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Windows 8.1 set to bring back the Start button — Microsoft is preparing to revive the traditional Start button it killed with Windows 8. Sources familiar with Microsoft's plans have revealed to The Verge that Windows 8.1 will include the return of the Start button.
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Yahoo! Unveils Brand New iOS App, Including Built-In Summly Summaries — Yahoo! acquired startup Summly for somewhere around $30 million just one month ago, but it's already bearing fruit. First, there was the Summly summarized version of its Q1 2013 earnings last week … | Alex Chitu / Google Operating System: |
Google Now for Google's Homepage in Testing — It looks like Google Now won't be limited to Android, iOS and Chrome, it will also be added to Google's homepage. Some code from a page that's tested by Google offers more information about this feature. … That's how Google introduces the new feature.| hueypriest / reddit: |
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| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Google Glass code hints at spatial gestures, including two-finger browser zoom and winking to take a photo — Google appears to be planning an interesting set of gestures for its Glass project, letting you use your fingers, head, and eyes to perform certain functions.
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| Sharif Sakr / Engadget: |
Nokia teases QWERTY phone announcement on April 24th — Official teasers rarely provide much in the way of detail, but this one from Nokia at least comes with a pretty picture. It reveals the rounded design language we have come to associate with the company's latest feature phones …
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| Karin Matussek / Bloomberg: |
Google Fined 145,000 Euros Over Wi-Fi Data Collection in Germany — Google Inc. (GOOG), operator of the world's largest Internet search engine, was fined 145,000 euros ($189,230) by a German regulator for collecting wireless-network data by its cars taking photos for the Street View service.
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Google boss defends UK tax record to BBC — Google's executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, has defended his company paying just £6m in UK corporation tax. — His comments came after a committee of MPs last year denounced multinationals - including Google - who pay little tax on their UK earnings, as “immoral”.
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| Cotton Delo / AdAge: |
Tumblr Launches Mobile Ads Today In Big Revenue Push — Users of iOS and Android Apps Will See Up to 4 Ads Per Day — Tumblr is launching its mobile ads today, marking the first time the 6-year-old startup is placing ads that look and feel like regular posts on the blog network.| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Facebook tries Google's WebP image format; users squawk — It's a major endorsement for the file format, but not some social-network members are upset to have lost their flexible, sharable JPEGs. — This shows the same image in JPEG and WebP, with WebP on the right.
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| Sam Biddle / Valleywag: |
Sorry to Disrupt: Valleywag Is Back — You're doing it again. It's only been a few years since we last met here, but you, Valley venture capitalist and Alley opportunist, are worse than ever. There will come a day when all the coddling and cheerleading you've become accustomed to curdles … | Josh Ong / The Next Web: |
Facebook Home passes 500,000 installations on Google Play one week after launch — Facebook's new Home Android launcher has passed the 500,000 download mark on the Google Play store after a little over a week in the wild, though it continues to accumulate mostly negative reviews and has sunk to an average rating of 2.2.
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| Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica: |
The rise and fall of AMD: How an underdog stuck it to Intel — In part one of this two-part series, we look at the evolution of AMD from a second-source supplier for companies using Intel processors towards CEO Hector Ruiz's ideal of a “premium” chipmaker that could sell to the likes of Dell and Intel.
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| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
Despite App Store rules crackdown, comparison tool AppShopper returns with a social bent — Late last year, Arnold Kim got a surprise notice from Apple. His super-popular app comparison shopping tool AppShopper was to be removed from the App Store for violation of a 3-month-old rule.
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AppShopper.com, GigaOM, MacRumors, TUAW, App Advice, www.pocketgamer.biz and MacStories. Thanks:@panzer
| Robin Wauters / The Next Web: |
Online ticketing company Eventbrite raises $60m, puts off its IPO until further notice — Online ticketing company Eventbrite has secured $60 million in growth funding from T. Rowe Price and Tiger Global Management, the Wall Street Journal reports, in a move that will surprise some as the firm … | Ken Yeung / The Next Web: |
Twitter strikes ad deal with Starcom MediaVest Group, bringing in Coca-Cola, Walmart, P&G, more — Twitter has reportedly signed a deal with the Starcom MediaVest Group, a division of advertising giant Publicis. According to the Financial Times, the deal could potentially be worth hundreds …
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