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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
No, Instagram can't sell your photos: what the new terms of service really mean — Turns out no one really trusts Facebook after all — You agree that a business may pay Instagram to display your photos in connection with paid or sponsored content or promotions without any compensation to you.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Instagram backlash is Flickr's gain — Users look elsewhere after Instagram changes its policies — Popular photo sharing service Instagram is facing a user backlash after the company revealed new terms of service this week. The fine print, that takes effect on January 16th …
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| Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
Mark Zuckerberg's Wedding Photographer Is Not Pleased With Mark Zuckerberg — Sure, you might not like the changes to Instagram's terms of service — especially the part where the Facebook-owned photo sharer says it may take your stuff and turn it into an ad, without asking permission or paying you.
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Nokia CEO: We have to move with more urgency (Q&A) — Stephen Elop speaks to CNET and weighs in on the cultural shift at Nokia, why he went with AT&T as an exclusive partner, and what keeps him up at night. — Nokia has undergone a significant cultural and identity shift under the leadership of CEO Stephen Elop.
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Samsung Displaces Nokia as Top Cellphone Brand in 2012 and Takes Decisive Smartphone Lead Over Apple — For the first time in 14 years, wireless communications giant Nokia will not sit atop the global cellphone business on an annual basis at the end of 2012—with Samsung set to seize the mobile handset market's top rank.| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
| Aaron Souppouris / The Verge: |
Samsung drops Apple injunctions in Europe — Samsung has today announced it will drop its inunction requests against Apple for standards-essential patent infringement in Germany, the UK, France, Italy and the Netherlands. In a statement given to The Verge, the manufacturer said:
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Facebook Prepares to Bring Video Ads to News Feed, Aims for TV Dollars — But Will TV Ads Disrupt Social Experience? — Facebook is set to unveil a new video-ad product in the first half of next year in its largest attempt to date to attract big swaths of ad dollars from TV advertisers …
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| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
Apple releases iOS 6.0.2 for iPhone 5, iPad mini to fix annoying WiFi connectivity bug — Apple has today released iOS 6.0.2 for the iPhone 5 and iPad mini only, fixing a bug that could affect the connections and speeds of their WiFi radios. The update is currently available in iTunes only … | Liz Gannes / AllThingsD: |
European Antitrust Case Against Google Moves Towards Settlement As Well — Google seems to have stared down antitrust concerns both at home and abroad, with the help of its Chairman Eric Schmidt. — The company has been given a new deadline of January 2013, said Joaquin Almunia …
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CNET, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Search Engine Land and Bloomberg
| Myriam Joire / Engadget: |
Google Music gains scan and match feature in the US — It wasn't very long ago that Google Music landed in Europe — to the delight of local music lovers, we're sure. On its trip across the pond, the service gained a unique new feature called scan and match, wherein Google scans …
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| Julianne Pepitone / CNNMoney.com: |
Why 84% of Kickstarter's top projects shipped late — If you pledged cash for a crowdfunded product, be prepared to be very, very patient: A CNNMoney examination of the top 50 most-funded projects on Kickstarter found that 84% missed their target delivery dates.
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| Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web: |
Oracle beats estimates with fiscal Q2 revenues of $9.1 billion and earnings per share of $0.64 — Today Oracle reported its fiscal second quarter financial performance, with revenues of $9.1 billion and earnings per share of $0.64. Analysts on the street had expected revenue of $9.02 billion, and earnings per share of $0.61.
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Apple API Strengthens Facebook Ads By Letting You Install App Store Apps Without Leaving FB For iOS 6 — Facebook and Apple grew closer today as mobile app install ads in Facebook for iOS 6 now allow users to downloads apps from the App Store via pop-up instead of interrupting users and forcing them to leave Facebook.| Matt Brian / The Next Web: |
Samsung unveils new 5-inch dual-SIM Galaxy Grand, with dual-core 1.2GHz processor and 8MP camera — Adding yet another Galaxy S III (or maybe Note) clone to its collection of Android smartphones, Samsung today launched its new Galaxy Grand handset, offering a dual 1.2 GHz processor … | Craig Lloyd / SlashGear: |
Tim Cook, Marissa Mayer among TIME Person of the Year finalists — TIME Magazine has unveiled its shortlist of finalists for the magazine's 2012 Person of the Year award, which goes to the person or group that TIME editors deem had the single greatest impact during the past year.
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| Jon Russell / The Next Web: |
Google starts putting Meebo to use: New Google+ social sharing bar spotted on the Web (Updated) — Update at foot of post. — It looks like Google has begun putting its acquisition of Meebo to use after a chat bar looking very much like that of the advertising startup was spotted in the wild — screenshot below.
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Microsoft Wants to Kinect with Pentagon — Microsoft hopes its popular Kinect gaming accessory will score with veterans who need physical therapy. — The software behemoth has paired the Kinect with off-the-shelf software in a package that can be used by injured soldiers and veterans …
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| Jessica Guynn / Los Angeles Times: |
Federal Trade Commission to data brokers: Show us your data — The Federal Trade Commission has ordered nine data brokerage companies to tell the agency how they harvest and use data on consumers, toughening its stance toward the multibillion-dollar industry.
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Leap ships 10,000 developer units, paving the way for a 2013 launch — The depth camera company is tempting developers towards their new platform with free units and a revamped SDK. — Leap made a splash this summer with a futuristic motion-tracking camera, but they've spent the rest …
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AllThingsD, VentureBeat and CNET
| Jordan Golson / MacRumors: |
Firm Launches ‘IPHONE’ Brand of Android Phones, Touts Trademark Ownership in Brazil — Brazilian electronics maker IGB Electronica SA has announced a new line of Android phones under the IPHONE brand, a trademark that was originally applied for in Brazil in 2000. — From Reuters:
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NVIDIA Tegra 4 processor details leaked: 4-plus-1 cores, 28nm, six times the power of Tegra 3 — NVIDIA's next superhero-themed mobile chipset has possibly made an early appearance in a leaked side in China, and it looks like it wants to go toe-to-toe with the latest processors from Samsung and Qualcomm.
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| Paul Mozur / Wall Street Journal: |
Foxconn Workers Say, ‘Keep Our Overtime’ — SHENZHEN, China—Nets to catch would-be jumpers still sag ominously from Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.'s buildings. — But two years after a spate of suicides at the Apple Inc. supplier's campus here, workers are more concerned … | 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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