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Amazon.com to Acquire Goodreads — Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Goodreads, a leading site for readers and book recommendations that helps people find and share books they love. — “Amazon and Goodreads share a passion for reinventing reading …
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Amazon Acquires Social Reading Site Goodreads, Which Gives The Company A Social Advantage Over Apple — Today, Amazon has announced the acquisition of social reading service, Goodreads. Specific terms of the deal weren't disclosed and it should close by the end of Q2.
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| Duane Valz / Google Open Source Blog: |
Taking a stand on open source and patents — At Google we believe that open systems win. Open-source software has been at the root of many innovations in cloud computing, the mobile web, and the Internet generally. And while open platforms have faced growing patent attacks …
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| Sam Grobart / Businessweek: |
How Samsung Became the World's No. 1 Smartphone Maker — I'm in a black Mercedes-Benz (DAI) van with three Samsung Electronics PR people heading toward Yongin, a city about 45 minutes south of Seoul. Yongin is South Korea's Orlando: a nondescript, fast-growing city known for its tourist attractions … | Reuters: |
Exclusive: Wal-Mart may get customers to deliver packages to online buyers — (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc is considering a radical plan to have store customers deliver packages to online buyers, a new twist on speedier delivery services that the company hopes will enable it to better compete with Amazon.com Inc.
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Google Starts Testing Google Shopping Express In SF, With Free Delivery From Target, Walgreens, Staples And More — Google is finally opening up its Google Shopping Express service to the public today, with the same day delivery service being made available as a test to select users …
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| Chris Velazco / TechCrunch: |
BlackBerry Posts Promising Q4 Results After BB10 Launch: EPS Of $0.22, Revenue Of $2.7B, ~1M Z10s Shipped — For the past year BlackBerry has been trying to prove to the world that it's not a mobile has-been just yet, and that all came to a head earlier this year when the company finally released …
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Samsung Galaxy S4 preorders start at AT&T on April 16th for $249.99 — AT&T has announced availability and pricing for the new Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone. Customers will be able to preorder the Galaxy S4 starting on April 16th for $249.99 with a new two-year agreement.
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Microsoft debuts Web site to search all its patents — The Web giant and frequent target of intellectual property litigation says the move is designed to create greater transparency. It hopes other patent holders will follow suit. — No stranger to intellectual property litigation …
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eBay projects global commerce volume will be worth $300 billion in 2015 — Summary: The online auction giant has set a major goal to more than double its total commerce and payment volume targets within the next two years. — eBay revealed a handful of multi-billion dollar goals it plans …
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Apple aims to win over video editors — The redesign of Final Cut Pro editing software was met with derision in 2011. Now, after seven updates to the product, Apple is launching a marketing effort for its Final Cut Pro X. — A breakthrough for Final Cut Pro came in 2003 … | Russell Holly / Geek.com: |
Best Buy adding Samsung Stores in time for Galaxy S4 launch — Over the last two years, Best Buy stores have dramatically increased the number of smartphones and tablets they carry. Starting next month, you may find that Best Buy employees are much more inclined to offer you a Samsung product …
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| Linda Lye / ACLU: |
DOJ Emails Show Feds Were Less Than “Explicit” With Judges On Cell Phone Tracking Tool — A Justice Department document obtained by the ACLU of Northern California shows that federal investigators were routinely using a sophisticated cell phone tracking tool known as a “stingray,” …
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| James Trew / Engadget: |
Nexus 4 gets subtle design tweaks, nubbin to write home about — If the one thing you wanted from your Nexus 4 was LTE (we mean proper support), then still no joy. That said, some recent modifications suggest that LG and Google are still working to improve it in other — albeit utilitarian — ways.| Alex Williams / TechCrunch: |
Judge Says Mathematical Algorithms Can't Be Patented, Dismisses Uniloc Claim Against Rackspace — A federal judge has thrown out a patent claim against Rackspace, ruling that mathematical algorithms can't be patented. The ruling in the Eastern Disrict stemmed from a 2012 complaint filed …
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Dwolla Is Latest Victim Of DDoS Attacks: Site & API Down For Second Day — While the media continues to debate the severity of the denial-of-service attacks taking place across the web this month, they appear to have claimed another victim: payments startup Dwolla announced today that it … Sponsor Posts
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