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March 22, 2012, 11:10 AM
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| Jessi Hempel / Fortune: |
Is Pinterest the next Facebook? — An exclusive look inside CEO Ben Silbermann's social media sensation. — FORTUNE — Ben Silbermann can't stop staring at the refrigerators. The Pinterest co-founder and CEO and I are standing in the break room of his company's garage-size Palo Alto office.
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| Jay Yarow / Business Insider: |
Pinterest Has Hired The Man Who Came Up With The ‘Blueprint’ For Facebook's Monetization — Pinterest took a key step to transforming itself from a social phenomenon into a real business. — It hired Tim Kendall, formerly of Facebook, to figure out how to monetize its rapidly growing users base … | The Verge: |
Adobe Photoshop CS6 beta hands-on — Adobe has been dropping preview links to its upcoming version of Photoshop CS6 for months now, even hyping it up with a Rainn Wilson cameo at MAX 2011. Photoshop CS6 marks one of the app's most drastic visual changes, with a darker visual redesign …
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| Josh Ong / AppleInsider: |
Rumor: Next-gen iPhone to feature 4.6-inch Retina Display — An unverified report claims Apple has begun placing orders for a 4.6-inch Retina Display bound for the next-generation iPhone that could launch as early as “around the second quarter.” — Reuters issued the report on Wednesday …
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| Dan Porter / Zynga Blog: |
OMG, Zynga Welcomes a New Member to the Family — Put down your smartphones and iPads for just a sec. I've got some big news. Today I'm excited to tell you about a new addition to the Zynga family, OMGPOP. This New York-based developer of social mobile games has recently received a lot …
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| Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch: |
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| Ryan Lawler / GigaOM: |
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| Jim Dalrymple / The Loop: |
iPhoto for iPad, iPhone hits 1 million users in less than 10 days — iPhoto for iPad, iPhone hits 1 million users in less than 10 days — Apple told me today that its newest iOS app, iPhoto, hit 1 million users in less than 10 days after its release. It's important to note that figure is users, not downloads.| ACLU: |
Your Facebook Password Should Be None of Your Boss' Business — Today, the Associated Press reports that some employers are asking applicants for their Facebook usernames and passwords. According to the article: … Responding to the news, ACLU attorney Catherine Crump said:
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| Yew Jin Lim / Docs Blog: |
Spell checking powered by the web — One of my early projects at Google was to improve the suggestions that are made when a query is misspelled in Google Search. The neat thing about that system is that it's adaptive: our suggestions get smarter and smarter based on the words Googlebot sees as it explores the web.
| Dan Rowinski / ReadWriteWeb: |
Lookout Predicts Americans Lose $30 Billion in Smartphones a Year — We've all done it. You step out on the street after paying for your coffee at Starbucks or handing the cab driver a tip. Your first natural inclination is to reach in to your pocket, dig out your cellphone and call somebody and say, “hey, I'm on my way.”
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| David Kravets / Wired: |
MPAA Wants Megaupload User Data Retained for Lawsuits — Updated — Hollywood studios want a federal judge to preserve data on all the 66.6 million users of Megaupload, the file-sharing service that shuttered in January in the wake of federal indictments targeting its operators on allegations …
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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Windows 8 Is Retina-Ready — All the talk these days is of the new iPad and its magical screen. Apple isn't the only one who can do that, you know. In fact, most display makers are looking forward to post-HD resolutions as one of the big selling points of the next generation of displays.| Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft Blog: |
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| Aldrin Calimlim / App Advice: |
Displaying Soon: Air Display Update For The New iPad's Retina Display — If you're familiar with Avatron Software's Air Display app for iOS, you're probably wondering why its iPad app hasn't been updated yet to display stunning Retina graphics on the new iPad.
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| Jeff Blagdon / The Verge: |
Sony Tablets to get Android 4.0 update in April; Wi-Fi-only Tablet P announced — Sony is continuing on its Android 4.0 update crusade, pinning down its Spring updates for the Tablet P and Tablet S to the end of April. Aside from updating the user interface to bring it in line with Android 4.0 smartphones …
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia retakes crown of world's fastest graphics chip with Kepler launch — With the debut of its code-named Kepler project, Nvidia is retaking the crown today as the creator of the world's fastest graphics chip. Most people may not care about that, but hardcore gamers who play the latest games will be happy about it.
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| Matt Brian / The Next Web: |
Rovio launches Angry Birds Space, crashes on to iOS, Android, PC and Mac from 99¢ — In the past few moments, Finnish design studio Rovio has pushed the button and finally launched the next instalment in the Angry Birds franchise — Angry Birds Space. — Launching on the App Store …
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Business Insider, CNET, Computerworld, Inquirer, IntoMobile, BGR, The Verge, GizmoCrazed, Engadget, TechCrunch, Softpedia News, VG247, Mashable!, Redmond Pie, iPodNN, Guardian and Quintura blog. Thanks:@jonrussell
| Gabe Donnini / Chitika Insights: |
The new iPad Gobbles Up 5% of All iPad Traffic; CA, CT & NY new iPad “Hot Spots” — After much anticipation on Friday March 16th, 2012, The new iPad hit the market and proceeded to shatter first weekend sales records, moving 3 million units over the course of the weekend — the most successful launch for the iPad yet.
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| Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch: |
Blue Jeans CEO Looks To Beat His Two-Time Acquirer Cisco With Low-Cost Video Conferencing — Having sold two companies to Cisco, Krish Ramakrishnan knows what it takes to compete with the venerable networking giant. — After leaving Cisco for the second time to be an entrepreneur in residence …
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| Andrew Nusca / Between the Lines Blog: |
Whitman to shareholders: ‘HP matters’ — Summary: HP CEO Meg Whitman told shareholders that the company still has many of the things that made it a winner. It's just got to lose the flab and get back in the game. — Don't listen to them, baby. You still got it. — Pick yourself up.
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| Richard Lawler / Engadget: |
Netflix iPad app upgraded with Retina quality icons and images now, HD video soon — Now that the third generation iPad has hit the streets even more apps are pushing out upgrades for its high-res display, and among the latest is Netflix. Version 2.1.1 adds not only high-res artwork …
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| Jessica Roy / Betabeat: |
.NYC Domain Names May Finally Become a Reality — A photo from the .NYC domain campaign (gothamist.com) — If the “Made in NYC” label wasn't enough to cement your status as an integral part of the burgeoning local tech community, perhaps a .NYC domain name might pique your interest.
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City Room, WebProNews, NYConvergence.com and The Domains
| Andy Greenberg / The Firewall: |
Verizon Study Confirms 2011 Was The Year Of Anonymous, With 100 Million Users' Data Breached By Hacktivists — Anonymous may have had a rough 2012 so far, with dozens of its most active members arrested and one of its leaders and organizers revealed as a government informant.
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Gizmodo, eWeek, InfoWorld, Inquirer, Betabeat, The Register, PR Newswire, WebProNews, Guardian, CNET, Wired, V3.co.uk, ZDNet, TechCrunch and ITProPortal. Thanks:@a_greenberg
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