U.S. market? — A new Morgan Stanley survey suggests there is still room to grow — FORTUNE — “Despite concerns to the contrary,” writes Morgan Stanley's Katy Huberty reporting the results of a proprietary survey of 1,000 U.S. consumers, “iPhone and iPad demand remain strong.| evleaks / Unwired View: |
HTC M7, successor to the One X, detailed: 4.7-inch 1080p, Sense 5, much more — HTC is once again preparing the launch of a flagship Android handset, according to a previously reliable source, among whose cutting-edge components will reportedly be several industry firsts.
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Engadget, The Verge, Gotta Be Mobile, PhoneArena, MobileSyrup.com, SlashGear, Android and Me, TechCrunch, IntoMobile, 9to5Google, Android Community, Gotta Be Mobile and Pocketables. Thanks:@uvstaska
| Eben Upton / Raspberry Pi: |
Introducing the Pi Store — We've been amazed by the variety of software that people have written for, or ported to, the Raspberry Pi. Today, together with our friends at IndieCity and Velocix, we're launching the Pi Store to make it easier for developers of all ages to share their games …
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BGR, TechCrunch, SlashGear, CNET, Are You An Android?, Wired, TechSpot, ITProPortal, VentureBeat, digitaltrends.com and ZDNet
| John Davidson / Financial Review: |
Microsoft urged to ditch Windows brand by Dell — Top Dell executives warned Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer against sticking with the Windows brand for its new tablet operating system Reuters — A top Dell executive warned Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer not to call its new tablet operating system …
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Electronista, PandoDaily, WinBeta and GeekWire
| Tim Culpan / Bloomberg: |
HTC Said to Halt Larger Windows Phone on Display Resolution — HTC Corp. (2498) scrapped plans to produce a large-screen smartphone using Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)'s operating system because the screen would have had lower resolution than competing models, according to a person familiar with the project.
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The Next Web, My Nokia Blog, LAPTOP Magazine, GadgeTell, WinBeta and ITProPortal
| CrackBerry.com: |
New BlackBerry 10 UI images show off Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare and more! — With an L-Series device in the hands of the folks over at Tinhte there has been plenty of hands-on time with BlackBerry 10 spread around. It's safe to say that what we're seeing is certainly not the shipping version …
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BGR, Engadget, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, The Verge, Gotta Be Mobile and Gizmodo
| Don Reisinger / CNET: |
| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
Hulu's 2012: Revenue up 65% to $695M, subscribers double to 3M, 28% more advertisers — Hulu had a bang-up 2012, and they've rounded it up in a blog post today. We combed through the figures and found the most eyebrow-raising statistics. Revenue for the streaming site was up 65% in 2012 …
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Hulu Blog, TechCrunch, CNET, AllThingsD, The Verge, GeekWire, Deadline.com, Forbes, 9to5Mac, GigaOM, Business Insider and socalTECH.com. See also Mediagazer
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft left ‘surprised’ by Google's Exchange ActiveSync announcement — Google announced last week that it plans to drop Exchange ActiveSync support for new devices on personal Gmail accounts from January 30th. While Microsoft has remained quiet on the issue affecting Windows 8 …
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The Microsoft Office Blog, GeekWire, Forbes, The Next Web and MobileBurn.com
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Iranian computers targeted by new malicious data wiper program — Iranian computers are being targeted by malware that wipes entire disk partitions clean, according to an advisory issued by that country's Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center.
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Alienvault Labs, Securelist, SlashGear, AllThingsD and The Security Ledger
| Anthony McCartney / Associated Press: |
Hollywood hacker sentenced to 10 years in prison — LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge on Monday sentenced a hacker to 10 years in prison after he broke into the personal online accounts of Scarlett Johansson, Christina Aguilera and other women and posted revealing photos and other material on the Internet.
