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Apple CEO Tim Cook Calls Shareholder Lawsuit A “Silly Sideshow,” Says Company Won't Waste Time On It — Last week, Apple was hit with a lawsuit from Greenlight Capital, David Einhorn's hedge fund, in order to contest a proposition which would include a requirement in Apple's charter that any move …
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| Matthew Lynley / Digits: |
Live Recap: Apple CEO Tim Cook Speaks at Goldman Conference — Apple CEO Tim Cook is speaking this morning at Goldman Sachs' Technology and Internet conference. — Apple's recent financial performance and a suit by shareholder Greenlight Capital over Apple's cash plans are shedding …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Tim Cook says Apple has explored major acquisitions, remains open to possibility — At today's Goldman Sachs conference, Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed that his company has routinely looked into large-scale acquisitions, but has decided against the idea to this point. “We have looked at large companies.
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| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
Apple announces $8B paid out to developers, a jump of $1B in just one month — Apple CEO Tim Cook today announced that Apple had paid out $8B to developers, a number that displays an increase of $1B since the last time numbers were announced on January 13th. That displays a massive increase in acceleration for developer payouts.| Jessica E. Lessin / Digits: |
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| Mike Isaac / AllThingsD: |
With Another $21 Million in the Bank, Social Site Nextdoor Launches Version 2.0 — The biggest problem facing some of the more private social networks is growth. Or a lack thereof, as it happens. Insular by design, expansion of these networks takes time — a slow, persistent burn.
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| Mike Isaac / AllThingsD: |
Setting Up Shop in the Valley and NYC, Samsung Aims to Boost Its Software Side — Over the past year, Samsung's quiet Silicon Valley presence has grown from a whisper to a shout, as the consumer electronics behemoth turns the home turf of rivals like Apple and Google into a beachhead for its U.S. operations.
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| Shira Ovide / Digits: |
Twitter, Amex to Collaborate on E-Commerce Sales on Twitter — Twitter Inc. is experimenting with becoming a shopping mall. — Twitter and American Express Co. said Monday they struck a partnership to allow Twitter users to buy products for the first time directly on the short messaging service.
| Darren Murph / Engadget: |
Microsoft talks plans for premium content production, details Xbox 360's transition to an ‘entertainment console’ — Yusuf Mehdi, senior vice president of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business, just sat down alongside Nancy Tellem, Corporate Vice President at Microsoft LA Studios … | Janko Roettgers / GigaOM: |
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The Next Xbox Has Mandatory Kinect, Game-Swapping and New Controllers, According To Leaked Info — The next-generation Xbox—the one that will follow the still-popular Xbox 360—will run multiple games at once, require game installations, and will only work when a much-improved version … | Bryan Bishop / The Verge: |
Google Now widget revealed in official Nexus support pages — Google showed off Android's Google Now system in a commercial last night, and the company may have another related surprise in store: a Google Now widget. As spotted by Android Central, several of Google's official support pages …
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| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
Android 4.2.2 brings Bluetooth audio fixes to Nexus phones and tablets — Android 4.2.2 is beginning to roll out to some Nexus phones and tablets. — Reddit user WeeManFoo — If you're an Android user and you like minor, bug-fixing software updates, you don't have to be jealous …
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| Kevin C. Tofel / GigaOM: |
Broadcom's new chip could bring 150 Mbps mobile broadband to your phone or tablet — Just because phones and tablets are now taking advantage of fast LTE networks doesn't mean we can't get ready for the next big thing. That's exactly what Broadcom is doing.
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AllThingsD, Broadcom, TechEye, The Verge, The Next Web, Engadget, PC Magazine, Broadcom Connected, Digits, Bloomberg, AnandTech and SlashGear
| David Ramli / Financial Review: |
Adobe cuts Australian prices after inquiry summons — US software giant Adobe has bowed to public pressure and slashed the price of some of its products for Australian customers a day after being ordered to front a parliamentary committee hearing in Canberra.| Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent: |
Inkling makes its Google-friendly digital publishing tools free to everyone — Inkling has spent three years and $30 million to build Inkling Habitat, a cloud-based set of digital publishing tools that let users create and collaborate on high-quality, interactive ebooks.| Justin Lafferty / AllFacebook: |
Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan Among Biggest American Philanthropists In 2012 — We all know that Facebook Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is one of the richest people in America, but he's also one of the most generous. The Chronicle of Philanthropy announced Monday that Zuckerberg … | David Meyer / GigaOM: |
Vertu makes post-Nokia comeback with $10K Android phone — Once upon a time Nokia had an England-based subsidiary called Vertu, which made absurdly expensive Symbian phones for people with more money than tech savvy. But then Nokia fell on hard times, and last year it offloaded the brand … | UBM TechInsights: |
Blackberry Z10 Teardown : Board Shots and Teardown Images — Inside the Blackberry Z10 - Building a path for a return to glory? Building off the momentum of an international product launch in New York that featured not only a corporate rebranding and the naming of a Grammy-award winning artist …
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| Nick Summers / The Next Web: |
Mojang officially releases Minecraft for free on the Raspberry Pi — A new version of Minecraft, which is arguably the most successful video game ever created by an indie developer, has been released today for free on the Raspberry Pi. — Built by Aron and Daniel over at Mojang …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Bill Gates' biggest Microsoft product regret: WinFS — Summary: In his first AMA on Reddit, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates calls WinFS the Microsoft product he most wished had made it to market. — Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is doing his first-ever Ask Me Anything (AMA) on Reddit on February 11.
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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 …
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Mobile Telco Dials In and Harnesses Big Data with Hadoop — Smartphones have transformed our daily lives. A key indicator of this trend is our increased spend on data plans versus voice.
Mobile Telco Dials In and Harnesses Big Data with Hadoop — Smartphones have transformed our daily lives. A key indicator of this trend is our increased spend on data plans versus voice.
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“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).
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