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Facebook readies to file US$5bn IPO, could grow — Facebook is expected to file to raise US$5bn in a preliminary IPO prospectus on Wednesday morning, which while less than anticipated could be increased to ultimate investor demand, according to sources close to the deal.
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| Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider: |
EXCLUSIVE: The IM Conversation In Which 19-Year-Old Zuckerberg Decided To Build Facebook, This Year's $100 Billion IPO — Later this week, Facebook will file documents with the SEC to announce its intention to go public. — People close to the deal expect the company to be valued somewhere …
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| Douglas MacMillan / Bloomberg: |
Facebook's Sandberg in Spotlight En Route to IPO — Facebook Inc.'s Sheryl Sandberg recently threw a fundraiser for President Obama, dining with Lady Gaga and the president himself. Last week, she was a highly visible co-chair of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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Amazon.com Announces Fourth Quarter Sales up 35% to $17.43 Billion; Kindle Device Sales Nearly Triple During the Holidays — Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced financial results for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2011. — Operating cash flow increased 12% to $3.90 billion …
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| Larry Dignan / Between the Lines Blog: |
Amazon: Big Kindle sales, but sales and outlook fall short — Summary: Amazon's fourth quarter sales and outlook fall short of expectations. Kindle sales surge. — Amazon's fourth quarter sales missed projections, but earnings were ahead. The big wild card was Kindle device sales, which tripled over the holidays.| Ben Horowitz / ben's blog: |
Why Has Andreessen Horowitz Raised $2.7B in 3 Years? … Since Marc and I founded Andreessen Horowitz three years ago, we have raised $2.7 billion. That statement begs a few questions. The two most obvious are: — Why did such a new venture capital firm raise so much money?
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Neil Young and the Sound of Music — You know what the biggest problem with music today is? — Sound quality. — That's Neil Young's take on the issue, anyway. For years, the musician has been obsessed with improving the way modern music sounds, sonically speaking.
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Rumor: Office 15 for Windows 8 will be desktop apps, not fully Metro style — Microsoft's next generation of Office, codenamed Office 15, will receive interface tweaks to make it more touch friendly on Windows 8, including a radial menu system, but won't be rebuilt as full “Metro style” apps using the new WinRT programming model.
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Computerworld, eWeek, All about Microsoft Blog, Electronista, Neowin.net and SlashGear
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| Pablo Chavez / Google Public Policy Blog: |
Changing our privacy policies, not our privacy controls — Last week we heard from members of Congress about Google's plans to update our privacy policies by consolidating them into a single document on March 1. Protecting people's privacy is something we think about all day across the company …
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ITC throws out Barnes & Noble's antitrust claims against Microsoft ahead of trial: no signs of wrongdoing — Barnes & Noble's primary line of defense against Microsoft's allegations of patent infringement by the bookseller's Android-based devices has collapsed in its entirety.
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Filing: Without Itanium Chip, HP Is “Strategically Screwed” — Last night, a California judge made some key rulings in the ongoing litigation between Hewlett-Packard and Oracle over the latter's decision to stop supporting Intel's Itanium chip. — One thing Judge James Kleinberg did was dismiss … | Charles Arthur / Guardian: |
Nokia design chief hints at Lumia phones with NFC - and wireless charging — Exclusive: Marko Ahtisaari interview points towards new designs of Lumia phones without tab on USB charger slot — • Marko Ahtisaari: smartphone evolution is only just beginning
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CNET, The Verge, Gotta Be Mobile, Softpedia News, SlashGear and Electronista. Thanks:@mitalgoel
| Chris Chang / M.I.C. Gadget: |
Thousands Line Up For Foxconn's Jobs in Zhengzhou (video) — On the 30th of January, thousands of hopefuls stood for hours outside a labour agency located in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou. The lines stretched more than 200 meters along the road, and the people who were waiting in line …
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PC Magazine, Gizmodo, MacRumors, iPhone Alley, TUAW, Unboxing Asia Blog, WebProNews, SlashGear and 9to5Mac
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Zynga CEO: We aren't the copycats on Bingo social game (exclusive interview) — Mark Pincus, chief executive of social gaming giant Zynga, denied that Zynga copied a rival's Bingo game on Facebook. Instead, he said in an exclusive interview with VentureBeat that the accuser in this case borrowed from Zynga.
