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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 … | 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.
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Apple Closing 20 Retail Stores In Order To Expand Them, Accomodate More Customers — Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a keynote speech at the Goldman Sachs investor conference that Apple was going to close 20 of its retail stores, in order to move them and make them large enough to serve the ongoing influx of Apple customers.
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Facebook's Next Big App Categories Will Be Movies, Books, And Fitness — As Facebook is working to build partnerships with big media companies, the company sees a huge opportunity for growth in the sharing and discovery of movies, books and fitness tools on its platform.
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Marketing Land, AllThingsD, AllThingsD, Engadget and The Verge
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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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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Intel confirms its Internet TV launch this year, complete with set-top box and a camera — Erik Huggers, General Manager of Intel Media, has confirmed that the company is, in fact, working on providing television over the internet, and it plans to do so with new consumer hardware …
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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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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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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 … | 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.| 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 … | Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch: |
Yahoo Acquires Mobile “Nearby Recommendation” iPhone and Web App Alike — Today, mobile app company Alike has announced that it has been acquired by Yahoo and will be joining the Yahoo Mobile team. — Alike allows you to recommend nearby venues that are your “favorites.”
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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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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.
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TechCrunch, Guardian, Inquirer, Engadget, Betabeat, bub.blicio.us, Business Wire, The Register, Business Insider, WebProNews, Music Week, BBC, memeburn, Fortune, Softpedia News, AdExchanger, Mobile Entertainment, Computerworld, Mashable!, Adweek, Fast Company, VentureBeat, Marketing Land and The Verge. Tweets: @americanexpress
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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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| Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land: |
Financial Analyst Affirms Google's $1 Billion In “Default Search” Payments To Apple — Last year the FTC asked Apple to disclose the terms of Google's “default” search presence on iOS. This was part of the US government's broader antitrust investigation of Google, which is now over.
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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 … | 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 … | 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, Broadcom Connected, The Next Web, The Verge, Engadget, PC Magazine, Bloomberg, Digits, AnandTech and SlashGear
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Big Investors Strengthen Opposition to Dell's Sale — Updated One of the country's biggest mutual fund managers signaled its opposition to Dell's proposed $24.4 billion sale on Tuesday, as another investor disclosed a major step in a campaign to fight the deal.
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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.
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