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Ed Bott / The Ed Bott Report Blog:
Firefox faces uncertain future as Google deal apparently ends — Summary: It hasn't been a good year for Firefox. Mozilla has lost share to Google, it's lost the loyalty of enterprise customers, and it's lost key talent. And a deal with Google that supplied 84% of its revenue last year was scheduled to end in November.
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Sarah Frier / Business Week:
Mozilla's Catch-Up Strategy for Mobile — The Firefox browser, a force in PCs, is nowhere in smartphones — When Gary Kovacs ran the New York City marathon this year—his first ever—the chief executive officer of Mozilla wore a T-shirt emblazoned with the logo of the Web browser made by his nonprofit.
Thanks:sarahfrier
Laurie Segall / CNN Money:
Facebook buys Gowalla — NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Facebook has acquired location sharing service Gowalla for an undisclosed sum, according to a source close to Gowalla. — Facebook did not immediately respond to a request for comment. — Most of Gowalla's employees, including founder Josh Williams …
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Dan Levine / Reuters:
Judge rejects Apple bid to halt Galaxy sales — (Reuters) - Apple failed to convince a U.S. judge to block Samsung Electronics from selling some Galaxy smartphones and tablets in the U.S. market, depriving the iPhone and iPad maker of crucial leverage in a global patent battle between the two companies.
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The Economic Times:
Facebook to hire thousands of employees over next year — NEW YORK: Facebook has said it plans to hire thousands of employees over the next year and add an engineering team to its office in New York. — “We will hire as many high quality engineers as we can here in New York,” …
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Facebook Press Releases, New York Times, Fox News, Slashdot and Bloomberg
Susanna Kim / ABC News:
Tech Firm Implements Employee ‘Zero Email’ Policy — You've got mail-not. Employees of tech company Atos will be banned from sending emails under the company's new “zero email” policy. — CEO Thierry Breton of the French information technology company said only 10 percent …
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@qthrul, GigaOM, Larry Magid, The Atlantic Online and Social Business Blog
David Kravets / Threat Level:
Carrier IQ Admits Holding ‘Treasure Trove’ of Consumer Data, But No Keystrokes — MOUNTAIN VIEW, California — An embattled phone-monitoring software maker said Friday that its wares, secretly installed on some 150 million phones, have the capacity to log web usage, and to chronicle …
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The Register, Mashable!, The Verge, Examiner, CNET News, mocoNews, Blog of Rights and Ars Technica
Marco Arment / Marco.org:
Kindle Touch compared to Nook Simple Touch, Kobo Touch, and Kindle 4 — Amazon's new Kindle Touch, Barnes & Noble's Nook Simple Touch (my review), and the Kobo Touch are surprisingly similar. — Nook Simple Touch, Kindle Touch, and Kobo Touch — They all have the same E-Ink Pearl screen …
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Apple Considering Building Huge New Data Center in Oregon — OregonLive.com reports that Apple is currently deciding whether to commit to building a major new data center in Prineville, Oregon that would complement its newly-opened facility in Maiden, North Carolina.
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Oregonian, Data Center Knowledge, iDownloadBlog.com, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Electronista, iClarified and Slashdot
Evelyn M. Rusli / DealBook:
SAP to Buy SuccessFactors for $3.4 Billion — SAP of Germany announced plans on Saturday to buy SuccessFactors, a Web-based enterprise software company, for $40 a share, or $3.4 billion. — The all-cash transaction, which is expected to close early next year, offers SuccessFactors' shareholders …
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Revealed: Apple's internal policies on employee social networking, speculating on rumors, leaking, blogging, and more — With some of the Apple news spotlight this week on the firing of an Apple employee (and last month) over a Facebook rant, we thought the best way to clear up this employee's claims of …
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Neowin.net, Business Insider, ifoAppleStore and Redmond Pie
David Saleh Rauf / The Politico:
PATRIOT Act clouds picture for tech — Cloud computing is a gold mine for the U.S. tech industry, but American firms are encountering resistance from an unexpected enemy overseas: the PATRIOT Act. — The Sept. 11-era law was supposed to help the intelligence community gather data on suspected terrorists.
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