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Samsung Galaxy S III full specs: 1.5GHz quad-core, 1080p display, ceramic case — We reported some exclusive details surrounding Samsung's upcoming flagship Galaxy S III smartphone this past weekend, and now we have received some more information that helps us paint a more complete picture.| TechCrunch: |
Goodbye Erick, Hello Eric — TechCrunch has been through a lot lately, and we need to focus on what truly matters: covering startups and innovation. So, this post is going to be short. — But here is what's going on: Erick Schonfeld is leaving and Eric Eldon is replacing him as editor.
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| MG Siegler / PandoDaily: |
Reset At TechCrunch: Eric Eldon Named Top Editor — A little over four years ago, Eric Eldon sent me an email that changed my life. As an editor at VentureBeat, he was on the hunt for new talent to better compete with the likes of TechCrunch. — It's funny how things work out sometimes.| Sharif Sakr / Engadget: |
Nokia announces 808 PureView: Belle OS, 4-inch display, 41-megapixel camera(!) — we go hands-on (video) — Remember that Nokia PureView tease from a few days ago? Well, suddenly it all makes sense. We are indeed looking at an imaging flagship phone and a true successor to the N8.| Myriam Joire / Engadget: |
Nokia 808 PureView first sample shots — feast your eyes — This is it. Here's an exclusive first look at some sample shots taken with Nokia's freshly minted 808 PureView imaging powerhouse — and wow, just wow! The collection contains photos taken at different resolutions in various conditions …
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| Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
The Inside Story of Nokia's 41-Megapixel Camera Phone: Five Years in the Making — If it were easy to put a decent zoom lens in a camera phone, Nokia might never have come up with its biggest breakthrough in imaging in years. — The technology in the 808 PureView phone introduced on Monday …
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| Douglas Purdy / Facebook Developer Blog: |
Helping Improve the Mobile Web — To help developers reach more people, we're committed to providing distribution across all platforms. The Open Graph, combined with News Feed and Timeline, helps people discover new apps through friends, regardless of the technology stack used.
| Frederic Lardinois / SiliconFilter: |
Facebook Launches New Mobile Web Standards Initiative, Easier Payments for the Mobile Web — During a special lunch-time event at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today, Facebook's CTO Bret Taylor introduced a number of new industry-wide initiatives for the mobile web.| Matt Kelly / Facebook Developers: |
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Mozilla in Mobile - the Web is the Platform — This week we are in Barcelona at Mobile World Congress 2012, the mobile industry's largest trade show. Our goal is to meet with industry operators, vendors and developers to further the cause of promoting an open, people-centric Web for consumers …
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| Dante D'Orazio / The Verge: |
Dell says it's ‘no longer a PC company,’ focusing on enterprise — Dell looks like it's going to be shifting its focus to enterprise and away from consumer PCs. Brad Anderson, president of Dell's enterprise group, said today that “we're no longer a PC company, we're an IT company,” according to PC Pro.
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| Anton Troianovski / Wall Street Journal: |
AT&T Plan Would Let App Makers Pay for Subscribers' Data Use — BARCELONA—AT&T Inc. is preparing a service that would let content providers and developers of mobile applications pay the wireless carrier for the mobile data its customers use, the carrier's network and technology head John Donovan said in an interview Monday.
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Whole Foods prototype puts Kinect on shopping cart, follows people around store — The quest for a high-tech “shopping cart of the future” is nothing new, but Whole Foods is planning to test a new spin on the concept, using Microsoft's Kinect sensor for Windows.
