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Google says Maps redirect on Windows Phone was a product decision, and will be removed — Today, a Google spokesperson provided The Next Web with a statement indicating that the company intends to remove the redirect that it has in place for Windows Phone users who attempt to access the Google Maps product …
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The Verge, The Verge, SlashGear, Gizmodo, WMPoweruser, ZDNet, The Next Web, Pocketnow, WMPoweruser, CNET, Neowin, LiveSide.net, 9to5Google, Engadget, LAPTOP Magazine, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, WinBeta, PhoneArena, TECHGEEK.com.au, Techblitz, InfoWorld and Los Angeles Times
Tweets: @adman_nz, @robpegoraro, @matthiasshap, @gartenberg, @gartenberg, @dannysullivan and @fxshaw
| Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land: |
The Strange Explanation Of Why Windows Phone Users Lost Access To Google Maps — On Friday, Windows Phone users found themselves unable to access Google Maps. Google says it made no sudden change on its end to cause this, but some of Google's explanations for the blockage don't add up.| Paul Thurrott / SuperSite for Windows: |
Explaining Windows 8 PC Sales Over the Holidays — It's time to stop denying that Windows 8 is off to a slow start — At some point, the cheerleaders—and yes, amazingly, they're out there—are going to have to face reality: Windows 8 is selling slowly. More slowly than Windows 7 at launch …
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CNET, Newsome.Org, The Verge, parislemon, VentureBeat, LAPTOP Magazine and Neowin
Tweets: @marxculture, @olebegemann and @ihnatko
| MG Siegler / TechCrunch: |
The Fifth Horseman: Samsung — We all know the “four horsemen” of tech: Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google. These are the companies that pretty much everyone agrees will shape the foreseeable future of the tech sector. In some circles, that list makes waves for who is not included: Microsoft.
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The Loop, Ars Technica and Edible Apple
Tweets: @valaafshar, @carnage4life, @joshconstine, @efeng and @lessien
| Iljitsch van Beijnum / Ars Technica: |
IPv6 takes one step forward, IPv4 two steps back in 2012 — IPv6 rollout is still inefficient with problems ahead, but there is slow progress. … “Hi, I'd like to sign up for Internet service at my new apartment.” — “That's great! We have the highest speeds at the best prices, you won't be disappointed.| Ken Yeung / The Next Web: |
Unreasonable at Sea to set sail on 100-day accelerator cruise with 11 startups and Desmond Tutu — A first of its kind type of accelerator is preparing to hoist anchor and set off on a unbelievable journey. Unreasonable at Sea, the startup accelerator taking place entirely on a boat …
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PandoDaily and digitaltrends.com
| Jolie O'Dell / VentureBeat: |
Cult app Cheddar up for sale, solo hacker explains why — Cheddar, a cult classic among hackers and Mac die-hards, is up for sale. — The elegant app is a simple task manager, but it really took off because of creator (and former Hipstamatic and Scribd engineer) Sam Soffes' code.
Tweets: @soffes
| Mike Isaac / AllThingsD: |
Welcome to CES: A Trade Show, Not a Tastemaker — This week, most of the developed world will stagger halfheartedly back to the office, attempting to work after two weeks of twinkling lights, post-nog hangovers, and watching bad TV sprawled across couches inside the houses we grew up in.
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The Verge, Business Insider and dailywireless.org
Tweets: @waltmossberg, @davepell and @caseynewton
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Behind Google's Antitrust Escape — After early hopes for a sweeping antitrust case against Google Inc., it became clear to the Federal Trade Commission last fall that no such lawsuit was in the offing. — A clinching moment came in November when FTC staff, who had exhaustively investigated … | Mark Milian / Bloomberg Tech Blog: |
Hollywood Hires Anti-Piracy Pro — Photograph by Jonathan Leibson/WireImage — MPAA CEO Chris Dodd announced the hiring of Diane Strahan to run the organization's operations. — The Motion Picture Association of America, Hollywood's trade group, is touting today's hiring …
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Multichannel, Los Angeles Times, Talking Points Memo, The Wrap, Hillicon Valley and BWW Movies World. Tweets: @markmilian
| Caroline Winter / Business Week: |
Bitcoin: Making Online Gambling Legal in the U.S.? — Michael Hajduk had sunk one year and about $20,000 into developing his online poker site, Infiniti Poker, when the U.S. online gambling market imploded. On April 15, 2011, a day now known in the industry as Black Friday …
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Ars Technica and The Verge
| Tim-o-tato / Droid Life: |
Google Play Adds “Free for Print Subscribers” Option for Play Magazines — For people who actually read magazines on their tablets, this news is huge. Recently, Google has enabled the ability for paper magazine subscribers to transfer their subscriptions to the cloud and read their content right …
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Engadget, The Verge, Android Community, Android Police, Liliputing, Pocketnow and AndroidOS.in
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Windows 8 Tips — Tips and tricks for Windows 8 users.
Windows 8 Tips — Tips and tricks for Windows 8 users.
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:
How ImgPage Uploads 25 MB Photos to Cloud Files Using the Mailgun API — The team over at Mailgun just posted a Python tutorial written by Mailgun customer Paul Finn about how to use Python and the Mailgun API to upload large images to Cloud Files.
How ImgPage Uploads 25 MB Photos to Cloud Files Using the Mailgun API — The team over at Mailgun just posted a Python tutorial written by Mailgun customer Paul Finn about how to use Python and the Mailgun API to upload large images to Cloud Files.
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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