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HP emerges as big winner in webOS sale, and LG doesn't rule out a phone — LG doesn't seem to know why it just bought webOS — HP will indeed sell key pieces of its webOS product and team to LG for use in smart TVs, but contrary to earlier leaked reports, the deal doesn't include the entire webOS portfolio.| Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
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| Andy Greenberg / Forbes: |
Apple Is Beta-Testing An Update That Kills Evasi0n Jailbreak — All good jailbreaks must come to an end. — Late last week Apple released an update for iOS to developers in beta that prevents the use of the popular jailbreak software evasi0n, according to one of evasi0n's creators who tested the patch over the weekend, David Wang.| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Nokia Expands Its Windows Phones To More Price Points With $180 Entry Level Lumia 520 And $330 Mid-Range Lumia 720 — Nokia has just announced two new Lumia smartphones at its Mobile World Congress press conference - broadening its Windows Phone 8 portfolio to five devices and filling …
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Nokia Conversations, T-Mobile, Nokia Conversations, Nokia Conversations, New York Times, TechCrunch, ZDNet, Reuters, AllThingsD, Neowin, The Verge, Forbes, VentureBeat, Computerworld, WMPoweruser, MobileSyrup.com, LAPTOP Magazine, Gotta Be Mobile, VentureBeat, Phones Review, Technology Personalized, IntoMobile and IntoMobile. Thanks:@riptari
| Luke Westaway / CNET: |
Asus Fonepad is a cheap 7-inch Jelly Bean tablet that makes calls — CNET Editors' Take — Asus isn't exactly the first company that springs to mind when you think of tablets, but having constructed Google's brilliant Nexus 7 device, it's proved that it can crank out a terrific slate.| Dana Wollman / Engadget: |
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| Matt Brian / The Next Web: |
Sony jumps on the Mozilla bandwagon, will launch Firefox OS device in 2014 — Following the news yesterday that LG and Huawei have committed to launching new smartphones running Mozilla's Firefox OS platform, Sony today announced it too wants a piece of the HTML5 pie, committing to launching a Firefox OS device in 2014.| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
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| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Survey Says: Despite Yahoo Ban, Most Tech Companies Support Work-From-Home for Employees — Last week, a fierce debate erupted over a range of social networks and in the media about a story we posted on Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's new decree that employees at the Silicon Valley Internet company would no longer be able to work from home.
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| Christopher Brook / threatpost: |
Another iPhone Passcode Bypass Vulnerability Discovered — It's getting hard to keep track of all the bugs piling up for Apple's iPhone. Now it seems a glitch in the iOS kernel of Apple's much maligned iOS 6.1 is responsible for yet another passcode bypass vulnerability, the second to surface this month.| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
App.net introduces free tier, invite-only for now, includes following 40 people — Today, the versatile web platform App.net introduces its new free tier. The free accounts will be available by invite only from a current member and will allow the following of 40 accounts and 500MB of file storage.
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| David Carr / New York Times: |
For ‘House of Cards,’ Using Big Data to Guarantee Its Popularity — In the television business, there is no such thing as a sure thing. You can have a gold-plated director, a bankable star and a popular concept and still, it's just a roll of the dice. — Or is it?
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Zynga shuts Baltimore studio and consolidates three other locations — Following up on its promise to be more cost efficient, casual and social game publishing giant Zynga is shutting down its Baltimore studio today and consolidating locations in three other cities.| Amir Efrati / Wall Street Journal: |
Samsung's Heft in Android Worries Google — Samsung Electronics Co. has become the biggest seller of mobile devices using Google Inc.'s Android mobile operating system. That creates a problem for Google. — Samsung's growing might—last year, the South Korean manufacturer shipped nearly 200 million … | Robin Wauters / The Next Web: |
Yandex deals Google a one-two punch, debuts alternative Android app store and 3D interface — We knew it was coming soon, but Yandex has waited for the official start of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to actually debut it: say hola to Yandex.Store, its alternative Android app store …
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| Adrianne Jeffries / The Verge: |
Internet providers launch controversial Copyright Alert System, promise ‘education’ over lawsuits — The new program rolls out with five major internet service providers today, but the bark is worse than the bite — Five major internet service providers have signed onto a private sector effort …
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Center for Copyright …, Ars Technica, The Register, Forbes, The Technology Chronicles, Electronic Frontier Foundation, PC Magazine, Technology Liberation Front, Gizmodo, The Next Web, Center for Democracy …, Media Decoder, BGR, Daily Dot, Plagiarism Today, The Hill, hypebot and Evolver.fm. See also Mediagazer
| Michael J. De La Merced / DealBook: |
J. Crew Chief and American Express Invest in Warby Parker — Warby Parker, the hip purveyor of retro-style glasses, has solidified ties with two of its most prominent fans. — Now the three-year-old start-up can count Millard S. Drexler, the chief executive of J. Crew … | Marco Arment / Marco.org: |
The Magazine: now with full-article sharing, web subscriptions — When I launched The Magazine in October, I didn't know whether enough people would subscribe to keep it afloat. I didn't know whether most people would make fun of the idea, argue that articles on the internet should be free …
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| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
After CEO Departure, Mobile Video Startup Viddy Cuts Staff By More Than A Third — It was less than a year ago that Viddy was flying high, quoting massive user growth and raising a massive $30 million round of funding from NEA, Goldman Sachs, Khosla Ventures, and Battery Ventures.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Visa, Samsung Ink NFC Deal, Galaxy S IV First In Line For Deep Integration; ROAM Is Visa's First ‘Ready’ Mobile Payment Partner — Visa is swiftly moving ahead announcing its first partners for its new NFC initiative and push into the wider world of mobile payments — two programs it announced …
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Bloomberg Tech Blog, The Verge, The Verge, CNET, NYT Bits, AllThingsD, Neowin, ReadWrite, PhoneArena, 9to5Google, Gotta Be Mobile and NFC World
| Jack Purcher / Patent Bolt: |
Google Glass Part 2: Binocular — A head mounted display ("HMD") is a display device worn on or about the head. HMDs usually incorporate some sort of near-to-eye optical system to display an image within a few centimeters of the human eye. Single eye displays are referred to as monocular HMDs … | Daniel Cooper / Engadget: |
Facebook and 18 carriers to offer discounted mobile messaging data in 14 countries — Shooting the breeze using Facebook's mobile messaging service is about to get a lot cheaper. The social network is teaming up with 18 carriers in 14 countries to provide free or heavily discounted data to its customers.| Jeff John Roberts / paidContent: |
Aereo expands TV on-the-go service to 3 more states, launches first big ad campaign — Aereo, a service that lets users watch live TV on their iPhones, tablets and computers, has expanded from New York City to 29 counties across New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
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TechCrunch, LAPTOP Magazine, VatorNews, CNET, VentureBeat, TWICE, VideoNuze Analysis, The Verge and AdAge. Thanks:@jeffjohnroberts. See also Mediagazer
| Mike Dano / FierceWireless: |
Sprint launches prepaid LTE service through Virgin, Boost — Less than a year after switching on its LTE network, Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) announced it will offer LTE services through its prepaid brands: Virgin Mobile USA and Boost Mobile. The action dramatically lowers the cost …
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