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Groupon Announces Leadership Change — Board Appoints Eric Lefkofsky and Ted Leonsis to the Office of the Chief Executive — CHICAGO—(BUSINESS WIRE)— Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN), the global leader in local commerce, today announced a leadership change in which Executive Chairman Eric Lefkofsky …
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| Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web: |
Andrew Mason is out as CEO of Groupon, here's his sendoff letter — Today it was announced that Groupon will move to replace Andrew Mason as its CEO. The decision comes the day following the reporting of its painful fourth quarter financial performance, that included a surprise loss, and lukewarm revenues.
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| Brian Boland / Facebook Newsroom: |
Facebook to Acquire Atlas from Microsoft — We're pleased to announce that we have agreed to acquire the Atlas Advertiser Suite from Microsoft. Atlas is a leader in campaign management and measurement for marketers and agencies. We believe this acquisition will benefit both marketers and users, and we'd like to explain why.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Google's CFO says Motorola's upcoming products aren't ‘wow’ by Google standards (update) — If you were hoping to see a revelatory smartphone from Motorola in the near future, you might want to tone down those expectations. Google's Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President Patrick Pichette today … | Gregory Ferenstein / TechCrunch: |
FCC To Investigate Cell Phone Unlocking Ban — Following an online uproar over a law banning the unlocking of cell phones, the Federal Communications Commission will investigate whether the ban is harmful to economic competitiveness and if the executive branch has any authority to change the law.
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BSkyB buys Telefónica UK's fixed-line business for $300M — British Sky Broadcasting Group (BSkyB) will buy Telefónica's UK fixed-line broadband and telephony business for up to £200 million ($303 million), the companies announced early on Friday.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google Launches Zopfli To Compress Data More Densely And Make Web Pages Load Faster — Google just launched Zopfli, a new open source compression algorithm that can compress web content about 3 to eight 8 more densely (PDF) than the standard zlib library. Because Zopfli is compatible …
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Evernote for iOS Update: New View, Better PDF Support, Evernote Business Improvements, and More — Today's Evernote for iOS (5.2) update is full of exciting and useful features, including a new way to view your notes, a completely overhauled PDF experience, more formatting options …
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| Gary Sims / Android Authority: |
Ex-Apple marketing guru Guy Kawasaki now advising Motorola — Apple's former chief technology evangelist Guy Kawasaki has taken a job as an advisor to Motorola. His remit at Motorola includes product design, user interface, marketing, and social media. One of his first social media tasks …
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| Bloomberg: |
Google Defeats Publishers Over Copyright in German Parliament — Google Inc. (GOOG) and other news aggregators may continue to show short news items on their Internet sites without being required to pay, German lawmakers decided in a parliamentary vote today in a blow to publishers including Axel Springer AG (SPR) and Bertelsmann SE.
| Tim Carmody / The Verge: |
Bradley Manning pleads guilty to being Wikileaks source, denies ‘aiding the enemy’ — Manning will read an extended personal statement detailing his actions and his motives, describing ‘moral outrage’ at the US Army's actions in Iraq — US Army Private First Class Bradley Manning … | Jack Purcher / Patently Apple: |
Apple Invents Advanced iPad Magnetics System for Dual iPad Notebook, Tripod Stands, Gaming Controller & Much More — On February 28, 2013, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that reveals a system for magnetically attaching a tablet device to a supporting structure.
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Silent email filtering makes iCloud an unreliable option — These days, so much important communication is conducted by email that we expect it to be rock solid. So when emails don't arrive—or even worse, we don't know that they didn't arrive—it can be worrisome.| Sue Zeidler / Reuters: |
Hollywood targets “rogue” mobile apps in war on pirated content — (Reuters) - Hollywood studios, which for years have waged a war against online piracy, are now going after so-called “rogue” mobile apps that use images from movies and television shows without their permission.
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Apple Required Executives to Hold Triple Their Salary in Stock — Apple Inc. earlier this month reversed its stance on a corporate-governance measure related to executive compensation, implementing a new rule that executives must hold triple their base salary in company stock.
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Exclusive: EU regulators likely to fine Microsoft by end-March - sources — (Reuters) - EU competition regulators plan to fine Microsoft before the end of March in a case tied to the U.S. software giant's antitrust battle in Europe more than a decade ago, two people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
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| Amir Efrati / Wall Street Journal: |
Google's Low Profile at Show Belies Its Clout — Android-Phone Makers Generate Buzz at Mobile World Congress; a Rare Apple Sighting — BARCELONA—Google Inc. kept a low profile during this year's biggest mobile-industry event here, but the Internet-search giant's long tentacles were visible all across the Mobile World Congress.
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Best Buy Says It Got No Offer From Founder Schulze — Best Buy Co. (BBY) said it received no offer from founder Richard Schulze by the deadline yesterday and will continue to focus on its turnaround. — The deadline expired and Schulze didn't make a bid, the Richfield, Minnesota-based retailer said in a statement today.
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Megaupload founder suffers procedural setback in U.S. extradition bid — (Reuters) - A New Zealand court ruled on Friday that the United States does not have to hand over all its evidence against Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, a setback for the German national in a U.S. bid to extradite …
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Twilio and 500 Startups take their seed fund to Europe — Taking to the stage at the London Web Summit today, Twilio co-founder and CEO Jeff Lawson announced an extension to their partnership with Dave McLure's seed accelerator 500 Startups, which will see a new micro-fund made available specifically … | Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
youdidntgetglass Google Has Closed Registrations For Their #ifihadglass Pre-Order Ploy — Google has officially shut down registrations for its #ifihadglass round of Google Glass pre-orders/applications. — The competition was first announced on February 20, alongside …
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Featured Startup - FormVerse — If there was one tool not made for effective work, it would have to be email. If you take silos of information, and a chronological effect, where old or new is piled on top of each other …
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Static.com Adds Hadoop Support for Cloud Foundry — In this guest post, Jake Farrell, CTO for Static.com, explains how the major shift in the hosting industry towards platforms for high developer productivity …
Static.com Adds Hadoop Support for Cloud Foundry — In this guest post, Jake Farrell, CTO for Static.com, explains how the major shift in the hosting industry towards platforms for high developer productivity …
Rackspace Blog:
DevOps: Improved Productivity, Higher Value — Those of us who have been aligned with DevOps for some time already know that the greater agility and closer collaboration it enables deliver real business value for our organizations.
DevOps: Improved Productivity, Higher Value — Those of us who have been aligned with DevOps for some time already know that the greater agility and closer collaboration it enables deliver real business value for our organizations.
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Get Started with Hadoop on Hortonworks Data Platform 1.1 for Windows — We are excited to release the Hortonworks Data Platform 1.1 for Windows as a Generally Available product.
Get Started with Hadoop on Hortonworks Data Platform 1.1 for Windows — We are excited to release the Hortonworks Data Platform 1.1 for Windows as a Generally Available product.
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