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UK judge who issued extreme ruling for Samsung against Apple hired by... Samsung! — By far and away the weirdest ruling in the worldwide smartphone and tablet wars came down last year in the UK, where a publicity order forcing Apple to promote Samsung's products and to make itself ridiculous … | Anton Troianovski / Wall Street Journal: |
Unsold iPhones Piling Up at Leap Wireless — For one of the country's prepaid cellphone carriers, a big bet on the iPhone is becoming a big headache. — Leap Wireless International Inc., which operates the Cricket cellphone brand, said it is on pace to sell half as many iPhones as it committed …
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As Nook revenues plunge, B&N says it's “calibrating” strategy but “committed” to devices — Barnes & Noble had warned investors that its third-quarter Nook earnings would be disappointing. The earnings report was released before the market opened Thursday morning, and indeed, Nook revenues … | Apple: |
iTunes U Content Tops One Billion Downloads — CUPERTINO, CaliforniaFebruary 28, 2013Apple® today announced that iTunes U® content downloads have topped one billion. iTunes U features the world's largest online catalog of free educational content from top schools and prominent libraries …
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Apple Supplier Corning Sees Three-Year Wait for Flexible Display — Corning Inc. (GLW), the maker of glass for Apple Inc. (AAPL) iPhones, said it will probably take at least three years before companies start making flexible displays using its new Willow material.| Wall Street Journal: |
Groupon's Loss Widens; Stock Dives — Groupon Inc.'s stock plunged 26% after the daily-deals site capped a turbulent first year as a public company with a wider quarterly loss and a forecast for weak growth. — Chicago-based Groupon has turned a profit just once since going public and is struggling to rev up sales.| Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web: |
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Time Warner Cable says there's no consumer demand for gigabit internet — Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference moments ago, Time Warner Cable's Chief Financial Officer Irene Esteves seemed dismissive of the impact Google Fiber is having on consumers.
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Samsung Fails to Block Apple iPhone, iPad Sales in Japan — Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) failed in a bid to block sales of Apple Inc. (AAPL) iPads and iPhones in Japan, the latest step in a global patent spat between the world's two largest smartphone makers.
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| Avram Piltch / LAPTOP Magazine: |
E Ink Android Phone Lasts a Week, Weighs Next to Nothing — Who would want a smartphone with a grayscale E Ink screen? Anyone who want days of battery life, superior outdoor readability and low cost should be interested in using the technology in a phone.
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| Steve Lohr / New York Times: |
I.B.M. Exploring New Feats for Watson — I.B.M.'s Watson beat “Jeopardy” champions two years ago. But can it whip up something tasty in the kitchen? — That is just one of the questions that I.B.M. is asking as it tries to expand its artificial intelligence technology and turn Watson … | Dave Lee / BBC: |
Court orders UK ISPs to block more piracy sites — The BPI says blocking sites helps protect the revenue streams needed to create new music — The High Court has ordered the UK's major internet service providers to block three websites offering links to pirated material.
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| Vitalik Buterin / Bitcoin Magazine: |
Bitcoin Price Breaks All Time High — The Bitcoin price has just broken the all-time high of $31.9099 that it set on June 9, 2011 on MtGox. After a persistent, one-and-a-half month rally from $13 to $38, followed by nearly two weeks of bumping up against $30 and then hovering around the $28-$31.5 range …
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| Alex Fitzpatrick / Mashable!: |
ISPs Finally Explain How ‘Six Strikes’ Anti-Piracy Program Will Work — Internet Service Providers are finally revealing how they will implement a new anti-piracy system known as “Six Strikes” which has been rolling out this week. — The program, officially called the Copyright Alert System … | Scott Webster / CNET: |
Big screens and Jelly Bean mark Android trends at Mobile World Congress — The annual conference yields plenty of new Android products but what do they have in common? — As expected, the annual Mobile World Congress has delivered an army of new Android device devices.
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An Autopsy of a Dead Social Network — Following the collapse of the social network Friendster, computer scientists have carried out a digital autopsy to find out what went wrong — Friendster is a social network that was founded in 2002, a year before Myspace and two years before Facebook.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Online Radio Service TuneIn Adds Recommendation Engine And Google+ Sign-In Integration — TuneIn, the popular online radio service that lets users listen to over 70,000 radio stations from around the world, just announced the launch of TuneIn Live, the company's new service for helping listeners discover new audio content.
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| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Video Chat Startup Rabbit Raises $3.3 Million From Google Ventures, CrunchFund, And Bebo Founder Michael Birch — Just a few weeks ago, we told you about Rabbit, a new video chat app that launched in private beta. Separating itself from other video chat services, the company seeks to enable persistent …
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With $1.8M From Andreessen, Chris Sacca & More, Rental Marketplace Getable Digs Into The $32B Construction Market — When we last caught up with Getable, the startup formerly known as Rentcycle, it was announcing that Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph was joining Collaborative Fund founder Craig Shapiro …
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| Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
Comcast Punishes BitTorrent Pirates With Browser Hijack — Earlier this week when the six strikes system launched, little was known (officially) about the punishments ISPs were planning for persistent pirates. — Since then Verizon reinstated their copyright alerts section, revealing the mitigation measured that leaked last month.
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| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Google, Facebook And Twitter Ordered To Delete Photos By UK Law Enforcement — It seems that, once again, the UK is going censorship crazy and not realizing how that only attacts more attention to that which they're trying to censor. This time, it involves some photos that were posted online …
| Kunal / Sammy Hub: |
Samsung planning something at Times Square on Galaxy S4 unveiling day — There's no doubt that Samsung will go on a marketing overdrive when they announce their Galaxy S4 on March 14 but according to an image posted by Samsung Mobile, they're planning to do something special on the unveiling day at the Times Square as well.
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Business Insider, 9to5Google, LAPTOP Magazine, BGR, Pocketnow, Engadget, Softpedia News, Electronista, The Next Web and BestTechie. Tweets: @samsungmobile
| Ellyne Phneah / ZDNet: |
China says US regularly hacks its military sites — Summary: Web sites of Defense Ministry and China Military Online were hacked approximately 144,000 times per month in 2012, with over 60 percent of IP addresses originating from the U.S., says China's defense ministry. — Ellyne Phneah
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