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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple ready to release additional iPad model; likely 128GB version (Updated: Pricing) — We've gotten word from sources that Apple is preparing to release (in some fashion) a single, additional iPad model. This would be a new SKU for the current fourth-generation iPad with Retina display line.
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ABCNEWS, Ars Technica, Examiner, Digital Media Wire, Engadget, Los Angeles Times, The Verge, PC Magazine, GigaOM, VentureBeat, ZDNet, TechCrunch, The Droid Guy, ValueWalk, TechSpot, Gizmodo, digitaltrends.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, iPhone, Apple Bitch, Gearburn, Phones Review, Geek.com, Electronista, MobileSyrup.com, PadGadget, Tech Shout!, iDownloadBlog.com, App Advice, everythingiCafe, newlaunches.com, TUAW, Geeks Hut, SlashGear, iPhone Hacks and Softpedia News. Tweets: @markgurman
| David Drummond / The Official Google Blog: |
Google's approach to government requests for user data — Today, January 28, is Data Privacy Day, when the world recognizes the importance of preserving your online privacy and security. — If it's like most other days, Google—like many companies that provide online services to users …
| Eric Engleman / Bloomberg: |
Google Leads Fight to Limit Government Access to E-Mail on Cloud — Google Inc. (GOOG), which says it gets about 1,400 requests a month from U.S. authorities for users' e- mails and documents, is organizing an effort to press for limits on government access to digital communications.
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Datamation.com and ZDNet
| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases iOS 6.1 with more LTE carrier support, Fandango movie ticket purchasing via Siri, iTunes Match individual song downloading — Apple has released iOS 6.1 to iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, and Apple TV users. This public release follows five beta seeds to developers.
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MacRumors, Apple, CNET, ZDNet, BGR, Engadget, The Verge, The Next Web, GigaOM, Gizmodo, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, TUAW, Gotta Be Mobile, The Loop, MacStories and Apple Fan Site. Tweets: @viticci. Thanks:@markgurman
| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Apple TV updated with Bluetooth keyboard support, Up Next, enhanced iTunes in the Cloud — After releasing iOS 6.1 with support for more LTE carriers, Siri movie ticket purchasing, and more, Apple has also released an update to Apple TV bringing Bluetooth keyboard support (as previously discovered) …
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Engadget, The Verge and Apple Fan Site
| Bloomberg: |
Acer Sees Success in Chrome; Windows Fails to Drive Sales — Acer Inc. (2353), the Taiwanese computer maker that's suffered two consecutive annual losses, posted strong sales of notebooks using Google Inc. (GOOG)'s Chrome platform after the release of Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)'s Windows 8 failed to ignite the market.
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| Nathan Ingraham / The Verge: |
Hardcore porn briefly climbs to the top of Vine's 'Editor's Picks,' Twitter blames it on ‘human error’ — The launch of Twitter's video-sharing service Vine has brought with it another look at pornography on Apple's tightly-controlled iOS platform, and that scrutiny may be about to increase …
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| Nathan Ingraham / The Verge: |
HP's first Chromebook revealed in leaked spec sheet — HP is preparing to launch its first entry into the Chromebook marketplace, if a PDF found on its site can be believed. According to this listing, HP's currently-unannounced Pavilion Chromebook will feature a 1.1GHz Celeron processor …
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CNET, digitaltrends.com, ZDNet, The Next Web, 9to5Google and Softpedia News
| Shen Jingting / China Daily: |
Ban on games consoles may be lifted, suggests Culture Ministry source — Chinese authorities are reviewing a decade-long ban on game consoles and considering the possibility of opening up the country's video game hardware market, a government source told China Daily.
| Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch: |
Marc Andreessen On The Future Of Enterprise — In doing research for a post on “The Enterprise Cool Kids” at the tail end of last year, I interviewed Silicon Valley veteran Marc Andreessen about where he thought the enterprise was headed. — While excerpts of that interview made it into the post … | Jeremy Wagstaff / Reuters: |
In Asia's trend-setting cities, iPhone fatigue sets in — (Reuters) - Apple Inc's iconic iPhone is losing some of its luster among Asia's well-heeled consumers in Singapore and Hong Kong, a victim of changing mobile habits and its own runaway success. — Driven by a combination of iPhone fatigue … | Julianne Pepitone / CNNMoney.com: |
Yahoo earnings: Mayer still has much to prove — Former Googler Marissa Mayer shocked the world last summer by taking the CEO spot at Yahoo, a brand marred by tumultuous CEO tenures and waning relevance. — Since then, Yahoo's stock has been on a tear and analysts are pinning their hopes …
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| Tricia Duryee / AllThingsD: |
Payvment Pulls the Plug on Facebook Commerce — Payvment announced today that is shutting down its Facebook commerce platform and handing over its customers to a competitor. — In a letter on its website, Payvment said that it and its companion site, Lish.com, will be closed as of March 1.| Josh Ong / The Next Web: |
Lenovo responds to RIM acquisition reports, claims comments were taken out of context — After a Bloomberg report quoted Lenovo's CFO Wong Waiming as saying that it was interested in acquiring Research In Motion, the Chinese PC maker has issued a statement downplaying the significance of the quote.
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PC Magazine, SiliconANGLE, Forbes, TechCrunch, ZDNet, Engadget, BGR, GSMArena Blog, PhoneArena, memeburn and FierceWireless. Thanks:@jonrussell
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft to launch the new Office commercially on January 29 — Summary: Finally, an official confirmation. Microsoft is launching the new Office, a k a Office 2013, on January 29. — It's finally official. Microsoft is launching the new Office, a k a Office 2013, on January 29.| Liz Gannes / AllThingsD: |
ChaCha, Still Grinding Away at This Online Q&A Thing, Raises Another $14M — Giving people answers instead of links is the new hotness in search. To its credit, Q&A site ChaCha has been trying to do just that for six years now, and it's getting one last push of venture capital.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Twitter Gets More Transparent With A New, Dedicated Site Reporting 6,646 Copyright Complaints And 1,858 Gov't Info Requests — Twitter, now at 200 million monthly active users, is ramping up to be a big player in content delivery with embedded video services from Vine the latest move in that direction.
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Twitter Blog, The Verge, VentureBeat, CNET, Gizmodo, The Next Web, Daily Dot, SecurityWeek and Plagiarism Today
| Aaron Souppouris / The Verge: |
Samsung being investigated for ‘coverup’ in overnight fatality at semiconductor plant — Korean news sources are reporting that Samsung “covered up” gas leaks that led to the death of a worker at its Semiconductor plant in Hwaseong, Korea. The incident began last night at around 11pm local time …
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CNET, The Next Web, Engadget, Softpedia News, PhoneArena and Gizmodo
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Launches “Ask Our Chief Privacy Officer” To Replace Policy Voting With Understanding — To “enable you to send us your questions, concerns, and feedback about privacy”, Facebook today launched “Ask Our Chief Privacy Officer”. Questions submitted through the form on Facebook's Privacy Page … Sponsor Posts
Channel 9:
Defrag Tools: WPT - Command Line — Andrew Richards, Chad Beeder, and Larry Larsen continue walking you through the Windows Performance Toolkit (WPT).
Defrag Tools: WPT - Command Line — Andrew Richards, Chad Beeder, and Larry Larsen continue walking you through the Windows Performance Toolkit (WPT).
Cloud Foundry:
Static.com Adds Hadoop Support for Cloud Foundry — In this guest post, Jake Farrell, CTO for Static.com, explains how the major shift in the hosting industry towards platforms for high developer productivity …
Static.com Adds Hadoop Support for Cloud Foundry — In this guest post, Jake Farrell, CTO for Static.com, explains how the major shift in the hosting industry towards platforms for high developer productivity …
Rackspace Blog:
An Army Is Forming To Battle Patent Trolls — For the past several months, we've exposed the flaws in the patent system and how they're being exploited by opportunistic patent trolls looking to extort a quick buck …
An Army Is Forming To Battle Patent Trolls — For the past several months, we've exposed the flaws in the patent system and how they're being exploited by opportunistic patent trolls looking to extort a quick buck …
Hortonworks » Blog:
Hadoop, Hadoop, Hurrah! HDP for Windows is Now GA! — Today we are very excited to announce that Hortonworks Data Platform for Windows (HDP for Windows) is now generally available and ready to support the most demanding production workloads.
Hadoop, Hadoop, Hurrah! HDP for Windows is Now GA! — Today we are very excited to announce that Hortonworks Data Platform for Windows (HDP for Windows) is now generally available and ready to support the most demanding production workloads.
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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