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Nokia Lumia 928 for Verizon pictured in leaked image — Images are surfacing of what purports to be Nokia's upcoming flagship Windows Phone device for Verizon, the Lumia 928. Twitter user @evleaks posted renders of the front and back of the 920 variant, and outwardly it looks nearly the same as AT&T's.| Martin Bryant / The Next Web: |
Google publishes - then removes - a post stating that Fiber will launch in Austin, Texas next — A report from VentureBeat yesterday, citing multiple sources, claimed that Google and the City of Austin would be announcing the launch of the Google Fiber gigabit Internet service in the Texan city on Tuesday.
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Fake Twitter Followers Becomes Multimillion-Dollar Business — Far from slowing, the market for fake Twitter followers seems to be taking off. — The fake Twitter follower phenomenon made headlines last summer after Mitt Romney's Twitter following jumped by 100,000 in a matter of days.| Reuters: |
Exclusive: Former News Corp President Chernin bids $500 million for Hulu — (Reuters) - Former News Corp president Peter Chernin bid around $500 million for Hulu, the online video streaming service he helped create in 2007, according to two sources with knowledge of Hulu's sale process.| Phil Milford / Bloomberg: |
Zynga Sued Over Social-Game Maker Executives' Stock Sales — Zynga Inc. (ZNGA), the largest maker of online social games, was sued by a shareholder after executives were allowed to sell stock early for more than $200 million, while sales by lower level employees and outsiders were blocked.
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Zynga hopes to retain top executives with bigger bonuses tied to performance, Mark Pincus' new annual salary is $1 — Zynga today filed a form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission which reveals that in 2013 the company's top executives will be compensated with larger bonuses … | TechCrunch: |
On The Michael Arrington Accusations — We normally don't cover criminal accusations against individuals without police reports or other documents filed, or significant evidence like self-acknowledgement. But we're making an exception. — TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington is facing …
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The Story Of A Failed Startup And A Founder Driven To Suicide — A few months ago, on Sunday, January 27, an entrepreneur named Jody Sherman had plans to see a movie with a friend. — But that afternoon, the friend received a call from Jody's wife, Kerri. — Jody had gone missing.Thanks:@nichcarlson
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Untappable Apple or DEA Disinformation? — Tech news site CNET has an interesting, but I suspect somewhat misleading, story today suggesting that text messages sent via Apple's iMessage service—an Internet-based alternative to traditional cell phone SMS text messages—are “impossible to intercept” by law enforcement.
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The JOBS Act turns one, and let's be honest, it's a failure — On April 5, 2012, in the Rose Garden of the White House, US president Barack Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, one of those distinctly American pieces of legislation that hits you over the head with an unequivocally positive acronym—in this case, JOBS.| Diane Bartz / Reuters: |
ITC judge says Samsung infringes key part of Apple patent — (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd infringed a key portion of an Apple Inc patent by including a text-selection feature in its smartphones and tablets, an International Trade Commission judge said in a preliminary decision.| Eliza Kern / GigaOM: |
Twitter co-founders clarify Obvious Corp. structure, say Medium now operates independently — Twitter co-founders Biz Stone and Evan Williams re-launched the Obvious Corporation in June 2011, bringing back the umbrella organization from which they've launched startups like Blogger and Twitter.Sponsor Posts
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