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Facebook Readies IPO Filing for Next Week — Facebook Inc. could file papers for an initial public offering as early as next week and is close to picking Morgan Stanley as the lead underwriter for its IPO, said people familiar with the matter. — Facebook could file papers for the IPO …
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NYSE, Nasdaq battle for Facebook listing — Talk about a face-off. — Bitter rivals Duncan Niederauer's New York Stock Exchange and Robert Greifeld's Nasdaq are locked in a heated battle for Facebook's listing when the privately held social-networking giant attempts to raise … | Matt Hickey / The Daily: |
Microsoft's latest home for Kinect technology: portable computers — Microsoft's drive to integrate Kinect technology into a wide array of products is not slowing. — A few weeks ago at CES, the company announced a desktop version of the Kinect, but it also seems the boys and girls in Redmond …
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Amazon Lights the Android World on Fire — In just two years, tablet computing has gained unprecedented traction. According to research firm Strategy Analytics, global tablet shipment more than doubled during the last three months of 2011, rising to 26.8 units, up from 10.7 million a year earlier.| Dan Levine / Reuters: |
Jobs told Google to stop poaching workers: filing — (Reuters) - Apple's Steve Jobs directly asked former Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt in 2007 to stop trying to recruit an Apple engineer, according to a court filing. — The email from Jobs to Schmidt was disclosed on Friday … | Jack Purcher / Patently Apple: |
Apple introduces us to the Wild World of Coded Magnets — Once in a while we're treated to new Apple invention that virtually contains a new self-contained world of possibilities and vocabulary to enrich it. It comes out of the blue and feeds our need for meaty new technology brimming with potential.| Nancy Messieh / The Next Web: |
Twitter isn't censoring you. Your government is. — It's barely been a day since Twitter made the announcement that, going forward, tweets could be censored based on the local laws that govern a user's location, and the rumour mill is hard at work trying to figure out the reasons behind the decision.
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| Paul Farhi / Washington Post: |
How Siri is ruining your cellphone service — Like a few million other people this past holiday season, we bought an iPhone 4S, with its much-hyped Siri feature. The vocal interface allows users to speak all kinds of commands into the phone ("What's the weather in San Francisco?") and get answers from a sultry-voiced robot/concierge.| Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM: |
Siri isn't a bandwidth hog & users aren't the problem — The sky is falling again in cellular land, and this time Siri is to blame. At least, that's the assessment from an opinion article in the Washington Post Friday morning claiming Siri not only unleashed a huge new pattern of data consumption …
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Making Sure the Next Zuckerberg or Gates Stays Put at Harvard — Earlier today, Harvard University and New Enterprise Associates announced the Experiment Fund, aimed at making sure that future Mark Zuckerbergs and Bill Gates can stay on campus and innovate without having to head West.| Joshua Topolsky / The Verge: |
An exclusive exit interview with Jon Rubinstein: ‘What we accomplished has been amazing’ — We just had a chance to speak to departing HP / webOS exec Jon Rubinstein about his time at Palm and HP, and what he plans to do down the road. Jon was already in Mexico taking what seems … | Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD: |
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| John P. Holdren / The White House: |
CTO Aneesh Chopra Stepping Down — When President Obama came into office in January 2009, the Administration found a Federal government relying too heavily on 20th century technology. On his first day on the job, the President created the position of “Chief Technology Officer” …
| David Streitfeld / New York Times: |
For $2 a Star, a Retailer Gets 5-Star Reviews — Agencies like the Federal Trade Commission have been trying to crack down on online product reviews that do not disclose the connection between a merchant and the person doling out the praise. — Big Victory on Internet Buoys Lobby
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Twitter to Roll Out More Brand Pages for Advertisers Who've Committed $25K — New Pages Next Week Restricted to Those Buying Promoted Tweets, Trends — Twitter will start rolling out more brand pages next week for some brands and partners who have already committed to spending at least $25,000 … | Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Former Groupon sales reps countersue over tactics — (Reuters) - Former Groupon Inc sales representatives who were sued by that company after deciding to leave for Google Inc have filed a countersuit, claiming their former employer is pursuing “sham” litigation to keep them from joining rivals.| Larry Dignan / Between the Lines Blog: |
Apple's supply chain flap: It's really about us — Summary: Apple is under fire for its supply chain labor, but every tech item—and thing you own—goes through the same manufacturing paces. — Apple CEO Tim Cook has responded to a New York Times report about the working conditions … | Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
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