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Google demands Microsoft removes YouTube Windows Phone app, cites lack of ads — Microsoft updated its own YouTube application for Windows Phone just over a week ago and Google isn't impressed. The Verge has obtained a copy of a cease and desist letter that Google has sent to Microsoft recently … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft responds to YouTube demands, ‘more than happy’ to include ads if Google allows it — Following Google's demands for Microsoft to remove its Windows Phone YouTube app, Microsoft has responded saying it's happy to include advertising. Google sent a cease and desist letter to Microsoft recently … | Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
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Android@I/O: Just press Play — As our developer audience knows, Android is more than simply a phone or tablet. It's a platform, an ecosystem, and an opportunity for developers around the world to build exciting services and apps that reach millions of people every day.| Jessica Leber / MIT Technology Review: |
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New Google+: Stream, Hangouts, and Photos — Technology works best when it gets out of the way, and lets people do what makes them happiest: living, learning and loving. That's why, when we started the Google+ project nearly two years ago, we aimed to bring real-life sharing to software.| Google LatLong: |
Meet the new Google Maps: A map for every person and place — What if we told you that during your lifetime, Google could create millions of custom maps...each one just for you? — In the past, such a notion would have been unbelievable: a map was just a map, and you got the same one for New York City … | Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google Maps for desktop: hands-on with the world's most-advanced web app — Google I/O this year has a stronger developer focus than in years past, which meant that consumer-facing products sometimes didn't get much airtime during the keynote. That's certainly the case for the new version of Google Maps … | Travis Green / Google Commerce: |
Send money to friends with Gmail and Google Wallet — Paying back your friends is now as simple as sending an email, whether you're chipping in for lunch or reimbursing your roommate for your share of the rent. — Google Wallet is now integrated with Gmail, so you can quickly … | John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
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Google CEO Larry Page speaks at I/O about competition and negativity in innovation — “I was really lucky growing up,” said Google CEO Larry Page at the I/O conference today. “My dad was really interested in technology. One time we drove across the country to go to a robotics conference … | John Paczkowski / AllThingsD: |
Here's That Steve Jobs E-Book Email to James Murdoch — “Throw in with Apple and see if we can all make a go of this to create a real mainstream e-books market at $12.99 and $14.99.” — That's an excerpt from an email sent by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs to James Murdoch of News Corporation … | John Paczkowski / AllThingsD: |
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A multi-screen and conversational search experience — Search has always been about giving you the best answers quickly, regardless of what device you use. At Google I/O today, we gave an update on where we are in building the search engine of the future—a search engine that can answer your questions … | Trey Ratcliff / Stuck in Customs: |
Why the new Google server farm could displace Adobe Lightroom — Are you taking more photos per week in 2013 than 2012? How about 2010? My guess is yes. And it doesn't matter if you're a pro or just a casual photographer — it's really crazy how much visual data we are all generating.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
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Leaping to Conclusions on a Pilot's Speculation — An article on the Bloomberg News Web site on Wednesday noted an airline pilot's claim that an iPhone could interfere with a plane's compasses during takeoff and landing. — But the report cited in the article isn't based on scientific research.| Alexis Santos / Engadget: |
Google+ Games to go dark after June 30th — Sure, Mountain View may be bolstering its gaming efforts on mobile platforms and the web, but it's seen fit to give Google+ Games the pink slip. After June 30th, the game section on the titan's social network will go dark, but Page & Co. note … | Tom Bergin / Reuters: |
Amazon UK pays $3.7 million tax on $6.5 billion sales — (Reuters) - Amazon.com's main UK unit paid taxes of $3.7 million on its 2012 income, despite group UK sales of $6.5 billion (4 billion pounds), its accounts published on Wednesday showed. — The company received 2.5 million pounds in government grants during the year.| Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
“Six Strikes” Anti-Piracy Outfit Loses Company Status, Faces Penalties — During the summer of 2011 the MPAA and RIAA teamed up with five major Internet providers in the United States, announcing their “six strikes” anti-piracy plan. — The parties founded the Center for Copyright Information … | Don Reisinger / CNET: |
One-third of all smartphone sales were prepaid in Q1 — That's the word from The NPD Group, which found that 21 percent of purchased smartphones were prepaid last year. — Prepaid smartphone sales are starting to become more popular, according to new data from research firm The NPD Group.
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