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Yahoo Tumblrs for Cool: Board Approves $1.1 Billion Deal as Expected — The Yahoo board has approved a massive $1.1 billion all-cash deal to buy Tumblr. — Sources close to the board said the deal was a foregone conclusion and was an unanimous vote by the Silicon Valley Internet giant.
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Why Yahoo Doesn't Think Tumblr Has a Porn Problem — If you write about Tumblr as a business, you are required to note that Tumblr has a lot of porn. — How much porn? You'll have to make something up, because the only people who know how much porn the blogging service hosts work …
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On Yahoo & Tumblr: “We have vision, delusion and hallucination and I want to know which one this is.” — “We have vision, delusion and hallucination and I want to know which one this is.” - quote anonymously attributed to Yahoo COO Henrique de Castro while an exec at Google.
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Tumblr Brand Will Remain — With Mostly “Hands-Off” Product Approach by Yahoo's Mayer — According to numerous sources close to the situation, the Tumblr brand will continue on in the wake of its $1.1 billion acquisition by Yahoo. — That includes definitive promises by Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer … | Ian Sherr / Wall Street Journal: |
Microsoft's New Xbox Girds for a Smartphone Battle — Microsoft Corp. will unveil its new Xbox on Tuesday. What's underneath the hood of the latest videogame console represents a multiyear odyssey of trying to figure out how to keep the machine “cool” in the age of smartphones and tablets.| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Former Google Exec Turns Whistleblower On Company's Tax Avoidance Machinations In The UK — Google is under fire in the UK for its tax practices in the country, and a new key witness (who spoke to The Sunday Times) might put them in deeper hot water when he hands over a reported 100,000 emails …
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RapidShare Fires 75% of its Staff After “Rogue Site” Revamp Bites — After its launch in 2004, RapidShare's speedy growth saw the company become one the largest file-hosting sites on the Internet. — However, like all sites of this nature, RapidShare became popular with those looking to store copyright-infringing material.
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Leaked Memo Shows Barnes & Noble Bringing Web Browser And Email To Simple Touch eReaders In June — An upcoming update will bring a web browser, email and update store app to Barnes & Noble's super affordable Nook Simple Touch line of e-readers, which will begin rolling out June 1 according … | James Trew / Engadget: |
Dell Project Ophelia USB Android stick to ship in July, priced at $100 — We know that “where for are thou?” was in search of a different Shakespearean character, but if you had the same question for (Dell's) Ophelia, then the answer is July. The Android pendrive / USB computer we saw …
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
How two Valve engineers walked away with the company's augmented reality glasses — Three months ago, celebrated video game publisher Valve did something completely out of character: it fired up to 25 workers, in what one employee dubbed the “great cleansing.”
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| Eliza Kern / GigaOM: |
Pinterest takes a “first step” toward working with big brands — Pinterest plans to announce a new type of pin on Sunday that will highlight a large number of major U.S. retail brands, marking the company's “first step” in integrating images with associated brands, and making it easier to click through links and purchase items.
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| Nick Bilton / NYT Bits: |
At Google Conference, Cameras Even in the Bathroom — The future came crashing down on me this week at the Google I/O developer conference while I stood at a bathroom urinal. — I had just wrapped up a conversation with a man who owned a pair of Google's Internet-connected glasses, Google Glass.| Scott Stein / CNET: |
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