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Marissa Mayer buys failed startups because it's the best way for Yahoo to hire good developers — Yahoo bought Rockmelt today, a startup that debuted with a wave of media fanfare touting it as the company that would reinvent the browser for the age of the social web.| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Yahoo Paid $60M to $70M for Rockmelt — Will Dump Browser and Use Tech to Better Deliver Its Media and Mobile Properties — According to sources close to the situation, Yahoo paid $60 million to $70 million for social browser startup Rockmelt, with an aim of using its technology to turbocharge its myriad of media and mobile properties.
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See also Mediagazer| Brian Klug / AnandTech: |
Google Releases 4.3 OTA for HTC One and Galaxy S4 Google Play Editions — It's been a busy week in the Android space, and this evening Google appears to have hit the button on the Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean MR2) update for the HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Play edition phones.
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| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
Apple calls the DoJ's ebook remedy a draconian and punitive intrusion into its business — Apple has today filed a brief in opposition to the Department of Justice's proposed ‘remedy’ in the ebook price fixing case. The statement speaks out against changes which the DoJ suggested earlier today … | The United States Department of Justice: |
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CBS Blocks Time Warner Cable Subscribers From Watching Full Episodes On CBS.com — A dispute between CBS and Time Warner Cable over retransmission fees for its broadcast content has spilled over onto the web, with a blackout of television programming also being extended to CBS' online properties.
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Bob Mansfield reduced role to focus on chips, senior execs given new responsibilities — Apple executive Bob Mansfield's unexplained departure from Apple's leadership team is due to the long-time engineer's desire to focus on chipset design plus future products and less on executive duties …
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| Declan McCullagh / CNET: |
FBI pressures Internet providers to install surveillance software — CNET has learned the FBI has developed custom “port reader” software to intercept Internet metadata in real time. And, in some cases, it wants to force Internet providers to use it. — FBI headquarters on Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C.| Josie Ensor / Telegraph: |
Twitter updates rules in clampdown on abuse — Social networking site Twitter has issued new rules to help clamp down on abusive behaviour. — Co-founder of the Women's Room, Caroline Criado-Perez faced a deluge of hostile tweets — The company has updated its rules to make it clear … | Liz Gannes / AllThingsD: |
Hashtag Inventor Chris Messina Leaves Google to Join Small Startup NeonMob — Chris Messina, known for bringing the hashtag to social media, has left Google after more than three and a half years. — An advocate of open social Web technologies, Messina had first joined Google … | Ben Popper / The Verge: |
A month after Google killed its beloved Reader, the market for paid RSS tools is booming — Without the search giant strangling the market, will RSS actually evolve? — It's been a month since Google Reader shut down, breaking users' hearts and bringing an end to a nearly eight-year run of RSS dominance.
Tweets: @niemanlab
| Gregory Ferenstein / TechCrunch: |
University Of California Approves Major Open Access Policy To Make Research Free — Good news for fans of the scientific method: the largest and most influential university system on the planet will be giving out its research for free. After 6-year-long fight with the for-profit academic publishing industry …
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Free content begins showing up in Apple Store iOS app amid sales push — Two weeks ago, we reported that Apple would update its Apple Store iOS app with the ability to receive free content. The app was updated a couple of weeks ago to lay the groundwork for this feature, and now free content has begun appearing.
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