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21st Century Fox, NBCUniversal and The Walt Disney Company to Maintain Ownership Positions in Hulu — 21st Century Fox, NBCUniversal and The Walt Disney Company today jointly announced that they will maintain their respective ownership positions in Hulu and together provide a cash infusion …
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Microsoft details new Windows Phone 8 update, but real fixes won't come until 2014 — Microsoft published details of its upcoming Windows Phone 8 update on Thursday, revealing the minor changes that are due to roll out shortly. Known as General Distribution Release 2 (GDR2) …
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More Claims of No Retina iPad Mini Until Early 2014 — Taiwan's Economic Daily News reports [Google translation] that shortages of Retina display panels for Apple's planned second-generation iPad mini have forced the company to push back its internal launch plans into early 2014.
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Rumor: Apple buys into chip fab, plans to build its own silicon — Apple may move beyond designing silicon and actually build its own mobile chips, rather than relying entirely on third-party suppliers like Samsung or TSMC, a new rumor claims. — Apple's alleged buy-in to an unnamed chip fabrication plant …
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Microsoft Sues U.S. Customs for Failed Google Phone Ban — Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) filed a lawsuit today accusing U.S. Customs officials of refusing to follow a trade agency's order to block imports of phones made by Google Inc.'s (GOOG) Motorola Mobility unit.
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BlackBerry A10 (Aristo) Exclusively Revealed — We already detailed the BlackBerry A10 and BlackBerry 9720 yesterday in an exclusive report, but this time we now are able to share exclusive images of BlackBerry's flagship handset for 2013, the BlackBerry A10.| Alex Williams / TechCrunch: |
BackOps Raises $7M To Build An Army Of Moms For Managing Startups And Small Businesses With Leading SaaS Tools — BackOps is a back-office-as a service with a battalion of Moms managing startups and small businesses. Now with a new $7 million round in Series A funding …
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eBay Exact launches on iOS, lets you buy 3D-printed products from MakerBot, Sculpteo, and Hot Pop Factory — eBay has announced a new iOS app called eBay Exact that lets you buy customizable 3D-printed merchandise on the go. You can download the new addition now directly from Apple's App Store.
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Unannounced Motorola Moto X likely spotted in the hands of Google's Eric Schmidt — During the winter, Sun Valley is known for its skiing. This time of the year, however, it's quickly becoming a tech hotspot as some of the industry's top execs gather together at the annual Allen and Co media conference.
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| Declan McCullagh / CNET: |
How the U.S. is forcing Internet firms' hands on surveillance — Officially, Uncle Sam says it doesn't interfere. But behind the scenes, the Feds have been trying to browbeat Net firms into helping with surveillance demands. — Russian supporters of Edward Snowden …
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Scoop: Intel's upcoming TV service is going to be called OnCue — Intel's TV service, which the company's Intel Media unit plans to launch before the end of the year, is going to be called OnCue, GigaOM has learned. The company has applied for trademarks for OnCue around the globe … | Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
New Bluetooth, audio, TPM requirements coming for Windows 8 devices — Summary: Microsoft is going public with new hardware certification requirements for Windows 8.1 (and beyond) devices, some of which take effect in 2014 and 2015. — Microsoft and Intel execs detailed … | Parmy Olson / Forbes: |
Samsung Opens New Startup Accelerator In Silicon Valley As It Seeks Innovation Edge — It wasn't the lavish launch party of the Galaxy S4 in New York last March, but Samsung's swanky, blue-themed opening of its new startup accelerator in Silicon Valley showed it is serious about sucking … | Bloomberg: |
Icahn Adds Perk to Dell Offer in Latest Buyout Challenge — Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is offering shareholders a chance to own a bigger stake in Dell Inc. (DELL), seeking to force Michael Dell to sweeten his $24.4 billion buyout offer for the personal-computer maker.
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Lyft Sells Legacy Zimride Assets To Enterprise Holdings As It Focuses On Local Ride Sharing — Lyft is announcing this morning that it has sold off its legacy ride-matching business Zimride to rental car giant Enterprise Holdings. The sale will allow Lyft to focus on its fast-growing … | Matt McGee / Search Engine Land: |
Google's Schmidt: Hollywood Should Take Content Pirates To Court — Google's Eric Schmidt says that the entertainment industry should focus on taking content pirates to court, rather than just trying to get Google (and other search engines) to remove pirate sites from search results.
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New LinkedIn API Restrictions Force Job Change Email Notification Service To Shut Down — Job Change Notifier, a cool little utility that allowed LinkedIn users to track and be notified via email when one of their connections changed jobs, is shutting down due to new restrictions LinkedIn is placing on its API.
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