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Streaming Entertainment Startup Boxee Acquired By Samsung For Around $30M — Israeli and NYC-based streaming media and entertainment startup Boxee has been acquired by South Korean electronics giant Samsung, we've been told by reliable sources. The Tel Aviv-based startup launched …
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Thanks:@sohear| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft CEO Said to Give Bates Mergers Role in Revamp — Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer is considering a reorganization that would put Skype president Tony Bates in charge of acquisitions and relationships with software developers, according to people familiar with the matter.| Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM: |
Boston University sues Apple over 1997 patent, asks for ban on iPhone sales — How do college students feel about this one? The powers that be at Boston University want a federal court to ban the sale of a wide range of Apple products — including the iPhone 5, the iPad and the MacBook Air … | Zack Whittaker / ZDNet: |
German minister: Stop using U.S. Web services to avoid NSA spying — Summary: Germany is one of the most privacy conscious nations in the world, with data and privacy laws stronger than any other in the EU. And amid the NSA spying scandal, the country's top security chief has warned users to simply avoid U.S. companies.
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Lockdown — Officially, Google killed Reader because “over the years usage has declined”.1 I believe that statement, especially if API clients weren't considered “usage”, but I don't believe that's the entire reason. — The most common assumption I've seen others cite is that …
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Twitter Will Soon Start Showing Targeted Ads Based On User Account Information, Browsing History — Another step ahead for Twitter in its bid to step up the pace with advertising on its platform: today the company announced that it would soon start “experimenting” with ways of making ads more …
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| Tom Gara / Corporate Intelligence: |
How Facebook's IPO Created the Best-Paid County In America … It's not very often that the actions of a single company register in national economic statistics, but Facebook Inc. 's 2012 initial public offering appears to have hit the mark. — The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics …
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AT&T prepping sale of customers' anonymous location information and Web, app usage data — AT&T (NYSE:T) said it “may” begin selling anonymous information about its customers' wireless and Wi-Fi locations, U-verse usage, website browsing, mobile application usage and “other information” to other businesses.
| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
USA TV network lands on iOS with new app to watch full show episodes — The NBC-owned USA TV network has launched its own iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch application to bring the USA show viewing experience to the small-screen. The application, like many TV network apps currently on the App Store …
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Apple now No. 1 in customer satisfaction on Samsung's home turf of South Korea — Apple's products are renowned around the world for quality, but now the company's iPhone has achieved yet another milestone: it has taken the top spot for customer satisfaction in South Korea the home country of Apple's chief rival, Samsung.
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Exclusive: Veteran VCs Peter Wagner and Gaurav Garg Launch Wing Venture Partners — Last month, when the networking startup Cumulus Networks came out of stealth and announced a Series A investment by a bunch of notable venture capitalists, Peter Wagner, a longtime managing partner at Accel Partners, was one of them.| Om Malik / GigaOM: |
Doug Engelbart, American inventor and computing legend, passes away. — Douglas “Doug” Engelbart, a legendary American inventor and computing science icon passed away last night, according to family sources. The news of his passing was shared on Professor David Farber's email list.| Michal Conger / Washington Examiner: |
State Department bureau spent $630,000 on Facebook ‘likes’ — State Department officials spent $630,000 to get more Facebook “likes,” prompting employees to complain to a government watchdog that the bureau was “buying fans” in social media, the agency's inspector general says.
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F.C.C. Is Told Verizon Underpaid Data Refunds — WASHINGTON — An independent telecommunications lawyer filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday, claiming that Verizon Wireless had vastly understated the amount it collected from false data charges on customer bills …
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EE DoubleSpeed LTE goes live July 4; 802.11ac router, Mobile Payments, more — UK 4G carrier EE has revealed its latest devices, including an 802.11ac router for EE's fiber, as well as detailing its shared 4G plans and double-speed roll-out. EE DoubleSpeed will go live on July 4th … | Alyson Shontell / Business Insider: |
Beachmint CEO: PandoDaily Is Wrong, I'm Not Fired, And I'm Not Giving Any Money Back To Investors — Early this morning, an article was published on PandoDaily: “BeachMint board ousts founders, company returns $20 million to investors.” — In it, Michael Carney reports that Beachmint … | Chris Brook / Threatpost: |
Skype Vulnerability Can Lead to Android Lockscreen Bypass — A vulnerability in Skype's Android application could enable an attacker to bypass the lockscreen on some Android phones, giving them full access to the device if it's in their possession. — According to Pulser … | Jack Nicas / Wall Street Journal: |
Southwest Offers Free In-Flight TV in Partnership With Dish Network — Southwest Airlines Co. is offering free live television to fliers' smartphones, tablets and laptops under a partnership unveiled Monday with Dish Network Corp. — The move that marks a departure from other airlines' strategies … | Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple hires former YSL CEO Paul Deneve to work on special projects under Tim Cook — Confirming a claim from earlier today, Bloomberg's Adam Satariano reports that Apple has confirmed the hire of former Yves Saint Laurent CEO Paul Deneve. According to Apple, Deneve will report to Apple CEO Tim Cook.
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