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Hollywood Hires Anti-Piracy Pro
— Photograph by Jonathan Leibson/WireImage — MPAA CEO Chris Dodd announced the hiring of Diane Strahan to run the organization's operations. — The Motion Picture Association of America, Hollywood's trade group, is touting today's hiring …
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The New York Times Paywall Is Working Better Than Anyone Had Guessed
— The New York Times instituted a paywall on its website last year, a controversial move that has yielded great results. — Ever since the New York Times rolled out its so-called paywall in March 2011, a perennial dispute has waged.
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‘Cut the Rope’ Creator to Debut First New Game Franchise Since Its Big Hit
— Two screen shots from “Pudding Monsters,” the first new franchise for ZeptoLab since striking gold with “Cut the Rope.” — More than two years after ZeptoLab released the mega-hit mobile game “Cut the Rope,” …
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Apple's ITunes Would Be One of World's Biggest Media Companies
— Photograph by Miquel Benitez/Getty Images — Apple has more than 435 million iTunes accounts stored in the company's database, according to Talal Khan, an analyst. — Google, Facebook and even Yahoo have been hailed …
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How a YouTube Exec Built an Army With Google's ‘20 Percent Time’
— Google has promoted its “20 percent time” option as a way to encourage employees to be entrepreneurial. — Officially, Hunter Walk has fewer than a dozen engineers working for him at YouTube on developing services for nonprofits and activists.
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Airbnb Scores Off London Olympics With Jump in Bookings
— Photograph by Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg — Airbnb added 6,000 London properties this year, including an event space inside the historic Tower Bridge. — Airbnb, a website for renting rooms in people's homes …
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Apple Warms Up to Hackers, Plans Presentation at Black Hat
— Attendees are seen through a Black Hat logo during the Black Hat and Defcon hacker conferences in Las Vegas. — In the 15 years that computer hackers have gathered in Las Vegas for the Black Hat conference …
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Waze to Drive Its Social GPS Software Into Cars This Year
— Waze's free app for iPhones and Android devices has 19 million users. — Waze, which makes one of the most popular GPS applications for smartphones, is planning to break into a platform it hopes will provide greater fuel for its business: the car.
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Ning Co-Founder Bianchini Has New Design on Online Groups
— Gina Bianchini, who cofounded Ning, is changing the direction and design of her latest startup, Mightybell. — Serial entrepreneur Gina Bianchini is betting that people want to congregate and collaborate around common interests on a site other than Facebook.
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