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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.
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| 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 …
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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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| Darren Murph / Engadget: |
Samsung's David Eun: ongoing Apple v. Samsung litigation ‘a loss’ for innovation — David Eun, presently serving as EVP at Samsung's Open Innovation Center after stints at AOL, Google, Time Warner and NBC Entertainment, just took the stage here in Dana Point, California during the opening night of D:Dive Into Media 2013.
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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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| 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 …
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| John Boudreau / Mercury News: |
Apple CEO Tim Cook to sit with First Lady Michelle Obama during Tuesday's State of the Union address — Once again, Silicon Valley royalty will join First Lady Michelle Obama to watch her husband deliver his State of the Union address Tuesday. — Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook will sit in the First Lady's box …
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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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| Sven Grundberg / Wall Street Journal: |
Nokia Protests Over Indian Tax Raid — STOCKHOLM—Nokia Corp. on Tuesday said it has sent letters of complaint to Indian tax authorities after officials in the South Asian nation last month raided its manufacturing facility in Chennai. — The Finnish mobile phone maker said that the Indian tax raid runs …
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| Taylor Schreiner / Twitter Advertising: |
New Compete study: Primary mobile users on Twitter — We like to say that Twitter was born mobile. After all, the 140 character limit of Tweets was based on text messaging or SMS constraints. That means our platform was actually designed to allow anyone, anywhere to read, write and share Tweets.
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| Brian Heater / Engadget: |
eMusic no longer requires subscription, opens the indie music floodgates — Some big news for lovers of indie music with commitment issues. eMusic's CEO Adam Klein announced this morning that his service will be dumping its subscription requirement, letting customers download music …
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| Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: |
FCC invests $10M in new network security but leaves backdoor unlocked — In August of 2011, while in the middle of upgrading its network security monitoring, the Federal Communications Commission discovered it had already been hacked. Over the next month, the commission's IT staff …
| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Snapchat Brings Video To Android In A Private Beta — Snapchat has been on a roll lately, scooping up a $13.5 million funding round from Benchmark last week, toying around with monetization features, and becoming the world's favorite misunderstood mobile app.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
GoDaddy Buys M.dot, A Mobile Website-Building App, To Push Its Mobile And Freemium Businesses — GoDaddy, the web-hosting and domain registration giant, is taking one more step into the world of mobile, and another into offering small businesses a one-stop shop for all of their online activities with a freemium sweetener.| Kevin C. Tofel / GigaOM: |
Truphone extends low-cost global calling network with Wi-Fi — Truphone on Monday announced plans to add a new network to its global GSM partnerships: it's Wi-Fi. The new Truphone+ service , expected to debut at Mobile World Congress, will take advantage of wireless hotspots to broaden worldwide coverage and improve call quality.
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| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Dish Chairman Ergen Doesn't Want To Kill Ads, He Wants To Make Them Better — Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen is no stranger to controversy, so it should be no surprise that he has a controversial plan for the future of advertising. At the D: Dive Into Media conference today …
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| Jessica E. Lessin / Digits: |
Apple To Respond to Greenlight Suit by Wednesday — The walk-up to Apple's Feb. 27 shareholder meeting got more interesting last week when shareholder Greenlight Capital sued the company over its proxy as part of an effort to get Apple to return more cash to shareholders.| 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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| John McDermott / AdAge: |
Millennial Media In Talks to Acquire Mobile Ad Buying Platform Metaresolver — Real-Time Bidding Startup Purchased After Less Than a Year — Mobile ad network Millennial Media is close to a deal to acquire mobile ad targeting and real-time bidding startup Metaresolver, according to execs close to the company.
Thanks:@mcdermott
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Nokia Sells Oulu Campus For €30.5M, Leases Back Space — Leaving Room For Finnish Startups — The assets sale at Nokia, the world's former number one mobile maker, continues. After selling and leasing back its headquarters in December — injecting $230 million (€170 million) …
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