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Apple Has an Identity Crisis — Is It a Hardware Company or A Software Firm? — Apple Inc. is facing an identity crisis on Wall Street. — As Apple prepares to report what analysts project may be the company's first year-over-year quarterly earnings decline in a decade on Tuesday …
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ReadWrite, ZDNet, BGR, AppleInsider and The Atlantic Wire
| Brian Barrett / Gizmodo: |
The Only Thing Apple Really Sells — A recent Wall Street Journal article posits an interesting question: Is Apple a hardware company or a software company? Does it sell iPhones or iClouds? The answer has deep meaning for the analysts who evaluate the company's worth.| Josh Lowensohn / CNET: |
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
AP Twitter account hacked, makes false claim of explosions at White House — Anyone that follows the Associated Press on Twitter just heard “news” of an unprecedented national crisis. “Two Explosions in the White House and Barack Obama is injured,” the AP's account tweeted moments ago.
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Tweets: @ap_corpcomm, @mikebakerap, @buzzfeedandrew, @cnbc, @tomwarren, @davidfaber, @bloombergtech and @cnbc
See also Mediagazer| Dan DeSilva / 9to5Mac: |
iPhone 4 owners begin receiving their $15 ‘Antennagate’ settlement checks from Apple — Payday has come for some of the first responders to the iPhone 4 class action lawsuit. Last February a settlement was reached that granted iPhone 4 owners who had not previously received a free bumper for their “defective” iPhones a $15 payout.| Andrew Wallenstein / Variety: |
Netflix Surpasses HBO in U.S. Subscribers … Netflix reported 29.17 million domestic subscribers in the first quarter of 2013, surpassing HBO for the first time. — Netflix, which ended 2012 with 27.15 million domestic subs, added just over 2 million subs, according to first quarter results issued Monday.
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| Alexa Ray Corriea / Polygon: |
Pizza Hut launching Xbox 360 app that lets console owners order pizza from Xbox Live — Microsoft and Pizza Hut have partnered up to launch a pioneer app for Xbox Live that will allow users to order from the chain's menu directly through their Xbox 360. — The Pizza Hut for Xbox app makes …
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Hedge Fund Takes $2 Billion Stake in Microsoft — A hedge-fund executive disclosed that his firm owns about $2 billion in Microsoft Corp. stock, stating that the value of the software giant's businesses wasn't appreciated by other investors. — Jeffrey W. Ubben, founder of ValueAct Capital Management LP …
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Fab Is Raising A Mondo Round At A $1 Billion Valuation — We're hearing from multiple sources that design-focused retail site Fab is raising a new round of funding at a $1 billion valuation. The company has previously raised $171 million in funding and we're hearing it seeks to raise more than $100 million in this round.
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| Alexei Oreskovic / Reuters: |
Facebook to build data center near Des Moines, Iowa — (Reuters) - Facebook Inc is building a data center near Des Moines, Iowa, to bolster its computing power as it rolls out new services and as the growing use of smartphones increase the pressure on its infrastructure.
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| Ki Mae Heussner / GigaOM: |
Raising your hand is so passé: Pearson buys real-time student feedback and polling startup — Pearson - the big kahuna of ed tech — has snapped up another startup. The company on Monday said it had purchased Learning Catalytics, a company founded at Harvard University by a trio of academics.
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| Dana Wollman / Engadget: |
DirecTV adding voice search to its iOS and Android phone apps, beta coming this summer — Now that it's finally got an Android tablet app to speak of, DirecTV is returning its attention to phones: the company announced today that both its iOS and Android applications will be receiving voice search starting this summer.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Tumblr app released for Windows Phone with lock screen, live tile enhancements — Tumblr has just launched an app for Windows Phone 8, promising an experience uniquely suited for Microsoft's mobile OS. Like the company's existing offerings on iOS and Android, you'll be able to follow users … | Liz Gannes / AllThingsD: |
Shapeways Raises $30M for 3-D Printing Led by Andreessen Horowitz's Chris Dixon — The idea of dreaming up a physical object and having a computer help you bring it to life — a.k.a. 3-D printing — is very cool today, but there's a long way to go. Some of the challenges include faster creation times …
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Shapeways Blog, VentureBeat, GigaOM, VentureBeat, PandoDaily, TechCrunch, NYT Bits and Wired
| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Apple's iCloud servers once again experiencing major outages for a growing number of users — Update, 9:34 AM: Apple has now updated its System Status page to confirm the outages we reported earlier this morning. Apple reports some users experienced issues with account & sign in for iCloud as well as purchases for iTunes:| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Firefox OS Developer Phones Sold Out After First Few Hours On Sale, But More Are On The Way — Geeksphone, the smartphone OEM startup based out of Madrid, put the first Firefox OS developer phones on sale early this morning, offering the Keon for $119 and the more powerful Peak for $194.
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CNET, Engadget, Geekosystem, Electronista, The H Open Source, Softpedia News, WebProNews, PalmAddict and The Next Web
| Sharif Sakr / Engadget: |
AMD reveals G-Series X embedded chips, drops a little ARM-powered bombshell — We're no strangers to AMD's embedded processors, designed for specialist applications such as casino gaming and dashboard infotainment systems. But this latest announcement of an updated G-Series processor reveals something totally unexpected.
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Forbes, VentureBeat, AndroidHeadlines.com, The Tech Report, The Register, V3.co.uk, Inquirer and Digits
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Nokia unveiling Lumia 928 for Verizon next month, says Bloomberg — Nokia's new flagship Lumia 928 for Verizon is reportedly scheduled for a launch in May. Bloomberg reports that Verizon will “unveil a plan next month” for the Lumia 928, which reportedly features a “metal body” … | Nick Summers / The Next Web: |
Aereo will launch its controversial antenna and Internet-based TV service in Boston on May 15 — Aereo has announced today that it will be rolling out its controversial Internet-based television service in Boston on May 15. — Consumers who choose to pre-order will be able to access …
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Market Wire, Betabeat, The Verge, 9to5Mac, VatorNews, TechCrunch, TechHive, paidContent, The Wrap, CNET, VentureBeat, Engadget, Electronista and SlashGear. Tweets: @dana_mcclintock. See also Mediagazer
| Ben Drawbaugh / Engadget: |
ASUS Cube Google TV review — The past year has been a busy one for Google TV — in fact, with the big I/O conference right around the corner, we're sitting down to review our fifth such device in the past 12 months. The ASUS Cube naturally does everything one would expect from a Google TV set-top box …
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Ubergizmo, Liliputing and Android Central
| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
With over 200TB synced already, BitTorrent opens up its Sync alpha to the public for Windows, Mac, and Linux — BitTorrent on Tuesday announced it has released its file synchronization tool Sync into open alpha. You can download the latest version now for Windows, Mac, and Linux over at labs.bittorrent.com.
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TorrentFreak, GigaOM, BetaNews, The Official BitTorrent Blog, Gizmodo, Engadget and Softpedia News
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