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A New Look for News Feed — Today we're announcing a new version of Facebook designed to reduce clutter and focus more on stories from the people you care about. You see all the stories you saw in your News Feed before, but with a fresh new look. We've completely rebuilt each story …
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Facebook introduces new News Feed with larger images, choice of feeds and consistent mobile design — Today, Facebook revealed the latest update for its News Feed feature, something that CEO Mark Zuckeberg says that helps make you see and feel things that users will care about.| Ryan Tate / Wired: |
With News Feed Overhaul, Facebook Delivers Your ‘Personalized Newspaper’ — Facebook redesigned its News Feed with bolder images and special sections for friends, photos, and music, saying the activity stream will become more like a “personalized newspaper” that fits better with people's mobile lifestyles.
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| Rebecca Greenfield / The Atlantic Wire: |
News Feed Is Facebook's New Jackpot — “Advertisers want really rich things like big pictures or videos,” Mark Zuckerberg said on the last earnings call for his social network, “and we haven't provided those things historically.” Well, even though he didn't say the word “advertiser” …
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| Claire Atkinson / New York Post: |
Record labels object to Apple's proposed 6-cents-per-100-songs royalty rate for streaming service — Apple has opened talks with record labels about getting rights for a music-streaming service — but has gotten plenty of push back because its offer is seen as way too cheap, The Post has learned.
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| Ben Sisario / Media Decoder: |
Apple's Internet Radio Service Said to Be Delayed — Apple's efforts to create an Internet radio service to compete with Pandora has been delayed by licensing negotiations with music companies, according to a number of people briefed on the talks. — Apple had hoped to introduce …
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| Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents: |
Google about to lose patent spat with Microsoft: German court inclined to ban Google Maps — [BREAKING NEWS during break at Munich patent trial; may still add more detail later] — Judge Dr. Matthias Zigann of the Munich I Regional Court just told Google and its Motorola Mobility subsidiary …
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Analysis: Next Intel CEO to guide new business, maybe Apple deal — (Reuters) - Intel's next CEO is likely to shepherd the top chipmaker into a growing contract-manufacturing business, a strategic shift that could lead to a deal with Apple Inc and give it a fighting chance to make inroads in the mobile arena.
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Pandora Shares Jump 18% After Better-Than-Expected Earnings, Mobile Revenue Up 111% To $80.3M — Veteran streaming radio platform Pandora released its fourth quarter earnings today, in which it saw its fiscal 2013 revenue of $427.1 million, representing a 56 percent year-over-year increase … | Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Loose Lips: Yahoo M&A Head Told Employees Company Looking at Two “Significant” and a Half-Dozen Small Buys — Lost in the sauce of the national work-from-home debate of last week that engulfed all things Yahoo, was a fascinating tidbit that several employees passed on to me from a recent Friday FYI meeting at its Silicon Valley HQ.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Android Accounted For 79% Of All Mobile Malware In 2012, 96% In Q4 Alone, Says F-Secure — Is it because Android is the most popular smartphone platform in the world right now, or is it because it's just fundamentally easier to attack? In any case, Google's mobile juggernaut Android continues … | Matthew Lynley / Digits: |
Recommendation Engine Outbrain Acquires Editorial Data Startup Visual Revenue — Outbrain, a content-recommendation startup based in New York, is acquiring Visual Revenue, a startup that gives editors of news sites tools and data to help with decision-making when setting up page layouts online.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
All Told, Nokia Owes $650M More To Microsoft In Their Long-Term Platform Deal, Says Nokia, But 2013 Will See A Net Gain For Finland — Nokia today filed its 20-F financial report for the last fiscal year, in which it reiterated its projections for the next year ahead on device sales and margins …
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Google and MPEG LA settle long-running VP8/H.264 patent dispute — Summary: In 2011, Google announced its intention to abandon the popular H.264 video standard in favor of its own open-source codec, VP8. That inspired legal threats from H.264 patent holders. Today the two groups announced a settlement.
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| John C. Dvorak / PC Magazine: |
Apple Maps Leads the Way in Navigation — On Monday I had a meeting at Apple with podcaster Leo LaPorte, TWiT CEO Lisa Kentzell, and marketing guy Glenn Rubenstein. We were in three separate cars, each with a different navigation system, and we had several places to stop … | Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Google's location-aware pocket tour guide app Field Trip comes to iOS — Google on Thursday released its location-aware Field Trip tour guide app for iOS. You can download it now directly from the Apple App Store. — Previously, the app was only available for Android, arriving on the scene back in September 2012.
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| Jeremy Hodges / Bloomberg: |
Apple Wins in Samsung U.K. Essential Patent Claim Trial — Apple Inc. (AAPL) won a U.K. lawsuit filed by Samsung Electronics (005930) Co. as part of the two companies' global patent battle over technology used on mobile devices. — Judge Christopher Floyd in London today invalidated …
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| Leonid Kravets / TechCrunch: |
Twitter Still Doesn't Have A Patent On Pull-Down-To-Refresh, But It's About To — Editor's note: Leonid ("Lenny") Kravets is a patent attorney at Panitch, Schwarze, Belisario and Nadel, LLP in Philadelphia, PA. Lenny focuses his practice on patent prosecution and intellectual property transactions in computer-related technology areas.| TechCrunch: |
Rovio Pulls Down Paywall For Original Angry Birds On iPhone, iPad To Reignite Downloads On Legacy Games As App Of The Week — Angry Birds may be one of the most popular apps of all time, but it's also not exactly a spring chicken. And so, to boost its downloads, publisher Rovio is now making …
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| Anna Heim / The Next Web: |
iPad presentation app Haiku Deck targets business users with charts, bullet lists and image editing — Haiku Deck is launching a new version of its iPad-based presentation app, the Seattle-based company announced today. New features include the ability to easily add pie and bar charts … | Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD: |
Read Carl Icahn's Letter to Dell's Board About the Buyout Plan — It's confirmed. Carl Icahn has an investment stake in Dell, and is gearing up for a fight against that company's proposal to go private in a leveraged buyout transaction. — Dell's board of directors confirmed what CNBC …
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