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Google to ‘double down’ on Android tablets in 2012, says Andy Rubin — It's no secret that Android tablet sales have lagged far behind Apple's iPad, and Google's planning to do something about it. In a meeting with reporters today at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona …
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| Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents: |
Motorola can't enforce standard-essential patents against Apple in Germany while appeal is pending — huge victory for Apple, bad news for Google — [Update] I have produced an unofficial translation of the court's press release. [/Update] — Apple scored a breakthrough court victory today …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Skype for Windows Phone beta released, full version due in April — Microsoft is releasing a beta version of Skype for Windows Phone today, with a full release due in April. Skype for Windows Phone beta allows users to make audio and video calls to Skype contacts over 3G, 4G, and WiFi.| Mike Grishaver / The LinkedIn Blog: |
LinkedIn Follow Button: Companies, Look Who's Following You Now — Today, we're excited to announce the launch of LinkedIn's Follow Company button. Starting today, companies will be adding this button to their websites, making it easier for any consumer on the web to begin following companies of interest, on LinkedIn.
| Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch: |
Dropbox Buys Cove To Bring Former Facebookers Ruchi Sanghvi And Aditya Agarwal To The Team — The rumors are true! Dropbox has acquired stealth collaboration startup Cove for its talent, namely the brilliant engineering duo and couple Aditya Agarwal and Ruchi Sanghvi.
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| Alexis Madrigal / The Atlantic Online: |
Facebook IPO May Be Worth $2.45 Billion to the State of California — You know who is happy about Facebook's IPO, aside from its investors and fanboys? The state of California. The Golden State has been plagued by bad news about its budget, but a new estimate from the state … | Jeff Roberts / paidContent: |
Google, Apple Hit With Patent Over Street View For iPad — Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) are in a worldwide squabble over smartphone patents, but they will have to cooperate long enough to fight a common enemy—a Florida firm that says both tech giants are infringing its mapping technology.Thanks:@jeffjohnroberts
| Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft Blog: |
Microsoft partners with Good Technology for encrypted mobile email — Summary: Microsoft has forged a new partnership with Good Technology to bring encrypted email support to Windows Phone. — While Microsoft officials seem intent on playing up all consumer focused news all the time with Windows Phone …
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PR Newswire, The Next Web, The Verge, WMPoweruser and WinBeta
| Matt McGee / Search Engine Land: |
Google Confirms Panda 3.3 Update, Plus Changes To How It Evaluates Links, Local Search Rankings & Much More — Google has confirmed a new Panda update at the same time that it's announcing 40 search updates that happened in February (or are in progress right now).
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Inside Search, WebProNews, WebProNews and The Domains
| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Exclusive: AOL's CTO Alex Gounares Leaves Company — According to sources close to the situation, AOL's CTO Alex Gounares is leaving the New York-based Internet company. — At AOL, he was in charge of all of AOL's vast technical operations. He is among a number of execs who have been hired …
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| Joshua Topolsky / The Verge: |
Sources: Apple not pulling Evi app, working with developers to avoid confusion — Over the weekend a report surfaced that Apple was set to pull a new Siri-like app — dubbed Evi — from the App Store because it was too similar in look and functionality to Apple's own product.
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Wired, MacRumors, The Next Web, TechCrunch and Appolicious Advisor
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Windows Phone 7.5 OTA Update Will Allow Multiple SMS Attachments with Video, Voice Notes — As advanced as Windows Phone 7.5 is in terms of its user interface and software, it has lagged behind other platforms in terms of SMS support as it only allows you to attach a single photo — not video or audio — to each of your messages.| Sean Ludwig / VentureBeat: |
Vimeo launches improved iOS app with full-screen iPad playback — When streaming video service Vimeo launched brand-new Android and Windows Phone applications in early January, the company teased that it was also working on a major update for iOS so it could support the iPad.
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ReadWriteWeb, Apple Gazette, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Macgasm, PadGadget and everythingiCafe
| Christian Zibreg / 9to5Mac: |
Motorola takes jab at Apple with Android Voice Actions vs. Siri comparison — Handset maker Motorola Mobility may have found itself in an uneasy place as both Microsoft and Apple are attempting to block its $12.billion sale to Google, but the company's marketing department is as vigorous as ever.
| Liz Gannes / AllThingsD: |
Scott McNealy's Wayin Gets $14M for Second-Screen Apps — Social TV app Wayin, which asks users to “weigh in” on multiple-choice questions about live television and other topics, has raised $14 million in Series B funding led by U.S. Venture Partners, bringing it to a total of $20 million raised.
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