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| Mark Zuckerberg / Facebook: |
I'm excited to share the news that we've agreed to acquire Instagram — I'm excited to share the news that we've agreed to acquire Instagram and that their talented team will be joining Facebook. For years, we've focused on building the best experience for sharing photos with your friends and family.
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Instagram + Facebook — When Mike and I started Instagram nearly two years ago, we set out to change and improve the way the world communicates and shares. We've had an amazing time watching Instagram grow into a vibrant community of people from all around the globe.
| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Facebook to Acquire Photo-Sharing Start-Up Instagram for $1B — Facebook has just announced that it will acquire Instagram, the popular photo-sharing service for $1 billion in cash and shares. — The social networking site posted on the acquisition, its biggest yet, on its site …
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| Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch: |
Right Before Acquisition, Instagram Closed $50M At A $500M Valuation From Sequoia, Thrive, Greylock And Benchmark — I'm as shocked as you are, namely because I was working on this as a funding story all morning. Anyways, right before its billion dollar acquisition from Facebook …
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| Om Malik / GigaOM: |
Here is why Facebook bought Instagram — You might have heard by now that Facebook has acquired Instagram for nearly a billion dollars in cash. Incredible, isn't it? I have received text messages of awe and shock from many people in the Valley, for no one saw this coming.
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| Christine Herron / Christine.net: |
Why It Could Make Sense for Instagram to Take Sequoia Funding During Facebook Acquisition Talks — Debate is already starting around Instagram's recently-announced acquisition by Facebook. e.g., Why the heck would Instagram sell a stake of its soon-to-be-acquired company to Sequoia (and Thrive, and Greylock, and Benchmark?)
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
AOL Sells 800 Patents For $1 Billion To Microsoft [Memo To Staff] — This just in: one chapter of AOL's patent journey is coming to an end. The company is selling 800 patents to Microsoft for just north of $1 billion. — Tim Armstrong, the CEO of AOL, says that the company will continue … | Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
Attention Marc Andreessen: Microsoft Just Bought (Part Of) Netscape — Here's a deal that would have made many minds explode back in the 1990s: Microsoft is buying Netscape. Or at least, most of the important parts of the company that used to be synonymous with “Internet”.
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| Robin Wauters / The Next Web: |
| Dave Thier / Forbes: |
Computer Legend and Gaming Pioneer Jack Tramiel Dies at Age 83 — Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore International and crucial figure in the early history of video games, died passed away surrounded by his family on Sunday, his family confirms. He was 83 years old.| Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider: |
Before OMGPOP Sold For $210 Million, The CEO Hired Back Everyone He Laid Off And Made Sure They Cashed In — A few months ago, OMGPOP was about to go bust. — Its Facebook games weren't performing and prospects were so bleak, CEO Dan Porter was forced to lay off several of the startup's flash developers.
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| Android Developers Blog: |
A Faster Emulator with Better Hardware Support — [This post is by Xavier Ducrohet and Reto Meier of the Android engineering team. — Tim Bray.] — The Android emulator is a key tool for Android developers in building and testing their apps. As the power and diversity of Android devices …
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| Jonathan Koomey / Technology Review: |
The Computing Trend that Will Change Everything — Computing isn't just getting cheaper. It's becoming more energy efficient. That means a world populated by ubiquitous sensors and streams of nanodata.
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| Gregg Keizer / Computerworld: |
Expert: iPad Wi-Fi issues may be linked to power management — Unlikely that faulty hardware causing poor wireless connections — The Wi-Fi reliability problems reported by iPad owners can probably be solved with a software update, a hardware expert said Friday.
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Computerworld, Appolicious Advisor, InfoWorld and Gizmodo
| Phil Goldstein / FierceWireless: |
Nokia, AT&T launch the Lumia 900 amid few lines, strong buzz — AT&T Mobility (NYSE:T) and Nokia (NYSE:NOK) launched the flagship Lumia 900 Windows Phone smartphone Sunday to few lines—since many stores were closed for Easter—but the device has generated a great deal of buzz online.
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| Tricia Duryee / AllThingsD: |
Woof! Rover.com Fetches $3.4 Million to Be Airbnb for Dogs. — Rover.com has raised $3.4 million to be the Airbnb of the dog-boarding market. — Rover is an alternative to dog kennels, much like how Airbnb offers an alternative to staying in hotels. — In addition to announcing …
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| Jessica Guynn / Los Angeles Times: |
Ex-Facebook insiders building next wave of Silicon Valley firms — An elite group of Facebook friends, most still in their 20s, have already helped change the world. Now they're working together to do it again. — SAN FRANCISCO — All eyes are on Facebook Inc., which is on the verge of a $100-billion initial public stock offering.
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| Terry Baynes / Reuters: |
Court revives Rosetta Stone suit vs Google — (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Monday revived the bulk of language-software maker Rosetta Stone Inc's trademark infringement suit against Google Inc. — In the suit filed in 2009, Rosetta Stone accused Google of committing trademark infringement … | Roger Cheng / CNET: |
T-Mobile, Leap swap spectrum — T-Mobile USA and Leap wireless said today they plan on exchanging spectrum in several markets in the U.S. to better improve the potential coverage. — The spectrum swap also includes T-Mobile, Cool Inlet/VS GSM VII PCS, a joint venture in which T-Mobile …
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AllThingsD, Engadget, Wireless Phone Services, Know Your Cell and Electronista
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Future Versions of Firefox Could Feature Built-In Video Chat — For a while now, Mozilla has been looking beyond the core browser features to expand Firefox's capabilities. Last week, the Firefox team showed an interesting new demo at the IETF 83 meeting in Paris.
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| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
AT&T's iPhone unlock process detailed: A quick online chat, Apple does the unlocking, requires IMEI only — If you're looking to have your iPhone unlocked from AT&T's service, you can do so over the company's online chat and Apple is the one actually doing the unlocking.| John Paczkowski / AllThingsD: |
Analyst Cuts Apple Rating on Prospect of iPhone Subsidy Revolt — Now here are two words you don't often see in the same sentence: Apple and downgrade. Yet here they are in a note from BTIG Research's Walter Piecyk, who this morning cut his rating on the company's shares to “neutral” from “buy.”
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| Enigmax / TorrentFreak: |
MPAA Joins Google, Facebook, EFF In Repeat Infringer Copyright Battle — Flava Works, Inc v. Gunter is an ongoing case involving an adult studio plaintiff and a user-submitted video links/video embedding site. — It has become so important that some of the world's leading Internet companies …
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