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BlackBerry Z10 Said to Hit AT&T Stores on March 22 to Reach U.S. — BlackBerry's new Z10 device will go on sale with AT&T Inc. (T) on March 22 as the Canadian smartphone maker seeks a sales recovery in its biggest market, according to two people familiar with the plan.| Joel Rosenblatt / Bloomberg: |
Apple Can't Duck Giving Documents in Privacy Lawsuit — Apple Inc. (AAPL) must show in detail how it's complying with court orders to turn over evidence in a privacy lawsuit, a judge ruled, saying he can no longer rely on what the company tells him in the case.| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
Facebook acquires Storylane team, but does not get its product, stories or data — Facebook has acquired the team behind community story sharing service Storylane, its CEO Jonathan Gheller said in a post on the site today. The acquisition, first noted by GigaOm, is of the team behind … | Vernon Silver / Businessweek: |
Skype's Been Hijacked in China, and Microsoft Is O.K. With It — Jeffrey Knockel is an unlikely candidate to expose the inner workings of Skype's role in China's online surveillance apparatus. The 27-year-old computer-science graduate student at the University of New Mexico … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Redesign Kills Ticker, Almost — Tired of seeing every inane detail of yours friends lives pop up in that annoying Facebook sidebar ? Well apparently Facebook was too as the redesign announced yesterday eliminates Ticker for some, and banishes it to the bottom of the left Chat sidebar as a one-story tall blip for others.| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Facebook adds 9 new Open Graph actions for developers to use in fitness, books, movies and TV apps — Following the unveiling of its revamped News Feed on Thursday, Facebook on Friday announced new ways for developers to leverage Open Graph actions in their “lifestyle” apps.| Hugo Miller / Bloomberg: |
BlackBerry's Heins Says He Won't Sell $50 Phones — BlackBerry (BBRY), the Canadian smartphone maker, said it's readying less expensive devices for emerging markets like India, though it has no plans to compete with lower-cost Asian rivals at the $50 to $60 level.| David Streitfeld / New York Times: |
Revolution in Resale of Digital Books and Music — The prospect of online stores that sell used e-books and digital music has heartened consumer advocates, but publishers and artists are worried.| Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: |
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Apple unlikely to introduce wireless charging iPhones this year despite rumors to the contrary — Digitimes is out today with a report that states Apple and Samsung are set to introduce wireless charging flagship phones this year. At least with Apple, this is unlikely.| Amir Efrati / Wall Street Journal: |
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Exclusive: CDW owners plan IPO after $7.3 billion buyout - sources — (Reuters) - Technology products retailer CDW, which was taken private by Madison Dearborn Partners LLC and Providence Equity Partners for $7.3 billion in 2007, has hired banks for an initial public offering later this year, people familiar with the matter said.| Liz Gannes / AllThingsD: |
Google to Pay $7M to Settle Wi-Spy Case With More Than 30 U.S. Attorneys General — Google will soon settle with the attorneys general representing more than 30 U.S. states over its Street View cars collecting data from unsecured Wi-Fi networks, multiple sources said.| Aaron Gould Sheinin / Atlanta Journal-Constitution: |
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HTC Facebook Phone Specs Leak, Outlining A Solid Mid-Range Device With FB And Instagram Pre-Loaded — Question: How do you attract a key youth, mobile-first demographic to your social network and get them to increase engagement? Answer: Partner with an OEM handset manufacturer to create … | Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune: |
5 Apples for every Android on Gogo Inflight Wi-Fi networks — iPads are the most popular aircraft device. Then laptops. Then iPhones. — FORTUNE — “Apple devices are still reigning above the clouds,” according to Gogo Inflight, the largest U.S. provider of in-air online connectivity … | Nick Summers / The Next Web: |
PayPal launches new mobile SDK for iOS, supporting in-app transactions and new payment methods — PayPal is launching a new mobile SDK today to try to make it easier for developers to accept payments in iOS apps. Now, customers will no longer be forced to leave the app in order to complete a transaction …
Windows Store Weekly — This week we take a look at: Star Trek App, Box, Fling Theory, StumbleUpon, and wordBrush.
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 …
An Army Is Forming To Battle Patent Trolls — For the past several months, we've exposed the flaws in the patent system and how they're being exploited by opportunistic patent trolls looking to extort a quick buck …
Mobile Telco Dials In and Harnesses Big Data with Hadoop — Smartphones have transformed our daily lives. A key indicator of this trend is our increased spend on data plans versus voice.
“Yammer sucks” — Not to be mean to Yammer, or anything — it's a very good tool for some use cases — but that's what a customer told me recently (and others feel the same way).This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 5:00 PM ET, March 8, 2013.
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