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Microsoft and Foxconn Parent Hon Hai Sign Patent Agreement For Android and Chrome Devices — Agreement provides broad coverage under Microsoft's patent portfolio to manufacturer of more than 40 percent of the world's consumer electronics. — Microsoft Corp. and Hon Hai, the parent company of Foxconn …
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| Steven Musil / CNET: |
Microsoft inks patent protection deal with Foxconn parent — In exchange for unspecified royalties, Microsoft agrees not to sue the parent company of the world's largest hardware maker for devices it produces that run Google's Android and Chrome operating systems.
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| Ellis Hamburger / The Verge: |
Talking heads: how a late-night hack turned into Facebook's next big thing — Facebook gambles on private messages as the future of mobile — On a Wednesday almost one year ago, Facebook product designers Joey Flynn and Brandon Walkin decided to work from home.
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AdExchanger, PandoDaily and TechCrunch
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| Alina Selyukh / Reuters: |
Tech industry cautiously welcomes Senate immigration bill — (Reuters) - Tech industry officials welcomed a bipartisan U.S. Senate immigration bill on Tuesday, saying they hoped it would make it easier to hire highly skilled workers from abroad, while laying the groundwork to renegotiate portions they oppose.
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| Adam Satariano / Bloomberg: |
Facebook Said to Hire Apple Maps Executive Amid Mobile Push — Facebook Inc. (FB) has nabbed another member of Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s original iPhone team, hiring Richard Williamson, the manager who had led Apple's mapping efforts, according to people with knowledge of the hire.
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| Ed Bott / ZDNet: |
First real-world usage figures suggest Chromebooks are struggling — Summary: When the initial batch of Chromebooks hit the market nearly two years ago, some thought these low-cost devices running Google's cloud-centric Chrome OS could be a Windows killer. NetMarketShare just started …
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HEXUS.net Latest Content, PC Pro, PhoneArena and Neowin
| Husain Sumra / MacRumors: |
Funny or Die's Steve Jobs Movie ‘iSteve’ Now Available Online — After being delayed yesterday, Funny Or Die's Steve Jobs movie “iSteve” has now been released online. The movie stars Justin Long as Steve Jobs and Lost's Jorge Garcia as Steve Wozniak. — The film is the longest video produced …
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AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, memeburn, MobilesPie, PhoneArena, The Verge, CNET, Mashable, Softpedia News and Gizmodo
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
ACLU asks feds to probe wireless carriers over Android security updates — “Defective” phones from AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile pose risks, ACLU says. — Civil liberties advocates have asked the US Federal Trade Commission to take action against the nation's four major wireless carriers … | Bonnie Cha / AllThingsD: |
Logitech Harmony Ultimate Remote Pairs Up With Smartphone Apps, Mood Lighting — Though Logitech is looking to sell its Harmony remote division, the company is continuing to release new products like the Harmony Ultimate and Harmony Smart Control, and is still expanding the capabilities of the universal remote.
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| Horace Dediu / asymco: |
Escaping PCs — The Windows PC market is contracting. The market data has been showing unit shipment declining for some time with the latest quarter having perhaps the steepest decline for two decades. — What remains undocumented however is how the market looks when considering economic value.
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Electronista, Macworld, ParisLemon and InfoWorld
| Matt Brian / The Verge: |
Amazon to expand its Android Appstore to nearly 200 countries — Amazon has announced the next phase in the expansion of its Android Appstore, today notifying developers that they can submit their apps for distribution in nearly 200 countries. Android device owners in the new regions …
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Digital Trends, BetaNews, ZDNet, Business Wire, The Next Web, Engadget, TechCrunch, Gamasutra, MobileSyrup.com and SlashGear
| Sascha Segan / PC Magazine: |
Motorola Plans Stock Android Phones, Sized ‘Just Right’ — Motorola might be building my dream phone. Jim Wicks, Motorola's design chief, said the company's first round of products designed after Google's purchase of the company will follow a philosophy of “better is better” rather than …
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Android Beat, PC Pro, Electronista, AllThingsD, BGR, TechSpot, PhoneArena, Pocketnow, Droid Life, Gotta Be Mobile, Engadget, 9to5Google, The Verge, AndroidGuys and FierceWireless. Thanks:@saschasegan
| Brooke Crothers / CNET: |
Windows 8 touch devices to drop to $200, says Intel CEO — Prices of Windows 8 touch devices based on future Intel chips are set to drop like a rock. — Windows 8 touch devices will dive in price, according to Intel executives. — The price of Windows 8 touch devices will sink …
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WinBeta, Neowin, PhoneArena and Computerworld
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
| Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web: |
Yahoo's Q1 2013 revenue of $1.14 billion doesn't excite, but its $0.35 in EPS beats expectations — Today Yahoo reported its first quarter financial performance, including revenue of $1.14 billion, and earnings per share of $0.35 on a GAAP basis, and $0.38 on a non-GAAP basis.| Dan Farber / CNET: |
| Declan McCullagh / CNET: |
CISPA vote means companies can't promise to protect privacy — Proposed amendment to CISPA said Internet companies' promises to protect customer privacy were legally enforceable. But then Republicans voted it down. — Google, Facebook, Twitter, and other Internet companies and e-mail providers … | Sam Shead / ZDNet: |
Red Hat pushes open source cloud with OpenStack distro — Summary: Red Hat has launched a community-led version of the OpenStack cloud platform to accelerate adoption of open source cloud. — Sam Shead — Linux software giant Red Hat has launched a community-led distribution of the OpenStack open source cloud platform.
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ReadWrite, Wall Street Journal, Network World, TechCrunch and internetnews.com
| Andy Greenberg / Forbes: |
Founder Of Drug Site Silk Road Says Bitcoin Booms And Busts Won't Kill His Black Market — As the crypto-currency Bitcoin has skyrocketed in value over the last weeks and then fallen even faster, it's produced plenty of excitement and heartache for investors.
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| Jay Alabaster / PC World: |
Android founder: We aimed to make a camera OS — The creators of Android originally dreamed it would be used to create a world of “smart cameras” that connected to PCs, a founder said, but it was reworked for mobile handsets as the smartphone market began to explode.
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Gizmodo, TechEye, PC Pro, CNET, Lastest ITProPortal news, GSM Insider, PetaPixel, BGR, PC Magazine, The Verge, Digital Trends, Engadget, IntoMobile, Android Beat, TechSpot and SlashGear
| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Symantec: Industrial espionage on the rise, SMBs a target — Summary: Symantec's latest Internet Security Threat report suggests that SMBs remain an attractive target for those trying to steal intellectual property. — Charlie Osborne — Security giant Symantec's latest Internet Security Threat report …
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SlashGear, InfoWorld, CNET and SecurityWeek
| Spencer Ackerman / Wired: |
Data for the Boston Marathon Investigation Will Be Crowdsourced — The investigation of Monday's deadly twin bombings in Boston will rely to an extraordinary extent on crowdsourced surveillance, provided by Marathon spectators' cellphone photos, Vine videos, and Instagram feeds.
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The Verge and VentureBeat
| Alex Chitu / Google Operating System: |
Google Quick View — Google Search for mobile has a new feature called “Quick View”. Right now, it only shows up for Wikipedia results and it allows users to load search results almost instantly. — “Quick view is an experimental project and is currently enabled for pages from Wikipedia when you search in English on Google.com.
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