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New Android Smartphone Is Said to Favor Facebook — Facebook will introduce a special version of Google's Android software system next week that is modified to put the social network front and center on a smartphone. The software will debut on a handset made by HTC, said a Facebook employee who was briefed on the product.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook To Reveal “Home On Android” Sources Say Is A Modified OS On HTC At 4/4 Event — Facebook just invited press to an event at its headquarters on April 4th to “Come See Our New Home On Android”. Sources tell us it will be a modified version of the Android operating system …
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Showing Support for Marriage Equality on Facebook — The U.S. Supreme Court this week met to begin debating the future of same-sex marriage in the United States. To accompany this historic event, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) started urging people on Monday, March 25 to change … | Greg Sandoval / The Verge: |
Biting the hand that feeds you: why are record labels fighting Pandora? — Labels want streaming and web radio to grow the pie, but want their share too — A few years ago, leaders from the major record companies planted the seeds from which they hoped would spring the next generation of music distributors.| Jordan Golson / MacRumors: |
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Actually, Amazon Paid About $150 Million for Goodreads — According to sources, Amazon paid about $150 million for Goodreads, the popular books recommendation service. But that number could close in on $200 million, if certain performance metrics are met.| Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent: |
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New Windows 8 hardware specs hint at 7-inch tablets and a Microsoft Reader — Summary: A quiet change in the logo requirements for new Windows 8 devices allows Microsoft's hardware partners to build new devices that would compete with popular 7- and 8-inch tablets like the iPad Mini, Kindle Fire HD, and Google Nexus 7.
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LivingSocial Co-Founder And CTO Aaron Batalion To Leave The Company — Aaron Batalion, the co-founder and CTO of daily deals site LivingSocial, is leaving the company. He announced his departure in a post on his personal blog published Friday afternoon. — We've reached out to Batalion …
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2020 Census will be done by Internet — Add paper census questionnaires to the long list of everyday items becoming quaint vestiges of tired technology, like landline phones, television armoires and butterfly ballots. — The Census Bureau already has started offering an Internet option …
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Japan's NEC in talks to sell mobile phone unit to Lenovo: source — (Reuters) - Japan's NEC Corp is in talks to sell its struggling mobile phone unit to its personal computer venture partner Lenovo Group Ltd, a source familiar with the discussions said, confirming media reports of the negotiations.
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Password denied: when will Apple get serious about security? — Customers need some real talk about how data is kept and accessed — Last Friday, The Verge revealed the existence of a dead-simple URL-based hack that allowed anyone to reset your Apple ID password with just your email address and date of birth.| Nick Summers / The Next Web: |
Vine launches Web embeds, updates iOS app to share others' videos via Twitter and Facebook — Twitter has updated its Vine video service today so that users can embed both their own six-second shorts and those created by other users anywhere on the Internet.
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Dell Proxy Describes Downbeat Forecast — Dell Inc. described bleak prospects for its business and the personal computer industry as it laid out its most comprehensive case for accepting a $24.4 billion offer to go private, a decision that kicked off a high-stakes poker game between potential bidders for the computer maker.
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State-Owned Chinese Film Studio Sues Apple — Shanghai Animation Film Studio claims the Cupertino-based tech giant sold its films in the iTunes store without proper permission. — A State-owned Chinese animation studio has filed suit against Apple in a Beijing court … | Ben Gilbert / Engadget: |
OUYA available at retail on June 4 for $99 — The Android-powered $99 OUYA game console becomes available at retail on June 4th — a date which was revealed this week during the Game Developers Conference. OUYA's calling June 4th its “official launch date,” despite Kickstarter backers receiving units starting this month.
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