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All Facebook, MediaFile, msnbc.com, Business Insider and Touch Arcade
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Seeking To Banish “Distraction” Microsoft Replaces Hotmail Display Ads With Deals — Microsoft is trying to make ads in Hotmail better. The company is replacing conventional display ads in its webmail service with deal ads that it believes will be more relevant and interesting to users.
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Firefox 10 Launches: Promises Fewer Add-On Compatibility Issues, Enables Fullscreen API — Now that Mozilla has fully embraced its rapid-release cycle, an update from version 9 to 10 of its popular Firefox browser isn't really an event anymore. Nevertheless, version 10, which launched today …
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BGR, VentureBeat, CNET, The Tech Report, Electronista, Techie Buzz and Macgasm. Thanks:@fredericl
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Boxee officially pulls the plug on PC client — Want to run Boxee on your PC or Mac? Then hurry up; Boxee is removing all copies of its PC-based app from its servers by the end of the day Tuesday to fully concentrate on the Boxee Box. — The company announced the move late last year …
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EXCLUSIVE: WikiLeaks to move servers offshore, sources say — Prince Michael Bates of Sealand stands atop the helipad on his World War II era “micronation” — a possible future location for Wikileaks' servers. — Julian Assange's investors are in the process of purchasing a boat … | Matt Hickey / The Daily: |
Inside Microsoft's plan to equip laptops with Kinect technology — Last week, The Daily reported Microsoft is currently developing a version of its Kinect motion-sensing technology to run in Windows 8-equipped portables. Now, we've confirmed a few more facts about the project from a number of sources inside Redmond.| Jim Dalrymple / The Loop: |
Apple updates Final Cut Pro X with multicam, broadcast monitoring — Apple updates Final Cut Pro X with multicam, broadcast monitoring — Apple on Tuesday updated its professional workflow application, Final Cut Pro X, adding a number of significant features.
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Apple, PC Magazine, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Macgasm, MacStories, SlashGear, Engadget, Ars Technica, The Verge, The Next Web, MacDailyNews, MacRumors, TUAW, WebProNews, CNET, GigaOM and Podcasting News. Thanks:@jdalrymple
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The Coming Tech-led Boom — Three breakthroughs are poised to transform this century as much as telephony and electricity did the last. — In January 1912, the United States emerged from a two-year recession. Nineteen more followed—along with a century of phenomenal economic growth.| Matthew Humphries / Geek.com: |
Why the Raspberry Pi won't ship in kit form — When the Raspberry Pi ships later this year, it will be delivered to your door as a finished unit. The more adventurous tinkerers among you, as well as adept system builders, have asked the Raspberry Pi Foundation why they can't get them in kit form instead.Thanks:@mthwgeek
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Firefox Adds Powerful New Developer Tools — Firefox for Windows, Mac and Linux adds powerful built-in developer tools and delivers smoother updates by making add-ons compatible by default. — Firefox adds a number of new built-in developer tools that let developers change the look and feel of websites in real-time.
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Apple appeals iPad trademark decision in China — A Chinese court rejected Apple's lawsuit for the iPad trademark in the country — Apple has appealed a Chinese court ruling last December that rejected its ownership of the iPad trademark in the country, and could expose the company …
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Can these four superheroes rescue RIM? — Research In Motion's newly appointed CEO Thorsten Heins said during his first day on the job that hiring a new marketing boss and revamping the company's marketing strategy was among his first orders of business. If some of us were unsure why finding …
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The Verge, Gizmodo, Computerworld, Pocket-lint, eWeek, TechCrunch and Neowin.net
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Amazon S3 Reports Staggering Growth in 2011 — Amazon Web Services just reported jaw-dropping growth in the number of objects stored in Amazon S3 year over year. — “As of the end of 2011, there are 762 billion (762,000,000,000) objects in Amazon S3. We process over 500,000 requests per second … Sponsor Posts
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