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DailyTech, The Verge and Associated Press
| Sprint Newsroom: |
Sprint to Acquire 100 Percent Ownership of Clearwire for $2.97 per Share — Transaction strengthens Sprint's position and increases competitiveness in the U.S. wireless industry — Interim funding allows Clearwire to continue LTE build-out and complement Sprint's LTE deployment| Michael J. de la Merced / DealBook: |
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Quartz and dailywireless.org
| Declan McCullagh / CNET: |
U.N. summit's meltdown ignites new Internet Cold War — New geopolitical rift isn't east-west or north-south: it roughly tracks commitment to free expression. The U.S., Canada, Europe, Japan, and their allies are now facing off against the likes of China, Russia, Libya, Nigeria, and dozens of other nations.| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
Sequoia Raises $700M For Global Growth Fund — Sequoia Capital filed a form with the SEC today, indicating a $700 million raise for a fund titled Sequoia Capital Global Growth Fund, L.P. While Sequoia declined to comment on the filing, our sources tell us that this fund is actually separate …
| Evelyn Rusli / Digits: |
U.S. Mobile-Ad Sales Expected to Nearly Triple This Year — Advertisers are warming up to mobile advertising faster than expected, according to a new report released on Monday by eMarketer. — The research firm says it now expects U.S. mobile advertising to nearly triple this year to more than $4 billion …
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eMarketer Newsroom, The Verge, NYT Bits, Reuters, AdAge, VentureBeat, Mashable! and Bloomberg
| New York Times: |
Google Deal on Antitrust Seen in U.S. — BRUSSELS — Google seems on its way to coming through a major antitrust investigation in the United States essentially unscathed. But the outlook is not as bright for Google here, as the European Union's top antitrust regulator prepares to meet …
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The Verge
| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
As Yahoo Sales Reorg Proceeds, Former Interclick CEO Katz Departs — Michael Katz, one of Yahoo's high-ranking online advertising execs, is leaving the company, according to a memo he sent out to staff on Friday. — Considered a savvy online ad player and a well-regarded entrepreneur … Sponsor Posts
Channel 9:
This Week on Channel 9 — Mark DeFalco and Dan Fernandez discuss the week's top developer news.
This Week on Channel 9 — Mark DeFalco and Dan Fernandez discuss the week's top developer news.
Cloud Foundry:
Want to Contribute to Cloud Foundry? Come on in! — Cloud Foundry is an Open Platform-as-a-Service, and an Open Source project. It has attracted phenomenal interest from the community - including partners …
Want to Contribute to Cloud Foundry? Come on in! — Cloud Foundry is an Open Platform-as-a-Service, and an Open Source project. It has attracted phenomenal interest from the community - including partners …
Rackspace Blog:
Love, Magic, & APIs — I will confess, I am old enough to remember my GeoCities page. Don't hate. It was amazing, it was... this transformative moment in which I took real, actual information, and transformed it into something visible and memorable.
Love, Magic, & APIs — I will confess, I am old enough to remember my GeoCities page. Don't hate. It was amazing, it was... this transformative moment in which I took real, actual information, and transformed it into something visible and memorable.
Hortonworks » Blog:
Week in Review: SQL IN Hadoop and Hive, Beyond Batch with YARN, NFS access to HDFS and HBase MTTR — Or as it's more commonly being called: Week-ish in Review. Let's recap on the latest - there's some juicy technology goodness here.
Week in Review: SQL IN Hadoop and Hive, Beyond Batch with YARN, NFS access to HDFS and HBase MTTR — Or as it's more commonly being called: Week-ish in Review. Let's recap on the latest - there's some juicy technology goodness here.
Unison's blog:
“Yammer sucks” — Not to be mean to Yammer, or anything — it's a very good tool for some use cases — but that's what a customer told me recently (and others feel the same way).
“Yammer sucks” — Not to be mean to Yammer, or anything — it's a very good tool for some use cases — but that's what a customer told me recently (and others feel the same way).Who's Hiring In Tech?
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