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In Nook, Microsoft sees a chance to compete against Amazon and Apple
— Microsoft already has a stake in Nook Media, and now it is reportedly seeking to buy out the entire company. In Nook, Microsoft sees a shot at competing against Amazon and Apple — in a way it might not be able to do from scratch.
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LinkedIn continues its evolution as a media entity with the launch of magazine-style news channels
— Although it is still seen by many as a place for networking with colleagues and/or posting a digital curriculum vitae, LinkedIn has been behaving a lot more like a media entity recently …
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New York Times issues soft earnings, plans “new strategy for growth”
— The New York Times Company posted its latest earnings on Thursday morning, and the results show the company moving forward at a plodding pace. Its earnings per share came in at $0.04, excluding special items …
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New York Times lifts paywall for video, plans ‘franchises’
— The New York Times is no longer restricting non-subscribers' access to its video content. The move, which comes as the Times tightens other parts of its paywall, is part of the paper's plans to expand its brand in the video space.
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Broadcasters file Aereo appeal, warn of ‘havoc’ and ‘massive disruption’ to TV industry
— Fox, PBS and other broadcasters filed for a New York appeals court to revisit a crucial ruling that permitted start-up Aereo to beam their signals. The appeal raises the stakes further in a battle for the future of TV.
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Evan Williams' Medium acquires long-form journalism site Matter
— Ev Williams' content creation platform Medium has made its first acquisition: Matter, the Kickstarter-backed science and technology journalism startup cofounded by former GigaOM reporter Bobbie Johnson last year.
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Google sold Frommer's Travel — but kept all the social media data
— People wondered why Google sold Frommer's Travel barely nine months after acquiring it in the first place. The answer is that it's keeping a huge number social media followers from sites like Facebook. — Mystery solved.
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AOL's new publisher tool to compete with Google, Armstrong says it's back in “ad tech game”
— AOL announced Marketplace, an effort to consolidate the stack of tools publishers use to serve ads. AOL is competing with Google in the ad tech field as it tries to diversify its revenues
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When cancer stole Roger Ebert's voice, Twitter gave him a new one
— Film critic Roger Ebert talked about how much Twitter meant to him as a form of conversation, and his enthusiastic use of it as a way to connect with readers is a lesson to journalists of all kinds.
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Feedly adds 3M new users in 2 weeks, updates mobile apps, and plans premium version
— With Google set to kill off Google Reader as of July 1, Feedly has emerged as a popular alternative for those in search of a new RSS reader. Feedly announced Monday that it's picked up 3 million …
Windows Store Weekly — This week we take a look at: Star Trek App, Box, Fling Theory, StumbleUpon, and wordBrush.
Static.com Adds Hadoop Support for Cloud Foundry — In this guest post, Jake Farrell, CTO for Static.com, explains how the major shift in the hosting industry towards platforms for high developer productivity …
An Army Is Forming To Battle Patent Trolls — For the past several months, we've exposed the flaws in the patent system and how they're being exploited by opportunistic patent trolls looking to extort a quick buck …
Mobile Telco Dials In and Harnesses Big Data with Hadoop — Smartphones have transformed our daily lives. A key indicator of this trend is our increased spend on data plans versus voice.
“Yammer sucks” — Not to be mean to Yammer, or anything — it's a very good tool for some use cases — but that's what a customer told me recently (and others feel the same way).